Date:         Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:32:18 -0500
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Subject:      (SYNCROS) Syncro de Mayo 2003: Oeste, Centro, y Este
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For those of you that can't stand the Yahoo lists ( but the new spam opt-out
controls are better, and membership is now moderated) here is a heads up.

It looks like the Syncro de Mayo weekend is going nationwide next year, with
the original (Oeste=West), a Rocky mountains meet(Centro= not really the
center, but close enough) and Este (=East). Each will offer an opportunity
to get together, share stories, and experience a wide range of off-road
adventures, from mild to wild.

The original event has been held at Hollister in California, and has been a
great success.

The Centro group is focusing on the Buena Vista, Colorado area, which we
visted in our Syncro Westie two summers ago and I personally can attest to
outstanding 4x4 opportunities and gorgeous scenery.

In the east,  a syncro owner has graciously offered the use of his 200+
acres in wild, wonderful West Virginia as a home base, not far from
Harrisonburg VA and close to a major North-South Interstate, I-81.

We are investigating coordinating the three events so they will be
syncronized, and people are even talking about webcams to link us all up,
which would be amazing.

No dates in the month of May  have been set, but it looks like Memorial Day
weekend is more problematic than others. Because of snow conditions in the
Rockies, I figure later in May is better than early.

Until we sort this out, I advise you to keep May weekends open and keep an
eye on the three US based yahoo groups related to syncros. Archives of each
list are public so you need not subscribe to be informed:

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Syncro/
Syncro tends to have the most traffic, and is primarily technical.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SyncroSafari/
Syncrosafari is more travel related, and has the lowest volume

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/syncrolist/
Syncrolist was started by Steve Schwenk to organize previous Syncro de
Mayos, and has evolved to cover technical discussions as well.

Thats all for now!

Tom F.
90 Syncro Westie