April 2016
Calendar Events Next Monthly Meeting:
Heart of the South Cruisers purpose statement:
Saturday May 14th, 9:00 am, Bill Penney Next Meet-n-eat:
Thursday May 26th, 6:00 pm, Location TBD
HOT South Cruisers is a growing group with a positive attitude and desires to have fun as we help one another in skills and projects.
Officers
Next Meeting Agenda
President: Michael Blake Vice President: “Big Al� Vanderwerff
Website
Secretary: Chris Davis
Proposal on membership
TLCA Rep: Brian Nichols
renewal dates
Trail Boss: Jason Braswell Treasurer: Kyle Massengale
Next Ride
Presidents Corner Gentlemen, Cruiser Heads and Fellow LC believers, Another month has come and gone. What a month it was! Mardi Krawl was as awesome as ever. For those not able to make it you should plan on attending next year. The weather was just about perfect and the fellowship was too. Thanks to all who made the trip over to Hawk Pride and worked to help make this event happen for HOT South and for the LA Land Krewsers. This month I was able to make significant progress on the 45. The truck is now a bare frame in my garage and all body parts are at the shop waiting on their turn to go under the hammer. I have a few frame repairs/modifications to perform and then it is off to be sandblasted, galvanized, and painted. Steve will be home about mid-June if I remember correctly. I know he and the family are getting anxious for his return. I look forward to seeing him at the meetings soon. I hope all of you are availing yourselves of the great weather we have been having to spend some quality time with your family and your favorite Land Cruiser. I hope to see you all at the next meeting! See you soon, Michael B. <><
Admin Junk!! (The Fun Stuff is Over There
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Minutes of Last Meeting: The meeting was held at Hawk Pride during Mardi Krawl. We had 6 members come out for the ride, with most of us camping at least one night. It was good catching up with Ray, Lars, and their families, as well as my brothers Brian and Elliot, and friend Sean. All told, we had about 11 rigs in our camp. This is the biggest turnout we’ve had at Mardi Krawl and we had a blast with both the old hands and the ones that made it out for the first time. We did lots of wheeling on trails of varying difficulty, ate a lot of food, and a few of us came out good in the raffle. And, we had a great response to our raffle items (thanks again to our group and to Bill Penney for providing the resources to get this done!) One new thing at Mardi Krawl was a timed obstacle course. We showed up late, but me, my brother, and Hendog were able to enter. When we showed up there was a three-way tie between two jeeps and an FJ Cruiser. First up from our trail group was Hendog in his 45. He took the lead and it was it was awesome seeing that old 45 fly through the course. I was next and gave it hell, and set the new best time. But I think everyone at the park knew my brother was going to win. Elliot’s Cherokee wears proudly the dents earned from being stolen then returned to him , and a roll over at Southern Cruiser Crawl. Sure enough, he took home the cup….but he payed for it with broken shock mounts front and rear. The prize was a single row LED light bar, which Elliot ended up giving to me because he thought a Toyota should have it, plus, the FJ60 didn’t break… The others opted out of these shenanigans and, by and large, everyone’s rig made it home unscathed. I think we all had fun and I’d encourage everyone to give it a try next year if you haven’t yet.
Put it in 4 Lo! June 4th-5th, overland trip through Talladega National Forest. Will likely camp one night. Theses are easy, wide, and scenic trails for those that might want to get out but don’t like the rough stuff.
The following club members have annual membership renewal due in the amount of $20.00: February
March
Mike Be.
Mitch P.
Bobby L.
Derrick L. Hank R. Tucker W.
April
May
Mike C.
Griffin B.
Josh P.
Mike E. Ryan R.
Please remember we are now able to accept checks. Contact the club secretary for instructions. One More Thing….. If you haven’t seen them yet, here are some links to Mardi Krawl pictures. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.74 7367628733720.1073741837.252731198197368 &type=3 https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3Ml8c _9ViCoVVRDYjM3Q3pwaW8&usp=sharing
https://goo.gl/photos/xsvsMwD7dxXE4fwV7 https://goo.gl/photos/vXRG7cyoiRTvDnZr7 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.11 67315396611827.1073741843.101844743816529 1&type=3
Swap Shop Parts for Sale
http://forum.ih8mud.com/media/albu ms/parts-for-sale.4233/ - Contact Kyle Massengale
What did you do with your Toyota 4X4 this Month??? Too Many Pictures from Mardi Krawl! Links are above, but also here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.747367628733720.1073741837.252731198 197368&type=3 https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3Ml8c_9ViCoVVRDYjM3Q3pwaW8&usp=sharing https://goo.gl/photos/xsvsMwD7dxXE4fwV7 https://goo.gl/photos/vXRG7cyoiRTvDnZr7 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1167315396611827.1073741843.10184474 38165291&type=3