[tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:15:28 -0500
Oh, we noticed!
I didn't know if you dressed like that all the time though. ;-)
christian wohlfahrt wrote:
> I sported my lederhosen on Sunday, and no one even noticed. I did get
> a comment from one guy who said that the camcorder around my neck
> compleated the look.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 21, 2009, at 11:46 AM, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Well I don't think I need to say anything else...
>>
>>
>> --- 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, 11:36 AM
>>> I did rock a mohawk for the festivities.
>>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:34:05
>>> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bummer, so you got hassled even more since you cut of your
>>> freak flag???? You weren't even in a hippie bus for
>>> crying out loud.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 4/21/09, mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
>>>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 9:55 AM
>>>> Where's the pictures of the girls kissing????
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx
>>>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:23:16 AM GMT -06:00
>>>> US/Canada Central
>>>> Subject: [tcb] DAC Classic Trip Report
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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 4 th 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 3
>>> rd
>>>> 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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