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hahaa Reading that conversation I could pretty much hear Al's voice. It's like I could hear exactly how he would have said those words. Fuggin Al. Damn I am going to miss him. Right when I think I'm doing ok I lose it all over again.

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The Las Vegas Jeep Club will be holding their 40th Anniversary Jeep Jamboree at the Dumont Dunes on February 17-19. Several Pioneers of this event will be on hand to celebrate the 40th edition. Saturday will feature the Hill Climb portion of the event while the Sand Drags will be held on Sunday. NSDN is planning on making it to this event for the first time to cover the action. View the letter below for some Racer/Sponsor Info. November 5, 2011 Dear Racers and Sponsors, The Las Vegas Jeep Club is proud to announce “A Tribute to the Pioneers of Sand Racing” with the 40th Annual Jeep Jamboree. The event will take place on Presidents Day Weekend, February 17 – 19, 2012 at Dumont Dunes, CA. The format will remain the same with Saturday Hill Climbs and Sunday’s Heads Up Sand Drags. The club is producing a DVD video to be shown Saturday night during the pot luck barbeque dinner located @ the LVJC camp. The video will explore the history of the Jeep Jamboree. If you have photos of past jamborees you would like to contribute to this DVD, please send pictures on a disc or flash drive by December 1, 2011. (Your disc/flash will be returned to you). Special awards to Raffled Class Winners and Unique trophy award concept… Congrats to last year’s Unlimited Hill Climb Winner: Dean Becker of Brush Prairie, Washington. This was Dean’s first time Hill Climbing and will he bring his WA competition buddies this year? Here are some new ET record holders for the X classes; X500 Big Block 4W Drive – John Warren with a 4.517, and Pro Drag, Tracy Malan with a 3.763. New BLM info regarding 2012 passes will not be available for purchase at the dunes. You must purchase your weekend passes in advance. For more info, call Barstow Field Office @ (760) 252‐6000. DUMONT DUNES Pass Vendors 2011‐2012 Season Kinsail Corp www.dumontdunespermits.com 3600 N. Upland St. Arlington, VA. 22207...703 994-4194 K&Y Country Store, P.O. Box 440 Baker, CA. 92309...Phone 760 733-4252 Parker MC/ATV, 301 Ox Bow #3, Pahrump, NV. 89048...Phone 775 537-6686 Grewal Travel Center, 72363 Baker Blvd., Baker, CA. 92309...Phone 760 733-4505 Valero Service Station, 71808 Baker Blvd., Baker, CA. 92309...Phone 760 733-4542 Johnnie Walker RV, 4784 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV. 89121Phone....702-436-2495 General Store, Highway 127, Shoshone, CA. 92384, Phone...760 852-4224 Doghouserepair, 1371 W. Basin Ave., Pahrump, NV. 89060...775 727-9344 www.doghouserepair.com/events/dumont Carter PowerSports, 6775 South Decatur BLVD, Las Vegas, NV. 89118, Phone...702 795-2000 Trophy sponsorship form is enclosed on flyer and raffle prizes are needed. If you would like to be involved or have any questions with this historic event, please contact Shawn Thompson @ (702) 395‐4131. Mail Trophy Sponsorship to: Las Vegas Jeep Club P.O. Box 750007 Las Vegas, NV 89136 Mail Driver Packet Inserts and Door Prizes to: Las Vegas Jeep Club 5670 N. Park Street Las Vegas, NV 89149 Very truly yours and Happy Holidays! Las Vegas Jeep Club

Jesus, you're an impatient fugger aren't ya? It's only been a day since you posted the topic. Settle down, Beavis! I'm sure if you wait, more will post.

