US West Sierra Foothills Overlanders Monthly OLB meet-up/meeting.

[Kent R]

Sierra Foothills Overlanders
Monthly Overland Bound Meet-Up
Bring your own chair

Date - February 18,2025
Location - M&J Automotive .
6200 Enterprise Dr Suite G, Diamond Springs, CA 95619
GPS - 38.695889533662104, -120.82764324929921
3 Word Nav - indoor.gladiators.slurs
Time, 1900 hrs -2030 hrs (most members get there around 1830 hrs)
Special thanks to Mike and Joe of M&J Automotive for your hospitality.

INTRODUCTIONS:
Get to know members and the rigs they drive.

GENERAL DISCUSSION:

• Past trips/runs
• Training/presentation ideas
• Adopted trail maintenance.

PRESENTATION/TRAINING
Camp cooking, discuss different options and setups. Set date for a group cooking meetup.

UPCOMING TRIPS:
We need people to set some dates and locations for trips. One day and longer would be great.

Bring ideas and dates for next year.

NEXT MEETING: March 18, 2025 Deb Lee will be talking about first aid kits.
(most members get there early to set up)
Topic & location TBD

 

[Kent R]

There is a possibility that there will not be any water at M&J tonight.

 

[Kent R]

A point of clarification for being notified about our meetings;
SFO meets on the third Tuesday of each month, notifications are officially on the Overland Bound Forum/calendar. We do post notifications on the SFO Facebook and Instagram pages also. The email list does not always work well due to the number of addresses on it, we will be starting over with the email list in the near future.

February Meetup review
Great turnout! Special thanks to M&J Automotive for the use of their facility once again.

Upcoming trips were talked about, we tossed some ideas around about an Overland Bound/Sierra Foothills Labor Day Campout. More to come on this, but currently we are thinking somewhere in the Mendocino NF. The main issue is crowds on Labor Day weekend. If you have any ideas please get in touch with Kent ASAP.
Ed Hard has a trip planned with a Rally Point for a trip in early April to AZ, NV, & UT. I think he has one opening but you would need to check the Rally Point to find out. US West - *Trip Limit Reached (6 Rigs Max)* Gold Butte-Grand Parashant/Grand Canyon Rim-Nevada-Arizona-Utah
Ed also has some other trips planned for this year, keep an eye on the Rally Points for more info. Ed can be reached on the Overland Bound Forum @Edward Hard
Got a review of a cross country trip from Doug Bailey @tandtoverland, I think Key West FL is my type of place ;-)

Main topic of the evening was cooking and what type of equipment everyone uses. Mike from M&J helped with the discussion about electric cooktops. This one boils down to “you need lots of amp hours”. If anyone needs help with setting up their electrical system, give Mike at M&J a call. He is awesome. IG @m_j_automotive
Next meeting Aaron Copland will bring a new product his company is selling, the Bush cooker system has been used in Australia for years and now Aaron has brought it to the US. Bush Cooker™ — Thunderbox Outback Toilet
We are looking to have a weekend cookout, try different ideas and check out kitchen set ups. Date and location DBD.

Adopted trail Long Canyon in the El Dorado NF was talked about. Since it is unknown what type of help the forest service will have this year, the plan is to get it cleaned up and do what we can to fix the bad culvert area. Dave Dingal will set up a work weekend with a possible campout. More than likely this will be early June.

The March meeting will have a first aid talk with Deb Lee from @IronHorseOverland, Deb is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic with Sac City Fire & Combat Medic. Debs talks are always to the point with lots of great usable information.

After the meeting Jim F. showed off his new lights, I have no comment

It was really great to see everyone

 

[Kent R]

Sierra Foothills Overlanders
Monthly Overland Bound Meet-Up
Bring your own chair

Date - March 18,2025
Location - M&J Automotive .
6200 Enterprise Dr Suite G, Diamond Springs, CA 95619
GPS - 38.695889533662104, -120.82764324929921
3 Word Nav - indoor.gladiators.slurs
Time, 1900 hrs -2030 hrs (most members get there around 1830 hrs)
Special thanks to Mike and Joe of M&J Automotive for your hospitality.

INTRODUCTIONS:
Mike and Deb Lee will be organizing the meeting.
Member introductions with rig descriptions.

GENERAL DISCUSSION:

• Past trips/runs
• Training/presentation ideas
• Adopted trail maintenance.

PRESENTATION/TRAINING
First Aid kits. Deb Lee is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic and Combat Medic. Deb and her husband Mike are full time overlanders, they have traveled most of the Americas catch them on social as “Ironhorse Overland”

UPCOMING TRIPS:
We need people to set some dates and locations for trips. One day and longer would be great.

