Its trikefest 2013 time!

[gus]

I live to dam far from trikefest. But I'm getting reading for the next imperial invasion lol. You coming back next year Jason ? Oh and by the way let me now if I win the Tri z that's up for raffle lol.

[JasonB]

hahah ya I will be there next year Gus! Looking forward to it!

[TecateDan]

We drive 1200 miles?? how far are you

I live to dam far from trikefest. But I'm getting reading for the next imperial invasion lol. You coming back next year Jason ? Oh and by the way let me now if I win the Tri z that's up for raffle lol.

[3wheeled roofer]

for me Idsrive 120 miles to fly from vegas to denver to indianna but our german friends probably got us beat

[fabiodriven]

One thing I would like to add real quick-

I'm really not trying to put a damper on things here or be a negative Nancy, but I just want to ask everyone beforehand to please be conscious of where you place your trash. I spent a lot of time last year, most often by myself, picking up other people's trash. I just want everyone to realize what we have there at Haspin. Those people open the doors WIDE for us. They absolutely love us coming there and they are EXTREMELY good to us as a group. Where I come from in Massachusetts, we don't have places like Haspin Acres. The place is so much fun I'm surprised it's not illegal. Up here in Mass when you go out in the woods or to a pond or a lake, there is usually a ton of trash everywhere. It's downright sad and makes me disgusted with my fellow man. It has a snowball effect as well because people see the trash that's already there and they are much more likely to contribute to it. Basically, it's gross up here and Haspin is not like that. Until you've seen how it is here, maybe you wouldn't appreciate how clean Haspin is.

There were MANY occasions last year where I cleaned up after other people. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Nobody made me do what I did, it was my own choice and I'll do the same thing this year. I'm not here to point fingers or ask for thanks. I just want to try and make people aware of what they have and to appreciate it. I brought trash bags down to the river on more than one occasion last year and picked up hundreds of beer cans. Very few people helped me (Dianimal helped). Another day I was at the Shoe Tree the day after a night of debauchery. There were literally HUNDREDS of beer cans tossed everywhere. I personally dragged a barrel over there by myself and picked up every last beer can and piece of trash by myself. It took me about 30 minutes while 3 of my friends watched me and didn't help. I'm not mad at them at all, it wasn't all their trash. They shouldn't have to pick it up. I just can't look at it. Same thing at the Backbone. There were beer cans rolling down the hill as the riders were coming up. Then once the event cleared out, it was time to pick up there as well.

Guys I'm just asking everyone to be conscious of what we have at this place and to take care of it, not destroy it. We are welcomed with open arms by these fine people who let us tear their park up 24 hours a day for that week with VERY lenient rules and a smile on their faces. If they get upset by the trash, it is not going to be cool. I picked up a lot last year, and I'll pick up again this year, but please try to lend me a hand. If you go to the river, or anywhere for that matter, take 5 seconds and grab a couple of trash bags to take with you. Put your trash in the trash bag and don't be ashamed to pick up someone else's trash either.

[ditchmud]

I'm glad that you brought that up. In the planning for Trikefest that has been addressed. We plan on scheduling some kind of ecology ride during the weekend to help clean up the park. We also have talked about helping Haspin out during our weekend with the maintenance of the restrooms. There will be more posted on these issues when I have more time. Thanks

[3wheeled roofer]

any chance anyone is driving from the west coast? Just throwing it out there, I would feel pretty stupid if some one drove out there and said I could of picked your bike up on my way. Not looking for free ride but if someone is going that way and coming back my one trike could use a vacation to. Everyone needs help with gas.

[ATC-Eric]

We also have talked about helping Haspin out during our weekend with the maintenance of the restrooms.

What would be awesome, is if they just gave us access to a hose! We could take a hose to that bathroom once a day, and it would be so nice and clean. It wouldn't damage anything in there.

[thestud25]

any chance anyone is driving from the west coast? Just throwing it out there, I would feel pretty stupid if some one drove out there and said I could of picked your bike up on my way. Not looking for free ride but if someone is going that way and coming back my one trike could use a vacation to. Everyone needs help with gas.

There was a guy that came last year from Arizona and he drove, but I do not think that he is a member here. Maybe someone else will chime in with more of his information.

[Eric250R]

One thing I would like to add real quick-

I'm really not trying to put a damper on things here or be a negative Nancy, but I just want to ask everyone beforehand to please be conscious of where you place your trash. I spent a lot of time last year, most often by myself, picking up other people's trash. I just want everyone to realize what we have there at Haspin. Those people open the doors WIDE for us. They absolutely love us coming there and they are EXTREMELY good to us as a group. Where I come from in Massachusetts, we don't have places like Haspin Acres. The place is so much fun I'm surprised it's not illegal. Up here in Mass when you go out in the woods or to a pond or a lake, there is usually a ton of trash everywhere. It's downright sad and makes me disgusted with my fellow man. It has a snowball effect as well because people see the trash that's already there and they are much more likely to contribute to it. Basically, it's gross up here and Haspin is not like that. Until you've seen how it is here, maybe you wouldn't appreciate how clean Haspin is.

