Santa Fe Roll Call - POG2

[Jerry Winchester]

Now that we are about down to the nut cuttin, who is actually going to attend POGDOS? We need to know where the eunochs are and who got a kitchen pass.

Rae and I will be there with our MangoWear and assorted bling free items.

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[ken&ellen]

I have it on good authority that he will make a personal appearence at POGII

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Lady Di and I will try to make it. At 50.3 MPH we have to leave tomorrow, but we expect to be there.

[Kevin Erion]

Flying solo from So. Cal and can't wait. Sounds like Ray has 3 or 4 of us all going together.
Kevin

[Jerry Winchester]

Kevin,

No chicks? No Corona Kelly from the Left Coast? No motorcycle groupies?

What's up with that?

[win42]

Shirley and I are planning on making it if the paints dry on the coach.
Harry

[Jim Skiff]

21 Coaches have already paid We expect a few more before we are through. If you'd like a list please email me and I'll send it to you.

Jim

[rmboies]

sniffle, sniffle, ya'll have fun without us and please try and keep Jon under control--Lady Di has trouble with him sometimes:D

Debi and the workaholic Bob-00

[Ray Davis]

Five coaches caravaning in from Southern CA. Kevin as mentioned above, Ray & Kathy Davis, Ken and Janet Zittrer, Mike and Jean Simmons and David Knox.

Current plan is leaving Monday, arriving early afternoon on Wedensday!

[Kevin Erion]

Jerry,
Last time I checked, we are the Right Coast. Looking at I 10 you would take a Right, I guess I would say the correct coast is a better way to put it.
Kevin

[Chris and Debbie Yates]

Looks like we will get into SF sometime Tuesday.
See ya then!

Chris

[rfoster]

Ken and Ellen: That photo of Mr. Liberty- Which one of the Beach Boys is that?

[Jim Skiff]

23 Coaches now confirmed. There are two reserved spots left. Karen Brown at Santa Fe Skies told me today that there are no open spots the night before; on the 10th. Two members have reserved spots on the 10th but she said it would be difficult to add any more on that date as there will be people leaving on the 11th. Call Karen at: Toll Free: 1-877-565-0451 Local: (505)473-5946 to see if she can squeeze you in if you plan on coming in the night before.

[Joe Cannarozzi]

Heres a bunch of pics. from 04


http://www.happy-wanderers.com/photogallery/HotAirBalloonFiesta/photos/photo69.html

[Navigator]

The first PREVOST De’ Elegant Royale Coach built for the Wells Fargo Company.
It had 6 Horse Power with Open Air drive, featuring Roof Air, Cruise Air and OTR Air.
In the picture, Jon checking out the under carriage and brakes, Jerry filling the balloon with hot air, from his “Death Fire Stick”, MangoMike looks for the Webasto system and look there’s Kelly serving refreshments!!!

[MangoMike]

Nice job Navigator!

Welcome to POG. Just beware of the guys from the Dark Side.

Mike

[Jim Skiff]

Jerry decides it's time to take the "BLING" award by force.

[Navigator]

Check out the Balloon Fiesta website www.balloonfiesta.com

Quick Links to check out on the Ballon Fiesta site
•2006 Schedule
•Guest Guide
•Gallery
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•Balloon Fiesta Travel
•Fiesta Cam Archives

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Central New Mexico Events, Driving Tours
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Albuquerque
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Santa Fe
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http://www.santafechamber.com/
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http://www.mfasantafe.org/
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

Taos
http://www.taosskivalley.com
http://taoswebb.com/
http://www.skitaos.org/
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National Parks
http://www.nps.gov/ - The Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and more

Weather information
http://www.itsatrip.org/abqinfo/weather/

[Navigator]

"What happens in Santa Fe stays in Santa Fe"

[Jerry Winchester]

It's not just for fixing holes in balloons anymore.
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I just want to know how he got Lew to sit still for the installation?

Navigator - I like your sense of humor. For now.

Welcome to the POG and don't post any photos of yourself that Mike can Photoshop into a fark. No additional warnings given.

[Navigator]

Jerry,

Your one on of the reasons I'm in this to start with. I was just being respectful to one of the OSU Cowboy greats.
Don't blame me if a brand new Liberty BLING MOBILE parked next to you in the RV parking lot!

I told Jon this was exactly the reason I wasn't going to post. I knew it would start something just like this.
Okay, pick on the newbie and rub it in cause he doesn't have a BUS YET!!

BTW I liked your scooter pictures. GETERRRRRR DONNNE

[Jerry Winchester]

The funny thing is, I store my scooter in a Liberty. It just gets delivered to where I am in the Mothership. Is this a great country or what?

[MangoMike]

Uhhh, Jerry. About your scooter, under the Liberty, not in the Liberty.

http://www.funkypancake.com/blog/stuff2/DSC00726.jpg


MM

[Jon Wehrenberg]

OK Nav...Listen up.

First, OSU is a real school and they are called Buckeyes.

Don't butter up JW. Its a waste of time because he will zap you if he gets a chance.

