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THE ROOSTER A monthly update from the Inland Empire Offroad Association
What’s New This is our annual pre-Coral Pink edition of the newsletter. We can’t wait to head back to Utah in just a few weeks from now.
Coral Pink Dates
MOAB in Pictures By Mike Bacon Since Jim did such a good job describing each day of the trip, I decided to just share some more pictures. Picture Frame Arch and Behind the Rocks:
This year the Coral Pink trip dates will be July 14-22. Some will arrive in Mesquite a few days earlier, and we will spend the night of July 22 there as well.
More Moving The California Kastles have just moved in to a new home in Riverside. The process of buying and selling in this market has been an adventure, but we moved July 19! Read more on page 7.
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Upcoming Events • July 12 (or earlier) -14th: PreCoral Pink time in Mesquite • July 14-22: Coral Pink 2021 We will be making this great trip once again, and will be staying at the new group site for the first time. • July 22-23: Night at Casablanca in Mesquite on the way home.
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Fins & Things:
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Fallen Peace Officers Trail and Tusher Tunnel
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Coral Pink Crossword 2021
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2 We are using a new group ____ this year with additional space and power for each rig. 5 This is a violent and sudden electrostatic discharge, usually during a thunderstorm. 7 These hours are from 10:00 PM to 9:00 AM in the state park.
1 Catch a view of this ___ A Boo slot canyon across highway 89 from the dunes. 3 Self powered recreational vehicle which Mike and Pat are utilizing for this year's trip. 4 We see these canyons in Utah, and machines in casinos.
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9 Large lake that attracts many recreational visitors to the area.
6 This river is crossed multiple times on the way to the dunes and on trails between camp and Mt. Carmel Junction. 8 Sand ____ is the closest state park to Coral Pink, and has a similar color sand. 11 Point where OHV trails start, usually easily accessible from a paved road.
10 This store in Kanab supports the local hospital, which we hope to not need. 12 This station is a campground destination that will be closer to where we are camped this year, and a vehicle some have driven on past trips. 13 Iconic Utah off road destination that will be the subject of many comparisons to Coral Pink this year. 17 Name we have given a trail that connects the upper and lower dunes, shared with a So Cal theme park that has finally reopened. 20 Solid means of cooling, available by the bag at the Ranger Station.
14 Ho-made dessert that the Thunderbird Restaurant is known for. 15 Attraction at the hotel in Mesquite that some of us now have at home after moving this year. 16 ____ Beds road is where we turn off Highway 89 to take a now paved shortcut to the dunes. 18 Prehistoric creatures whose tracks can be seen in the rock near Coral Pink. 19 Meal for which we cook omelets in freezer bags with shared ingredients. 21 We meet up and spend the night at the CasaBlanca Resort in this Nevada town on the way to the dunes. 22 Utah town nearest to the sand dunes, also known as Utah's Little Hollywood.
25 County in which the dunes and nearby town of Kanab are located. 26 State known for gambling which we travel through on the way to Coral Pink. 27 Best _____ is an animal sanctuary near the dunes, and also describes who we visit Coral Pink with. 28 Name of the restaurant and resort in Mt Carmel Junction that is a ride destination.
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The Kastles’ New Home (It’s who you know…) By Paul Kastle This newsletter would not be complete if we didn’t share a little of what we have been up to the last few months. About March we started thinking it would be really nice to get a bigger house, and to have enough land to park all of the toys at home. We started looking, and before we knew it in early April we placed an offer on a property. In this competitive housing market, our offer of $30k over asking was not accepted, and we were left to continue our search. That’s where the club comes in to the story… The next day, while I was on an early morning call for work I had a missed call from John, who had just gotten a call from Ray saying that the house right next door to Janice’s cousin was going to be for sale. By the time I got off of my call I had a text from Melissa with the address, and I was looking at the property that was newly listed on the MLS. It is under a mile from Ray and Janice’s, up the hill a little and just outside the city of Riverside in Woodcrest. It was a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2088 sq ft home on an acre of land, and most importantly it had two bathrooms! It was basically double our current home in many ways. We called our realtor, and arranged to see it that Sunday. We fell in love, and submitted our offer. One significant catch was that we had the contingency of needing to sell our old house, and many sellers would not wait for that in today’s market. Fortunately we were able to convince them, and they accepted our offer. This kicked off the crazy process of cleaning up ours, listing it, showing it during the Dumont weekend, getting 8 offers, choosing one, negotiating for possession after close of escrow so we wouldn’t have to live in the trailer for a month, and a few hundred docu-sign online signatures. It was neat when Ray walked right in to the house during our home inspection, and always kept us up to date on what was going on at the house. Everything went according to plan, and both escrows closed on time, resulting in us moving in over Father’s Day weekend. Thanks to all of our parents for spending their weekend helping us move. Now we are living in the new house and starting to unpack. We can’t wait to show everyone! -Paul, Melissa, Allie, and Marshall
This month we’d like to thank Mike Bacon for sending in content, and encourage everyone else to do the same. What are you up to this summer? We’re looking forward to getting ready for another great Coral Pink trip, and we’ll cover that trip in the next newsletter. Please send your contributions for future newsletters to me at pkastle@msn.com and we will publish them along with a calendar of events each month. -Paul, Melissa, Allie, and Marshall. 7