Midwest Invasion Date/Location

[twmattox]

Just a thought, but we have a Scrambler forum and folks have a lot of luck doing Scrambler-specific gatherings tied to another general Jeep/offroad event. The FSJ folks could stay/gather together, take part in whatever people want to do at the larger event and do their own thing for part of the time as well.

We did this very successfully at the Tidewater Fourwheelers annual event in Oak Ridge VA (not suggesting that location here, just giving the example) where we had a full trail ride each year (and more than one a couple years with bigger Scrambler turnouts). The Scrambler folks that didn't stay in the one hotel all camped together in the main camping area, gathered together each morning, and had a group dinner one night. Our trail group was always the biggest draw in the staging area in a sea of TJs/LJs/JKs. You know a crew of FSJs would be the same deal.

That way there's more of a draw for folks to come and it's less organizing that you have to do because there's already things planned, it would just be a matter of figuring out what the group wanted to do/not do/do together. Kind of cool to have a bunch of other folks drooling all over your rigs too

I don't have any ready suggestions for a suitable event, just passing on my personal experience with a way to do something similar.

Great...then I would have to pick which non-working vehicle to make up an excuse as to why I can't make it...

[Retro93]

So does that mean you won't be there because your rig isn't running?

[HOOT]

You guys would fall over dead IF I showed up in a Jeep

[78J-10]

Last week in Sept should work for me. DO we have a meet up location set? IE camping?

[addicted]

Last week in Sept should work for me. DO we have a meet up location set? IE camping?

Looks like it will be Lieber State Park. South west of Indy. Poplar Grove section in the low 90's sites. http://indianastateparks.reserveamer...=CampgroundMap Showing up on Friday and leaving Sunday.

[Retro93]

I plan on getting there Thursday night. You drive that far you might as well get the most out of it.

[pass45]

I'm a little bit confused is this just going to be a meet n greet or are you guys still planning on off roading at the badlands

[addicted]

Shades State park it is, in the Raccoon Run loop that includes sites 49-79. Weekend of the 27th. I'm at site 77.

[Retro93]

I've reserved site 76. I plan on arriving Thursday the 26th. The park is beginning to fill up, so I would strongly suggest that now is the time to book a spot.

http://indianastateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/map_of_Shades/r/campgroundMap.do?page=map&search=site&contractCode=IN&parkId=570030&topTabIndex=CampingSpot

This campground puts us roughly 35 miles from The Badlands. Not a perfect location, but the best we could come up with.

[pass45]

I put in for the 26th off of work but I will be staying at the badlands

[Ristow]

i'll try to be there friday. probably in the cherokee.

[Retro93]

i'll try to be there friday. probably in the cherokee.

Probably?? Does that mean you have to dig the Cherokee out of a snowbank?


I just checked the sites available in the loop we are staying in. It looks like the park is filling up pretty quick. The only open sites within the loop where we are staying are 067-069.

http://indianastateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/Shades/r/campgroundMap.do?camparea=394986&selectedSiteRb=1591&contractCode=IN&parkId=570030

[Ristow]

#78 is mine.

[addicted]

#78 is mine.

[Retro93]

There goes the neighborhood.