16th Annual Uwharrie Veterans Day Ride

Will be camping with Caleb tonight

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It’s been a fabulous time. Thank you to everyone who I’ve had the pleasure of hanging with.

Thanks @Mulishajoe and @tobaccoroad4wd for all of your blood sweat and tears to put this event on!!!

Cooking the last of 8-10 ribeyes that I brought. If you didn’t have fun or were hungry… it’s your own fault!

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My first time coming, my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks to everyone who put this together. I’m putting it on my calendar for next year.
This was my first time taking my wife out in the Comanche and she was scared at first but she really liked it. Maybe now she will let me spend more money on it. 🤣
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Scott86MJ said:
My first time coming, my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks to everyone who put this together. I’m putting it on my calendar for next year.
This was my first time taking my wife out in the Comanche and she was scared at first but she really liked it. Maybe now she will let me spend more money on it. 🤣
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The Comanche was one of my favorite rigs! So happy you were able to make it out!
 
Proud to work with an incredible team and fantastic friends who have become family! 16th annual Veterans Day Ride is successfully in the books! Plans are already in motion for next year.
Whether you’re a Veteran, First Responder, LEO, Firefighter, EMT or Patriot this event is for YOU. We had a Korean War Vet in attendance this year which made all that Uwharrie dust get in everyone’s eyes. To those who attended, we appreciate your support. To those that lended a hand, whether it was helping with tickets (@CLRracer, Christina and Maddy), keeping the cash and virtual payments situated and organized Ashley, helping with tech inspections @frankenyoter, being available and willing to help get broken rigs off the trail @Southern_Transplant
 
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My phone is dumb and I’ve been trying to go to bed for an hour continued:
@BigClay for being a sound voice of reason and a steady mind to keep us focused.
@amcjeepman for being the voice and charisma our raffle needs, Making sure we all ate and ate well
@Keith1138 for handling trail guides and organizing our ride groups
@Noel, being a wall of support for me and everyone else, @skyhighZJ
All of the folks who donated raffle prizes and their time, @Buffy and Michelle, and everyone else who’s names escape me at this point, thank you. This event is beyond a team effort, this event is a family effort and is only successful because of you.
 
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Very well said brother, it truly amazes me the support that the 4x4 (or 3x4 @Caver Dave lol love ya brother) shows for this event. I still remember the first time @jeepin' jen attended the Veterans day ride. Getting to know Jason and Josh was a true honor and still is today. They may have stepped back from the lime light but are still the reason we work hard to do our best to keep what they started going to honor our American Heros. To everyone that was able to attend thank you, and all that weren't able to you were truly missed. The amount of people who come up and ask "what can I do to help" is such an inspiration to work even harder to make next year even better. We would also like to thank all of the generous donors that are apart of our great NC4x4 family, you are truly appreciated. We had a great weekend full of wheeling, comradery, fun, and campfires. Hope everyone made it home safe and takes a long hot shower to help you relax before starting the week. Last but certainly not least thank you to the Carolina Trailblazers for their unprecedented support since the beginning of this event, you are an amazing group. Hope to see everyone on the trails soon.
 
I can't even begin to express how much my family and I love getting to be a part of this event and the incredible group of folks who show up and support everything we do! First, a HUGE shout-out to @Mulishajoe, @jeepin' jen, @tobaccoroad4wd and his wife @TheAshleyHorton, @Keith1138, Clay and also who could forget the great breaded one, @amcjeepman, and everyone else who helped out in any way, shape, or form. And, of course, a HUGE thank-you to everyone who came out and attended. We appreciate every single one of you!

Those who know me know I love story time. My circle is small, and I'm not exactly the most social person in the world, but we're working on that! LOL. So, I want to share a little story about something that happened to me this morning, November 9, 2026. I got to work this morning, parked in my unassigned parking spot (but everyone knows better than to steal it 🤣), and one of my coworkers was waiting on me. He's a Marine Corps Reserve E-6 who has served for 16 years, doing mutiple tours while on of his deployment ending in him waking up in a German hospital after his hummer hit an IED and he just reenlisted for another four. Now for a Navy guy that didnt leave the states and was a computer nerd that is huge and he is a true hero but yet he thanks me? Man that really hit home. He handed me this coin and thanked me for everything PVA does. He wanted to hear all about the event and see all the pictures! Unfortunately, he couldn't attend the event this weekend because he had drill. However, for the last couple of years, I've made it a point to bring him a Uwharrie Veterans Day coin as a small way of saying thank you for everything he has done and continues to do. Now, I'm going to be honest with y'all for a minute. I don't know if it was the lack of sleep, being completely overwhelmed with joy, or just everything finally catching up with me, but the floodgates opened, and I lost it. Before I knew it, I had tears running down my face, and I couldn't even get his coin out of my freaking pocket to hand it to him. He eventually headed inside while all I could manage to say was, "Thanks, buddy."

Once I finally collected myself, he got his hug, his coin, AND a whole box of purple crayons (his favorite flavor... I don't know, but you do you, little Marine!). 🤣 And that's what this is all about, folks. Whether you showed up in person or supported us from afar, whether you volunteered your time, donated, helped behind the scenes, spread the word, or simply showed your support, please know that every bit of it means more to us than you could ever imagine.

From my family and everyone at Patriot Veteran Alliance, THANK YOU for making the Uwharrie Veterans Day Ride what it is. We appreciate every single one of you! Now, we're going to take a couple of weeks to catch our breath, get some rest, and soak it all in. Then we'll be right back at it, planning for next year's events and activities! Love y'all! Have a blessed day.

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