The Rough Rider The Monthly Newsletter of the Tucson RoughRiders, Inc. November 2020 Volume 45 Issue 11 Upcoming Acvies 2-3 Run Reports 4-6 Non-Club Trip Report 7 October Meeng Minutes 8-9 November Meeng Minutes 10 Parcipaon Report 11-13 Giſt Idea 14 In Memoriam 14 Member Anniversaries 15 Publishing Schedule 15 Club Officers 16 Editor’s Corner 17 In This Issue 2020 Meeng Dates: January 28 July 28 February 25 August 25 March 24 CANCELED September 22 April 28 CANCELED October 27 May 26 CANCELED November 24 June 23 December 15 Summer Picnic CANCELED Trail Dust Days October 2-4 Christmas Party CANCELED The Rough Rider is the official publicaon of the Tucson RoughRiders, Inc., P.O. Box 78726, Tucson, Arizona, 85703-8726. The Tucson RoughRiders, Inc., is a rough-terrain vehicle club with the following goals: to enjoy and protect the natural environment, to provide social and recreaonal acvies for its members, and to promote family togetherness. The Club assists the state and naonal resource management agencies and local community charitable organizaons. The Club’s general meengs are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the U-Like Oriental Buffet, 5101 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, unless otherwise specified. The social gathering is from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM, with the meeng starng at 7:00 PM. Members, guests, adversers/acvity sponsors and the public are cor- dially invited to aend. Membership in the Tucson RoughRiders is $50.00 annually. One name tag is included for new members; ad- dional name tags may be purchased. To qualify for membership, a four-wheel-drive vehicle owner must aend two runs and two meengs. Anyone wishing to join the Tucson RoughRiders is encouraged to contact any of the Board members, visit our website, or write to the Club at the above address. www.tucsonroughriders.com
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The Rough Rider The Monthly Newsletter of the Tucson RoughRiders, Inc.
November 2020
Volume 45 Issue 11
Upcoming Activities 2-3 Run Reports 4-6 Non-Club Trip Report 7 October Meeting Minutes 8-9 November Meeting Minutes 10 Participation Report 11-13 Gift Idea 14 In Memoriam 14 Member Anniversaries 15 Publishing Schedule 15 Club Officers 16 Editor’s Corner 17
In This Issue
2020 Meeting Dates: January 28 July 28 February 25 August 25 March 24 CANCELED September 22 April 28 CANCELED October 27 May 26 CANCELED November 24 June 23 December 15 Summer Picnic CANCELED Trail Dust Days October 2-4 Christmas Party CANCELED
The Rough Rider is the official publication of the Tucson RoughRiders, Inc., P.O. Box 78726, Tucson, Arizona, 85703-8726.
The Tucson RoughRiders, Inc., is a rough-terrain vehicle club with the following goals: to enjoy and protect the natural environment, to provide social and recreational activities for its members, and to promote family togetherness. The Club assists the state and national resource management agencies and local community charitable organizations.
The Club’s general meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the U-Like Oriental Buffet, 5101 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, unless otherwise specified. The social gathering is from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM, with the meeting starting at 7:00 PM. Members, guests, advertisers/activity sponsors and the public are cor-dially invited to attend.
Membership in the Tucson RoughRiders is $50.00 annually. One name tag is included for new members; ad-ditional name tags may be purchased. To qualify for membership, a four-wheel-drive vehicle owner must attend two runs and two meetings. Anyone wishing to join the Tucson RoughRiders is encouraged to contact any of the Board members, visit our website, or write to the Club at the above address.
www.tucsonroughriders.com
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Plan to be at these activities for a great time. They are wonderful opportunities to meet new people or spend time with old friends. Don’t have a ride? I’m sure someone has a seat. Remember to take your camera!
NOTE: PLEASE CHECK THE CLUB CALENDAR FOR UPDATES!
November 2020
THANKSGIVING IN QUARTZSITE • November 25—30. Meet on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 9:00 AM, at the Marana Road exit (Exit 236) off I-10.
Take the off ramp and cross Marana Road; there is a large area on the left. If anybody is wanting to come later, let me know and I can give you directions to our campsite.
• Run Leader: Rheal Tetreault (520-682-0273). For food coordination, Becky Antle (520-405-7389). • Trail Ratings: Various.
• Destination: Camping will be south of Quartzsite, near the Kofa Wildlife Refuge. We will be doing Quartzsite for Thanksgiving again this year. We will dry camp south of Quartzsite near the Kofa Wildlife Refuge. Runs are planned for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We plan on coming back on Monday to avoid some of the traffic. In the past we have done runs into the Kofa and to old mining sites in the Quartzsite area. Some may think the Quartzsite area is crazy with motorhomes and snowbirds in the winter. While this is true, the snowbirds do not really arrive in bulk until after the holidays. Quartzsite itself can be pretty busy with all the holiday travel. People want to gas up in Quartzsite before crossing into California where the gas prices increase dramatically. Out on the trail we don't encounter many people. Thanksgiving dinner will be a potluck. Contact Becky to coordinate the menu.
