Maybe moving to Tri-Cities?

[krazytoy]

Hello everyone,
I found your website and I am glad to see so much 4x4 activity in the area! Well, I have been offered a job at Hanford and am seriously considering it. I live in Idaho Falls, ID right now and am a member of the Snake River Offroaders. I have a 99' Cherokee with the normal stuff. Anyway, the job is temporary so i am thinking about buying a 5th wheel and just living in it for 9-12 months or until they offer me a permanent position. Can anyone recommend a nice RV park? Also, I see you have some sand dunes around, where are they located? Well if the job works out I look forward to meeting all of you.

Jason

[TJDave]

Welcome. A couple guys in my group at Hanford are from out of town and live in their RVs. One is from Idaho and still has a house and family there. The other is from Spokane, but they sold their house and have their stuff in storage. They are waiting to see if they are going to be hit by any layoffs when the ARA $$ runs out before they buy here. They both live at the Horn Rapids RV Resort just outside of Richland at the intersection of Hwy 240 and Kingsgate Way. It is the nicest in the area, and the closest to Hanford. A new RV park just opened just down the road at the 240/bypass hwy intersection, but I hear they are more expensive and it's not as nice. And there are more.

Now that we have that out of the way, how 'bout some pictures of your Jeep??

[SPR]

Welcome. Do a search on "Juniper Dunes". They may not be the biggest and badest, but any 4X4 will find a challenging dune.

[krazytoy]

Thanks for the info guys. I will look into the RV park and the dunes. We have St. Anthony dunes out here and I frequent them often. Looks like I am going to be taking the job so I guess I will be there in a few weeks. Sucks I have to leave the wife and son back here, but you gotta go where the jobs are. Jeep is a 99' cherokee with the 4.0l, auto locked front and back, 2lo in the tcase, 33 BFG AT's, 5.5" RE Long arm, rancho 9000's and a ton of other small creature comforts. I have been wheelin my whole life, I grew up in Farmington, NM and competed in the first rock crawlin comp back in 99 in Las Cruces, NM. Had lots of rigs over the years, from a big block, linked buggy to stock Toyotas. I co-owned a custom fab shop here in Idaho Falls as well. I like the Cherokee, it suits the family wheeler just fine. Well hope to meet some of you soon. Thanks again,

Jason

I gotta figure how to post pics on here still![/img]

[Roman]

We've got several guys on our crew from the Boise area staying in RV's and all of them stay in Tri-Cities RV Park. Great rates, electricity is included.

[Wrench]

We've got several guys on our crew from the Boise area staying in RV's and all of them stay in Tri-Cities RV Park. Great rates, electricity is included.

...but the traffic nearby makes it very LOUD in the park.

[Roman]

Only if you stay on the north side of the park!

[krazytoy]

Great info and thanks again everyone. I start the new job on the 24th of January, so I got alot of things to wrap up here before I leave. Thanks again,

Jason

[krazytoy]

Well, I made it to town and I am in the RV Village Resort in West Richland. Its a nice short drive to work, but I am going to move. The park is kinda dirty... I am getting settled and just got a notebook for the trailer so I have internet now. Been running home every weekend to see the wife and son, but next weekend I am hangin' around to look for a new place.
When and where are your meetings? I would like to make one to introduce myself and meet a few of you.

Jason

[White trash]

Meetings are the first wednesday of every month and the location is different most every time.