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Spring Rally, Osceola National Forest - April 11 - 13, 2003

Come and join the Florida Land Rover Club for our annual Spring Rally.  This is a great event for the whole family; even if you have never been off-road before.  We'll have trail rides, a GPS Hunt, and hopfully trials course and blindfold obstacle course! Of course our famous BBQ dinner Saturday evening. 

The event will be held in the Osceola National Forest at the Ocean Pond campground in Olustee. This is a state run waterfront campground equipped with new facilities and waterfront camp sites.  There are full hookup sites, water hookup-only sites and tent sites, all available on a first come, first served basis, no reservations allowed.  The campground has 67 sites, and the forestry service doesn't expect we'll have any trouble getting all of us in.  If needed, additional overflow camping is available at Hog Pen campground, just a few miles down the road.  Although Hog Pen is also a waterfront campsite, it is primitive camping with no showers or electric and water. 


 We are currently working on the event schedule, which will include trail rides, a Saturday night GPS hunt (hosted by Jonathan & Hillary Galpin), trials event, blindfold obstacle course, Saturday night BBQ and club meeting and raffle.   All events will begin at the Ocean Pond campground unless otherwise stated.

The event will be fun for all Land Rovers, from stock Range Rovers to modified Series trucks and everything in between.  Depending on the weather, Osceola can be a wet place (car wash anyone?), but we'll do our best to scout out some nice trails.  Make sure to always drive within your abilities, and never attempt to drive over or through an obstacle that you aren't comfortable with. 

Fees and Specifics 
Rally Registration will be Friday afternoon and Saturday morning at Ocean Pond. There is no FLRC Rally fee for paid members, and non-member fees are $20 per vehicle (each entry receives 1 shirt).

Saturday night dinner will be $8 a head, and additional t-shirts can be purchased for $10 each. 

The camping fees for Ocean Pond are as follows, and must be paid directly to the on-site host:  
Full hook-ups - $18 a night, water only - $12 a night, tent sites - $8 a night.  First come, first served basis for all sites.  Maximum of 5 people allowed in a single campsite.  Each site has a lantern post, picnic table, and fire ring, with convenient access to drinking water, restrooms and showers. Most sites have tent pads; many also have room for various size trailers.

I think the camping fees for Hog Pen are $8 per night, also no reservations.

Directions
The Ocean Pond campground is located outside of Olustee, FL, just off Highway 90 about twelve miles east of Lake City.  Take exit 324 off of I-10 and head West on US 90.  Go about 5 miles and turn right (north) onto CR 250A (there is a sign for Ocean Pond campground, GPS N30 12.382 - W82 24.599).  The entrance to Ocean Pond is a couple of miles down on the left, past FR 266 (look for the 'campground' sign, GPS N30 14.900 - W82 26.412).

See the following site for more information on Ocean Pond (please note, some of the information on that link is outdated, as the Ocean Pond campground *does* have electric available)

Please check the bulletin board for event specifics, details and last minute changes.  Please feel free to post any questions to the board, or email the club President, Dave Souza dave.souza@floridalandroverclub.com.



Maps of the area will be available for purchase at registration.


Sponsors

We'd like to thank the following sponsors for contributing to this event: