Pismo 4RJ II, July 9-11, 2004

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07-14-2004, 09:10 PM

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did anyone else notice that Pismo seemed a bit smaller this year? we drove along the fence twice looking for things we've found a few years ago as well as last year, and came up with nothing. does anyone know about them closing parts of the park?

-Casey

You know Casey, I saw earlier on a TTORA thread something about a conference down here in the San Diego area re: shutting down Pismo to vehicles. Some conservation group was trying to shut it down but they ended up losing the case - maybe they're just trying to slowly push us out 1/4 mile at a time...

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07-14-2004, 09:16 PM

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thats exactly what i was thinking, i was pretty bummed when i found myself on the same dune 3 times in 1 day.

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07-14-2004, 10:06 PM

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Man I better get up there before it looks like this

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07-14-2004, 10:40 PM

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you guys are right about pismo getting smaller...
they are slowly closing it using plant regrowth and the snowy plover bird as reasons for the closures... I saw it in the paper a few months back

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07-15-2004, 06:17 PM

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It is getting smaller.... I live right here and they are closing sections of it off "seasonally" for the nesting season of the plover. It just seems the season is getting longer each year....
I think the only thing keeping it open at this point is the fact that Pismo and the surrounding cities will lose millions in tax revenue from all the tourists if the beach gets closed to wheeling.

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07-15-2004, 08:47 PM

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Is there a group we can support to fight the slow closing of Pismo?

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07-15-2004, 09:29 PM

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Is there a group we can support to fight the slow closing of Pismo?

Friends of Oceano Dunes.... I think their website is FriendsofOceanDunes.com
Ask just about anyone out there and they can point you in the direction of a booth out there to sign up

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07-15-2004, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bulldog-yota

Unfortunately I had very little footage to work with as it is not easy trying to get some drive time and shoot video. But here is a low quality vid for now. I will post a better quality one later with a write up and some pics. I missed some good scenes, especially the dune racing we did.

Oh just save to harddrive first before playing, it is still more than 9MB.

http://www.ezdries.net/Vidpics/Pismo...0July%2004.wmv

Great video! Looks like you guysd had some fun. Wishy I could have been there. I liked the dune you guys were climbing at about the nine minute mark. Got a chuckle out of Bruce playing in his rubber room there at the end.

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07-17-2004, 10:19 AM

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we need josh's photos too.

Hey guys, ill try to get them posted by next weekend. Still waiting on the cable modem at home.

I have like 80 pics and around 6-7 good videos

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07-20-2004, 01:43 PM

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Friends of Oceano Dunes.... I think their website is FriendsofOceanDunes.com
Ask just about anyone out there and they can point you in the direction of a booth out there to sign up

The website is oceanodunes.org but it doesn't seem to be working right now.

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07-25-2004, 09:22 PM

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So you guys remember that mini burning man event? Well, it's a bunch of people who collect their junkmail and then burn it. "The Junkmail Man community collects junkmail all year long and then builds a 20 foot tall man stuffed with junkmail."

www.junkmailman.org

Random website:
Warning, I haven't checked every page on this guy's blog, so I don't know if it's work safe. The first page is safe though.
http://mayhem-chaos.net/photoblog/
http://mayhem-chaos.net/photoblog/im...sday%20Man.jpg

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07-29-2004, 02:41 PM

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I finally got all the pics up! The link is in my Sig.
Ill get the videos up after I do a little editing.

This is my fav pic right here.

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07-29-2004, 02:51 PM

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I finally got all the pics up! The link is in my Sig.
Ill get the videos up after I do a little editing.

This is my fav pic right here.

nice shots you got.

do you have any videos up?

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07-30-2004, 12:09 AM

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07-30-2004, 12:20 AM

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cool
nice vids!

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07-30-2004, 01:00 AM

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Josh,

Just looking through your pictures and my favorite thus far...

LOOK OUT! That comet is headed for Lance!

My favorite Pismo picture was taken by Milton's passenger (Mr. Redrunner, I think)
One of VERY FEW action shots of my rig - on it's own power, anyway