[tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:04:15 -0700 (PDT)
You looked mauvelous.
Paul Smith
2009 Zone Tour 1999-2009 ,10 years of Trucking
H.B.B
T.C.B
Transporters at the Point 6 October 9,10,and 11, 2009
--- On Tue, 4/21/09, wuzmop@xxxxxxx <wuzmop@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx <wuzmop@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 12:11 PM
> I'm tellin ya. It was the shizzle.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx>
>
> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:02:09
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
>
>
> Damn I knew I should have camped. Damn...Mudd wrestling is
> my
> favorite!!!
>
> Katrina
>
> On Apr 21, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > We head out Thursday at 9:30 am right on time. Mike
> and I are in our
> > buses from Dallas to Alvarado to meet Bodean and Luke
> and family to
> > head out. Two unproven cars in Lukes ghia and Mike’s
> new 23. My bus
> > has made this trip many times. This time, it got a new
> shift coupler
> > and the tranny fluid changed before the trip, in
> addition to the
> > normal preparations.
> >
> > Going around the loop and on to I35, hit 4th gear
> GRRRR, THUD, POP!
> > I’m down. We pull off, and there are virtually no
> flat spots, so I
> > park it and get out. The bus didn’t hold in gear and
> went for a ride
> > with the family in it. Luckily, it was a short ride
> and I had the
> > wheels pointed to the curb so it stopped, but the
> wife’s rapid
> > heartbeat continued. I had a good 30 minute ride at 40
> mph in 3rd
> > back to the house with Mike following to think up plan
> B.
> >
> > Plan B, cram a bus full of crap and the family in the
> bug. Now we
> > have 3 unproven cars on the trip, and I’m scared to
> death because
> > the bug is my cruise around town hot rod, I never
> intended it for
> > long trips. Plus my daily driver bus is at home dead,
> if I kill this
> > one, I’m in trouble.
> >
> > We baby the rides, cruising at a brisk 55 or so, I’m
> in front, and 5
> > behind me including Bodeans truck and Sara’s mini
> van. Cruise is
> > going great until well after Hico in the sticks
> somewhere some
> > jackhole in a pick up yelled at a DPS officer in front
> of us. The
> > officer gets behind me, A) I’m going up a hill B)
> I’ve slowed to
> > pass him, he pulls me over and says I was impeding
> traffic and he
> > clocked me at 50. I explained the cruise, blah, blah,
> he gives me a
> > warning. I continue up to where the rest of the guys
> pulled over,
> > and Sara and Lukes mini van took a dump. They had AAA
> and insisted
> > that we continue, they would be back tomorrow.
> >
> > We had a brief linkage issue with Mike’s bus, but
> made it before the
> > rain, I ran to Walmart and bought a tent and we all
> set up camp. We
> > had been there a couple of hours, went to eat. I guess
> Bodean ran
> > back to get his wallet and was informed we couldn’t
> camp where we
> > were, no signs, and there was nobody to check in with
> when we got
> > there. Steve C worked it out in the morning, we were
> pretty adamant
> > about not moving since we managed to beat the rain and
> set up on dry
> > ground. Moving would mean putting our tents in the wet
> grass. All is
> > good!
> >
> > Torrential storm on Friday morning and we hunkered
> down in the tent
> > and survived it unscathed. I think we all slept thru
> it. Free nap!
> > Yay!
> >
> > I left early for the cruise to open the rest rooms at
> the park. Got
> > lost an hour out of the way, but still beat the cruise
> there!
> >
> > The rest of the weekend is a blur, saw a bunch of
> folks, ran Murray
> > through a brick wall, mud wrestling at the camp site,
> girls kissing,
> > the usual. Had a blast. Any more information regarding
> the events is
> > confidential.
> >
> > We came home on Monday, got pulled over in a school
> zone on the
> > highway that I didn’t see. Had a wonderful debate
> with a super nice
> > officer on why I don’t have to have an inspection on
> my antique
> > registered car. Got a ticket for speeding. Awesome.
> >
> > The bug did fantastic! All our cars made it back home
> safe, now I
> > want to build a road trip bug!
> >
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