I would LOVE to go on a road trip fro 35 days! Yes I would do the Arctic trip also, if I could. Go for it Denis! Katrina On Tuesday, October 03, 2006, at 09:56AM, Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> wrote: >The motor and transmission that are in Homer now were in my "rusty >bus" before. >All together the motor/transmission have had about 35,000 mille put >on them by me in the last 5 years. >The transmission has not be rebuilt by me or before as far as I can >tell. > >See that is how they get you.......... >I think I made all my "Trip of a Lifetime"'s were before I ever had a >bus. >And to most of you think the Carlsbad, Big Bend or Denis' trips are big. >I am trying to figure out how I can make this one: > >http://www.sluggoproductions.com/iac/viewtopic.php?t=36 > >http://www.ourwedding.ca/bay/ > > >On Oct 3, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Brian Denning wrote: > >> dan, out of curiosity how many miles does homer have on him? just >> motor wise. because you do make alot of "trip of a lifetime"'s >> >> >>> From: Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> >>> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Trip of the Lifetime >>> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:59:13 -0500 >>> >>> You already know my advice on the well/hole. >>> I figure if you can have the idea and can't find a good reason NOT >>> to do it, you MUST GO. >>> Some of mine have been really bad ideas (San Diego to Houston and >>> back on a 600 Ninja in July). >>> I am still glad I was able to do every trip I have ever been on. >>> I also think that they are all the "Trip of a Lifetime". >>> >>> This sounds like a pretty good plan to me, so it is up to you to >>> find a good reason NOT to do it. >>> I think Katrina and I will join you on your journey, albeit only >>> to Lafayette,La. >>> I really like the swap tour and restaurant they go to. >>> I think they may let us camp at Vermillionville. >>> >>> On Oct 2, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Denis Dodson wrote: >>> >>>> I kinda named this post this because about 20 years ago I was >>>> going to Europe for the first time. An older lady from work that >>>> I knew really wanted to go to Europe, but was afraid to go >>>> alone, so she picked me. I know it sounds like a plot to a porno >>>> movie and it kinda was, but no more than living in a teepee with >>>> a woman named Velvet, but I digress. The point is when I was >>>> talking to my friends they all said that this was "THE TRIP OF >>>> THE LIFETIME". Since then I have been to Europe eight times. So >>>> it wasn't the trip of a lifetime. >>>> >>>> But now I am almost committed do doing a possible new TRIP OF A >>>> LIFETIME. >>>> >>>> I will leave here to go to T@P , after all of that festivity I >>>> will be in Lafeyette, Louisiana for the Bayou Bash. I think that >>>> Dan and Kat are coming, everybody should. >>>> >>>> After that, I will proceed East to New Orleans and Biloxy and >>>> Mobile and into the panhandle of Florida, where I have long >>>> heard HAS SOME OF THE BEST BEACHES IN THE WORLD. It shouldn't >>>> matter that, across the street is a vacant trailer home with >>>> three dead cars in the yard. Apilachicola has been named as one >>>> of the top five food cities in the nation. Oysters, shrimp, >>>> redfish, MMMMMMM. and then into Tampa for the Bulli Brigade. >>>> Steve and Sharon will be there and you all should come, too. >>>> >>>> I will come home through Atlanta and Memphis. Barbequed shrimp, >>>> Graceland, and the ducks at the Peabody >>>> >>>> The problem is, this will take away from home for 35 days, and >>>> I'm not sure that I can do 35 days away from home. The Chinese >>>> say that when digging a well there comes a time when you have to >>>> decide whether it's a well or a hole. So, am I going to dig a >>>> hole or have THT TRIP OF A LIFETIME? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Add fun gadgets and colorful themes to express yourself on Windows >> Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/ >> direct/01/?href=http://www.get.live.com/spaces/features >> >> > > > > Katrina & Dan Martin 71'bus "Homer" http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/ http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows