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Re: [GMCnet] GMCMI (International) rallies mapped out [message #313614 is a reply to message #313613] Tue, 21 February 2017 16:37 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:06 PM Carl Stouffer wrote:

> Matt Colie wrote on Sat, 18 February 2017 07:44
>> KB wrote on Sat, 18 February 2017 03:14
>>> I think it ends up as: "you can't serve all the members all the time,
> but you can serve some of the members some of the time."
>>> Or something like that.
>>>
>>> Move it around enough, and everybody will get a chance at some point.
> It also makes it a lot more interesting.
>>> That's the beauty of our coaches: they're mobile.
>>>
>>> Karen
>>> 1975 26'
>>
>> Karen,
>>
>> While the idea is good, we have two personal issues.
>>
>> Only one is that Tucson will be 4 road days as a Bonzi run (no stops for
> sights at all - fuel and short sleep only and with two drivers.) It is
>> still 5 road days as a hard run and 7 road days as a casual run. It is
> over 2000 miles. That means two bogie grease stops just to get there.
>>
>> I had hoped to use this as a lead in to a Pacific Coast Highway tour all
> the way to Washington. And when in Washington and Idaho there were hopes
>> and plans to shoot two national matches. Now I have a much bigger
> problem. Most of the PCH is in California. California now prohibits the
>> possession of magazines that can hold more than five cartridges. Those
> cannot be limited by plugs that can be removed. The long gun I would carry
>> is specifically disallowed because it could be an "assault weapon"
> (whatever that means today). I would also want to carry several hundred
> rounds
>> of match grade ammunition and this would require a California arsenal
> license. The magazines for the match pieces are about 1.5 GMCbucks EACH as
>> they have been smithed to eliminate mis-feeds and not damage the
> projectile. You don't even want to hear the insured value of the match
> pieces.
>> Suffice it to say that I cannot afford to loose them.
>>
>> And, California has eliminated the "Peaceable Transit" language from the
> new laws.
>>
>> This, coupled with the cost of a required crampsite along the coast.
> (One can get a crampsite for a semi-reasonable ~40$ when you get 30~50 miles
>> inland.) Is a big enough deterrent to severely limit our chances of
> doing this tour. Free ONP is virually non-existent as elsewhere as many
>> jurisdictions have eliminated it with local ordinances.
>>
>> So much for California this life.
>>
>> Matt
>
>
> Matt,
>
> No need to completely write off California. When my daughter lived there
> a few years ago, we found some very reasonable places to camp with full
> hookups even. Oak Park in Venture county only cost us $25.00/night (now
> $31.00). We stayed at River Park in Lompoc, for $20.00/night (now $30.00).
> Reasonable places can be had. I guess you don't want to do anything
> illegal, but I don't see how they can enforce their laws on weapons and
> ammo.
> Unless you are stopped and searched (unlikely) you can probably sail right
> through the state with whatever you have stashed in your coach.
>
> No need to go to CA though, the Southwest has a lot to offer. Arizona has
> elevations ranging from 140' to over 12,000' with desert, and tall pine and
> fir trees and everything in between. Utah has some of the most beautiful
> scenery in the world (as does AZ) Nevada and New Mexico also have a lot to
> offer. If you come to Tucson, you will start out at about 2300' and can
> drive to the top of Mt Lemmon, at over 9,000', in about an hour and cross
> through 5 climate zones from lowland desert to alpine forest.
>
>
>
> --
> Carl Stouffer
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
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