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The Rough Rider

The Monthly Newsletter of the Tucson Rough Riders, Inc.

January 2019

Volume 44 Issue 1

Upcoming Events 2-4 Meeting Minutes 5-6 Participation Report 7-9 Run Reports 10-12 Sand Hollow, Utah 13-16 Miscellaneous 17 A Bit of History 17 ASA4WDC 2019 Winch Raffle 18 Club Officers 19 Member Anniversaries 19 Publishing Schedule 19 Editor’s Corner 20

In This Issue

2019 Meeting Dates January 22 July 23 February 26 August 27 March 26 September 24 April 23 October 22 May 28 November 26 June 25 December TBA Summer Picnic TBA Trail Dust Days TBA Christmas Party TBA

The Rough Rider is the official publication of the Tucson Rough Riders, Inc., P.O. Box 78726, Tucson, Arizona, 85703-8726.

The Tucson Rough Riders, Inc., is a rough-terrain vehicle club with the following goals: to enjoy and protect the natural environment, to provide social and recreational activities for its members, and to promote family togeth-erness. The Club assists the state and national resource management agencies and local community charitable organizations.

The Club’s general meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the U-Like Oriental Buffet, 5101 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, unless otherwise specified. The social gathering is from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM, with the meeting starting at 7:00 PM. Members, guests, advertisers/event sponsors and the public are cordially invited to attend.

Membership in the Tucson Rough Riders is $50.00 annually. One name tag is included for new members; addi-tional name tags may be purchased. To qualify for membership, a four-wheel-drive vehicle owner must attend two runs and two meetings. Anyone wishing to join the Tucson Rough Riders is encouraged to contact any of the Board members, visit our website, or write to the Club at the above post office box.

www.tucsonroughriders.com

The Rough Rider 2 January 2019

Plan to be at these events for a great time. They are wonderful opportunities to meet new people or spend time with old friends. Don’t have a ride? I’m sure someone has a seat. Don’t forget your camera!

NOTE: PLEASE CHECK THE CLUB CALENDAR FOR UPDATES!

JANUARY 2019 TIM’S BIRTHDAY RUN: BAD MEDICINE

January 26. Meet at the Bashas’ in Catalina (Oracle Road and Golder Ranch) at 7:30 AM, or meet at the Chevron station in Florence at about 8:45 AM.

Run Leader: Tim Naylor (991-4155, [email protected]).

Trail Rating: 4.0 with some optional 4.5 obstacles.

Destination: Florence area. GPS track available on request. FEBRUARY 2019 NARROWS / EMPIRE RANCH SCENIC RUN

February 2, 9:00 AM. Meet at I-10 and Arizona Route 83 (Exit 281) on the west side of 83.

Run Leader: Jeff Merrell ([email protected] or 520-907-0243 & leave message).

Trail Rating: 3.0.

Destination: Empire Ranch & Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. Please show up early enough to air down, BS, etc. THE DRIVERS MEETING WILL START AT 9 AM. We will have lunch at the Narrows—halfway through the trail. We will exit on Highway 83 about 2.5 miles north of Gardner Canyon Road and return to the meetup spot. Four-wheel-drive will be required in several spots. If you don’t like Arizona pinstriping and a little mud in the creek, this is not for you. This trail is not recommended for full-size extended trucks—there are several hairpin turns between trees and rocks. RED ROCK CANYON

February 16, 8:30 AM. Meet at Houghton and I-10.

Run Leader: Information not provided.

Trail Rating: 4.5. Will need 2 lockers, winch, lift and at least 33” tires.

Destination: Red Rock Canyon near Benson, AZ. RAIL-X ADOPT-A-RANCH CLEANUP

February 23, 9:00 AM. Meet at Bashas’ in Catalina (Oracle Road and Golder Ranch).

Run Leader: Rheal Tetreault (682-0273).

Trail Rating: Information not provided.

Destination: Rail-X Ranch, Catalina, AZ. It is time for the yearly cleanup at Rail-X Ranch. The Game and Fish Department provides trash bags, the dump trailer, and other cleaning tools. We will work till lunch.

Upcoming events


MARCH 2019 OLD PUEBLO ENDURANCE RUN SUPPORT

March 1, 8-9 PM (setup); March 2, 6:00 AM until whenever.

Run Leader: Becky Antle (405-7389).


Destination: Kentucky Camp in the Santa Rita Mountains. We have been asked to provide support for the Old Pueblo Endurance Run (https://oldpueblo50.com/) again this year. It is based at Kentucky Camp in the Santa Ritas. Support includes ferrying supplies between checkpoints and possibly aiding injured runners. The run starts at 6:00 AM Saturday morning. Some setup help is needed on Friday evening. Camping is available. It was cold last year after the sun went down, so warm clothing is recommended. SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS SCENIC RUN

March 9, 9:00 AM. Meet on the southwest corner of the Houghton Road / I-10 interchange.

Run Leader: Jeff Merrell (520-907-0243-leave message, or [email protected]).

Trail Rating: 2.5. No vehicle restrictions.

Destination: The west side of the Santa Ritas. Drivers meeting will be at 9 AM. Please arrive early enough to air down if you choose; it’s about 10 miles to the trailhead. This run starts at the Greaterville exit off Hwy 83 and takes the 4-wheel roads down the west side of the Santa Rita foot-hills, returning to pavement on AZ 82 eight miles north of Patagonia and 5 miles south of Sonoita. We will return via AZ 83 to the meetup spot on the return trip. This is a 30-mile run, but is an easy day wheeling (no rock crawling). This is one of the most scenic drives I have found to date and one of my personal favorites. I am asking you to RSVP (BY EMAIL PLEASE) on this run. Last year we had 39 vehicles, far too many for the trail or to control. If I get more than 20 I will schedule a second trail run a week or two later than this one. CHAROULEAU GAP WORK RUN

March 23, 8:30 AM. Meet at the Bashas’ in Catalina (Oracle Road and Golder Ranch).



Destination: Oracle, AZ (or Catalina, AZ, depending on the direction of travel on the trail). We will be doing our spring work run to Charouleau Gap. Expect to be out all day. We typically work for an hour or so and then enjoy the run the rest of the day. Bring shovels, gloves, 5-gal buckets, and your lunch. APRIL 2019 ASA4WDC LAND WORK RUN

April 20, 8:00 AM. Meet at the Bashas’ in Catalina (Oracle Road and Golder Ranch).


Trail Rating: n/a.

Destination: ASA4WDC property near Florence, AZ. The plan is to put the top part of the gate posts in. MAY 2019 MOAB, UTAH

May 9—18. Meeting time and place to be announced.

Run Leaders: Steve Archer (520-400-1019, [email protected]), Ken Feldman (209-329-0182, [email protected]) and Bart Hogan (520-591-2831, [email protected]).

Trail Rating: 3.0—4.5.

Destination: Moab, Utah and the surrounding area. Ken Feldman, Bart Hogan, Leo O’Campo and Steve Archer will be in Moab May 9-18, 2019 doing day trips on 4x4 trails in the area. No set trail run agenda; we will be selecting among those rated in the 3 to 4.5 range (lockers and lift re-quired; winch recommended). Contact any of the run leaders for more information. RICE PEAK WORK RUN

May 18, 8:30 AM. Meet at the Bashas’ in Catalina (Oracle Road and Golder Ranch).



Upcoming events


Destination: Rice Peak Spring Work Run on Rice Peak. Bring shovels, gloves, 5-gal buckets and your lunch.

Have an idea for a run?

Do you have an idea but don’t want to lead a trip, or you don’t know the route? Don’t worry! Just contact a Board mem-ber with your ideas.

Please remember these trips usually are day trips which means to bring plenty of water.

Upcoming events


Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. A motion was called for, made, seconded, voted on, and passed to accept the November meeting’s minutes as printed in the Rough Rider. There was no business meeting in De-cember.

Land Use (Becky)

Vulture mine. Maricopa County is trying to turn this into a park for OHV vehicles.

Trail counter funding has been requested.

State Report, Adopt-a-Trail/Adopt-a-Ranch

(Rheal)

See run reports and upcoming runs.

Grant money plus donations for OHV lobbyist. $6500 dollars (missed some of this - need more input.) [Ed. Note: I moved this item from its original location in the minutes; it seems more appropriate here than where it was.]

Guests (Andy)

*** Welcome*** ☺ my apologies up front for any mis-spelling. Thank you all for coming. Your interest and member-

ship are welcome. Glen and Erma Richardson. From Kansas and Moab. George and Liz Economy. Looking for a group to do

some runs with 1977 Jeep Pickup. Gerald and Patricia Buetther Jerry - Snow Birds. From

Seattle. Daryl Heinly and Patty DeZemplen. New to Tucson

from California. Indio Desert Rats member in Califor-nia.

Membership (Tom)

Two runs, two meetings. Annual dues are now $50. If a run is posted on the calendar at least 4 days in

advance, it counts as a run. New Membership. *** Welcome aboard. *** ☺ my

apologies up front for any misspelling. No new members this month.

Annual Club Awards (Chris)

2018 voting for run of the year. Male, Female, Black Cloud and trail of the year. Thank you Chris.

Participation Report (Miles) 2018 Summary 521 meeting attendees 1008 for run participation. 82 runs. 3 rescues. 1536 participates for all events. Participant placement.

Jeff Merrill first place

Becky and Rheal second place

Tim Naylor third place.

Safety and Education (Ben & Leo)

We know of 4 Jeeps stolen in the last few months. Andy uses a club. Over 60 Jeeps stolen in Phx and Tucson during the last few months.

Presentations

Did not discuss.

President’s Report (Andy)

None.

Editor’s Report (Dave)

No report today.

Website (Tim)

Uploaded multiple run pictures. Check them out.

Old Business

Health and welfare section in the newsletter. Contact Bob Hval if you want it made public.

New Business

Club Shirts. Need an order for 25 shirts minimum. Will get a

better price for > 50. Approximately 46 shirts requested during this

meeting

Bylaws are finalized. [02/04/19 Editor’s Note: Per email conversation with Phil David, this is not entirely correct. There are three items that were tabled at the November meeting which still must be resolved; a Bylaws Committee meeting will be held sometime in February to take care of this.]

Working on SOPs for next month Discussing new member support Committee. Working to update the run schedule a little further in

advance. Trail dust days is set for 2019 Bob Wall is retiring from off-roading. Has multiple jeep

things for sale. His vehicle rolled four times.

Run Reports

For details and photos, please check out the “Run Re-ports” section elsewhere in the newsletter.

ASA land work Run. Work Run. Put up fence posts for gates. Working on cholla.

Redington Lower Loop Pre Run. Day was beautiful. Some water but nothing major.

Charouleau gap pre run. Did a run for the book Sun Treks. Great day. Sun was setting and the moon was rising at the end.

Tortolita Pass. Andy and Paul were doing some basic

Meeting Minutes


exploring. New Year’s Day Run. Redington Lower Loop Pre Run

Technically canceled due to expected snow fall. But it was held. Dusting of snow. Open vehicles were wet by the end of the day. Got busy at the end of the day.

Winter Jamboree. Hurricane Utah. 4W park. 600 jeeps. One to Ten Scale. Ran 8 different trails. Lots of fun. Went to Zion as well. Absolutely spectacular. Trails were $40 per trail. Hotels were $48 a night. An off season hotel price.

Montana Mountain. Queen Valley and Superior area. One break down, had to tow him out the last 6 miles. Very busy trail. Multiple groups and side-by-sides.

Run Announcements

For details, please check out the “Upcoming Events” sec-tion elsewhere in the newsletter. Official runs must be posted on the calendar a minimum of 4 days in advance. Run leaders, make sure everyone signs in appropriately. Guest vs Members. Must be legible. 01/26 Bad Medicine trail 02/02 Narrows / Empire Ranch scenic run About 29

miles. Typically a 2.5 to 3. 02/16 Red Rock Canyon. Hard run. 02/23 Rail X cleanup. 03/02 Old Pueblo endurance run. TRR is running sup-

port. Camping Friday Night through Saturday Night. Got the club some good publicity. Kentucky camp ar-ea.

