> If you ever fly Woodrat - please do your part as described below.

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> From: pmurdoch17 <pmurd...@garywest.com>
> Date: Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 2:29 PM
> Subject: [RVHPA] Roadway Rant
> To: RV...@yahoogroups.com

> This will be my crankiest post to date. And I've had some real
>  hissies. But I digress....

>  Each year, we analyze and over-analyze how to maintain good relations
>  with landowners. We debate ad nauseum what is required to maintain
>  access to the Woodrat LZ. We just finished the most exhaustive
>  conversation to date concerning how events might impact our long term
>  use of the Woodrat LZ.

>  Here is what the Hunter's have said:

>  Events are okay as-is.

>  "But please don't block the roads or the gate."

>  That is one thing they have asked for each and every time we inquire.

>  "Please don't block the roads or the gate."

>  We spend so much time analyzing what things might possibly be a
>  source of frustration to our hosts. And each year, they tell us
>  exactly what they'd like to see.

>  They say, "Please don't block the roads or the gate"

>  And each year, while we debate how our activities might impact the
>  ranch, we do exactly that; we block the road and the gate.

>  Today our club completely blocked road access while Tim, his family,
>  and another pilot-friendly landowner watched. Our club parked a car
>  directly in the middle of the @$%&! road. As club members loaded
>  wings, Tim's daughters had to drive off the road to pass. Then Tim's
>  friend Rod, who also allows pilots to land at his place, had to drive
>  his truck and trailer off the road in order to pass by the vehicle
>  that our club had parked in the middle of the road.

>  We spend so many hours pondering what might make the Hunter family
>  frustrated, and they tell us. Then we go right out and violate that
>  one rule.

>  GET. OFF. THE. ROAD.

>  Park so that you are completely off the pavement.

>  Don't park any part of your car in front of the gate. You don't know
>  what kind of trailer Tim is hauling in and out of the gate. Give him
>  plenty of space.

>  If you have a long vehicle, park parallel, not diagonally.

>  Don't use the pavement for a staging area. Don't lay your wing, or
>  your lunch on the road while you get ready.

>  Never, ever, stop in the middle of the road.

>  I was completely dumbfounded today. I know it is spring, we are
>  excited to fly. But consider how our actions spoke. Tim has asked
>  for just one thing consistently. Then, in front of Tim, his wife,
>  his kids, and another LZ owner, we blatantly ignore his most
>  consistent request.

>  Please help us ensure that no one - visitors, spectators, and for
>  crying out loud, club members, do not block the road.

>  So.

>  To summarize:

>  The Hunter's say, "Well, we are pretty satisfied with pilot
>  activities, but please don't block the road or the gate".

>  So we park our cars in the street and load our wings, while
>  pondering, "What things can we do to be polite and respectful guests?"

>  And as Tim's family drives around us through the mud, we wave and
>  think, "Gosh, they sure are nice."

>  Rant over.

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