And finally, are you nuts joining up with this bunch of bus drivers?

Come to the rally and find out what everybody is really like. You don't need a bus. It will be a good education as a newby because you will be able to see a lot of coaches with owners that don't appear reluctant to say what is on their mind (those that still have a mind). Then when you talk to dealers, converters and owners about their coaches that are for sale you will be able to filter out the BS.

[Jerry Winchester]

Man Jon, that is way harsh. Have you been taking some of Lew's medicine?

I too encouraged Tim to come to Santa Fe, if he can get a kitchen pass, and enjoy being ridiculed in person. Jon is much mellower in person because he goes to sleep early, gets up with the chickens and rarely is without whatever tool you seem to be in need of.

I will be stocking up on parts for the hands on sessions at the rally. I hear there is also a bus polishing demo that will be limited to non-Liberty coachs. You can't get those Libertys too hot or "poof" they just combust.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Now that remark about Libertys was way harsh.

The real fact is they are so shiny they don't need additional polishing. No joke: If you park a car with plastic bumpers next to a coach and the sunlight hits the stainless just right it will melt the car bumpers in a path showing the sun's travel as it reflects from a Liberty.

Moral of the story is if you don't want to melt you Honda Element fenders and bumpers park next to a Royale.

[matsprt]

Jon is recognized as one of the more qualified mechanic types. I must thank him for several informative posts that have furthered my bus education.

That said, Jon, USC is a real school and they are called Trojans !!

[Jon Wehrenberg]

No disagreement about USC being a real school, but there is one among us that thinks a little school located in one of the less populated US territories is a real school.

They even went so far as to take the initials of a real school to try to get credibility.

[merle&louise]

Karen and I will be there Wednesday. Can't wait! :D

[garyde]

Hey Ray, where are you guys meeting up? Maybe I can meet up and make Six. Gary

[MangoMike]

Beware NOOB's.

This is the kind of harassment to expect at a POG rally.
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Mango Mike

[Ray Davis]

Hey Ray, where are you guys meeting up? Maybe I can meet up and make Six. Gary

Gary, the plan as it stands at the moment is to leave the Orange/Anaheim area around 9AM on Monday. We are scheduled to spend the night in Kingman at Blake RV Ranch.

Ken is meeting us (coming from a different direction) at the Pilot Truck Center, just over the pass in Hesperia. It's a guess, but I would put us there around 1030A (assuming we get out on time)

You are certainly welcome to join us. The more the merrier.

Ray

[merle&louise]

Mike,

I am almost afraid to ask what a NOOB is?

I have been to rallys before, but I think that this will be one to remember.
Does anyone ever get arrested? I can't wait until October. Could we move it up to the middle of September? I'm so excited I can't sleep. My wife tells me to calm down, but I can't! If everyone in FMCA finds out how much fun you guys are; membership in POG will explode! I never dreamed that Prevost guys would be so much fun. Of course, I realize that you guys are not the average - run of the mill - RVer. This is the A Team!

I can't wait any longer, I leaving for Santa Fe tonight!

[dalej]

I hear ya, I just can't wait to meet everyone that post on this site. I kinda wished Lew was coming, he is one of the guys that has me curious.

I can't quite tell if its truth or dare, but pretty soon it will show and tell!
I agree with you this seem like a group of nice guys.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Lew looks exactly like Cary Grant. Only shorter.

Maybe a little older.

Not quite as slim.

But as you can read from his posts he is certainly as suave.

[rfoster]

Hey Lew: Some of these new guys on POG need to know that your truly are a celebrity! as well as mayor of Some Yankee Town- Where is that link to you and Ms Lew on ABC or some network? Hook em up- keep those Royalties rolling.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

OK, for all the virgins out there that haven't yet been exposed to this group of sickos let me tell you what meeting them for the first time will be like.

They are just like they appear here. Take that for what it is worth.

The difference between a POG rally, and any other rally you are attending for the first time is enormous. We may not know the faces (except for publicity hounds like Mango and JDUB), but we will know the names. For the first day we will be trying to mentally tie the Forum name with the real name with the coach. By the second day everybody will be fixing Mango's coach or Jerry's Aquahot.

By the third day we will be wondering when we can get to gether again.

Since the first rally almost everybody has gotten together with others from the first rally at least once. I don't have any reason to doubt the same thing won't happen again.

[MangoMike]

Tuga,

I really like your enthusiasm. You probably have over expectations of this Rally so listen to your wife. These guys aren't half as cool in person as they appear on the forum (with the exception of Lew). Their forum responses are quick witted and smack of intelligence. In reality, like a good politician, they all have speech writers and spin meisters working feverishly in the background to make them look good. The benefit of delay responses to posts.

As a back up, bring a good book to POG just in case. Or donate some Lewbucks to get him to join us.