03/09 Santa Rita Mountains scenic run About 29 miles. Typically a 2 to 2.5

03/23 Charouleau Gap work run. 04/20 ASA land work run 05/18 Rice Peak work run. 05/09 to 05/18 Moab. 09/19 Sand Hollow and Moab Sedona Broken arrow Winch clinic. Night run full moon through Charouleau Gap. [Editor’s Note: The last four runs on this list are not on the calendar as of February 3.]

Land use Donation

$139.55 Meeting Adjournment

Meeting adjourned.

Meeting Minutes


(Article by Miles Weigold) 2018 was another great year for the Rough Riders. Participation numbers were up in all categories year-over-year with the exception of rescues…..a good thing! Below you’ll find totals for all events, a reminder of how points are earned dur-ing the year (which won’t change going into 2019) and individual points leaders, highest to lowest. I again suggested to the Board that the winner should be presented with a new Jeep at the January meeting but was reminded that that would exceed our budget! If you believe I’ve erred in my calculations, please email me at [email protected] with details. Thanks to Steve Archer for his scrutiny of the reports. All this time I didn’t think anyone was reading this stuff! Many thanks to all run lead-ers for getting the rosters to Tim, Tom and me as soon after the run as possible. Also, please be sure to use the roster posted on the website which shows # of vehicles on a run. Looking forward to seeing you on the trails often in 2019!

