Thank you Greg, Sadly I am out of town that weekend. Please if you can try and announce the cleanings further in advance. I plan to make it to every one, but have had to miss 3 of the last 4 due to their last minute announcements. Matt On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Greg Lyzenga <lyzenga@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Fellow ROC Members, > > It seems like NSL was just yesterday, but it's already time to get ready for > ROCtober and ROC-Stock again! > > Mark your calendar --- Saturday, October 1, 2011, starting at 9:00 am, we > will be holding a trailer cleaning event to re-organize the contents of the > trailer, repair any broken equipment, and generally get everything in good > shape before the big launches ahead. It's a great opportunity to give back > to the club, and to shoot the bull with all your rocket buddies. We can use > all the help we can get, so please put this on your calendar and join the > fun! > > The location, as always, is the home of Leslie and Scott Mayer, in Oak > Hills. Their address is: > > 8828 Kittering Road > Oak Hills, CA 92344 > > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=8828+Kittering+Rd+92344 > > Lunch will be provided by ROC, and everyone is invited. Feel free to bring > friends, relatives, and a willingness to lend a hand. Work gloves are > encouraged, as we'll be hauling all of the launch equipment out of the > trailer to clean and repair it, and gloves can make that easier. If you > have special expertise, such as with electrical repair or machining, bring > that too! There is no shortage of deferred maintenance to take care of. > (If you spend an hour cleaning launch rails, you'll never fly another > sparky motor again! ;-) ) > > Directions: > ============ > > If you come up the Cajon Pass heading north on Interstate 15, you should > take the highway 395 exit as you get in to Hesperia. You'll cross over the > freeway, coming to a traffic signal at the Pilot gas station/Newton's > Outpost truck stop. Make a left at the signal on to Joshua street, and > follow Joshua street one block west to where it ends in a "T" at Caliente > Road. Turn right on Caliente, and head north one block to where the > pavement ends just before Muscatel street. Now on the dirt, turn left on > Muscatel. > > About 50 feet after turning left on to Muscatel, you'll see that the dirt > road takes a steep drop down a hill into a valley, and up the other side. > Approach with caution, as it's not uncommon for vehicles on this road to > speed down one side and up the other, and you don't want to collide with a > car coming the other way. > > Follow Muscatel west down the canyon, and up the other side. Continue > another six blocks, and turn left on Kittering road. Leslie and Scott's > place will be the first house on your right after you turn. The trailer is > in the back, parked next to the garage/workshop. > > If you want to avoid the steep drive down into the valley on Muscatel, or > if you're coming southbound on 395 from somewhere to the North, or if you > miss the 395 exit off the 15, and get off on Main Street, instead, there's > an alternate route you can take: > > Head West on Phelan Road from 395. If you're heading northbound on 395 > from the 15, you'll be driving straight past the Pilot gas station, and > making a left on Phelan Road, which is the next signal past Joshua Street. > If you're heading southbound on 395, you'll be making a right on to Phelan > Road. (Phelan Road becomes Main Street if you go the wrong way and head > east towards Interstate 15. So, if you get off the 15 at Main Street, > simply head west until you pass 395.) > > One block west on Phelan Road from 395, just past Los Banos Ave., Phelan > Road goes from two lanes down to one. The very next street on your left, > just after the lanes merge, is Freemontia Road. Turn left on Freemontia. > DO NOT TURN ON LOS BANOS -- go one block past Los Banos, and turn left on > Freemontia. > > Freemontia becomes a dirt road immediately. Follow Freemontia south until > it hits Muscatel, and turn right. The house on the southwest corner of > Freemontia and Muscatel has a giant rooster statue and a windmill in the > front yard, so simply turn right when you see the huge cockerel. Head > three blocks west on Muscatel, and turn left on to Kittering. Leslie and > Scott's place will be the first house on your right after you turn. The > trailer is in the back, parked next to the garage/workshop. > > Thanks and see you all there! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Greg Lyzenga > ROC Vice President - NAR #13295 / Tripoli #12088 > > -- Matthew Campbell | Chief Operations Officer Little Lion Studios, Inc. 626-296-6661 (O) 818.314.9897 (M) -- ROC-Chat mailing list roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat