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Cruisin’ the Carolinas – Logan’s Run 2015 – Trip Report

Once again, we had an incredible Cruisin’ the Carolinas, Logan’s Run!!!  This year was one of our biggest!!  HUGE thank you to John V and Sarah S for doing the entire food-prep, among many other things, to make this event happen.  It literally wouldn’t have happened were it not for their efforts.
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Also, a HUGE thank you to our sponsors!!  Their donations fueled raffle ticket sales, which will increase our charitable donations.  Once we have final numbers, we will announce how much we are able to donate.  Lest I forget James for taking pictures of the raffle winners :grinpimp:
These events are awesome from a wheeling perspective, although the CCLR organizers can improve with trail group organization, the best part for me is being able to hang out with all of the members of this club.  Without our incredible membership base CCLR would not be the amazing event is is!!
I can not wait for the rest of this year’s events.  Black Balsam, then Portsmouth Island and finally the X-Mas party to close out the calendar year.  Thank you to each and every member of ONSC :cheers:
Now for the pictures.
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Thanks again!!!

Cruisin’ the Carolinas – Logan’s Run 2015

September 17, 2015 – September 20, 2015

4021 N Carolina 109

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CCLR REGISTRATION IS CLOSED!!!

 

CCLR - 2014

 

Cruisin’ Carolina – Logan’s Run 2015 is the Fifth annual off-roading and camping event, hosted by Olde North State Cruisers (ONSC), the Toyota Land Cruiser Association’s (TLCA) only chapter in North Carolina.

This family friendly event is held at the Uwharrie National Forest, which located off of Highway 109 between Denton and Troy, NC. ONSC has once again reserved Group Camp within the Uwharrie National Forest to host the event. This campground provides clean bathrooms and showers, along with primitive camping sites for both tents and vehicles.

Ample parking space is available for RVs as well as tow rigs and their trailers.

In addition to the campsite, Badin Lake is within walking distance, which offers swimming and a boat launch. There are also many hiking trails throughout the Uwharrie trail system. This is a link to the Uwharrie Trail Map, including OHV, horse and hiking trails: https://onsc4x4.com/uwharrie/

The tentative event schedule is as follows:

  • Thursday, September 17th, 2015
    • Guests can begin arriving at 10:00am on Thursday. We have Group Camp site A reserved for the early birds
    • Vehicle Inspection will occur as vehicles arrive.
      • ONSC Vehicle Inspection Requirements can be found at the following URL; https://onsc4x4.com/vehicle-inspection/
      • LR 2015 will be the first year where inspection regulations will be forced and non-compliant vehicles will be denied from participation
      • See John Casale for further Vehicle Inspection Requirement questions.
  • Friday, Sepember 18th, 2015
    • Please ensure that your vehicle has been inspected prior to hitting the trails
    • People will continue to arrive
    • Groups gather at 12:00pm in the field in the middle of Group Camp
      • Trucks will be divided up into groups based on difficulty of the trails participants want to run
      • Each group will have a designated trail leader and tail gunner
      • Groups will wheel from 9:00am until roughly 6:00pm with lunch up to the individual participants
    • Dinner is up to the individual on Friday night.
  • Saturday, Sepember 19th, 2015
    • Groups gather at 8:00am in the field in the middle of Group Camp
      • Trucks will be divided up into groups based on difficulty of the trails participants want to run
      • Each group will have a designated trail leader and tail gunner
    • Groups will wheel from 9:00am until roughly 6:00pm with lunch up to the individual participants
    • Dinner will be at 7:30pm at Group Camp site A, which is the site to the right when driving into Group Camp
    • The Raffle will begin at 9:00pm and last until roughly 10:30pm
    • From 10:30pm until ??, we will gather around the campfire and tell tall tales until whenver
  • Sunday, September 20th, 2015
    • Those that wish to wheel will gather at 8:00am in the field in the middle of Group Camp
      • Trucks will be divided up into groups based on difficulty of the trails participants want to run
      • Each group will have a designated trail leader and tail gunner
    • Groups will wheel from roughly 9:00am until whenever they wish
    • Clean-up and the end of our event is Sunday afternoon

Once again, our profits will be donated to charites like Tread Lightly and the Blue Ribbon Coalition.
Our ability to use the beautiful Uwharrie National Forest hinges not only on our responsible land-use policies (think Tread Lightly) and volunteer hours, but also on the advocacy efforts of the BRC and Tread Lightly. Our donations will go to those foundations, who will use them to help ensure that our trails continue to be available to use not only for us, but for our progeny. Individual donations are always welcome!


Click the link at the top to begin the registration process!! (Driver only, or driver with 1,2,3 or 4 passengers).  If you need more than four passengers, email john.v.casale@gmail.com and I’ll get you taken care of.  Once you’ve filled out the form, click Submit and you’ll be brought to a PayPal website, where you can pay via PayPal or credit/debit card.

 

SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE VEHICLE INSPECTION:
 
Page 1 is “Minimum Vehicle Requirements”.  Everything on page 1 is required to be in compliance or else you will not be allowed to wheel at this event.  That’s this page:
 
 
Page 2 is “Evaluated Items”.  This section is at the discretion of the inspector.  For example, if everything on Page 1 and 2 are good except you have an egregious fluid leak, you will fail the inspection and not be allowed to wheel at this event.  Alternately, if everything on page 1 and 2 are good except you don’t have a radio or a winch, you will pass.  Page 2 is this one:
 
 
It is REQUIRED to have everything on Page 1 and it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to have everything on Page 2.  These rules exist not only to ensure the safety of our drivers, but also ensure that we Tread Lightly.

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Uwharrie Workday – January 2015

This past weekend, a number of ONSC members went out and put a day in at the Uwharrie National Forest, installing guardrail on our newly adopted trail, Dickie Bell.  We ended up putting up roughly 200′ of guardrail before the end of the day in an effort to prevent people from traveling off-trail in the forest.

Thanks to everyone who came out!