There were MANY occasions last year where I cleaned up after other people. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Nobody made me do what I did, it was my own choice and I'll do the same thing this year. I'm not here to point fingers or ask for thanks. I just want to try and make people aware of what they have and to appreciate it. I brought trash bags down to the river on more than one occasion last year and picked up hundreds of beer cans. Very few people helped me (Dianimal helped). Another day I was at the Shoe Tree the day after a night of debauchery. There were literally HUNDREDS of beer cans tossed everywhere. I personally dragged a barrel over there by myself and picked up every last beer can and piece of trash by myself. It took me about 30 minutes while 3 of my friends watched me and didn't help. I'm not mad at them at all, it wasn't all their trash. They shouldn't have to pick it up. I just can't look at it. Same thing at the Backbone. There were beer cans rolling down the hill as the riders were coming up. Then once the event cleared out, it was time to pick up there as well.

Guys I'm just asking everyone to be conscious of what we have at this place and to take care of it, not destroy it. We are welcomed with open arms by these fine people who let us tear their park up 24 hours a day for that week with VERY lenient rules and a smile on their faces. If they get upset by the trash, it is not going to be cool. I picked up a lot last year, and I'll pick up again this year, but please try to lend me a hand. If you go to the river, or anywhere for that matter, take 5 seconds and grab a couple of trash bags to take with you. Put your trash in the trash bag and don't be ashamed to pick up someone else's trash either.

Great post, I'm kind of the trash nazi here, so always ready to help clean up.

[stroberts22]

I'm personally going to keep my own mess picked up and if everyone does this I don't see trash being a problem.

[JasonB]

i was planning to bring a few bags of trash from home to scatter about the camp sites like I usually do but I guess I will hold off this year



T MINUS 4 WEEKS GUYS!

[Mosh]

One thing I would like to add real quick-

I'm really not trying to put a damper on things here or be a negative Nancy, but I just want to ask everyone beforehand to please be conscious of where you place your trash. I spent a lot of time last year, most often by myself, picking up other people's trash. I just want everyone to realize what we have there at Haspin. Those people open the doors WIDE for us. They absolutely love us coming there and they are EXTREMELY good to us as a group. Where I come from in Massachusetts, we don't have places like Haspin Acres. The place is so much fun I'm surprised it's not illegal. Up here in Mass when you go out in the woods or to a pond or a lake, there is usually a ton of trash everywhere. It's downright sad and makes me disgusted with my fellow man. It has a snowball effect as well because people see the trash that's already there and they are much more likely to contribute to it. Basically, it's gross up here and Haspin is not like that. Until you've seen how it is here, maybe you wouldn't appreciate how clean Haspin is.

There were MANY occasions last year where I cleaned up after other people. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Nobody made me do what I did, it was my own choice and I'll do the same thing this year. I'm not here to point fingers or ask for thanks. I just want to try and make people aware of what they have and to appreciate it. I brought trash bags down to the river on more than one occasion last year and picked up hundreds of beer cans. Very few people helped me (Dianimal helped). Another day I was at the Shoe Tree the day after a night of debauchery. There were literally HUNDREDS of beer cans tossed everywhere. I personally dragged a barrel over there by myself and picked up every last beer can and piece of trash by myself. It took me about 30 minutes while 3 of my friends watched me and didn't help. I'm not mad at them at all, it wasn't all their trash. They shouldn't have to pick it up. I just can't look at it. Same thing at the Backbone. There were beer cans rolling down the hill as the riders were coming up. Then once the event cleared out, it was time to pick up there as well.

Guys I'm just asking everyone to be conscious of what we have at this place and to take care of it, not destroy it. We are welcomed with open arms by these fine people who let us tear their park up 24 hours a day for that week with VERY lenient rules and a smile on their faces. If they get upset by the trash, it is not going to be cool. I picked up a lot last year, and I'll pick up again this year, but please try to lend me a hand. If you go to the river, or anywhere for that matter, take 5 seconds and grab a couple of trash bags to take with you. Put your trash in the trash bag and don't be ashamed to pick up someone else's trash either.

I have not been there since 09....And I just recently learned of the bathroom, and some of the filth that is encountered there anymore...
Boy things sure have changed.
good post!

[TecateDan]

I plan on keeping my mess contained with in fabios camper as is my usuall style. Perhaps we can drag raffa's presure washer over there and give them a deep clean. I think after looking at them last year a hotsy pressure washer would work a lot better but I'll help

[black110]

Can someone please inform the family of raccoon's that visited my camp daily last year, that I would appreciate that when they eat my chips not to scatter the the bags all over. Its one thing picking up 20 or so beer cans in the morning but 84,000 pieces of chip wrapper is a serious ass pain!