I'm posting here b/c Yahoo is being weird with emails- who's going this weekend from NJAX? I know Oleg, Me, Bennett and Ari are going. Anybody else?

Also- Remember the AIDS walk in NYC- if you're interested- email me ASAP!

carlos is going , but he never reads xoc

atleast 3 maxc folks are comming up as well

and Todd sad he will be there

next week we will post it in njax and maxc mailing lists

I'll be there...testing a new protoype as well.

Any hints on what kind of prototype? BTW- is this your first time off-road since GOX?

Sorry for not getting back to you guys when you went to paragon, I know you where trying to call. Anyway, where you going on the 7th, sound like I might attend.

Paragon action park on the 6th, Shamokin on the 7th. Let Rich Bennett know by email if you want to go.

New Xterra owner here, and I was interested in checking out the Paragon trip on the 6th. The only problem is that I read on the Paragon site that you need rear tow hooks. What do you guys do about this. I looked everywhere and they don't make tow hooks for the Xterra. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

2000 Solar Yellow Xterra SE

ps. Dayspring, Were neighbors, I live in Somerville.......small world.

if you have a trailer hitch, that's your tow hook. Since your X is brand new, I'm assuming you're completly stock. A stock X has a tow hook up front. That will count towards Paragon's required 1 tow hook. Also, since your probably stock, I would recomend running group 1 trails. I think Ken will be on group 1 trails...plus maybee a couple more.

Are you on NJAX groups list?? if not, check out www.njax.org, and sign up.

Rich

Nick
Ken is not comming this weekened
(he sad he had enough damage ;( )

if you got no hitch
you can use spring hanger , as your rear tow point

That weekend I'll be finishing up my 30k service and probably removing my ARB to cut,hammer,weld, bend, smash or fix the Paragon damage to it. My Fender is all better (well good enough), and so is the grille and sidemarker.
Hope you guys have fun.
Watch out for the those treestumps, they'll sneak up on you. :p

Oleg..Please Don't call me NICK!!!!! Now I'm going to be emotionally scarred!!!!!

Flytrap-
I think I have seen your X around...I work in Bridgewater so I am around the area all the time!!


I have a green X with the XOC sticker in the back window.

Welcome..and enjoy the X...it is a wild vehicle even stock!!

Sory
i mixed up names

Thanks guys, that's good to know I don't have to run out and get a hitch to do some off-roading.

CK, I'll have to keep an eye out for your X. :-)'

Also was wondering how much damage I might expect if I start off on a newbie trail? I just got the X in January and don't want to trash it right out of the gate.

Don't sweat that... We brought Jorge out to Shamokin in his 3 week old Black 02' SC. I think he had a good time.

And if you happen to see a Denim Blue X with a bunch of stickers on the back window, that's me. Feel free to wave.

Yes, I had a good time. Once I got over the heartache of seeing my X all scratched up. But it's covered in mud since then, I no longer see the scratches. You guys got me addicted.

Are you guys going spending the night over in PA for the two days of offroading?

..jorge

Or feel free to kill, maime or disfigure this guy and do us all a favor!

Hey Paul- you want to take a drive to Boston? Maybe sit by the harbor? Drink some tea?

That's the plan, but we're trying to find camp grounds somewhere. The one we usually stay at may not be open yet. It's Rich's trip. He'd know more than I would.

Rich, FYI... my X is stock....it did not come w/ a tow hook. I had to install them myself.

Or feel free to kill, maime or disfigure this guy and do us all a favor!
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Well I don't know him well enough to do any damage......yet. LOL

It sounds cool to me, though I could only make it on Saturday for Paragon.
Who else would be going on Group 1 Trails for newbs?

Well I don't know him well enough to do any damage......yet. LOL

It sounds cool to me, though I could only make it on Saturday for Paragon.
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Yeah, I'm sure you know this guy....ever seen the movie Forest Gump?

Doh! What an f'ing mess I made......Well I guess I've been so busy with my "life" that I don't have time to sit around and learn how to jerk off with quotes in my replies...LOL

Don't sweat it. This is normal banter for the group. Although, I think we need to vote Paul off the island... He makes up for his impotence on the trail by makin' fun online.

Just Kidding Paul!

Not a problem. Every once and awhile I need a good "ass kickin'"

He makes up for his impotence on the trail by makin' fun online.

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Impotence, IMPOTENCE!!! Have you been talking to my wife?

I am planning on making the Paragon trip on the 6th and taking the level 1 trails. I am a rank newbie at this business of DELIBERATELY driving off road - all of my previous experience has been on the "oops!" and "oh shit!" end of the spectrum.

Any suggestions? Hints?

