GEAUX- PRIUS Cowboy
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RTR 2017 was a good event and not many hitches to it. Growth is to be expected and a tad bit of forethought might help in the logistics of the event.
For instance now would be a good time to make some signs do them good enough they can be reused each year. Signs labeled MUSICIAN WASH, Brief description of the hopeful rules. RTR WASH where you have the main camp fire and the bulletin board. BACK2 SKOOL spot for the skoolies. 4 ON THE FLOOR WASH for for folks that do it in their cars. COMBO WASH a space that has more room for combination rigs that tow a trailer. This space would be best to keep a turn around open in the back so folks could drive through and hit the end and not have to back out should this wash fill up.
You may have heard it said that they were boat rockers but they did not want anybody rocking the boat? "Jerry Clower late comedian." Well it is true there are things that are best done in this group but not so much in that group. For instance have a wash that could be designated day sleepers or night crawlers. Some of us are just nocturnal. Have another area for the folks that wish to be in the quiet.
Maybe an area for low light only STAR LIGHT WASH some folks like to star gaze and headlights might interfere with that activity.
ANY IDEAS? I know when I first arrived it was 0200 I was lucky a very nice veteran had me follow him all the way to the main fire. He was from WY and did not sleep so well each night so he would go for a ride. I tried to enter the location into my GPS but some reason it was not allowing the entry .
My plan ? I will bring 4 GPS this time 3 automotive and one hand held that is good for giving GPS locations in numbers. I plan this right I can have GARMIN, TOM TOM , MIO, all tested to see if they give the same results. When a sign is placed it can have GPS position given. Too bad this entire area is not on a grid system? It is but you have to get the ARIZONA map I think Thomas guide or DELORME makes them and it has every inch of the state in it. If that were done folks could find a spot and just remember their grid and share it with friends. I did not stay in any one spot since I did not set camp. I used my car as my get around ride and I don't do as much walking since that ground out there is just so full of rocks.
The Ranger was not exactly easy to find at night either I guess that is good too but that could be a good baseline for where to set a pocket GPS as a way point. That way you will know where you are in relation to that point radius. That or pick a spot that is dead center of the RTR this way people can camp out from that point and again if they have a pocket gps that way point can be set. Perfect conditions you would say how could anybody ever get lost here. But there are times when it rains and you can get misplaced should you get in the rain?
Once all the areas have been classified then place numbers on each sign so folks can say oh wash 2 or 5 that way there will be a tad bit of order to it all.
One thing I did around my camp was picked up rocks that could stumble people. You are not going to get them all but you could get the ankle benders out the way. I heard report of more than one person taking a dive due to rocks. HELPS TO BRING WALKING POLES OR CANE HEAD LAMP TOO ! Does not mean you are cripple but it does mean you might have what you need to keep yourself walking upright. IDK about you but if I were walking and came upon a coyote I would rather have a cane in my hand than nothing?
For instance now would be a good time to make some signs do them good enough they can be reused each year. Signs labeled MUSICIAN WASH, Brief description of the hopeful rules. RTR WASH where you have the main camp fire and the bulletin board. BACK2 SKOOL spot for the skoolies. 4 ON THE FLOOR WASH for for folks that do it in their cars. COMBO WASH a space that has more room for combination rigs that tow a trailer. This space would be best to keep a turn around open in the back so folks could drive through and hit the end and not have to back out should this wash fill up.
You may have heard it said that they were boat rockers but they did not want anybody rocking the boat? "Jerry Clower late comedian." Well it is true there are things that are best done in this group but not so much in that group. For instance have a wash that could be designated day sleepers or night crawlers. Some of us are just nocturnal. Have another area for the folks that wish to be in the quiet.
Maybe an area for low light only STAR LIGHT WASH some folks like to star gaze and headlights might interfere with that activity.
ANY IDEAS? I know when I first arrived it was 0200 I was lucky a very nice veteran had me follow him all the way to the main fire. He was from WY and did not sleep so well each night so he would go for a ride. I tried to enter the location into my GPS but some reason it was not allowing the entry .
My plan ? I will bring 4 GPS this time 3 automotive and one hand held that is good for giving GPS locations in numbers. I plan this right I can have GARMIN, TOM TOM , MIO, all tested to see if they give the same results. When a sign is placed it can have GPS position given. Too bad this entire area is not on a grid system? It is but you have to get the ARIZONA map I think Thomas guide or DELORME makes them and it has every inch of the state in it. If that were done folks could find a spot and just remember their grid and share it with friends. I did not stay in any one spot since I did not set camp. I used my car as my get around ride and I don't do as much walking since that ground out there is just so full of rocks.
The Ranger was not exactly easy to find at night either I guess that is good too but that could be a good baseline for where to set a pocket GPS as a way point. That way you will know where you are in relation to that point radius. That or pick a spot that is dead center of the RTR this way people can camp out from that point and again if they have a pocket gps that way point can be set. Perfect conditions you would say how could anybody ever get lost here. But there are times when it rains and you can get misplaced should you get in the rain?
Once all the areas have been classified then place numbers on each sign so folks can say oh wash 2 or 5 that way there will be a tad bit of order to it all.
One thing I did around my camp was picked up rocks that could stumble people. You are not going to get them all but you could get the ankle benders out the way. I heard report of more than one person taking a dive due to rocks. HELPS TO BRING WALKING POLES OR CANE HEAD LAMP TOO ! Does not mean you are cripple but it does mean you might have what you need to keep yourself walking upright. IDK about you but if I were walking and came upon a coyote I would rather have a cane in my hand than nothing?
) but dividing the camp into sections will tend to isolate some people and cut down on the mingling of people with different vehicles, attitudes, and van living styles. One thing I love about attending the RTRs is that we get to meet so many people who don't live exactly like we do, people who have different and interesting outlooks, who travel to different places, who are doing this for different reasons. I've watched friendships develop between people who would never have met each other if they had been living a conventional life let alone become lifelong friends. I hope the RTR never becomes so big that separate camps with little intermingling is the only way to manage it.
