[tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:24:29 -0500
So, are you sans mohawk this morning?
wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Perv.... ;p
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> *From*: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
> *Date*: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:55:11 +0000 (UTC)
> *To*: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Subject*: [tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
>
> Where's the pictures of the girls kissing????
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> ----- 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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