[tcb] Re: Kat's great trip report. BNNTA news
- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:15:42 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
No trailer here. ALL of those camping miles are going on the Rivi tires.
And I'll drive it into the campground when I get there (which is pretty
much a requirement at Jerome anyway -- they got ALL upset because I took
too long getting the "non-VW" off the grounds when I towed it in before the
engine was running 2 years ago).
G2
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 11:57:44 -0500 Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Still not like driving a bus or even riding in a bus. Trailer queen.
>
> Katrina
>
> On Sep 4, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
>
> > You didn't know it but all that work on Murray was for the Jerome
> > trip.
> >
> > 9 hours ... HAH!
> >
> > Jerome lists at about 1150 miles from your house. DAMN! you're
> > closer than
> > me by over 300 miles.
> >
> > I'll most likely tow even if I get the pilot bearing done. A 3000+
> > mile
> > "test drive" doesn't sound cool. But I don't go over 55 or 60 while
> > towing
> > so it's like driving a bus anyway [grin].
> >
> > G2
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 23:18:10 -0500 Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I am home from Busses Nowhere Near the Arch. It was a truly great and
> > unique event, but for me it was Busses Nowhere Near ANYTHING. It is
> > a LONG
> > drive, 8 or 9 hours doing 80 in the truck with Murray on the friggin'
> > trailer again.
> >
> >> I had some family trouble getting away because it was Jan's first
> >> week of
> > school and they moved her into a new room which made for an emergency
> > "honey-do" list that was murder. I was dedicated to driving Murray
> > to the
> > BNNTA and so, of course, the alternator quit charging. I have found
> > a new
> > VW mechanic up here with great credentials, and who, as another
> > benefit
> > from living in a small town and not a big city, could drop
> > everything and
> > help me slam this new Bosch in and drive out all the electrical
> > gremlins
> > that I have been fighting for so long. Even so, this was going to
> > take most
> > of the travel day, so I asked if he could work on the bus while it
> > was on
> > the trailer. I was still thinking that I might make it driving up in
> > Murray, but if he was on the trailer I could drop him off and use
> > the truck
> > to finish packing and stuff for the trip. So that was when I ran
> > out of
> > friggin' gas.
> >
> >> Not too bad though, I was within a quarter mile or so of my shop.
> >> Took an
> > hour or so of time I didn't have. So I get Murray to the trailer
> > and load
> > him up, drop him at the mechanic's and pack. Now I'm thinking God
> > may not
> > want me to go to BNNTA, but that wasn't it; God wanted me to take the
> > trailer. I had decided that, if I could be on the highway by 6:00
> > PM, I
> > would still go, but I would need the trailer and truck so I could
> > go 80 or
> > not go. I hit the road at 5:45.
> >
> >> By 10:00 PM I was seeing double and picturing in my mind my
> >> spectacular
> > flaming death from falling asleep at the wheel doing 80 with a bus
> > on a
> > trailer and the gasoline truck that had my name on it. Motel time in
> > Lebanon MO.
> >
> >> Don't miss the next engrossing episode where Denis has too many free
> > Jell-O shots at the information booth and Steve and Sharon's Coca
> > Cola bus
> > becomes a trailer Queen. There are photos.
> >
> >
> >
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