>The other split ups were caused by someone taking a wrong turn
Any why did those turns happen? They were unable to follow the car ahead of them in the pack?
WA meet campout edition
Ethan Foster
William Thomas
Yes, unable because traffic in the little one horse town we picked for the starting point was about 10x worse than usual. We had no idea there was some kind of festival happening.
Part of the group missed a left turn, and by the time they realized they were in the wrong lane, traffic had made it impossible for them to correct the issue.
And unfortunately for the group who made the turn, there wasnt anywhere to pull out and wait that was within radio range.
Jayden Thompson
bump
Lincoln Long
I will post for those not on KIK
That meeting at the crowded Wally's Drive In & Restaurant was worsened by having it at 11AM to 11:30AM. That is the lunchtime crowd part of the day which is Wally's busiest time and there was the festival traffic too.
KIK decided to move to Boise Park so stragglers could continue to gather. Go KIK go. But this placed turned out to be crowded as well. It was also inside a residential area with multi-way stop signs. It became a rough place to leave as other cars and trucks interleaved themselves between pack members using multi-way stop signs. Pack members already in the lead didn't slow down to allow visual sight of them by other following pack members. This is the main problem of 2017 which 2016 didn't have. The MR2 of Rainier 2016 had problems but was not abandoned. But the Rainier 2017 MR2 could have been.
In 2016, Pack members actually tried to be a pack and the lead members immediately chose to go at the speed limit or slower while others caught up in pack formation. The growing use of Baofeng radios allows pack members to not need to watch pack members behind them as they should have a radio or it's too bad for them.
Next time, a gathering spot should be along the major highway and not behind multiple stop signs like Boise Park. Just down the major highway from Boise was various shopping areas including Grocery Outlet. Everyone could have staged a takeoff point from the various parking lots of those shops. It would avoid the interleaving multi-way stop sign problem.
Some KIK comments I don't agree with, but I miss 2016 for its easy-going nature and no need for radios. This year, the higher speed is more exciting, but now there is a demand for radios and KIK. I miss the 2016 times when watching the packmates behind you was also part of the skill set. I feel watching pack mates and preserving the pack is a gradually discarded skill by those who champion that everyone needs to get a Baofeng.
Nathaniel Collins
Well, now is a great time for suggestions. The upcoming meet doesnt have an official meeting point yet. Granite falls is as much as we have it narrowed down to.
Also, the upcoming meet will require that more attention be paid to your fellow packmates. we will be traversing mountain loop highway, which will require care on the part of most drivers. Following that, there will be another short unpaved stint up to the proposed camp spot. All cars should be more than capable of dealing with the conditions, but we'll need to keep an eye on each other in case someone bottoms out, or has an unforseen mechanical issue.
Also, both days will be almost exclusively highway driving, so there will be fewer opportunities for wrong turns. There are also plenty of large shoulders and turnouts for us to make use of, which wasnt true of the beginning of the last route
Asher Brown
Some time ago, a WA thread had people joking and sharing tips on how to lose pack members. Just read that again and do the opposite of those suggestions if convenient.
Jackson Wilson
it was literally someone being a troll. this is Veeky Forums afterall. the actual meets are pretty chill, if a little poorly managed as of late. but all we can do is work to improve. it wont happen over night though. lots of roads up here just arent setup for keeping large groups of cars comfortably together. so if we dont all actively keep track of each other, split ups can happen. the point of the radios was supposed to be to aid in keeping track of pack mates, not to replace the need to do so
Lincoln Rodriguez
>taking b8 seriously
Anthony Green
bump
Hunter Perry
A "bump" is so boring.
For those interested in how the Big Bertha tunnel looks in Seattle, a camera drone was flown thru the tunnel. While this is not the same entertainment value as drone video from the ice cave adventure from last year's meet, at least this drone video relates to a driving topic.