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Next Elmers Buggy Event

RBGCAT - 13-8-2006 at 02:39 PM

I was interested will there be a Fall buggy Event or Fall Buggy Thang? If so what weekend does it fall on? Is it the 1st weekend after After Labor Day Starting Sept. 8-10, Or the 2nd weekend starting Sept 15-17?

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KYTE SLINGER - 13-8-2006 at 04:27 PM

http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=2358

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coreykite - 14-8-2006 at 10:32 AM

Yo Claxton,

You bet there's a Fall Thang.

The weekend after Labor Day is the SCTA (SoCal Timing Assoc) event and the lakebed will be filled with go-fast.

We'll be out there doing our Fall Thang the next weekend - Sept. 16-17, 2006.

Usual spot at Walt's Cove.
Dooley do doubt will get there first.
I'm planning to roll in on Friday afternoon.

Plenty of time to unload and get a sunset session.

See you there?

Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... Never in doubt"

the coreylama

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chadvicki - 19-8-2006 at 09:25 AM

Corey,

So what do people do for Restrooms that camp out overnight. I was wanting to bring the family.

Do you have to drive everytime. I imagine it's pitch black at night.

Thanks

Chad

coreykite - 19-8-2006 at 10:44 AM

Chad,
This is a remote area.

What you do depends on you and your family.

How big a family?
How old are your kids?

There's a couple of nice permanant outhouses, each about 1/2 mile from where we camp.
We typically ride bikes over to them or, if you didn't bring your bike or are in a special hurry, driving your vehicle over is common as well.

Frankly speaking, most of us keep a thunder jug in our camp.
That takes care of most nightly urges for relief.

One may always wander a few hundred yards from camp and attempt some name-writing directly on the playa surface.
Everything liquid evaporates quickly.

A few have started carrying portable toilets.
Very handy.
No driving.

I recently purchased the type with a seat on a stand and a plastic bag slung underneath... Only $15 - Good for emergencies.

Do you go camping with your family?
It's very much like primitive camping (no camp grounds) with the addition of having your car next to you.

As my earlier post stated... And I'm not kidding...
NOTHING is provided.
No water.
No shelter.
No food.
We want any of these things?
WE have to be responsible for bringing them.

Then we share.

Some things we prefer to leave behind:
No TV.
No loud music.
No Nintendo/Xbox.
No 'pooters.
No entertainment.

You and your family will be in the middle of a big, flat, hot, barren, dusty, dry, desolate, hard, gritty, playa.
What will keep them entertained while you play?
Are they all buggiers?
What will they be doing the second hour?

Think about that
This will not be disneyland.

What are you hoping for, family-wise?


Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... Never in doubt"

the coreylama

jonesing4wind - 19-8-2006 at 03:56 PM

Chad,
I speak only for myself. I always welcome kids. But in my experience when bringing my 2 boys with me is that they get bored too easily. I took my older son (12yo) to DBBB one year and he stayed in the motel room 24/7 for several days. Only cause he wasn't interested in hanging out with dad and friends... and he wasn't interested in kites. This is also not quite like a normal camping trip either, in that there is no shade trees, no lake or stream to splash/fish in, nothing but hard dirt, lots of sun and wind. I am not trying to talk you out of it, but just to help you enjoy it as wholely(sp?) as possible! See you out there...

Sean

goreo95033 - 25-8-2006 at 12:09 PM

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Originally posted by jonesing4wind
Chad,
I speak only for myself. I always welcome kids. But in my experience when bringing my 2 boys with me is that they get bored too easily. I took my older son (12yo) to DBBB one year and he stayed in the motel room 24/7 for several days. Only cause he wasn't interested in hanging out with dad and friends... and he wasn't interested in kites. This is also not quite like a normal camping trip either, in that there is no shade trees, no lake or stream to splash/fish in, nothing but hard dirt, lots of sun and wind. I am not trying to talk you out of it, but just to help you enjoy it as wholely(sp?) as possible! See you out there...

Sean


My kids are already talking about their own buggies or landsailors. They are 4 and 6 years old. This is probably the last year they can both be shoehorned into their bike trailer behind the buggy. Some pics here:

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matthewlavin - 28-8-2006 at 02:00 PM

what mph does the wind blow usually?

matthew

re: What mph does the wind blow usually?

Lack-O-Slack - 29-8-2006 at 02:03 PM

Greets, Matthew!

That's the great thing about El Mirage, or Elmer's Garage as we love to call it... there is NO SUCH THING AS USUALLY.

In a single afternoon, you can see gusting to 60 mph, with a steady 30, dropping to 5 mph with 15 mph gusts, punctuated by an occasional 45 mph kite-whacker, or you can get caught in a dust devil with winds at 45 mph straight up!

Whatever kite you bring, it will blow for some other size. So, we usually bring our whole "stable" of kites, and change up the kite according to what's blowing at the time.

Safe to say Elmer's is famous for "two-meter weather", meaning that a 2-meter kite will let you buggy all day, as long as you can put up with sitting out on the playa in the doldrums, and as long as you know how to work the kite to make power. Sometimes, that two meters of rip-stop will feel like a Mack truck on the end of your lines, and you'll be very glad you didn't race back to camp and put up a 5-meter.

Am I on target here, gang? :moon:

CyberMuZ - 29-8-2006 at 05:34 PM

I'd say so Dooley.

I dance between my 1.5m & 2.5m Bullets. Most of the time I am on the 1.5m.

Sometimes I hoped I had a 4.5m-5m to play more, but that low wind time is when i usually spend time with my mates. :)

See you out there.

Ciao
Todd
"Scooter"