Vancity Oppo Meet Pitch: Modified Mighty Fraser Circle Route

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 07/23/2020 at 16:45 • Filed to: None

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Not sure if proposing an Oppo drive during a pandemic is socially acceptable, but thought I’d throw it out there since driving is socially distanced. Our current provincial guidelines will allow for it and my social circle is composed of my wife and dog and their social circles are composed of me and each other.

If people are interested, I’m down for a distanced brewery visit afterwards in Port Moody or somewhere else.

In terms of route, I thought we’d keep North of the Fraser starting in Maple Ridge or we can start in Fort Langley and cruise the country road and cross the Fraser at Abbottsford/Mission. Then we’d drive out to Hope and back via the cury and scenic Highway 7 (Mission, Deroche, Agassiz and Hope).

I was thinking any weekend in August, whatever works for most people.

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 16:51

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Borders are closed, right? 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 07/23/2020 at 16:54

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Yes, but I think a large number of the CBP are busy tasering protesters or whatever in Portland, so you can risk running the border lol.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 17:21

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Work schedule unknown for me right now, have interview next week and a bunch of feelers out for contracts.

Getting my career back on track and battling all this world in  disarray stuff, you know...

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/23/2020 at 17:24

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No problem!

Roadkilled > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 17:30

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Getting across the border would be a problem. It’s too bad as it would be nice to get up this time of year to see the overturning of the trucks.

fintail > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 18:31

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Maybe by August 2023 there can be another real PNW gathering.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > fintail 07/23/2020 at 18:47

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Yeah! all 3 of us after half of us die in the coming uprising or of Covid.

Just Jeepin' > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 18:59

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Every now and then this summer I’ve thought a bout trying again for a “bring some road clearance for these dirt roads” meetup, but then I remember my Jeep is as reliable as a Fox News analyst.

Latest word is motor mounts, lower control arm, and bushings, and heater core. Maybe after all that the transmission problems will magically vanish.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Just Jeepin' 07/23/2020 at 19:14

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yikes!!! 

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 20:07

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I’m under the gun Tuesday for local-ish tugs ~2 weeks on-off. Rack up bank and my time for leveling up the ticket with 12h days for a year or 2.

If I find out or you set something up I’ll let you know. Hell, if you ever need a hand with the pick-up I’ll gladly assist.

Wacko > Just Jeepin' 07/23/2020 at 21:01

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You are getting the full Jeep experience. 

Just Jeepin' > Wacko 07/23/2020 at 21:02

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Trust me, I’ve been getting that part of the  ex perience for years now.

fintail > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 21:03

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It’ll probably be contained south of the border in the land of freedom and exceptionalism.

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 21:04

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Sad. I finally have reliable transportation :(

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/23/2020 at 21:06

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Sounds good!  How far is localish?

SiennaMan > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 21:12

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 Given the current situation, I'd expect the Royal Canadian type border guards to politely but firmly tell me to go home..  

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/23/2020 at 21:55

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Crew changes on the Island .

To be fair I was spending 2-3mo a year in hotels on the Island with Ferries. Provincial t ravel for crew change is not a major deal.

Was considering potentially Eastern Canada sailing pre-covid but economy has slowed, so guys are huddling those jobs, and I don’t really want to do flights.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/24/2020 at 01:41

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I wish I lived north of the border. Need an excuse to do something that gets us out of the house.

We literally got in the car today to drive around a random neighborhood just to see something other than this house and about a 25' radius of it. We hadn’t even checked our mail since last week.

RooseveltDad > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/24/2020 at 10:41

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Four! (Though I’ve not had the opportunity to make it out to meet up with you all yet, and I’ll bore you to tears with my Subaru Outback.)

Zenith2455 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/27/2020 at 12:53

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S ounds like fun. To bad I don’ t have a fun car, just my base model 06' Trailblazer