UninformedInternetBlogger said:

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Those tools mounted on the exterior seem like a bad idea unless you are driving too and from the trail

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AggieGunslinger said:

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And I assume those snorkels on vehicles 2 & 3 of the column are sand specific?

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Centerpole90 said:

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On the baseball game - since I floated this, I'll lay out how I had imagined it and open it up for suggestions or corrections from the group. Just remember, good suggestions makes you the leader and in charge (winkie).

What I had in mind was a loose hangout in the corner of Reed parking nearest Blue Bell where we could all visit, see each others rigs, and (for those who wanted) take in some Aggie Baseball. The thought was we would be close, there would plenty room to spread out and see each others rides, yet not compete for game parking.

Game time and weather are the biggest factors in how it goes. They were both variables until recently, however, I see the game time is posted now and it's at 5:00 pm. So one is known.

I am 6hrs from Aggieland, so barring some unforeseen circumstance that prevents my attendance, I will be there late Friday night, haul home on Sunday. I think the game time has biggest impact on everyone who might day trip. Houstonians - what works best for y'all? Gathering earlier in the day, a tailgate of sorts, and then break up into going to the game or heading home?

If it's a tailgate party - we are all overlanders , right? There should be enough cooler racks, camp chef hardware, dometics, and 270* awnings between us to make a hell gathering….

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Streetfighter 02 said:

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Do we want to have a bigger food spread? I'm happy to smoke something in my pellet grill overnight (I'm sitting on a bunch of butts in the freezer currently). Pulled pork sammies with homemade pickles? I could be even lazier and smoke it this weekend, shred, vac seal, freeze and thaw in the parking lot in a pot of boiling water.

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K Bo said:

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Does anyone have any experience with Land Cruisers of Houston? The 80 I'm buying has been sitting for about a year and a half (likely not been fired up for a year) and I'd like to have someone make a thorough pass through the vehicle to get it in very good working order.

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Centerpole90 said:

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Streetfighter 02 said:

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Do we want to have a bigger food spread? I'm happy to smoke something in my pellet grill overnight (I'm sitting on a bunch of butts in the freezer currently). Pulled pork sammies with homemade pickles? I could be even lazier and smoke it this weekend, shred, vac seal, freeze and thaw in the parking lot in a pot of boiling water.

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I had the same thought from the start. The Short Bus is in Snook and I originally told reddog I might just wheel it down to Reed and we have a tailgate party in a box; complete with trailer pit if we wanted to do fajitas, burgers, whatever.

I would love to make as much of that happen as I can, if everyone would like; but my biggest reservation about over-promising has been work. We've been getting welcome rain, so we are wet and out of the field right now. The issue is work is piling up the longer it stays wet and getting back in the field at first opportunity will be a priority. I just don't know exactly when that will be. With a growing crop in the ground - it comes first.

A couple questions that will help with planning - how big is our group and what time are we thinking of kicking our gathering off?

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