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2008
VTXS Event Schedule
[please
note: the VTXS event schedule includes our own events as well as non VTXS
events that we usually attend]
February 15-18:
Winter Romp
(non VTXS Event)
http://www.winterromp.org/
March 22:
MBPX (Mabell / Pintu’s Expedition) A great tread
lightly way to start the VTXS event season. Mabell is one of the few
trails in the northeast that we can feel good about wheeling in April. An
all-out run out and back followed by a sumptuous meal at
Pintu’s Indian Restaurant in W.
Springfield, MA, then Starbucks coffee, then home. A great new early
season one-day event.
April
10: Spruce
Hill Run: A nice mid-week exploration of a trail in
Western MA discovered by two of our members while studying topo maps of
the area.
April
12-13: VRCX
(VTXS Rausch Creek Expedition): We’ll leave Friday the 11th
and camp for free at RCORP (http://www.rauschcreekoffroadpark.org/)
for the weekend. This one is for the rock crawler in every expedition
enthusiast.
May 3-4: PTBX
(Pete the Beagle Trophy Expedition) Intra-club trials competition. Plan
is to take part in Woodstock, Vermont’s Greenup Day (http://www.greenupvermont.org)
activities Sat. morning and then head over to Camp VTXS for the
competition Sat afternoon, cookout at camp Sat night, light wheeling over
to Long Trail on Sunday. [Please note: VTXS guests and member applicants
are welcome to attend, wheel up to camp and watch the competition, but not
compete, as the coveted Trophy must go to a VTXS member).
May 16-18:
Moose Trophy (Nova Scotia non VTXS event)
http://www.maritimerovers.org/ VPKB has talked about
doing this trip for a long time and this could be the year we go. Member
Bruce Fowler has gone pretty much every year since its inception. This
will be a very cool, camp as we go, extended weekend expedition. Plan to
leave on Thursday, May 15 and return Monday, May 19.
June
7-8: VTXI
(VTXS JonFund and VT Jeep Association Invitational)
http://www.vtxs.org/invitational.doc
June
28-29: SVTX
(Southern VT Expedition) VTXS Member, Richard Reavey, shows us his neck
of the woods near his family’s ancestral home in Halifax, VT. Camping and
bbq at Richard’s on Saturday night.
July
19-20 (date subject to Cap’s approval)
S&TX
(Surf & Turf, Camden, ME): We go up to Camden and go for a cruise on the
Tabor Boy on Saturday and then wheel Mt. Pleasant on Sunday.
August 16-17:
WEMA
(Western MA weekend) OFR on Saturday, TBD on Sunday. Fine dining in
Williamstown on Saturday night.
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September 16-22:
(FLAGSHIP
EVENT FOR 2008!):
VTMX2008
(VTXS Moab Expedition) VTXS goes to the Land Rover National Rally in Moab,
Utah
http://www.solihullsociety.org/land-rover-national-rally
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Early October:
MAR
(Mid-Atlantic Rally) non-VTXS event
http://www.roav.org/index.html
October 24-26:
TVTX
(another trans-Vermont expedition with all new towns) This will be a
family-oriented event with three days of point-to-point wheeling connected
by one night of camping and one night of accommodation at a rustic Vermont
Inn. Great trip to bring the kids and spouses.
December 6-7:
LLSX
(Lover's Lament Maple Syrup last ride and VTXS holiday party). An end of
year holiday run and party.
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