Alrighty. This is a preliminary post to see when everyone is available for a weekend of Long Island offroading, Beach wheeling, BBQ's and maybe some fishing.
The main purpose for this event is to get the UNYX/Nexterra guys their NY State Beach 4 wheel fishing permits, so they can come down and wheel anytime with us, or on their own,etc..
Second purpose is to break in those newly aquired beach permits, and do some fishing/wheeling/bbqin on the beach.
Please Vote to what weekend you'd like to do this..

Here is the general schedule I'm looking to do..

Saturday morning.. Everyone arrives from out of town, local, etc..
We can meet at the rest stop on the LIE before Exit 53 (sagtikos pky south), where the railroad car is (going eastbound).
Figure around 9:30-10am we'll meet there..

We all caravan down Sag parkway to Robert moses beach state park office.
Those of you without permits, purchase permits for $49, make sure you bring your truck's registration, and a license (to be safe).

Once everyone has their permits, we can head over to get lunch (anywhere). 12pm-2pm +/-
I'll do more research about that, maybe we'll hit Phil's (Get our own private section)..
Then we can head over to the Wading River spot to play around for a few hours before it starts to get dark..

Here are the options for dinner.. Hit a supermarket and pick up burgers, dogs, wings, etc..
And head to the beach (Sore thumb, or Gilgo Beach) and BBQ our dinner and chill out for the rest of the night, either fishing or just chilling on the beach.

Or we could go out to dinner somewhere, then we can hit the beach and chill out..

For sleeping. You are only allowed to sleep in a vehicle on the beach, No tents allowed (aside from a bathroom).
So everyone can sleep in their trucks, OR we can get campsites some where close. (I'll have to research it, further if there is that much interest in camping).
Or there are hotel rooms for those who dont want to either sleep in the truck or camp..
Hotels probably arent going to be cheap, and definitely not close to the beach.

Sunday morning, cook up some breakfast (or head out somewhere locally)
Either chill out at the beach, and do some fishing, more chilling out or
Head out to the wading river spot for some more playing in the mud.

Then grab some lunch and everyone can head on their way..


Here are some thoughts..
Whoever is getting a permit and going on the beach, here is the list of items required (They sometime check, be prepared).

Tire Air pressure gauge capable of reading 5psi min.
Fishing poles (1 per person over the age of 12, doesnt matter if they are fishing or not, they need one)
Fishing tackle, lures, bait, etc..
A 12" piece of wood for a jack board
A Jack
A portable toilet (5 gallon bucket with garbage bags, worked for me)
A Shovel (collapsable type is fine)
Air compressor of some type (I have plenty to go around if need be)
A Tow strap (or some type)
Max tire size of 33x12.5 (I've never seen that one enforced)
I think that covers it.

Obviously We'll get a more definitive list of items that Brandon and Myself and other locals will be bringing to make it easier on us, but for now this should be fine.

Any ideas, suggestions, comments, etc..
PLEASE post em. Nothing is set in stone yet, I am open to ideas and suggestions.

L8r

I would love to do this but I'm suppose to be moving in April sometime. So I won't vote.

Hope you guys have a great time and hopefully next year I will be able to do this.

Well, if you come down any of the weekends before April 30th to get your permit, then you can join us any time until Dec 31st on the beach.

So keep a day or weekend in mind before April 30th if you can. Hell, it can even be this month if you want.

Sounds like a great idea.

However, the only weekend that looks free to me is he 22nd.

I would love to go, but with the babies on the way (we are expecting them to arrive late April / early May) I can not commit to anything.

Maybe I can sneak down this month to at least get the permit so I can join you guys during the summer.

Sounds like a plan. At least you can join us for some light local wheeling (Just like the pix)
And later in the spring/summer/fall, we'll have more beach runs.

also..are one day permits available?

Unfortunately no. Just yearly permits for $49.

Based on voting, it looks like it will be the weekend of April 22/23rd..
If you can't make that, then try to get down here before April 30th..
Join us for a one day wheeling run then just to get your permit..
During the summer, TRUST ME, the permit is well worth it.
Even if you only use it on two weekends, it's well worth the drive for you upstater that have never seen a beach.

I just got off the phone with the Captree/Robert Moses State Parks office. They are open 7 days a week 9am to 5pm. And the beaches are open as of April 2nd, those beaches are.. Gilgo Beach, Sore Thumb, and Democrat point. All three of those beaches are within a 15 minute drive of each other.
And it's 15 minutes of parkway driving on aired down tires.

So.. I will work on an itinerary for the weekend of April 22nd/23rd..
I'll start up a new thread with all of the specifics for this trip soon.

Great news. What are the rules b/w Memorial Day and Labor as to driving on the beach? Before 8 am and after 4 pm?

April 1st is when all of the beaches open up. Before then only Nappague, Hither Hills and Montauk are the ones that are open.
All of those beaches are FAR out east on the south shore.
We'll hit Hither Hills another weekend over the spring/summer.

Went down the Demo yesterday. It was my 1st time down there and it was a blast. I will definitely be down for this meet. I'm now an addict.
The only beach open right now due to erosion is Demo. But they opened great chunk of beach for driving.
Here's a couple pics my boy shot.

LOL, ok might help if I check the date of the posts. Month seemed right. But a few years late.

I think the guys from LINXC are going out again on the 18th.