I vote for the week before Jeep Safari as well. Easter is going to be late next year, April 17th! Maybe then we can do obstacles more readily. And the grocery stores won't be wiped out. I really like the idea too of a cordless leaf blower to clear the dust off the rocks.
I am also going to vote we switch to GMRS. You can get handhelds in a pair for not very much that will probably work just as well if not better than the CB's we're all trying to run. There was a lot of trouble with comms this time it seemed. Maybe that was just me though being stuck with an untuned mag mount Walmart grade antenna for the trip.
And even speaking as a Ham, I don't give 2 cents if you don't pay for the license for the GMRS channels. I have my GMRS license but the call sign is stupid and long and I'd have to look it up every time. I don't think anyone really cares unless you're doing something really stupid with the frequencies. Granted it's only $70 to get the license and it's good for 10 years and for your immediate family and it's just a matter of doing the application online and paying the fee (no testing or anything required), so it's not that big a deal to get one, but I'm not going to ask anyone if they have theirs and I am not going to bother with asking for call signs.