Memorial Day Picnic

by Adam Mehlberg

This years Memorial Day Picnic was held on private property. Darrel Turner and Greg Beery set up a blind driver course on some land Turner Realty owns north of Longmont. The course was laid out on an old gravel pit and included a short hill climb and sharp turns, as well as some straight sections. The drivers were blindfolded and the passengers had to give directions. As an added challenge, the driver had to have a passenger guide of the opposite sex.

	1st Place:	Time 3.38 minutes Driver - Edith Burch, CoDriver - Greg Beery
	2nd Place:	Time 3.59 minutes Driver - Greg Beery, CoDriver - Edith Burch
	3rd Place:	Time 4.54 minutes Driver - Larry Burch, CoDriver - Edith Burch

The new Club Ramp also made it's debut and received a good workout. It seemed that everyone had to try and see how far they could get. The ramp was set to 20 degrees and these were the numbers.

Driver Vehicle Distance Number Hans Geworsky CJ-5 51" (backward) 614 Ryan Boddy Toyota 65" 625 Adam Mehlberg CJ-7 60" 638 Dan LeMaster Wrangler 61.5" 654 Hans Geworsky CJ-5 55" 662 Ryan Boddy Toyota 71.5" 687 Steve Koelsch Toyota 73" 712 Cindy Mehlberg CJ-5 64" 771 David Tedder Bronco 71" 771 Elaine Allbrandt TJ 74" (backward) 787 Richard Boddy 4Runner 82.5" 793 Matt Nunn Blazer 84" 807 Richard Boddy 4Runner 85.4" 822 Greg Beery Commando 96" 923 Kieth Hilmer Commando 97" 932 Elaine Allbrandt TJ 90" 957 Ray Comeau Wrangler 95.9" (backward) 1021 Ray Comeau Wrangler 97" 1031 Matt Meester Wrangler 99" 1053 Richard Boddy 4Runner 110" 1058 Matt Meester Wrangler 104" 1117 Ray Comeau Wrangler 107.9" (backward) 1148 Angie Nunn walking 86" 2866

The Equation - (Distance / Wheel Base)x1000 = Num. Wheel base - Commando, Blazer, 4Runner - 104" CJ-5 - 83" CJ-7, Wrangler - 94" Bronco - 92" Toyota - 102.5"