Year End – 2018

Participation Report

Meeting attendees - members 404

Meeting attendees - guests 117

Meeting attendees - total 521

Run participants-members 739

Run participants-guests 269

Run participants-all 1008

Runs 82

Rescues 3

Rescue participants 7

Participants-all events 1536

Vehicles on runs 784

2018 Tucson Rough Riders Participation Points Summary

Revised: 12/24/2018

Lname Fname Meetings Runs Run Lead Rescues Total Position

Merrell Jeffrey 7 29 28 0 64 1

Antle/Tetrault Becky 10 19 30 0 59 2

Naylor Tim 12 28 14 3 57 3

Archer Steven 7 39 4 2 52 4

David Phil 9 19 18 0 46 5

Hogan Bart 12 29 4 0 45 6

Narcus Larry 11 34 0 0 45 6

Leslie Malcolm 11 24 0 2 37 7

Sacio Andres 10 23 4 0 37 7

Siskind Paul 9 23 2 0 34 8

Fetherman Stan 11 15 6 0 32 9

Feldman Ken 6 19 6 0 31 10

Kennedy Kevin 9 12 10 0 31 10

Ratzlaff Bill 9 14 8 0 31 10

Williams Steven 10 19 0 2 31 10

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Lname Fname Meet-ings

Runs Run Lead

Rescues Total

O'Campo Leo 6 21 0 0 27

Hockwitt Mel 6 8 6 6 26

Williams Mike 2 14 8 0 24

McCoy Jess 4 19 0 0 23

Zuleta Ever 9 11 0 2 22

Bates Pam 7 13 0 0 20

Collins/Thilges Mike 0 16 4 0 20

Robertson Scott 2 16 0 0 18

Whitlock Jim 8 10 0 0 18

Cauthen Harold 5 11 0 0 16

Cristia Robert 5 11 0 0 16

Mandoske John 5 11 0 0 16

Richardson Chris 8 8 0 0 16

Drenten Lon 10 3 2 0 15

Fabiano Gary 5 8 2 0 15

Parker Tom 8 7 0 0 15

Webley Dave 5 10 0 0 15

Hval Bob 7 7 0 0 14

Nezelek Vaughn 7 7 0 0 14

Acuna Ruben 6 7 0 0 13

Conrow Sherman 6 5 2 0 13

Weigold Miles 7 6 0 0 13

Finstad Paul 3 9 0 0 12

Carruthers Chuck 4 7 0 0 11

Greven Erwin 7 4 0 0 11

Lindskoog Jon 4 5 2 0 11

Ulrich Bill 3 8 0 0 11

Nelson Dean 6 4 0 0 10

Palumbo Gary 6 4 0 0 10

Raya Mike 1 7 2 0 10

Ambler Tom 7 2 0 0 9

Harford Brad 1 8 0 0 9

Van Der Peet Jacqui 2 7 0 0 9

Campion Mark 3 5 0 0 8

Carrier Mike 4 4 0 0 8

Peterson Dave 8 0 0 0 8

Wall Bob 6 2 0 0 8



Lname Fname Meetings Runs Run Lead Rescues Total

Dean Michael 4 3 0 0 7

Fearnow John 1 6 0 0 7

Grisillo Joe 5 2 0 0 7

Larabee Constance 2 5 0 0 7

Mathwig Jack 5 2 0 0 7

Overbey John 6 1 0 0 7

Stites James 5 2 0 0 7

Baldwin Andy 4 2 0 0 6

Caulkins Brian 3 3 0 0 6

Johnson Terry 3 3 0 0 6

Knuckles Ben 2 4 0 0 6

Natzke Ken 2 4 0 0 6

Porter Mark 2 4 0 0 6

Veltre Eugene 1 3 2 0 6

Zigelstein Stephen 3 3 0 0 6

Bunch David 0 5 0 0 5

Coombs David 2 3 0 0 5

Nickerson Danny 2 3 0 0 5

Bunting/Swanson Betsy 1 3 0 0 4

Fraynd Darrell 4 0 0 0 4

Mummert Steve 2 2 0 0 4

Bockwaldt Walter 2 1 0 0 3

McInturf Jesse 2 1 0 0 3

Bryson Greg 0 2 0 0 2

Di Maria Mike 0 2 0 0 2

Faggard Gene 2 0 0 0 2

Fontana Jason 1 1 0 0 2

Johnson Bob 0 2 0 0 2

Nelson Clint 1 1 0 0 2

Nepsa Kimberly 0 2 0 0 2

Stith Dean 0 2 0 0 2

Beyer Steve 0 1 0 0 1

Di Maria Brandon 0 1 0 0 1

Harrison Rick 1 0 0 0 1


New Year’s Day (Unofficial) (01/01 Andy Sacio) (Photos by Andy Sacio. Photo album 300.)

[Editor’s note: The official New Year’s Day run through Lower Redington Loop was canceled due to

weather, but some intrepid club members ran it anyway.]

Run Reports


Montana Mountain (01/20 Eugene Veltre) (Story and photos by Eugene Veltre. Photo Album 304.)

We had a really good turnout for the run up to Montana Mt. Seventeen vehicles left the Bashas’ parking lot and headed north to Florence, where we met up with Chris to make the total 18 vehicles. It also gave a few of us with not-so-good fuel mileage a chance to top off our tanks. We headed out of Florence at 10 AM and headed north to the trailhead where we stopped to air down. Off we went for a very beautiful scenic drive through the Superstition Mts. The trail starts after crossing a large wash bed and heads up and through a canyon with views that, in my opinion, are some of the best views available of the high desert. After making it past the canyon it was about 6 miles of trail where we came

to the 172 and 172a fork. I decided to take 172 to the left to head about two miles up the mountain to a spot that was large enough for us to park and have our lunch break. At this point we had been on the trail for about two hours and com-pleted about a third of the trail. After lunch we headed back down the mountain to the 172 and 172a fork and started the climb up 172a. It climbs about 3000 feet in elevation over 4 miles with some steep areas along the way. After the climb to the top we took a fork off to the right onto trail 650 that crosses over 3 or 4 ridge lines and leads to a view that I have to say is the best view I have ever seen in Arizona so far. We stopped at this point to allow eve-ryone to stretch out before we started back down to the end of the trail.

At this point we had a group of eight side-by-sides and three bikes catch us with the trail too narrow to allow them to pass, so the next five miles of the trail was a train of 29 vehicles. We made it down to the switchbacks and started heading down them. About half way down we had our first and only issue of the day when Mark’s Jeep lost power and would not restart. After about 10 minutes and a clogged up trail he de-cided to head down under no power to get to an area where

we could allow people to pass our large group. After I pushed him up a few hills we made it to an area where we could clear off the trail and spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out what had happened to Mark’s Jeep. At this point we decided the best thing to do was tow him out the last five miles so he could contact his son to bring out the trailer. After about a mile or so of towing his brakes were getting hot and I decided that it would be best to have Mark, Chris, and Bill tow him out slowly, and I would take the rest of the group to the end and allow them to head home while it was not dark and then head back down trail to finish getting Mark out. Big thanks to Member Bill Hyde for stepping up to tow Mark to the end. It was about 7 PM when Mark’s son showed up with the trailer. We loaded up his Jeep and headed back to Tucson. All in all it was a great trip and had a few hours at the end to get to know a few great people even better.