SAN RAFAEL STATE NATURE AREA (SCENIC LOOP) • November 28, 9:00 AM. Meet on the southeast corner of I-10 and AZ 83 (exit 281). Alternate meeting lo-
cation: Park Restroom in Patagonia (N31.53888, W110.75579), AZ 82 and 4th Ave. • Run Leader: Jeff Merrell (520-907-0243 or [email protected]—leave a message, text, email and I’ll get
back to you ASAP). • Trail Rating: 1.5—2.0. very scenic and historic. (Required: Stock 4WD with low range. Full-size spare.)
• Trip Distance: 45-mile loop starting in Patagonia. The trail starts and ends in Patagonia; we will do a loop of the San Rafael State Nature Area (grasslands)
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south of Patagonia. We will go south to the border town of Lochiel (about 500 feet north of the border; no crossing here), then past the grasslands historical ranch house and stop for lunch at the Fray Marcos De Niza historical landmark (first European, and a missionary and Franciscan friar west of the Rocky Mountains). After lunch we will continue past the mining ghost towns of Duquesne and Washington Camp. (Sorry, these are both on private land now and do not allow visitors.) We will stop at the cemetery for the ghost town of Harshaw. The town itself is directly across the road but is fenced off, with a caretaker who watches. Bring a lunch and plenty to drink. Any questions, comments or concerns? Give me a call, text, or email. Leave a message and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
December 2020
CHIMNEY ROCK LOOP TRAIL • December 12, 9:00 AM. Meet at the McDonald’s parking lot on the northeast corner of Tanque Verde and
Catalina Highway. • Run Leader: Jeff Merrell (520-907-0243 (leave a message or text, I’ll get back to you) or email -
[email protected]). • Trail Rating: 3.0. Vehicle Requirements: 4-wheel drive-with low range capability; stock vehicles ok (no
street tires allowed); full size spare; AZ State Land Permit. • Destination: Redington Pass area. • Trail Distance: 10.0 miles. Note: Bring PPE (Face Mask) just in case there is a breakdown that forces us to get closer than Social Distanc-ing requirement. We will enter the trail off Redington Road @ MP: 17.3. About halfway through the loop we will take a lunch break. After lunch we will finish the loop, coming back out on Redington Road at MP: 10.2 and back to Tuc-son. If you have never been on this trail, it is a great combination of scenic and technical. It has a little of every-thing – in my opinion: it’s the perfect 3.0 trail! Steep hills (up and down), loose rock, off-camber, washes. If you are a wheeling old dog, it’s an enjoyable run; if you’re fairly new to wheeling, it’s a great trail to test your skill or learn some new ones without going overboard. (If Arizona pinstriping is a concern this is not the trail for you.) If you can do this trail, you can do any 3.0 or lower rated trail in the region!!!
Have an idea for a run or event? Do you have an idea but don’t want to lead a trip, or you don’t know the route? Don’t worry! Just contact a
Board member with your ideas.
Please remember these trips usually are day trips, which means to bring plenty of water.
Mansfield Canyon (10/31 Jeff Merrell) Photos by Jeff Merrell and Erwin Greven. Album 445.
Run Reports
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Montezuma Canyon (11/14 Jeff Merrell) Photos by Jeff Merrell. Album 446.
Run Reports
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Redington Upper Loop (11/21 Jeff Merrell) Photos by Jeff Merrell. Album 447.
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Tucson Classic Bronco Cruise (11/08 Paul Siskind) Photos by Paul Siskind.
The Tucson Classic Bronco Club held a cruise-in Sunday, Nov 8, to show off some nice vintage iron and compare notes. We gathered at the McHale Center parking lot at 3 PM for a meet-and-greet and to get some nice pictures on a warm, partly cloudy day. From there we took our 7 trucks on a trip around cam-pus and down 4th Avenue, receiving thumbs up and waves from lots of Jeep folks and pedestrians alike. After a trip down Speedway and a quick stop atop Gates Pass, we mo-tored down to Golden Gate Road just off Sandario for a sun-
set lineup and more pics and talking. A good time was had by all and we met some nice people as well!
Non-Club Trip Report
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October Meeting Minutes
Call to Order
• Meeting called to order by Phil David at 6:56 PM. Land Use (Becky Antle)
• Land use total = $2911.69. Motion made to give $2000.00 to the ASA4WDC Land Use fund. Mo-tion approved.
