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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Story by: Diana Fisher Photos courtesy of Pamela Petroff & P.C.R.C
[Diana Fisher couldn’t wait for her second year in Oregon offroading. Here’s her report –ed.]
I bought my ’98 Discovery II new in Denver, CO and belonged to a Rover Club there. Although I went out with the dealership crew more than with the club, I felt like I had a fair amount of “off-road” experience on the old mining trails of the Colorado Rockies. I must say, until I moved to Oregon, I had only been on one run with another woman driver! She was 82 and walked with a cane, but she could drive her Range Rover with no problems and she and I were able to drive all of Pearl Pass outside of Aspen in our Rovers unassisted (as in did not have to be towed or winched)! Then I moved to Oregon.
I was delighted to find out that not only were there women drivers, but there was even a Women’s run! (…)

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