The Rover-Landers of BC

For the Spences Bridge trip planned for May 28,27 and 28th I have some preliminary thoughts that I will throw out.

Alan Simpson of Roverworks has offered us the use of a lovely spot next to the Nicola River on his property for camping. Those that would prefer not to camp there is accomodation at the nearby "Inn at Spences Bridge" or in Merritt.

Alan's place is about 37 KM from Merritt and 17 km from Spences Bridge on Highway #8. He has a couple of great Land Rover projects on the go which are very interesting.

The coordinates of his front gate are: West 121.13.428 and North 50.20.758. I will post a picture of it closer to the time.

Anyone who knows the area it would be great to hear from you and your ideas for trips. Alan suggested a route North of him on Saturday through some lakes ending up in Merritt and then we could head in a Southerly direction on Sunday.

I look forward to hearing from who would be interested. We should be able to get a great group together and get some of our interior members out.

Looking forward to hearing from you..

Hey Stuart, Since you asked so nicely and formally. I would love to graciously accept the invitation, both to attend the event and to take advantage (oops did I say that) of Alan's hospitality :)

Pamela and I will definitely be coming on this one.

Dave

Bailey & I are already dusting off the camping gear.....count us in too

Should we expect snow and/or a Frosty night?

cheers,
Andy

Hi all!
Can I get a little more info!
What time is everyone heading out on friday, do we have a meeting place set up and can we camp at the location that was offered.
and most importantly Whats to explore.

Cheers
Andrew

Hi Andrew,

We'll discuss details and post them at the meeting tonight.

Dave

Looks like I may be coming! Woohoo!

Here are the details from the calendar.

Later,
Don

Canyon/Spences Bridge - (All day event)

Departure time to head up to our camping spot at Alan Simpson's is 5 PM Friday, May 26th at the Whatcom Rd Exit of Hwy 1 east of Abbotsford. Email Stuart at [email protected]

If you can't leave Friday evening, you can still join us by heading to Spences Bridge, then east on Hwy 8 until you get to 50 20.758' N, 121 13.428' W on your GPS. Don't have a GPS, you can visit http://tinyurl.com/okczs foor a mapquest map.

Hey Stuart
April and I are in but we will have to go up Saturday mid morning

Hi Guys....can you let me know how many are heading for Spences Bridge this weekend so we can determine the number of acres we need...

Cheers,

I'm in.

John

I'll take an acre...please :lol: ...i'm in.

Us too, and one for the pups!

Dave

Confirmed, Friday departure
Bill

still in coming on Sat

I am heading up tomorrow AM to set things up so you ladies and gentlemen are on you own. I will see you at Alan's around 8:30-9:30. I will have my new VHF on if anyone else has one give me a call.

What frequency should I be using Chris????

Looks like a great weekend. See you all there...

Us too but I may need 2 acres as we are bringing Griffin and he can cry loud.
Andrew

Charlie and I will be along

Ok I'm in. I can leave after work tomorrow aound 6- 7pm. The 90 Is burning some oil so I may decide to bail out if I'm burning too much.

Wish me luck ;)

What does the gate look like? Is it easy to find?

Glenn

After climbing a hill and going slightly down the other side, you will see a wooden fence (assuming you can see in the dark, or have a flashlight) on your right that has a sign, Hay For Sale, with the phone number 458-2447.

Or... you could head up early in the morning, when things are light.

Dave

Hello Stuart,

I normally use 146.460, its armature frequency
but since Bill will be arriving Friday night you would want to use
156.425
Which radio did you get?
I might come out for the day on Saturday

Kris

Count us in.......

Whatcom road at 5pm on Friday :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:


A&B

I'm going to head up earlier on Friday so don't wait for me at 5:00
Bill

Yea me to, hope to head out around 1pmish :)

Sry Guys!
Wont be able to make it Stacey is paddling in a dragon boat reggata this weekend.

Cheers
Andrew