Introduction
2009 Event Highlights
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Photo at right by Dan Czarniak: Range Rovers tour one of the ranch roads at the 2009 RangeRovers.net Gathering

Introduction

Over the years, RangeRovers.net has developed into a community of Range Rover enthusiasts who participate in many ways in mutual support. The site and its forums are very much international, with members spread all around the world, but in May 2009 one of our major material contributors and Forum moderators, Ron Becket from Australia, paid a visit to the United States, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to organize a RangeRovers.net get-together for any readers, forum members or moderators who could make it.

The gathering was held at RangeRovers.net HQ, a scenic working ranch in Northern California that includes ducks, goats and bees dwelling amidst scenic pasture and forest areas that are accessed by miles of ranch roads and logging trails of varying difficulty, with many impassable at certain times of year. The ranch has historical value for Land Rover enthusiasts due to hosting the 1999 Land Rover Trek.

The get-together was attended by about a dozen RangeRovers.net readers, moderators and members (plus spouses and children) who flew or drove in from Sydney, Atlanta, Seattle, and Los Angeles in addition to Range Rover enthusiasts and Land Rover friends from the local area. 

Event Highlights

The official schedule of events (honored mostly in the breach) was as  follows:

 Saturday
11 am              Participant arrival and Rover Talk
12-1 pm           Lunch (bring your own) and socializing
1-2:30 pm        4WD Ranch Tour (Including Tree House, Redwoods, Ducks and Ducklings, Goats and kids, Camp Spots etc)
2:30-4 pm        Quality Chainsaw Time: Clearance of fallen trees on the logging trails.
2:30-4 pm        Those not interested in chainsaws can luxuriate, hike, imbibe, conspire and converse)
4-5 pm             Compulsory Afternoon Tea (provided by RangeRovers.net)
5-6 pm             Camp Spot Selection and Set Up, Barbeque Preparation
6-8pm              Barbeque Pot Luck Dinner (Participants to supply snobbish wine selections suitable for Range Rover Owners)

Sunday
8-9 am             Breakfast (on your own; Fawlty Towers Management unavailable)
9-12 am           Optional trail clearing, mowing, and socializing
12 am              Lunch (bring your own, for the hard core remainder group!)
1 pm                Participants reluctantly depart           

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