I hope I'm not misinterpreting your intentions Jayme & Jerry. It would be a shame to see you both go. That being said, here are my
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I truly wish we could "commit" to more trail runs and outings. We have a really great time with the group. At this time however, I can't. My main concern/responsibility is my elderly mom. It's not that she can't be home by herself, but if something were to happen while we were gone, well - you know... So, I have to try to plan our trips around not only my work schedule, and our funds situation, but I have to make sure my sister won't be out of town at the same time.
And yes, unfortunately, life does like to throw you a curve ball from time to time. Hopefully this year will be a bit better.
I have really enjoyed and do appreciate all the help I've gotten with my Jeep over the last year. I am still trying to do a few mods - with full intention of using them! I don't want my Jeep to be just a "show-horse". Now that I got that out of the way, I will say that we will make an effort to get to at least one or two LOST-IL club runs this year.
I also don't really see a need for us to "get all formal" as you put it Jayme. We're not that big a group, nor are we a bunch of horse's arses about things either. Any one of us should be able to at least post, up or otherwise let the rest know, "Hey! We're going here on such & such day. Anybody want to join us???"
As I hinted at in an earlier post, Jan & I would be willing to travel 2-3hrs for M&G, lift party or other activity (including wheeling!). Jerry, I agree that the Badlands or Cliffs might be a good halfway point for some folks south of I-80.
OK - enough of my ramblings for now...let some one else chime in.