MM

[truk4u]

Tuga,
You will have a great time, these guys are nuts, but their better halfs make up for their shortcomings. Here is a picture of POG 1, they bought me a bi-plane ride just so I would come to the Rally, but then made me park with the SOB's cause I didn't have a Liberty.:eek:

Would I miss another POG Rally, NO WAY!:D

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See, they're all together, note the empty space

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Here I am, 2nd from left, opposite end of park near the dog walk

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Here's Lew

[garyde]

Gary, the plan as it stands at the moment is to leave the Orange/Anaheim area around 9AM on Monday. We are scheduled to spend the night in Kingman at Blake RV Ranch.

Ken is meeting us (coming from a different direction) at the Pilot Truck Center, just over the pass in Hesperia. It's a guess, but I would put us there around 1030A (assuming we get out on time)

You are certainly welcome to join us. The more the merrier.

Ray

OK. I'll see if we can Meet up at Anaheim or later that day at the RV park. I will be in touch. Gary

[Ray Davis]

Gary,

Send me an email (rdavis@cox.net) and I'll send you info on the places we're scheduled to stop.

Ray

[Jerry Winchester]

NOOB is short for Newbie, but since we were all NOOBs in the spring, you aren't too far behind the curve.

The biggest fear I have about POG 2 is all the stuff the A holes stick to your coach over the week. For sale signs, crime tape, lais and assorted items. I have a sack of retaliatory items. The only safe part is Ben will be somewhere else. He has a sick, devious mind so spar with him at your own risk.

First time I saw Lew, I said, "I thought he'd be taller". Turns out he just has a long butt crack, so it was an optical illusion.

Since the first POG guy I met was Jon (in the rest stop on the Florida Turnpike), I was sure I was in the presence of pure analness. I didn't know it was "award winning" analness.

I'll save the MangoMike stories for the rally. People would pay to hear that crap.

And I want to get Mick liquored up for some Roger smack.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

I don't know how the rest of the folks you named feel, but I almost take that last post as a challenge to see just how much stuff can be hung or pasted on your coach before the rally is over.

You crossed the line with that post because you reminded the sickos from POGI about their duty to deface other coaches, and you just taught the new folks (who will become sickos) to load up on goodies to place on your coach.

For all who need specific information: Winchester's coach is a Royale, gray in color, with stars on the sides. I believe if we all plan on papering it we can have it pretty completely covered by the last day of the rally. Some suggestions: Crime scene tape, flags, for sale signs, wanted posters, floral decorations, old ties, leis, Ohio State banners, Cessna photographs, etc.:D

[MangoMike]

Exhibit "A"

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[MangoMike]

NOTICE: My camping area will be well fortified.


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[Jerry Winchester]

See Jon, it's not me you have to worry about. Anyway, I am back in the RV lot in Stillwater and one of those Libertys parked down the way, so this was the scene around midnight.

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[Jerry Winchester]

MM,

You need a lesson in fortification. I am towing this to Santa Fe.

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[rfoster]

New owner of bus: Those photos of these guys are fake: This is the real POG 1 Crew: Can you tell which one is Lew?
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[Jon Wehrenberg]

Looks like we struck a nerve here.

Life is good when you can irritate people. Stay tuned. More to come.

[MangoMike]

Pinging - Terry or Colorado Bus or someone who will be at the balloon festival dry camping and not at POG. (Couldn't find the original post) JDUB and I will be in Albuerque Tuesday night as I have to pick my sweetie up from the airport. Will it be possible to get into this drycamping area for the evening or is it like trying to get Jimmy Buffet tickets?

Thanks

Mike

[lewpopp]

Jerry, I thought you liked me and we were friends because I had a Prevost. Instead you have been hovering around me because of my butt crack. Jeeeeze!:(
Are you practicing for you local paint ball game or are you tuning up your negotiating tools for Nigeria and surrounding countries?

The new people will cancel their attendance in SF if you continue to carry on that way. If enough cancel, maybe I can sneek in.

[truk4u]

Mango,

Nance and I will be at the Balloon Fiesta until Monday the 9th. If you can get in, we'll see if we can stay another night. We're in the VIP West Parking next to the launch field. The number for the park is 505-821-1000. You should be able to get in, seems like the middle of the week is not as busy.

If you get delayed, we can pick up Mrs. Mango and bring her to POG.

[MangoMike]

Thanks Tom,

I'll give them a call and let you know.

Mike

[garyde]

I will be ready for 'Night Raiders'


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[MangoMike]

So will we.

http://www.combatreform.com/eastwood.jpg

[MangoMike]

Truk4u Tom,

The Texan and I will be camping in the dry camping area Tuesday. We were unable to squeeze into the VIP area as we weren't as good looking as you.

Let us know if you're going to stay until Wed. then we'll head up to SF.

Mike

[truk4u]

Mango,
Made the reservation many moons ago and we may just hang around to convoy into Santa Fe with you and the flame snuffer.:D We'll stay in touch and hopefully I can squeeze another night out of the park. We gotta get there before Jon.:eek:

Here's a picture of a TN toad...

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[rfoster]

Tom : Remember the song: 'Here's your sign'? That is the right Lincoln - ain't it?
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/parkwayautoofbristol/CIMG0840.jpg