You Say It’s Your Birthday?
Published September 2007 – Topics: Editorial Features, Off Road Adventures | Tags: By Pamela Petroff, Discover I, Land Rover Series II-A, Pacific Coast Rover Club, Range Rover 
Story by: Pamela Petroff
Photos courtesy of Pamela Petroff & P.C.R.C
[Pamela Petroff, Portland, OR, has entertained Rovers North News readers for several years with reports from the Pacific Northwest. Here’s her latest excuse to jump in her Land Rover –ed.]
Like any normal person suffering from the commonly known Land Rover addiction, the email from Christine Bach asking a small group of PCRC (Pacific Coast Rover Club) members to take her husband, Mike, out off roading on his 30th birthday was nothing more than a welcome opportunity to get out in the forest and run some trails. It seems she was deviously planning a surprise party for him and needed him out of the house for the day, returning no earlier than 5 PM. Her most cunning moment came when she explained that the “day of off roading” with pals from the club was his birthday present from her.
We met at the Log Cabin Restaurant early on Saturday, May 5. The outing was being lead by off-road maestro Doug Shipman. (…)
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