FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Surf N Turf 2008 Recap

just got back from SnT. had a blast in the sand until the sand blasted back with the help of strong winds beginning on Saturday afternoon.

here are some highlights:
* the caravan on Friday!
* the night wheeling
* Suecyde's jump
* happy hour
* Cypilk's night vision videos
* ANGRY BARBER's train horn and megaphone
* ...definitely not the wind
* ...add your highlights to this discussion!

i'll post up the few photos i took later tonight after i get the sand out of places that it shouldn't be. i know there were some great videos taken as well.

great time overall! nice meeting/seeing everyone. thanks to everyone for pitching in, having a great time and keeping spirits up even during the "sandstorm."

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on November 10, 2008 at 6:44am

LOL you should have seen me stuff the queen size air mattress in the back of my FJ for the Wife and kid to sleep in at like 9:30 pm.. I had to let out air and fold it like a taco. Needles to say they did not sleep well either !!

I need a trailer.. As I sat and pondered my life while I thought that my tent was going to fly away with me in it.. It was very wizard of oz ish !! yep to help make the wife happy and comfortable I need a trailer !! The search starts!!

WE need to plan a trip with the So-cal crew .. Once a year is not enough !!

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Permalink Reply by CA Annie on November 10, 2008 at 11:05am

I just uploaded all my picts. I hope someone took a bunch of camp picts, cause that was one awesome camp!

I think next time we'll stay in a motel, and just show up every morning with tons of wood (and beer), then haul all the garbage out every night. Day one & two were so misleading... no wind, no mist... just lovely, beautiful ocean scenery and DUNES! Cant believe the way that wind kicked up on Saturday afternoon! I heard on the radio on the way home that those were Gail Force winds. Freakin A!

I got about 30 minutes of sleep Saturday night, then woke up with my eyes and mouth full of sand! I had to buy an eye-wash kit in Pismo on the way out, they were so messed up. I had Lasik surgery last year, I'm not supposed to get more than a few ounces of sand in my eyes at at time. They were overloaded Sunday morning, to say the least!

I slept about two hours in the truck on the way home (I never do that) then another three hour nap after my shower. What a trip! I still need another day off!

It was a BLAST, and STEVE made it a BLAST. What a set up! Cant thank you enough for the shirts, flags, stickers, happy hour... everything! Steve#2 also came through with that great awning set up. Think we had four Steves and two Marks :)

We only brought back four beers, so that worked out well, and I gave away the last third of that Makers Mark at midnight Saturday to one of the US Vets that was with us on the Rubithon. He about cried...

We'll definitely do that again. Just follow BRANDON and do what he does!?!?

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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on November 10, 2008 at 11:51am

HEY you had fun !!

I was following him around HE HE except for the jumps!!

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Permalink Reply by CA Annie on November 10, 2008 at 11:25am

Where can I post up the video? It's too long for YouTube...

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on November 10, 2008 at 11:54am

too long time-wise or file size-wise? if it is the former, then you may have to cut it down into two parts. if it's the latter, then some optimizing of resolution size may be in order. i can edit it if you want.

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Permalink Reply by CA Annie on November 10, 2008 at 11:33am

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Permalink Reply by 5AND5TORM on November 10, 2008 at 4:43pm

No wonder you guys were bugging out early Sunday morning. I was finally getting out to hit the dunes when you all rolled by. The wife and I had a great time, it was her first time 4-wheeling. Thanks Steve for everything.

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Permalink Reply by cypilk on November 10, 2008 at 9:29pm

Yeah, saturday was a fun day on the gas pedal.

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on November 10, 2008 at 11:14pm

enough chatter...where are those night vision videos?! LOL

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Permalink Reply by cypilk on November 11, 2008 at 1:30pm

Funny you ask, because on my other browser window, it is uploading. The file is 83.6MB and all I have to say is, you guys are in for a treat!

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Permalink Reply by PuckerFactor on November 11, 2008 at 1:59pm

sik vid man!

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Permalink Reply by cypilk on November 11, 2008 at 2:20pm

Thanks!

I didn't get much of the daytime run because I was more busy having fun. But if someone were to take a video of that, the video would be five times better.

During high noon poker, all of the trucks gunned out and mashed their gas pedals to form a stampede through the dunes of the beach. There was traffic and total chaos, the dirt bikes and atv's had to stop to let us go around them. I haven't ever seen so many people get stuck in every dune at the same time, while everyone is trying to scramble and get to the next poker spot.
Just ask PuckerFactor :)

That was insane and I couldn't get much of any good footage of that nor the jumps because I was mostly in it :)

I'll definitely go next year, where's the post?