State Report, Adopt-a-Trail/Adopt-a-
Ranch (Rheal Tetreault)
• ASA4WDC Quarterly will be Saturday, November 1, 2020, in Wickenburg, with a run to Anderson Mill on Sunday.
• ASA4WDC Ranch run will be on January 30 - 31, 2021. Preliminary map plan has been made.
• FS closed the Gap road after the fires, and it is now open due to Game and Fish needing access for hunting. A small group of us went through to give a report to the FS. The road hasn’t changed much, step is filled in, but fire damage was not as bad as expected.
Guests (Andy Sacio)
• Scott Station, Todd & Miriam Hoffmaster. Membership (Tom Parker)
• New member voted in Kevin Seiffer. Participation Report (Miles Weigold)
• n/a Safety and Education (Ben Knuckles, Leo
O’Campo, or Bart Hogan)
• n/a Presentation
• n/a President’s Report (Andy Sacio)
• n/a
Editor’s Report (Dave Peterson)
• n/a Website (Tim Naylor)
• n/a
October 2020 minutes prepared and submitted by Becky Antle, Acting Secretary
Old Business
• Elections for VP and treasurer are in November. Nominations: i. Treasurer – Malcom Leslie. ii. Vice President – Mark Porter.
New Business
• Trail Dust Days 2021 i. Catalina SP has been reserved for the first
weekend of October 2021.
• Christmas Party has been canceled for 2020, there will be a December meeting in place of Party.
• The solar field project has started in the Rail X Ranch area.
Run / Event Reports
[For details and photos, please check out the “Run Reports” and “Event Reports” sections beginning on Page 6.] • TDD runs – 12 runs were arranged by Bart Hogan
in place of TDD this year. i. Tiger mine; ii. Red Rock – Bill Ratzlaff, only a few showed up
for the run; iii. China Camp – Jeff Merrell short good run; iv. Box Canyon – Bart Hogan, 5 vehicles, long
day; v. Boulders – Bart Hogan, 5 vehicles, forgot to
fill gas tank new jeep gets good gas mileage after several runs;
vi. Hwy to Hell – Mike Williams, vehicles with larger tires are better on this trail than small-er ones;
vii. Elvis – Phil David, good run; viii. Total Wreck/Narrows – Jeff Merrell. ix. Copper Creek – Mark Porter, good easy run
had a few members; x. Rug Road/Parsons Grove – nice day 4-5 vehi-
cles. • Cracks – Bill Ratzlaff, “Winch class 202” Chris
Richardson was the subject, 8 vehicles, lost a drive shaft, 2nd day hard trail too much for Jeeps.
• Poker Rally – Rheal and Becky, small group, fairly
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October Meeting Minutes
easy run, was done as a Poker Rally in 2015. Run usually on Saturday night, one couple got lost, Mel actually won, Kevin donated his winnings back to the land use fund.
• 4x4 Clinic – Becky Antle held two TRR 4x4 clinics and plans to try to do 4 a year. They went well with the help of many club members.
Run / Event Announcements
[For details, please check out the “Upcoming Activi-ties” section beginning on Page 2. Official runs must be posted on the calendar a minimum of 4 days in advance.] [Leaders, please make sure everyone signs in appro-priately: Guests vs Members. Names must be legible for members to receive Participation Points.] • Thanksgiving – Rheal, in the Kofa Wildlife Refuge,
November 25 – 30. Thanksgiving Potluck with runs on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Not difficult but scenic in old mining areas.
Land Use Donation
• n/a Meeting Adjournment
• Meeting adjourned at 8:09 PM.
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November Meeting Minutes
Editor’s Note: The November minutes were not received in time to be included in this issue. They will be printed in the next issue.
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Article and charts by Miles Weigold ([email protected]). The Participation Points Report below is current through 11/29 except for: 10/31 – Mansfield Canyon, 11/24 Meeting, 11/25-30 Quartzsite Meeting & runs. If you have copies of these rosters, please forward ASAP. I’ll update the report and forward to all members via Groups.io. All current members who have earned at least 1 point YTD are listed. As always, if you believe I’ve missed something (always possible) please email me at [email protected]. I’ve compared totals to this time last year…. clearly, total numbers are down. However, on 12/1/19 the points leader (Steve Archer) had earned 61 points compared to Jeff’s 66 this year. Leo is in 10th place with 17 points, last year, tied in 29th place with 18 points were Chris Richardson and Gary Fabiano.
Personal note: Pat and I drove to Wilton, CT, to spend Thanksgiving with our son and his family. He declared the 4-day visit to be “technology free.” We hiked in the woods, cooked and ate together, bought a Christmas tree and started the decorations, enjoyed the after-dinner firepit sharing stories, and put a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle together……together! When we returned to DE and looked at emails, mail, posts, etc. we found that we had missed almost nothing but agreed that we had gained A LOT. Give it a try…..the rewards are memora-ble. We expect to return to AZ the 1st week in January after a Christmas visit with family in both CT and MA. Hap-py Holidays to all! Stay healthy, wear a mask, and stay socially distanced please!