Bring ideas and dates for next year.

NEXT MEETING: April 15
(most members get there early to set up)
Topic TBD

 

[Kent R]

The April meetup might have a surprise guest and I don't mean a person.

Still to be confirmed but Mike and Deb are going to try to bring their new rig.

 

[Edward Hard]

Wowsa

 

[Kent R]

Wowsa

It’s very impressive in person

 

[Kent R]

Sierra Foothills Overlanders
Monthly Overland Bound Meet-Up
Bring your own chair

Date - April 15,2025
Location - M&J Automotive .
6200 Enterprise Dr Suite G, Diamond Springs, CA 95619
GPS - 38.695889533662104, -120.82764324929921
3 Word Nav - indoor.gladiators.slurs
Time, 1900 hrs -2030 hrs (most members get there around 1830 hrs)
Special thanks to Mike and Joe of M&J Automotive for your hospitality.

INTRODUCTIONS:
Member introductions with rig descriptions.

GENERAL DISCUSSION:

• Past trips/runs. If Ed Hard is back from Gold Butte-Grand Parashant/Grand Canyon Rim-Nevada-Arizona-Utah trip he will give us a report. Ed is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to traveling the desert, come on by and pick his brain.
• Training/presentation ideas
• Adopted trail maintenance.

PRESENTATION/TRAINING
Deb and Mike Lee will hopefully show off their new to them LMTV, a very cool rig that they have huge plans for.
For those that dont know Deb and Mike, they are full time overlanders and have traveled most of the Americas. You can catch them on social as “Ironhorse Overland”

UPCOMING TRIPS:
We need people to set some dates and locations for trips. One day and longer would be great.

Bring ideas and dates for next year.

NEXT MEETING: May 20
(most members get there early to set up)
Topic TBD

 

[Kent R]

Sierra Foothills Overlanders
Monthly Overland Bound Meet-Up
Bring your own chair

Date - May 20, 2025
Location - M&J Automotive .
6200 Enterprise Dr Suite G, Diamond Springs, CA 95619
GPS - 38.695889533662104, -120.82764324929921
3 Word Nav - indoor.gladiators.slurs
Time, 1900 hrs -2030 hrs (most members get there around 1830 hrs)
Special thanks to Mike and Joe of M&J Automotive for your hospitality.

INTRODUCTIONS:
Member introductions with rig descriptions.

GENERAL DISCUSSION:

• Past trips/runs. If Ed Hard is able to attend he will talk about his Gold Butte-Grand Parashant/Grand Canyon Rim-Nevada-Arizona-Utah trip he will give us a report. Ed is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to traveling the desert, come on by and pick his brain. Kent will give a report on the Arizona BDR.
• Training/presentation ideas
• Adopted trail maintenance.

PRESENTATION/TRAINING

• Training subject to be determined
• Rig walk arounds

UPCOMING TRIPS:
We need people to set some dates and locations for trips. One day and longer would be great.

Bring ideas and dates for next year.

NEXT MEETING: June 17
(most members get there early to set up)
Topic TBD

 

[Edward Hard]

All,

I will be unable to attend tonight's meeting in Diamond Springs.

Trip in June scheduled, see Rally Points and planning another in July for Black Rock, part of Sheldon Game Refuge, Fields OR then onto Steens Mountain.

Stay tuned for last trip summary and photos.

Ed

 

[Kent R]

Sierra Foothills Overlanders, May meeting recap.
Not too many members made it but we got some stuff scheduled for the summer.
Thanks to M&J Automotive for letting us meet at your shop, its always cool to see the projects you guys are working on.

• Dave Dingal is working on a date for the cleanup of the Long Canyon Trail in the El Dorado National Forest; some 4x4 groups have already hit the trail and cleared most of the downed trees, but general maintenance is still needed.
• Mike from M&J automotive is working on a Saturday swap meet in their parking lot. This will take the place of one of our meetups.
• Lucy & Kent are planning a potluck camp out that will concentrate on cooking methods when off road. This will be on a Saturday afternoon/Sunday morning and take the place of one of our meetups.
• Ed Hard is planning a trip to the Black Rock desert/Emigrant Trails area and up to Sheldon National Wildlife Area. Keep an eye on the Rally Points.
• Chris Hersey is planning a fall trip to NV, watch the Rally Points.

Kelly Schwartz has a meetup planned for the Lady Owned Toyotas group at Boa Vista on May 27.