[tcb] Re: Failed - My Bulli Gras Escape
- From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 21:05:03 -0800 (PST)
Well clearly this is just my opinion. We finally got all set up and cracked a
beer, ready to wander about and socialize but by then everybody was asleep! At
frickin' 9pm! It was just weird. It was like camping with my parents.
--- On Tue, 3/8/11, singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Failed - My Bulli Gras Escape
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11:51 PM
Comments on this list may not be the opinion of all participants.
Paul Smith
Transporters@The Point 8
October 7,8 and 9 ,2011
Morgan's Point Resort Texas
--- On Tue, 3/8/11, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Failed - My Bulli Gras Escape
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 10:43 PM
Well you were not the only quitter! Fortunately, I brought my weather radio.
N.O.A.A. National Weather service. They are some no-jive no-hype serious
weather forecasters. I knew it would be too crazy windy to be driving home and
that it would clear up and be sunny.
So there we were, enjoying great weather on Sunday all by ourselves.
Buncha unprepared quitters.
Frankly, I expected more from all of you. Poppin' yer Geritols and passing
out at 9pm. Seriously! What was that?! Somebody needs to be pulling your
hippie cards.
If you are too tired to stay out tonight, think how you'll feel at 70.
Seize the day. Buy an umbrella and a propane heater.
I can't believe so many of you drove so far just to turn tail and run from a
little water.
--- On Tue, 3/8/11, Biggestdaddyo <biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Biggestdaddyo <biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Failed - My Bulli Gras Escape
To: "Texas Coalition Of Buses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 12:05 PM
Well, I admit that I was a quitter. I woke up saturday morning to frigid
temps, gusting winds and when I stepped out of my bus into a 6" deep lagoon
(that I named Lake Julie,) I gave up on the whole thing!
I left Galveston and experienced super HIGH winds on I-45, the Sam Houston
Tollway AND I-10 as I put puttered toward SA. Sometimes it seemed like the bus
might actually be blown off of some of those high bridges! Scary.
Finally out of harms way, my bus was laboring along I-10 against head winds
when it just lost all power and died somewhere just east of Schulenburg. After
a brief time diagnosing....I realized it was just the points. Of course I did
NOT have a replacement set. Wrecker arrives and my bus got to spend saturday
night in Schulenburg at the auto parts store because they didn't have ANY
points that even remotely resembled the ones I needed.
My new bride drove from
SA to pick me up and I was safe at home by 5:00 pm. We hooked up the trailer
and drug my bus home the next morning, no problemo.
Notes to Self:
1. Never camp with Julie again, even if she PROMISES the weather is gonna be
nice. Or at least remember to pack hurricane clothing appropriate for
Galveston Island when camping ON Galveston Island!
2. ALWAYS carry an extra set of points, condensor etc.
3. Expect the unexpected because VW's are very dependable. You can depend on
them to break down at the worst possible moment...
All in all, it was still a great weekend and quite an adventure! Denis, thanks
for the Sausage and Egg biscuit. You're a lifesaver! I'll see everyone in
Fredricksburg.
James Oliver
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