Run Reports


Run Reports


Wayne’s World Trail (01/17 Steve Archer) (Photos by Tim Naylor. Photo Album 301.)

Sand Hollow, Utah


Double Sammy Trail (01/18 Steve Archer) (Photos by Tim Naylor. Photo Album 302.)

Sand Hollow, Utah


Milt’s Mile Trail (01/19 Steve Archer) (Photos by Tim Naylor. Photo Album 303.)

Sand Hollow, Utah


Meeting Hall & Other Photos (01/17-19 Steve Williams) (Photos by Steve Williams and Tim Naylor. Photo Album 305.)

Sand Hollow, Utah


A Bit of History

Steve Archer received an email notification recently that Area BFE, a private off-road park in / near Moab, Utah, has been sold and is now closed to the public. He forwarded the information to our email list. I have copied that message here. Other than possibly becoming members of the Utah Public Lands Alliance, there isn’t much we can do, but this is worth knowing. “For those [who] have been wheelin’ in Moab or those who may do so in the future, this link gives an update on the sta-tus of the Area BFE off-road park near Moab: https://utahpla.com/land-closure-update-on-the-area-bfe-off-road-park/ “I received the above report in an electronic newsletter that I receive as a member of the “Utah Public Lands Alli-ance" (https://utahpla.com/).. UPLA is dedicated to preserving Utah’s BLM and public lands for Public Use. Membership in UPLA is only $10/y and gives access to all portions of their website including events, projects, activities, GPS Tracks and Trip Reports. “Steve A”

Miscellaneous

From the Spring 2006 Wheel Dust

https://utahpla.com/land-closure-update-on-the-area-bfe-off-road-park/

https://utahpla.com/


ASA4WDC 2019 Winch Raffle


Board of Directors

President

Andy Sacio [email protected]

Vice President

Phil David [email protected]

Treasurer

Malcolm Leslie [email protected]

Secretary

Lon Drenten [email protected]

ASA4WDC Delegate

Becky Antle [email protected]

ASA4WDC Delegate

Rheal Tetreault [email protected]

Non-BoD Positions

Editor

Dave Peterson [email protected]

Historian

Tim Naylor [email protected]

Membership Tom Parker

[email protected]

Participation Miles Weigold

[email protected]

Webmaster Tim Naylor

[email protected]

Rescue Patrol Mel Hockwitt

[email protected]

Club Officers Member Anniversaries

January

Rheal Tetreault & Becky Antle 1987 Sherman & Jean Conrow 2008 Brandon & Jean Di Maria 2003 Paul & Beverly Finstad 2007 Norm & Charlene Franzen 2016 Bob & Lou Hval 2000 Ken & Cyndi Natzke 2018 February

Terry & Suzi Johnson 2018 Ben & Katy Knuckles 2014 Chris & Margaret Richardson 1996 NOTE 1: If your anniversary date is incorrect in any way (it’s here and shouldn’t be; it’s not here and should be; the month is correct but the year isn’t; etc.), please let Tom Parker know so he can correct our records. NOTE 2: If your membership anniversary is in Janu-ary or February and you’re not listed, it’s likely you haven’t paid your dues. The information in this col-umn was taken from a spreadsheet maintained by Tom Parker and is current as of January 25, 2019.

Publishing Schedule

2019 Rough Rider Publishing Dates: January: 2/3 July: 7/28 February: 3/3 August: 9/1 March: 3/31 September: 9/29 April: 4/28 October: 10/27 May: 6/2 November: 12/1 June: 6/30 December: 12/29 NOTE: Dates may vary due to travel or holiday. Date changes will be published as soon as they are known. * - Change from previous issue


My brain is still reeling from riding horse- and muleback across the Andes last month (reaching an altitude of 14,300 feet at the top of the pass), going places no 4WD could hope to go. The horsepower was incredible and the traction superb. In the meantime, enjoy these photos from the run albums. I’ll be back with something relevant next month.

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