[tcb] Re: havasu
- From: a riggs <redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:07:05 -0800 (PST)
THANKS!
VOSA - VOlkswagen Owners of San Antonio
Allan
--- "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Granted.
>
> Sammie is Nac -- you are? NHVWC?
>
> I'm a bit wired tonight. Slow, rainy, day. I may look at it and do some
> edits. I'll email a copy direct to you and Sammie if I do. What I wrote
> was
> a random ramble intended for email. It should be cleaned up a bit for
> print.
>
> But, ask around about me actually finishing things I start. Don't hold
> your
> breath waiting for an edit if you have a deadline.
>
> I would like a copy of the issue it prints in from each of you.
>
> Thanks
>
> G2
>
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:59:57 -0800 (PST) a riggs <redvan71@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Wow, Gerald -
> >
> > I'd like permission to use your "essay" in our newsletter, too. (with
> > appropriate credits, etc.)
> >
> > You might have to start charging!
> >
> > Allan
> >
> > --- "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:15:58 -0800 (PST) sammie smith
> > > <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > OK, you guys have me thinking about Havasu; and this from someone
> who
> > > > just drove to LA and back 4 weeks ago. Have never been. How is
> it?
> > > How
> > > > many busses? How good is the swap area? Is it worth driving
> 1,500
> > > miles?
> > > > (3,000 round trip.) And any other input anyone wishes to give
> that
> > > would
> > > > help me decide.
> > >
> > > Yeah, I was sorta hoping someone would say something about what this
> > > show
> > > is like. I've always wondered and was thinking about ... Oh,
> waitaminit
> > > ...
> > > I guess I should be the one speaking up huh?
> > >
> > > BBB is the first VW campout-show I attended. 2007 will be my 6th
> year.
> > > It
> > > was also the first "big" (100+ vehicles) show I attended and the
> first
> > > that
> > > didn't have regular judging.
> > >
> > > In 2002 with (very little) prompting from the Buskatiers I got in my
> '69
> > > Beetle that would NEVER make it all the way to AZ. I drove up to
> > > Oklahoma
> > > City and pulled up in front of the house of someone I had never met
> in
> > > real
> > > life. They showed me around, fed me, and parked me in front of their
> > > computer when they went off to bed (since they both had to work the
> > > following day) at around 10 PM. At about 2 AM two VW Buses from
> Kansas
> > > and
> > > Nebraska pulled up. Art and his wife got back out of bed and made
> sure
> > > everyone got hot coffee. Talked a while then I piled into one of the
> > > Buses
> > > with two of the midwesterners and the other two hopped in the other
> bus.
> > > We
> > > headed for I-40 determined to make it to Havasu in one shot. I left
> my
> > > bug
> > > parked there, at the home of someone I had never met, and wasn't
> worried
> > > about it at all.
> > >
> > > The best laid plans ... From OKC we drove through the day and then
> > > through
> > > most of the next night. At Flagstaff everybody was too tired to see
> > > straight so we pulled into a truck stop to take a nap. Note,
> "napping"
> > > in a
> > > bus when the temperature drops to 5 degrees is WAY too cool for my
> > > taste.
> > > When the sun started peeking out we headed out again and made it to
> > > Havasu
> > > that afternoon.
> > >
> > > Now, this was at the old location for the show. No ground cover and
> the
> > > wind off the lake never EVER stopped blowing. Plus temps were in the
> > > 30's
> > > at night and the 50's or 60's during the day.
> > >
> > > I was there with nothing but me, a few $$$, and a sleeping bag.
> > >
> > > And that's where the PEOPLE make this show SHINE. Someone will find
> you
> > > a
> > > place to bunk, usually a "spare bus" that one of the locals has
> brought
> > > down. If you made it to the show you won't go hungry either. It
> seems
> > > like
> > > everybody that cooks, cooks extra.
> > >
> > > I had a blast. We drove back to OKC (in warmer weather by Sunday)
> via
> > > the
> > > Hoover dam, just kickin back and relaxing.
> > >
> > > I haven't missed a year since then. 2007 will be my 6th year to go.
> > >
> > > In 2003 I took a Greyhound bus to Tulsa to be co-pilot for a young
> lady
> > > and
> > > her two children because she had been wanting to go but didn't feel
> safe
> > > making the trip alone -- so she invites an old long-hair who she's
> never
> > > met to be her co-pilot. The weather was a little warmer for that
> drive
> > > and
> > > with the show now at it's new (and current) location it was much
> nicer
> > > AT
> > > the show too.
> > >
> > > In 2004 I had the Chevy -- and I had bought the Riviera, sight
> unseen,
> > > in
> > > Concord, CA, off of a Samba advert. I also had a tow-bar that I had
> > > bought
> > > at the Jerome show in September 2003. I drove the 700 miles PAST
> Havasu
> > > to
> > > pick up the Rivi and thus began the tow-camper adventures. Total
> driving
> > > mileage was over 4000 that year for the trip. I dragged it back to
> > > Havasu
> > > for the show and was there for the first time with my OWN Bus.
> > >
> > > ---SIDEBAR---
> > >
> > > In May of that year I hooked up the Rivi to the tow-bar and dragged
> it
> > > to
> > > the first Texas VW Classic. I got both my Mom and Dad to go with me
> and
> > > they had a great time. Mom drove down from Alabama to go on the
> trip. A
> > > few
> > > months later I got my Dad to go with me to the infamous Chigger
> Fest.
> > > Then
> > > in October I towed the Rivi to West Virginia to attend John Brown's
> > > Buses
> > > and Mom traveled with me on that trip.
> > >
> > > In June 2005 they both died. But we had a GREAT last year with the
> > > non-running Riviera.
> > >
> > > ---END SIDEBAR---
> > >
> > > And, backing up, In January 2005 I attended BBB once again. Towed
> the
> > > Riviera from the house and worked on it for a few hours in Ronnie's
> shop
> > > (Ronnie owns http://www.type2parts.com -- if anything breaks on your
> > > trip
> > > he should have a replacement). I actually started the Rivi for the
> first
> > > time there at BBB 2005.
> > >
> > > And the number of attendees keeps going up each year. In 2005 there
> were
> > > almost 200 registered campers.
> > >
> > > 2006 was BBB-X. I got there a day early and helped stuff the "goody
> > > bags"
> > > Thursday night. We stuffed over 200. The gates opened early Friday.
> By
> > > Saturday morning all of the registration material (goody bags,
> > > show-magnets, registration forms) were gone. The final guess was
> over
> > > 300
>
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