Participation Report
Lname Fname Meetings Runs Run Lead Rescues Total
Cole Dennis 2 1 0 0 3
Fraynd Darrell 1 2 0 0 3
Hyde William 2 1 0 0 3
Kennedy Kevin 1 2 0 0 3
Long Bill 2 1 0 0 3
McCoy Jess 0 3 0 0 3
Peterson Dave 3 0 0 0 3
Webley Dave 1 2 0 0 3
Weigold Miles 2 1 0 0 3
Batorson Steve 0 2 0 0 2
Belanger Bill 1 1 0 0 2
Bockwaldt Walter 1 1 0 0 2
Carrier Mike 1 1 0 0 2
Nelson Dean 2 0 0 0 2
Richardson Glen 0 2 0 0 2
Szymanski Scott 1 1 0 0 2
Baldwin Andy 0 1 0 0 1
Fearnow John 1 0 0 0 1
Goodall Lourie 0 1 0 0 1
Johnson Bob 0 1 0 0 1
Larson Barry 1 0 0 0 1
Lindskoog Jon 0 1 0 0 1
Murdock Adam 1 0 0 0 1
Raya Mike 0 1 0 0 1
Taback Chad 1 0 0 0 1
Veltre Eugene 0 1 0 0 1
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Gift Idea
I am saddened to report that Sandra Rush passed away on November 21. She and her husband, Ernie (who passed away several years ago) were long-time club members, as was their son, Ed. I regret I was unable to find any obituary for Sandra online. If you have any memories of Sandra and/or Er-nie that you’d like to share, please send them to me and I’ll include them in a future Rough Rider issue. Dave
In Memoriam
Brian and Pearl Caulkins ([email protected]) sent this photo to me. Their daughter made the quilt for them, and they thought other club members might like something similar. They say each one would be different. If you’re interested, please contact the Caulkins. They didn’t say how quickly the quilts could be made or how much they’d cost.
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Member Anniversaries
2019 Rough Rider Publishing Dates: January: 2/2 July: 8/2 February: 2/28 August: 8/30 March: 3/29 September: 9/27 April: 5/3 October: 11/1 May: 5/31 November: 11/30* June: 6/28 December: 12/27 NOTE: Dates may vary due to travel or holiday. Date changes will be published as soon as they are known.
Publishing Schedule
November
Ruben & Hilda Acuna 2015 William & Wendy Hyde 2018 Adam Murdock 2018 Vaughn Nezelek 1996
December
David & Becky Bunch 1995 Dennis & Sheryl Cole 2018 Tom & Denise Parker 2015
Congratulations to Ruben & Hilda Acuna and Tom & Denise Par-ker on their 5th anniversaries, and David & Becky Bunch on their 25th! NOTE: If your anniversary date is incorrect in any way (it’s here and shouldn’t be; it’s not here and should be; the month is cor-rect but the year isn’t; etc.), please let Tom Parker know so he can correct our records.
As Malcolm mentioned in an email this past Tuesday, 2021 dues are due on January 1. They remain un-changed at $50 per family membership. You can pay them at the December meeting, or you can mail them to him at
Tucson Roughriders, Inc. c/o Malcolm Leslie
4691 N Homestead Ave Tucson, AZ 85749
Chris sent out an email that the November Run of the Month was Muleshoe / Jackson Cabin.
In his Monday email about the Tuesday meeting, Andy included this: “…[W]e are looking to fill two of the ap-pointed positions, Membership and Social Media. If interested contact me or any board member.” We have a large club (the November roster includes 83 memberships!) and we need a couple folks to step up. Tom Par-ker, our current membership guru, will be happy to help his successor. We have no current Social Media chair, so you’d be starting with a blank slate. Think about it over the next couple of weeks, and give the club a Christmas present at the December meeting by volunteering for one or the other position. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I haven’t had the opportunity to do much on the ‘Monster this month, but it hasn’t quite been totally quiet, either. PV Auto received my new engine and moved all the parts (intake manifold, distributor, etc.) from the old to the new before letting me know it was ready. I got it back to the JeepHouse and then bought a new clutch assembly for it, but haven’t put them all together yet. I also need things like a water pump, a new har-monic balancer (the new engine is internally balanced, whereas the old one was balanced externally), and a bunch of other stuff. Once the holidays are over and the parts get ordered and they all arrive, I expect to have several fun-filled days getting things gathered and installed. Who knows, maybe 2021 will be THE YEAR!
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