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2025 August newsletter

Adam Mehlberg | Published on 8/6/2025
Trailridge Runners 4WD Club Newsletter
Trailridge Runners 4WD Club
Longmont, CO 80502

  August 2025 Newsletter

Club forum, email to forum@trr4wd.com, which will go to all TRR members
Club Business

Club Meeting

Wednesday August 13th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Moose Lodge #1548, 2200 Pratt Street, Longmont, CO 80501
Open to all members and guests.

The lodge is one street west of main, between 21st and 23rd on Pratt Street. We'll be in the middle hall. Folks who arrive early will need to enter at the main entrance. In the lobby the rear left double door is the middle hall. The front door is a key card door but there is a button for the bar tenders to open the door. Those that arrive early can prop the door open on east side of the middle hall so folks can park on the east side of the building and enter through that door.



Next Meeting
6:30pm to 7:00pm - Social Time
  • 40th Anniversary committee meeting.
7:00pm to 9:00pm - Meeting
  • Introduce guests.
  • Welcome new members.
  • Treasurers report.
  • Club Express update.
  • Board meeting update.
  • New/Other business.
  • Trivia questions done by Gary B.
  • Land Use update.
  • Planning for TRR 40th Anniversary event.
  • Planning for the Moab Utah trip.
  • Planning for one day and weekend trips.
  • Review the Deer Creek and Saints John.
  • Review the Ouray and Silverton trip.
  • Review the Trout Trailblazers trip.
  • Close meeting.
  • Open discussion / presentation.
Past Meeting Minutes
Past Board Meeting Minutes
  • Reviewed status of the 40th Anniversary event. Status given on different committees.
Past Meeting Minutes
  • Thanks to Kyle H for bringing meeting snacks.
  • No guests attended.
  • No new members.
  • Treasurers report was given by Rich H.
  • Kilgour Fund report was given by Adam M.
  • Land Use update was given by Adam M. Rescind of the 2001 Roadless Rule that stopped road maintenance, road construction, and timber harvest on 58.5 million acres of Forest Service lands. New Executive Order – Make America Beautiful Again Commission to expand access to public lands. It will promote responsible management and development of public access to public lands.
  • Trivia was done by Gordon H. Question: Shortly after WWII, in many ways similar to the Willys Agri-jeep, a German company began producing a “25 hp, 4wd vehicle that required to fit over two rows of potatoes like a slow agricultural tractor.” This vehicle is still in production today. What is its name? Answer: Unimog, by Gary B.
    "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", Gerät being the German word for a piece of equipment (also in the sense of device, machine, instrument, gear, apparatus). It was created by German engineer Hans Zabel, who made the note Universal-Motor-Gerät on one of the technical drawings for the Unimog. Later, the Universal-Motor-Gerät was shortened to the acronym Unimog.
    Unimog
  • The 40th Anniversary event will be September 21 to September 27, 2025 in Salida Colorado. Please register on our web site so we can get a count of how many will attend. Wanda C has collected orders for the antenna flags. The Four Seasons RV Park in Salida is one location where attendees will be staying. The Baymont Hotel is another option at $138.43 + tax per night. Need to book through the hotel, not online. Register as soon as possible. See general forum post for details. The group BBQ dinner will be at Robin’s Restaurant in Salida on Saturday September 20 at 6:30pm with cost of $37. Monday night desert will also be at Robin’s at 7:00pm cost of $12.50. Meet up each morning will be at the Wal-Mart parking lot.
  • Planning for the Trout Trailblazers trip by Ray C. Will fish lakes and creeks near Homestake Reservoir.
  • Planning for the Deer Creek and Sts John trip by Dan T.
  • Planning for the Ouray and Silverton trip by Dan T.
  • Review of the Middle St. Vrain and Coney Flats seasonal opening. We split into two groups, one heading up the Middle St. Vrain and the other heading up Coney Flats from Beaver Reservoir. The Coney Flats group had over eight trees to cut while the Middle St. Vrain group had fewer trees but installed three new posts onto road signs. Both groups met at Coney Flats doing work on the signs at the Rock Garden as well as moving one rock to create a less difficult bypass. See the Middle St. Vrain Photo Album on the club website.
  • Motion to close meeting, Wanda C, second by Matt S.
  • Open discussion.
Club News

Club Refreshments

The following people are signed up to bring club refreshments for the club meeting.

2025
Aug – Gary B and Jana C
Sep – Dan T
Oct – Matt and Carol Anne S
Nov – (Planning Meeting)
Dec -

Meeting Night Dinner

There is a casual get together for dinner at 5:00 pm at the Las Palmeras restaurant in Longmont. Contact Greg B at 303-776-1148 or text message to 720-353-9416 to let him know you will be attending. Reservation is under “Greg”.
Recent Trip Articles

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