Ray, the restaurant is a good idea, we have eaten there before. See you Friday, I hope around 3:30, 4:00.
Kevin
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Ray, the restaurant is a good idea, we have eaten there before. See you Friday, I hope around 3:30, 4:00.
Kevin
Ray, it was 44 degrees as I went home at 4:00 today. It's been raining hard all day in Santa Barbara, lightning & thunderstorms,:eek: and there is a fresh foot of snow in the mountains surrounding our town tonight.
HI Guys!
Dale, let's just say I'm glad not to be where you are!
Well, we've now got about 8 coaches and more expected today. I rained pretty hard last night, and we awoke to snow in the local mountains! Actually little warmer due to the snow.
NOTE: just spoke to the restaurant again. I didn't realize they normally close at 7PM. They have agreed to stay late for us, but let's try to make it over to the restaurant starting at 5PM tomorrow.
Ice-cream social after dinner.
Thanks,
Ray
ps: we'll try to post some pictures soon.
Misc. happenings out west..
Kevin E's kids are the life of the party! Kudos to Kevin on polite well mannered and fun kids! (ahhh Americans)
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Local mafioso look alikes are creeping about ORA Rancho, with other local dignitaries..
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How many SENIOR Poggers does it take to plug in one simple cord??
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
We have some cool vintage Marathons here, including Norm's Marathon coach number 12 !!
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
Also present was a friend of Ray's (didn't know he had any), I think his name is Marshall. He works for MCI, and picked up an MCI coach, Marathon number 6!!
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By Jello_Jeep
Pretty interesting story here, as Marshall was on his way here, but had to stop for a business meeting at a hotel. He left his dog inside the bus, and went into the meeting. At some point, someone came in and said "hey, someone is driving your bus"! He said it couldn't be, as the door was locked etc.
He went outside to find his dog, standing up in the driver's seat.. had stepped on the brake release and his bus had rolled backwards 100' or so and crashed into a tree, then back forward coming to a rest in the middle of the lot.
The resulting crash smashed in the back bumper to the point that it was against the crank on the engine, he had to use a broken piece of wood to pry things away from it so he could fire up again!!
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
Later, the brain trust went to work on Norm's Webasto!!
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By Jello_Jeep
Some of ths shots sho Ken Z wearing blue rubber gloves, kind of makes you wonder what is going on in this shot!
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By Jello_Jeep
Norm's 8V ready for hard charging action!
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By Jello_Jeep
Ken Z doing that voo-doo, that he does oh so well... The blue gloves look slightly soiled... run for your lives!!
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By Jello_Jeep
Later in the day, arrangements had been made to rent the club house, and it was a great idea on Ray's part. It was raining outside but we had it nice and tosaty inside!!
Here Ray & Steve make short work of a stray cat that was hanging out around Gary D's grilling operation.... hmm...
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
More folk getting their party on!!
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By Jello_Jeep
Everybody was having a hoot at this shin dig.... We easily could have fed 150 people!
Janet was very hungry for some reson, and demanded to be first in line.. Who were we to argue?? She really loves salad!
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
Gary D's youngn's getting into the swing of things. Great kids here too! Poggers seem to be good parents.... Gary's tri tip was super too!!
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
Chestnuts roasting on the open fire.............
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By Jello_Jeep
Erion gives Mike & Peter a talkin to..
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
Why squabble, when you can have a cocktail!!!
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By Jello_Jeep
Chow time!!!
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By jello_jeep, shot with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II at 2008-01-27
Jello_Jeep,
Thanks so much for the photos and stories, it's just like being there.
What a pleasant weekend we had, meeting all of you POGers at Rancho ORA. Thanks for welcoming Sharon and I into this entertaining group.
It was sad to see everyone roll out this morning. It stayed sunny most all afternoon, but very windy.
Safe travels to each and everyone. We'll begin making plans to meet again in Pahrump, NV in May.