Julie you said it so well. That was SO Al! It was just a couple weeks ago, even in his condition, he managed to get on the shoutbox and ask if we were going to be doing breakfast for everyone at the regatta. He was such a strong guy and was still looking out for everyone until the end. I remember one trip he broke his car (imagine that LOL) and went right back to cooking food for everyone like Julie said. He had his deep fryer out there and he had the best time making up some sort of doughnut concoctions. Everyone came over as he passed out different sizes/ shapes and had so much fun. It made him so happy. One of the best memories I had with Al was New Years Eve 2010/2011. We were shooting off fireworks all over the place (in camp) and almost caught each others rigs on fire. Actually it was his daughter, Jackie, she was the main culprit! It was hilarious. Al was laughing so hard. I loved seeing him have a good time. He was so full of life. The next day on a dune run he mentioned to me that this was "the best new years he'd ever had". That felt so good to hear. I am going to miss that crazy guy blasting through the dunes with his LOUD and obnoxious flamed out sandcar, crazy hair in his face, always running on the edge of blowing something up. That thing was a monster. I would hear him coming and running us down to jump in on a dune run. We'd give each other that wave and then hammer down. Before each trip out, he would just randomly call me and tell me how many pounds of tri tip, pulled pork, and racks of ribs he was bringing out. I could barely understand him and gave him sh*t all the time because he would always be driving somewhere and he'd have to talk on speakerphone. lol He would always have a secret stash of ribs or a special plate of food for me. I came to realize he did this for almost everyone. He wanted to make everyone feel special. He was always looking out for everyone. One of the last few times we camped together (I think it was the time with the deep fryer), I gave him a new nickname....camp papa. He was like a father to everyone, taking care of his dune family. I am happy to have shared a portion of my life with Al. Not only did we get Al, but he introduced us to a group of awesome people. His family, Brian, Nicki, Aaron, Ricky Bobby, Dan, etc etc. They are all just as genuine as he was. He will me missed dearly and will never be forgotten. One of the last texts I got from him through Brian was "Thanks Pete, Love you bud". Rest in peace, my friend.....Al Tomblin aka Smokin Al We'll hook up for a dune run in the next life. A classic memory with Brian and Al when Al got an early jump drag racing at comp hill.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. It brings me right back to the good times!

I don't think red will work. Some of the print in the design is red.

No problem, Terry. Just call, text, or swing by. Right on Steve.

Tonight Anna and I will be having a special Thirsty Thursday at our place in honor of Al. Anyone who knew Al is welcome to come over. It's is sort of a small "wake" for those Vegas & Henderson friends of his who loved him and knew him well. Let's share some great memories we've had with him, have some laughs, and just hang out in his honor. I think that's what Al would have wanted most...everyone to have a good time and just enjoy each others company. That's how I remember him best. Maybe we can pick a photo and put something together for the homepage tonight too? We'll see. I don't want to turn this into a huge emotional ordeal. I'm already getting teary eyed typing this. It's been a rough day. We ask that everyone show up no earlier than 7pm and we'd like to wrap it up no later than 10/ 10:30. If you don't have my address, just shoot me a pm, text, email, or whatever. Hope to see some of you guys there.

Excellent coverage and shots, Neal. Thank you again! I love them all.

Funny you should say that. I was already planning on pushing back the DPOM for Al and posting a pic of him for the month of Feb in his memory. I should have it up soon.

I don't even know how to say this. I just got the dreaded phone call from Brian. Al just passed this evening. I am so thankful to have had Al as my friend. He was one of a kind. RIP bud

Tapatalk still works but we don't have the iphone app enabled. Where did you see this? Like ISBB said, the mobike skin works best for phones I think. Unless you are talking about the DDR Facebook app. That app just links your accounts.

I did some minor cropping and tweaking on a few of Tori's pics. These pics are awesome!

Yep. It's on my DDR homework list. Thnx

ok guys here ya go! Many thanks to Tori for taking all of these awesome photos. We still have Neal Rideout's to come too. And something that hasn't been mentioned until now is that Neal was there getting event coverage for Sand Sports Magazine! So you expect to see his shots and writeup in an upcoming Sand Sports issue soon.

wow, crazy! That must have been their Dodge Durango then across the street with some of their stuff they could salvage.

Color?

The previews were posted the week before the regatta. http://www.dumontdun...ndpost&p=228040

The only pics I took with my DSLR

So almost 200 shirts weren't enough apparently. I'll be putting in another order for them soon if you want to order more. Let me know asap. Shirts will still be $15. Paypal might work best. I might even eat the shipping and just mail them all out to you guys. I need to know: quantity/ size/ color

BTW, those who weren't able to get a shirt or certain color, etc, I'll be putting in another order for them soon if you want. I'll start a thread in the ATC70 section. Otherwise if you're reading this and aren't registered, email me the sizes and colors at pete@dumontduneriders.com.

We saw this on the way home along the Old Spanish Trail Hwy near the 160. It looked like they managed to get a few things out and they were ok, but the coach was a total loss. I don't think they were duners, but I'm not sure. The looks on their faces were so sad as they walked around the motorhome just looking at all the destruction.

ok I'll throw my phone pics up first. Some of my friends have seen these as I was throwing them randomly on FB throughout last week, but they are cool pics from our 6 days out there. It felt great. Wed AM I woke up and realized we needed more room So I moved the hauler down a few football fields and then managed to get the car and tow the atc down at the same time. lol OK, this should do. Then the damn W word came and went most of the day. It was annoying. However it calmed down enough for us to take advantage of those bitchen dunes. Thurs AM

You guys weren't the only ones. Anna and I were out there for 6 days. Those dunes were nice! We got a handful of great runs in. I got some on the go pro too.