[tcb] Re: Eureka Trip Report
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:21:47 -0700 (PDT)
Great pictures Jeff.It was great to see ya'll Sat.You were right about not
being signed up for T@P , it was Jeff in Austin that is signed up.
Paul Smith
H.B.B
T.C.B
Transporters at the Point 5
--- On Sun, 8/24/08, Jeff Bednar <coitspoon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jeff Bednar <coitspoon@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Eureka Trip Report
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 11:57 PM
> Hello all,
>
> We just got back from a great weekend, we road tripped the
> bus up to Eureka Springs AR. There was a huge VW show with
> somewhere around 200 vintage VW’s! We left Friday around
> noon and got to Eureka Springs around 9pm, we camped in the
> parking lot of the show. It was a great show even though we
> had some rain. Yesterday we camped out with a bunch of
> people from the Tulsa area, great people and great times. We
> left the campsite around 11am and got back home at 7:30. We
> took the scenic route home!
>
> Ok, I know you all have been waiting for the numbers so
> here they are:
>
> Miles driven: 759
> Average miles per gallon: 19.1
> Total cost of trip: Under $250
> Odds of a vintage VW not breaking down: 1 in 5
> Most expensive gas: $3.79
> Cheapest gas: $3.31
> Average speed: 55 mph apx
> Top speed: 74 mph
> Number of wheels touching the ground on a hairy turn in the
> mountains: 2
> Number of pictures taken: 224
> Number of times guy next to me dried his car off after rain
> during the show: 7
> Number of beers drank by me: 18
> Number of vintage VW’s we saw while on the road trip: 2.5
> (saw a bug cut in half)
> Number of small, rickety wooden, bridges crossed in BFE
> Okalahoma back country: 2
> Number of hours driven with out seeing so much as a gas
> station: 2.5
> Number of cars that passed us during those 2.5 hours: 11
> Number of buffets we ate at: 2
> Number of Buffets we ate at that sucked: 2
> Number of diapers changed by me this trip: 0
> Number of diapers changed by me since birth: 7
> Number of hours Lee spent on the phone: 2.5
> Amount of fun had: LOTS
> Seeing the smile on a 3 month’s old face at her first VW
> show: PRICELESS
>
> SEE THE PICTURES AT:
> www.bednar.smugmug.com
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff, Lee, & Lily Bednar
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