I don't have a CB - will this be essential for the trip?

Not essential, but there's alot of conversation that will be going on that you may miss. We usually have somebody w/ a passenger who relays from CB to FRS.

Hey Wreckerboy, I'll be doing the group 1 trail too. Never went off roading so it should be an eye opener.

What other gear should be brought along?
(I can't find the link in the NJAX website under excursions )

http://www.njax.org
and our list-serv at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NJAX

I have a couple spare FRS radios that I'll bring along in case anyone needs one...OR goto radio shack and buy their $20 CB..we can install it at the staging area of Paragon...you usually sit around there for an hour waiting to get organized.

Rich

Great idea, I'll go check out radio shack. Hey, what is an frs?
Jeez, I got a lot to learn......

Dayspring, when I go to the NJAX site and click on excursions it only gives me two links to Shamokin pictures. I guess the website doesn't like my mac....LOL

The info for the trip is on the main page. As for the Xcursion link, that's just for PAST trips. A little boo-boo. As for FRS- it's Family Radio Service I believe. Think Motorola Talkabout.

I just picked up an $80 CB at radioshack for $25...awesome. Except the antenna cost $30, ouch. Thanks for the tip Rich. I'll wait until next saturday to have someone help me install it.

Well, if there's a day during the week that you're not busy, I live right in bridgewater. I've done a CB install, maybe I could help. And my stiffeners got shipped, so a hitch may need installing too.

Hey Nick, I sent you a private message, not sure if you got it, but I'd have some free time this week to do the install if your around. Let me know.

Drop me an email. We can schedule.

Don't worry too much about not understanding the language. I have a hell of a job understanding what these guys say...

Awwww, shit...

If I didn't have my head up my ass these last two months or so, I'd have seen this trip coming.

Next one!

Mine either - loading the site at all in OmniWeb totally blows up my spot. I think it's the Javascript in the menu or something. Under IE it's just fine. (This is on a Mac, too.)

Just back from Paragon. Freakin' awesome trip! I did the group 1 trails (my first time out) and the other guys did group 2. There were some challenges but nothing the X couldn't handle stock. Some dudes even managed to get a Hummer stuck. What a waste of $80,000.....LOL

Anyways, BorderPhreak, I see your running OSX, cool. I used to but switched back to 9 for the all around speed. On IE I feel I'm not quite getting everything to pop up, maybe I should try it on another system.

Gary

Shamokin was awsome, to put it mildly!

Thanks to Oleg for loaning a compleate stranger his FRS radios, and to Flytrap for going first on the trail - once I saw where he hit I knew not to got there! He did seem to get the hang of it pretty nicely as the day went on though.

I too was impressed how well a stock truck does with a little common sense, and not a lot of speed. Now if I could just get the rest of the mud out of the nooks and crannies .... ($9 later at the hand op car wash...)

Some pics from Sunday

http://www.dkmelo.com/X/x_images/Shamokin_PA-04-07-02/

You are welcome !

Gary I want them back
Plz pass them to Nick, and he will know what to do with them

Here Oleg

do you mean Paragon was awesome????
you threw me for a loop there...cause we only had 1 2002 there, and it was Mikaa and wife...

Excuse me for typing the wrong name.

hahahahaha
nice shot man!

i think that was to Rich
for telling me to go acros Mud with deep ruts

Wreckerboy,

Anytime you need a bushwacker you know who to call.
All in all we did pretty darn good with our stock X's.....when's the next trip?

Oleg, I'll get those radios to you asap, thanks.

Yeah, when is the next trip? Huh? Huh?

Pretty soon Rich will be able to lead us Xterras around Paragon without having to go on the monthly open trail run. So hopefully Paragon next month!

Rich?

To run Paragon again, all we need is a minimum of 3 trucks. They're going to their NoGuide status as of now. So pick a Saturday, and I'm there!!!!

Wooohooo!

Was the ol' favorite camping ground open yet?

Camp-A-While opens this weekend, but it's a good 30 minutes from paragon. There are some closer. We stayed at one this weekend that was about 10 minutes away. Luckily, we were the only ones there, because the sites are VERY close together. Picture an open field, with nothing inbetween the sites except for the utility hook-ups. There is another one in the area that I'll try to check out this weekend.

Ahhh, okay. That was the one I was thinking of.

As for the other one, yuck... We've got a campground on the Island here like that called "Wildwood." It's more like a grassy parking lot!

Yes, but at least it is on the beach and near Montauk Point!

Rich
camp site that is on paragon website will open May 1

That doesn't mean I can't drive by and check it out....what are you lazy or something?

heck no , we can do that

but i called them before last weekened

BTW the site on 80 and 81 had much more camping area up on top