General Summer Fest and Field Day Sign-up and Planning

[DaveK]

Well it's time to start planning our annual Summer Fest and Field Day event. Please let us know if you plan on attending.

Dates
June 21-23th, 2013 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

Location - See directions below
MCGILL CAMPGROUND, CA
Part of Los Padres National Forest, US Forest Service

McGill Campground sits in a mixed conifer forest in the Pinos Mountains, at an altitude of 7,500 feet. Campground temperatures are typically 15 to 20 degrees cooler than the Los Angeles Basin, just over an hour's drive from the campground.

The area is in the northeastern part of Los Padres National Forest, which boasts 1,257 miles of maintained trails. Much of the forest is primitive and has 10 designated wilderness areas.

Facilities
fire ring
vault toilets
picnic tables

***Note***: There are no RV hookups and no water

GPS Location Coordinates:
34.81556, -119.09833
34°48'56"N, 119°5'54"W
Elevation : 7500

Directions:
Take I-5 North to Frazier Mountain Park Road exit. Go west on Frazier Mountain Park Road for 7 miles to Cuddy Valley Road. Bear right at Cuddy Valley Road. Continue 5 miles to the Y in the road and veer left for 5 more miles to McGill Campground entrance on the right side of the road.

Fees:
The fee is per vehicle for the entire three days and will reserve you a spot in the group campsite for both nights. The site can accommodate tents, trailers and RVs (but note - there are no hook-ups):

$55.00 -in advance for any vehicle
$65.00 -for a “drop-in” (Showing up without notice.)

How to make Payment:
Payments will be taken via the “Donate” button at the bottom of any page on the OAUSA website. Once payment has been received, “CONFIRMED” will be posted next to your name on the “Sign Up Roster”. For other payment arrangements or questions, PM DaveK. Fees are refundable up to 14 days prior to the event with no penalties.

Radio call-in for information
For each of the three days of this event we will be monitoring one or more of the repeaters in the area. At this point it looks like we will start with the Frazier Mountain Repeater. Check back here for updates to the list of repeaters we will use.

Frazier Mountain Repeater
447.860-
141.3

On your way in, if you need help finding the campsite or need any other information, use these repeaters.

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NOTE: If you wish to attend, please post your information in the format you see below.
Name and the number of people in your party
Vehicle(s) Type
Dates Attending
Accommodations (i.e. Group Camping, Hotel, Day-Trip, other, etc.)

ROSTER:

Crismateski +1 Confirmed
Dodge Power Wagon
All three days
Group camp

Larry - Confirmed
Toyota FJ
All three days
Group camp

Ollie+1 - Confirmed
Toyota FJ
All three days
Group camp

Hector - Confirmed
Toyota FJ
All three days
Group camp

DaveK - Confirmed
Hummer
All three days
Group camp

Steven
Nissan
All three days
Group camp

Big Dave +2
FZJ 80 Land Cruiser
All 3 days
Group camping w/pop-up trailer

Nick +2 Confirmed
Nissan Xterra
All three days
Group camp

Brentbba - Confirmed
1994 Landcruiser + trailer
All three days
Group camp

TomS - Confirmed
Toyota Land Cruiser
All three days
Group Camping

Bruce "notamog" +2 Confirmed
Pinz
All three days
Group camp

John KN6VL +1
Vehicle ?
Day visitor Satruday

Lehn20+wife/kid/dog Confirmed
LX450
All 3 days
Group camp

Tim - Confirmed
Toyota Tacoma
All three days
Group camp

Desperado - Confirmed
Toyota Landcruiser
All 3 days
Group Camp

Ben
FJ Cruiser
Fri-Sat-Sun
Group Camp

Cary +Daughter - Confirmed
IH Scout Traveler
Sat Noon-Sun 7AM
Group Camp

[Crismateski]

Crismateski +1
Vehicle(s) Type Dodge Power Wagon
Dates Attending - all
Accommodations camping

[cruiserlarry]

cruiserlarry
FJ Cruiser
All 3 Days
Group Camping (Of Course !!! )

[BigDave]

Big Dave + 2 mini me's, 7 and 4
FZJ 80 Land Cruiser
All 3 days
Group camping w/pop-up trailer

[DaveK]

ALERT

Big Dave alerted me last night that the "Grand Fire", which started about noon yesterday, is burning in the Frazier Park area. The latest news is that it has grown to about 3500 acres and is only 15% contained. The current path seems to be taking the fire in a south and southeast direction, but that could easily change if the winds change.

Our Summer Fest / Field Day event is currently planned for the McGill Campground which is located near Frazier Park. I was not able to get a clear idea of the exact areas affected by the fire, but my initial impression is that McGill has not been affected, yet, and does not appear to be in the current path of the fire.

Anyone with more information, please post-up.

[NotAMog]

Here is a good site for wildfire information -

http://www.geomac.gov/index.shtml

To get detailed maps on individual fires mouse over "View Perimeters"

Click on "View Active"

and select the incident by name

In this case its the "Grand" fire.

Its an unfortunate reality here in the west that we're subject to wildfires. Its useful to know where to go for up to date detailed information.

[SteeevO]

Just got back from Moab, UT for a Nissan event out there..
I'm just about all rested up and ready to wrap up lanning for this thing.
Dave lets touch base this week.

[DaveK]

Will do!

[cruiserlarry]

Dave / Hector -

Do we have any of Randy's band plan checklists available ?? Those were very helpful in figuring out what we had, and what we needed...

[DaveK]

Dave / Hector -

Do we have any of Randy's band plan checklists available ?? Those were very helpful in figuring out what we had, and what we needed...

I don't, but Hector may. We have other checklists however and in the next few days, we will begin to finalize what we have and what we will need.