crash,
Sounds like you had an awsome time. I haven't been up to Paradise, since I went
to Chico State in 80-81. I'm really sorry I couldn't make it, but I was on
'daddy detail' while the wife was in France on business (yeah right!). If I
could only figure out a way to rig up two child seats in the bugeye...
Oh yeah, was it very hot??? ;-)
- Bryan
BTW - I hope the cheerleaders didn't over heat while they were washing your
car. Did you offer to hose them down to cool them off?? (or was it the other
way
around:-)
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>I left Reno Sat. morning in the yellow car with a friend towing his bug-i
>behind for the famous Feather River Canyon run to Chico. I invited you all
>but as usual it was just me and my car.
> The weather was warm, the sky blue and the road having been repaved a
>couple of years ago was smooth.
> After about twenty minutes of spritely driving with no traffic holding
>me up I came up to the first slow car right at the first of two passing
>zones in the Canyon. Didn't even drop a gear as I went by. Another 15
>minutes went by and finally came up on two more cars at the second passing
>zone again not dropping a gear passed both. Finally hit traffic at the
>tunnels which is the end anyway. This means the whole Canyon was driven
>just as fast I as I wanted. Waited half an hour for the trailer to catch up
>at the rest stop thinking maybe I should just turn around and head home
>cause it just can't get no better.
> On to Chico where we arrived just in time to run the rally as the only
>out of town team. This was a great tour of the foothills east of Chico.
> We did have a slight problem on the rally as when we went through
>Paradise, Ca the local high school cheerleaders were having a car wash/ ice
>cream event. Because I knew the big show was tomorow, I had to watch the
>girls like a hawk to be sure they got the car clean. They seemed to have a
>problem getting the very bottom of the car clean and I had to make them do
>these parts over a couple of times. Well back to the rally, or off to the
>local jail.
> Dinner on the creek and a good nites sleep led to the show on Sunday.
>Where we was robbed as usual. My friend David's bug-i and mine were put in
>the big healey class so the locals would win again really a shame as my car
>was cleaner than it has been for many years. The 4X4 Midget wasn't there
>this year, but the owner gave me a picture that was passed on to a list
>member to be posted for all to see.
> The Reno club had a tech sesion on fixing the alternator on a Morgan
>using the ramps on David's trailer as a lift, and a mix of all our tools,
>and you thought the one on the sprite is a pain.
> Did I mention it was HOT. After leaving the show and driving to Steve's
>house in Sac (did I mention it was real HOT) for dinner and a look at
>Paul's 5-speed kit.
> Heading out of Sac I could see some flashes to the east and smelled
>smoke. At least it wasn't hot anymore ( I did mention it was very HOT in the
>valley didn't I?). The run to Reno was fine and a little cool over the
>pass. I got a few rain drops on the windscreen as I pulled off the freeway
>in Reno and the road was wet from some rain earlier in the day.
> Total for two days was 534 miles and average for the trip was 41.3
>MPG with gas costing around $1.65/gal. Biggest expense off the weekend was
>the $10 for the car wash in Paradise ( best money I've spent in years) and I
>won't wash the car again this year.
> You should have been there, but that was your problem.
> Crash
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