[tcb] Re: Eureka Springs trip report. August 24,25,26,27.2006(sorry it's a little late)

  • From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:23:22 -0700 (PDT)

HUH?  Oh, ya mean the cool restaurant in
Springdale...yep, great fud!

Neil, the vwdude...

--- Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Maybe a trip to Arkansas in the fall,
> Neil's is one of my favorite breakfast places in
> Springdale.
> Did you hear that Denis? Big party in the fall when
> all the leaves  
> change.
> Around let's say, October 13-15. Just jokin' Paul.
> 
> Katrina
> 
> On Sep 4, 2006, at 12:29 AM, singlecabboy wrote:
> 
> >
> > Great job Kat , I'm ready to go again right now.If
> we
> > start now, we can make Neil's by breakfast.
> > --- Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Day 1: We left H town about 2PM on 45N. Hit a
> little
> >> traffic going
> >> over the bridge near Research Forest(Woodlands).
> Gas
> >> was $2.55 right
> >> over the bridge, Ronnie you better get some.
> >> Then we got on Hwy 19 in Huntsville. Everything
> was
> >> going peachy
> >> until the accelerator cable broke in Trinity,near
> >> Lovelady. So we
> >> pulled over to the side of the road, on a HOT HOT
> >> asphalt road. It
> >> was about 4PM. Dan had a new accelerator cable,
> so
> >> he whips it out
> >> and goes to the engine cover and proceeds to fix
> the
> >> bus. Dan was
> >> just sweating his butt off really bad trying to
> fix
> >> Homer. Then
> >> finally I told him, lets just call Triple AAA, we
> >> both are just
> >> getting too hot. Heck let AAA tow us to a parking
> >> lot in the shade
> >> that would be better than standing in the HOT
> >> scolding sun. I called
> >> AAA, the lady said a tow truck will be there in
> >> 45-50 minutes. Good
> >> we are gonna get a tow truck. Then Denis calls, I
> >> said,"What"? I
> >> handed the phone immediately to Dan. Denis had no
> >> idea we were coming
> >> to Arkansas or that we were broke down. Dan got
> off
> >> of the phone and
> >> told me Denis still has no idea we are coming to
> >> Eureka. Then all of
> >> a sudden, Dan went back to the engine cover and
> put
> >> the rod into the
> >> fan shroud then pulled the accelerator cable
> >> through. Guess what
> >> happened then??? Dan did it!!! As soon as the tow
> >> truck pulled up!!!
> >> We then decided after that fiasco we were going
> to
> >> stop in Canton,
> >> almost half way to Denis'. Got there at 9:45PM,
> >> drove up to a motel,
> >> checked in then ordered a pizza from Pizza Inn.
> Well
> >> Pizza Inn
> >> stopped delivering at 8:45PM, it was 8:50PM. Left
> >> the motel and
> >> picked up the pizza, then proceeded back to the
> >> motel. Sleep, then,
> >> Steve called at 11:30,then 1:30,then 2:30,, so we
> >> got a little sleep
> >> I guess.
> >>
> >> Day 2: Got up at 4:15AM. Headed out about 4:45PM
> on
> >> 19...  Stopped in
> >> Paris for breakfast at the Main Street Cafe, good
> >> food, cops seem to
> >> like it. So there was about 6 cops that sit down
> to
> >> eat as soon as we
> >> got our food. We eat then go. Then we proceed on
> 19,
> >> passing by many
> >> small towns. Got on Hwy 271 then Hwy 540 then Hwy
> >> 412.It started
> >> raining right before we got to Denis' at 1:00PM.
> >> Denis,Steve,Paul
> >> Smith, Joe Smith,Mike, & June were all at Denis'
> old
> >> gas station.
> >> Mike & June had just gotten there a few minutes
> >> before we did. Steve
> >> was doing some work on the Zone. So everyone was
> >> standing around
> >> watching Steve work on Paul's single cab. Then
> Dan &
> >> I went to Denis'
> >> house. There were 2 other people at Denis', Lloyd
> &
> >> Lisa, they were
> >> friends of Steve's. Paul & Joe went to Eureka
> >> Springs to check into
> >> the Joy Motel. Jan got home about 4PM and started
> >> getting everything
> >> ready for the party. Denis went to the store to
> get
> >> something to make
> >> for dinner. He got a pork loin,bread, & carrots.
> >> About 8PM or 9PM
> >> Andrew & Debbie showed up. They had HUGE bottle
> of K
> >> hard cider for
> >> Denis. We all sat around, ate pork loin, and
> talked
> >> about all of the
> >> losers that didn't come to Denis' party. Not
> really
> >> but we could
> >> have. Just making sure ya'll are still paying
> >> attention to this trip
> >> report. We sat around all night talking politics,
> >> then we all got
> >> naked and got in the hot tub! Then Dan & I went
> to
> >> bed about
> >> midnight, we were tired from getting up at
> 4:15AM.
> >>
> >> Day 3: Got up at 7AM. Jan made coffee. Dan & I
> went
> >> to Chad's for
> >> breakfast, so did Mike, June,Andrew, & Debbie.
> After
> >> we all ate they
> >> headed up to Eureka Springs for the show. Dan & I
> >> went back to Denis'
> >> house so we could get ready for the show. First
> Dan
> >> had to fix the
> >> accelerator cable, he went up to Denis' old gas
> >> station to put Homer
> >> up on the lift. So I took a shower while Denis &
> him
> >> went up to the
> >> gas station. Dan got back and Denis went to
> Eureka
> >> Springs. We got to
> >> the show about 11:45AM. Couldn't find a parking
> >> space, parked in
> >> front of bar/house around the corner of the show.
> We
> >> talked to Mike &
> >> June. Listen to this, when Mike got to the show
> they
> >> would not let
> >> him enter, said he was too late to enter the
> Thing.
> >> Mike told them
> >> that he pre-registered, and they were gonna let
> him
> >> enter the show.
> >> They let him enter the show. Talked with Joe
> Smith,
> >> the one with the
> >> sharp black bug. I got to see Brian's pride &
> joy,
> >> chatted with his
> >> Dad and got to meet his wife. Talked to
> >> Sammy,Beverly,Sharon, &
> >> Steve. Sammy has a nice panel bus, but he still
> >> needs some pies or
> >> cakes.(Real ones,not fake ones) Steve & Sharon
> >> invited us to their
> >> motel room to eat & cool down. Went to their room
> >> and did just that,
> >> chilled & filled. Thank you Steve & Sharon! All
> of a
> >> sudden we saw
> >> Denis in the room, he was wondering who was
> riding
> >> with him on the
> >> parade. Mike and June also invited Dan & I to
> ride
> >> with them.
> >> Decisions decisions. Then I decided to ride with
> >> Denis. Dan then
> >> decided to ride with Denis in Ruby (Denis's
> ghia). I
> >> road in the back
> >> of the ghia, sitting on the engine cover. I did
> the
> >> princess wave the
> 
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