2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Our 4th annual meet, July 5-6, 2008, in Canada, eh?

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2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

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Well, the 2008 meet is now history.

And it was GREAT!!!!! We had 7 LJ's show up. All ran the course with no breakdowns or problems. The only minor damage was Wilson came out of the truck with a broken front bumper mount. Nuthin duct tape didn't fix right up.

Everybody but Ruby and me left Sunday. We stayed over and left the campground about 11am this morning. We made about 4 miles down that rough-ass road when Ruby's tow vehicle up (a Ford F-150) broke a left tie rod end. He tied it back together and we limped the poor little thing into Cochrane, where Ruby picked up a tie rod end at NAPA and replaced it on the side of the road. Happy ending.

I'm now at a Super8 in Cranbrook getting ready to go eat. Gawd, a hot shower was nice.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot; Steve buried his RHD to its eyebrows in a mud hole and Linda bent the front bumper on the V when she drove into the opposite mud hole.
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Hey everyone, here's a couple pic's from this years meet!
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Made it home now Smuz, thanks again for the help. I'll post some pics tomorrow. Had a GREAT time.
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Good to hear you guys had a great time! So where are the other pics???
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frankenstein wrote:Good to hear you guys had a great time! So where are the other pics???
Have to get them off the camera still. There will be some good video's too. :wink:
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:whip: :bouncer:
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Very cool!

Can't wait to see more pics. Two of them are just a tease. :wink:

From the pics it sure is beautiful country up there.
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The meet[our first!]was absolutely awsome!Met great people,ate well,saw some beautiful sights.Can't say enough.Could have spent a week there time and supplies allowing.Thanks to everyone there for their efforts.We will post some pics soon as well
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Here's some of my pics, enjoy!
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:cool:
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Awesome pics! beautiful!




The bottom one is a good one due to that someone is helping someone else.
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I didn't know Meyers went :cool:

Yeah, on our way to the montana meet we had a trailor tire go out... luckily the lj caught a guys attention and he directed us to the nearest Les Shwab (spelling? haha) But its a good thing Smuz stayed huh? being all by yourself wouldn't have been fun. Glad you got it fixed.

Looked fun though... was there a lot of mud there?
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Alice and I just got home. 3900 miles total. I'm tired and I'm gonna go spend sum quality time with a beer can and a Parrot.

Later...............
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Yeah I bet the Parrot missed you two!


Glad to hear you made it home alright.



Now we need to hear from Steve!
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Good to see you made it home safe!

3900 miles??? :ohno:
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frankenstein wrote:3900 miles??? :ohno:
We took a few detours.
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We made it home late Thursday afternoon. Great LJs + great folks + great area + great trails + friendly borders = A BLAST. Will post pics after catching up on mowing grass at home and shop.

Ruby, glad the tie rod worked out ok and safe. If it was to break, better on a side road instead of ?????.

Steve, the bigger signs were appreciated.

4300 miles round trip. Had figured on 1800 one way but the extra was due to the detour over to Whitefish, MT and then Glacier National Park prior to going up to the meet.

Thanks to those who have already posted pics.
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Myers wrote: Steve, the bigger signs were appreciated.
:))):

Are you talking about the ones directing you to the lj meet? Yeah, at the last meet I think he had signs that said "LJ MEET" on a paper plate :))): Thats a little hard to see at one A.M.!


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Here are some of the pics we took. Probably have too many and duplicates of those taken by others but that is an indication of the fun we had.

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Second try at posting pictures. Did several before and only got one. (but it was a good one of some good folks) Will try again.
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Still got only one at a time. Smuz, Ruby or someone please remind me how to post more than one at a time.

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Just look up the pic and click on add the file and then you can do it again for the next pic... Just remember to do the last pic first, he switches them around when you add them so the last one added is the first pic posted :?
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Thanks Frankenstein, pretty bad when a guy in the Netherlands has to help an Okie post something done in the U.S.

Here is another try.

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Great pics Larry!

Who are the people in the first pic that you posted?




And the second pic, I know one of them of course.
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Jimny wrote:Great pics Larry!

Who are the people in the first pic that you posted?




And the second pic, I know one of them of course.
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