I just ran across this thread after I saw a post on Farcebook that directed me to the website which then directed me to the forum. There should be a sticky on the front page here. I've been traveling the last 3 months doing yearly power plant tests and was out of the loop completely.
I'm super excited to go but have a couple problems that could interfere with my Absolutely Positive I'm Probably Going.
1) I haven't gotten my upgrades done because I was traveling. Good thing I still have time. But the UPS guy is going to hate me.
2) I don't really like people all that much.
3) I may be traveling for work again next year for the yearly power plant tests which occur April/May/June.
4) If I go, I'd probably see if my neighbor would want to come because he has a 1 ton dually Ford F350 and a trailer big enough for 2 Jeeps.
5) If my neighbor comes I'd feel bad subjecting you to him.
At least for a minute or two.
6) I'd go on the kiddie trails because I need my Jeep for getting around since it's my commuter.
7) I'd end up riding with my neighbor on the harder stuff and he's crazy. I'd be the guy with a helmet and wrist straps screaming like a 10 year old girl in the passenger seat of a heavily modified 2008 2 door Rubicon. His tires and shocks cost more than my Jeep.
8) I like lists.
So count me as a definite maybe. It will totally depend on work around that time next year and I won't know the test schedule until next spring. Luckily, I'm now in charge of testing so I may be able to flex the schedule a day here and there and make it. Depends on the outage schedule and plant people though.
If I can't make it, I offer my place as a rest stop for someone traveling from the East out West. It's a 13 hour, 880 mile trip from my place. I have a grill and booze. My house is one of the last stops before the world flattens out on I-80.