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2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:03 pm
by Smuz
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.

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:46 pm
by Rick Friesen
Hey everyone, here's a couple pic's from this years meet!

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:14 am
by Ruby
Made it home now Smuz, thanks again for the help. I'll post some pics tomorrow. Had a GREAT time.

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:57 am
by Frankenstein
Good to hear you guys had a great time! So where are the other pics???

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:49 am
by Ruby
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:

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:17 pm
by Frankenstein
:whip: :bouncer:

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:32 pm
by Jimny
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.

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:15 am
by redsnodog
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

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:01 am
by Ruby
Here's some of my pics, enjoy!

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:35 am
by Frankenstein
:cool:

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:06 am
by Jimny
Awesome pics! beautiful!




The bottom one is a good one due to that someone is helping someone else.

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:30 am
by deimos_jr
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?

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:41 pm
by Smuz
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...............

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:54 pm
by Jimny
Yeah I bet the Parrot missed you two!


Glad to hear you made it home alright.



Now we need to hear from Steve!

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:16 am
by Frankenstein
Good to see you made it home safe!

3900 miles??? :ohno:

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:07 am
by Smuz
frankenstein wrote:3900 miles??? :ohno:
We took a few detours.

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:31 am
by Myers
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.
Myers

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:58 pm
by deimos_jr
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.!


More pics :bounce:

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:40 pm
by Myers
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.

Myers

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:47 pm
by Myers
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.
Myers

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:49 pm
by Myers
Still got only one at a time. Smuz, Ruby or someone please remind me how to post more than one at a time.

Myers.

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:59 pm
by Frankenstein
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 :?

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:16 pm
by Myers
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.

Myers

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:21 pm
by Jimny
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.

Re: 2008 Meet ....... Afterwards

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:15 pm
by Ruby
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.
Jim (redsnodog) and his wife Carol, Jim's in the second pic too.