[tcb] Re: DAC Classic Trip Report
- From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:34:05 -0700 (PDT)
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????
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:23:16 AM GMT -06:00
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> Subject: [tcb] DAC Classic Trip Report
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> 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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