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Sounds like a Plan to me, Dallas do it. ;D
jlv
We could call it Timmonsville west
uncle ned
We are in Aransas Pass for the winter so it sounds like we might be able to make it.
Quote from: uncle ned on December 21, 2009, 04:04:20 PM
We could call it Timmonsville west
uncle ned
Will there be Dinasaurs ???
We would be interested if the iggle makes the grade for the Q rally in jan, but none the less we would still come so long as we can park our bus in the tent section, don't want to disturb the bus crew with our generator running all the time LOL ;D ;D ;D
Deffinetly, yes let's! :)
Let us know where and when!
Is this going to be held at your place?
Paul and Becky
What the hell Dallas 1 extra trip to Texas a year will work for us and Franklin is not that far from Belton
Quote from: Dreamscape on December 21, 2009, 05:18:36 PM
Let us know where and when!
Is this going to be held at your place?
Paul and Becky
Yes it is going to be here. Dallas has gotten one of the owners interested in letting this happen.
I hope you have enough room, this is one big state to draw from! ;D And there's a bunch of us to make it happen!
What ya gonna call it? "D & C Bus Rally"
Put Texas in the title and you will have Big John and Blu, John and Tami Rigby, Frank and Kathy, Greg Riley, Richard and MIssy Bishop and Richard Olson to name a few, join the fun.
I would be up for a drive from Tulsa area as well Dallas. Count me in ;D
Bryan
Now you guys are really making me feel bad :'( :'( :'(. I won't be able to make it :(. We will be traveling, and busy on the home front.
I hope you guys have a great time! ;D ;D ;D
God bless,
John
Boy John that'll be another one you will miss ??? Remember I vouched for you :-[ don't let me down ::) LOL ;D ;D ;D
Can I be anyone?
Hope to bring bus too !!
Boy, :-\, If we came. . .. . :-\. . .. well, Dallas and Cat are sort of like Mythical "creatures" to us. . . we've talked so much. . . :), they've saved our skins a time or two :D . . . always been so sweet (Cat, NOT Dallas ;) ;)), if we were to come :-\, well, that would take away all of the mystery! :'(
Awwww, what the heck ;D, count us in Dallas & Cat! :D Christy Hicks
Count Richard & missy in!!!Just give us a where and when.
Richard
That sounds like what the doctor ordered for SAD. =) Please don't throw me in the brier patch. ;)
Date & Time and Lord willing we'll be there.
Matt & Liz
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Anytime before TBR 2010 is fine with us! ::)
Dallas,
Count us in !
Thanks for coming up with that idea.
Frank & Kathy
Let us know the date
John and Tami
I told ya! They're coming out of the woodwork! And this is just the beginning!
Can't wait!
Paul
Dallas;
if you make it late Jan. or early Feb. I might be able to make it. Other wise have a great time an I will miss ya'll
Don
Dallas
How are the Rally plans coming along. Do you know what the dates will be yet?
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Who be the Powers?
Screw 'm and set a date! They will either come or they won't, ain't like it's yer first experience with this rodeo! ;D
HTHFWIW! ;D BK ;D
In the beginning of this you mentioned early spring. How about March 5, 6 & 7th? Should be warming up enough to be nice.
Bryan
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Dallas,
Count me in. I will put it on the Calendar. If we firmed this up by the end of this weekend it would give everyone over 7 weeks to plan on attending. How much more notice is needed, LOL ;D ;D
Bryan
Works for us. How many buses can you handle?
Richard
Just set the dam date already! ::)
Let us know!
Paul
Dito D, tell me when, and engine willing we will come. Will this be a formal affair? or brung what ya slung deal? I can do both in short order LOL(stuck up pucker butt :o, or fun loving,scooter trash bus nut ;D ;D ;D) Sorry, thinking out loud again :D. Let er rip ;)
MBH ;D
Sounds good
We will do our best to be there
Great plan Dallas Working on another bus if that works I might have a chance.
Lonnie
O Great Bus Yoda, Christi & I can't make it to TX till the fall "10" Oct'ish. Hope to see you then. M&C
Surely sounds like lots of fun. I might be headed towards Austin around that time - depending on how things go here in Florida. And $$. And fuel. And how the old bus is running... you know what I mean, right?
Heck, might be the place where Nellie meets Willie! :)
Nellie Wilson
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Quote from: Now Just Dallas on January 08, 2010, 12:16:47 AM
Willie owns a truck stop about 70 miles north of us and is known to hang out there a lot.
A quiet little place called Carl's Corners, it use to be a ratty little greasy spoon and a good place to stop for a beer, now its a Bio-D stop with a Willie theater, all sorts of amenities and a safe place to sleep.
Really? I never new Willie owned Carl's Corners. How long has he owned it? Maybe since I got out of trucking in 2000?
I've been by that place countless times, back in the day. Never new Willie had anything to do with it!
;D BK ;D
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OK that would explain why I didn't know he was involved if he wasn't at the time! ;D
;D BK ;D
Just remember that the first week in march is bike week in Daytona.
ned
Bus Rally in Texas and then off to Daytona?? or the other way around. What a trip that would be!
Dallas,
Can we mark March 5-6-7 on our calendar?
Richard
We have to wait until we can catch our boss and get a date approval before we can make it definite.
OKEE DOKEE!!!!
Quote from: Busted Knuckle on January 08, 2010, 06:34:09 AM
OK that would explain why I didn't know he was involved if he wasn't at the time! ;D
;D BK ;D
Gee, BK, ya think? :)
But, hey, this is pretty funny. Don't know if you listened to my CD yet, but that song "Nellie Wilson" was the first song I ever wrote... about Willie and (partly) his IRS battles. And
now I get some real life background? Geez.
But better late than never! I'll definitely be headed that way. Maybe not in time for the rally??? but before long. And looking towards a loooong rest stop at Carl's Corners.
Thanks for that info, Now Just Dallas! Amazing what one learns from all you bus wackos.
Oh, BK, thanks again for the assist in Arcadia. Hope you had a good trip back... and hope you were able to retrieve everyone's luggage out of those (hightech) bins. ;D
Nellie Wilson
BK always checks his coach, don't ya big guy ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: van on January 08, 2010, 09:21:05 PM
BK always checks his coach, don't ya big guy ;D ;D ;D
Yes it wasn't my bus the drunk girl got locked in! ;D LOL!
And thanks to you too Viviane, yes the luggage bays have worked flawlessly since Ace, John, Tom & I spent serval hours playing with the system only to find out it was moister in the the switches/connections that caused it after all.
(I really think it was some of Christy Hicks's gremlins that she left behind at the Turner Center that did it! ;D)
;D BK ;D
Just to check again -- should I circle the first weekend in March yet????
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If there are buses there is no need for plans they present their own entertainment --- otherwise armadillos will do
Melbo
We also have bobcats and squirrels. If all else fails I can always let Dallas loose in his thong.
Quote from: bubbaqgal on January 13, 2010, 07:21:05 PM
We also have bobcats and squirrels. If all else fails I can always let Dallas loose in his thong.
OH gawd here comes more therapy sessions to get rid of that visual AGAIN! ;D
;D BK ;D
I still have allot of work on my conversion. If everyone pitches in and brings parts and pieces we could just finish my bus over the weekend :D ;D :D We should have enough help. Cody could start building the cabinets now to have them ready. I will get you the dimensions Cody ;D.
I will provide the beer!! ;D :D
Let me know if this sounds like a good plan for everyone :D :D
Bryan
Works for me!!
Come on, guys. Why not get Bryan's bus converted for him? I know he put a lot of smiley's in his post, but he was really hoping that you would say yes. If I was able to make it, I would help him....
What think ye? lol.
God bless,
John
Quote from: bryanhes on January 14, 2010, 07:15:10 AM
I still have allot of work on my conversion. If everyone pitches in and brings parts and pieces we could just finish my bus over the weekend :D ;D :D We should have enough help. Cody could start building the cabinets now to have them ready. I will get you the dimensions Cody ;D.
I will provide the beer!! ;D :D
Let me know if this sounds like a good plan for everyone :D :D
Bryan
I can just imagine what that bus would look like with that many drunk bus nuts working on it. Might wanna rethink the beer offer. ;D
Keep the spray cans outta site too or it might get a graffiti style paint job by wild bus nuts
Just a thought
Melbo
Check with frank and see if he has any of that pink paint left. Sounds like I'm getting encouraged to join the fun and I don't even drink lol. Unless I'm mistaken I'm supposed to be cut in half around the 4th of febuary, that doesn't give me much, if any time to get the zipper in and working.
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LOL, I thought that would at least stir some conversation about what to do or plan ;D
We could always paint it up like the "Cody the Hippie" bus and sell a trip on ebay :D Although I am not as far out as that guy, LOL
I thought the free beer would at least bring BW, LOL!
Ok so maybe not such a good idea having a bunch of drunk BusNuts tackling my bus. It might make it to the end of the drive before it went up in flames, LOL! Although if I insure it really well :-\
Bryan
I forgot the link to the Hippie bus, LOL
http://www.leaderguy.com/Auction.html (http://www.leaderguy.com/Auction.html)
Bryan
I'm really hoping that nobody associates me with the cody in that link lol.
Quote from: cody on January 14, 2010, 01:29:47 PM
I'm really hoping that nobody associates me with the cody in that link lol.
Cody, I would NEVER do that. That guy was quite the weirdo. You are way to normal for that. I am sure that you have dealt with enough of those type of guys, in your career.
God bless,
John
Come on, no one want to take a trip with that guy? LOL
Bryan
Quote from: bryanhes on January 14, 2010, 01:49:15 PM
Come on, no one want to take a trip with that guy? LOL
Bryan
NOPE, I would stay as far away from him, as I could. Funny...he is in Arkansas. Why do I find that funny? I just don't picture a guy like him living in the up of Michigan. Just not your sterotype for up there...lol.
God bless,
John
Quote from: cody on January 14, 2010, 01:29:47 PM
I'm really hoping that nobody associates me with the cody in that link lol.
Ah, Cody too late don't you remember the "Where's Cody" thread?
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NOPE, I would stay as far away from him, as I could. Funny...he is in Arkansas. Why do I find that funny? I just don't picture a guy like him living in the up of Michigan. Just not your sterotype for up there...lol.
God bless,
John
Uh let's just think about this came from CA, name is Cody, and AR is the last known where abouts of someone on the board here that calls our Cody daddy! Hmmm coincidence? I wonder? (remember we have read about the other getting arrested in CA after his own truck ran him over while he was fixing it! {ouch makes me shudder to think of that happening while working on his bus since in his own words "just like working on a car!"
:o BK :-\
QuoteAh, Cody too late don't you remember the "Where's Cody" thread?
Thats where I saw it BK. The site is pretty comical, LOL
Bryan
After 25 years of being a manager of segregation units for the Michigan Dept of Corrections, I developed a pretty thick skin, I find very little as being offensive, one of them is being associated with the clown, some others I find to be less offensive, let me know when you're done laughing.
I am with you, Cody. I would want NOTHING to do with clowny either. In fact, if I found out that he pulled up next to our bus, I think I would probably move. So don't worry, Cody. There is NOTHING wrong with wanting NOTHING to do with him.
God bless,
John
Remember - in the words of a great song writer "Nothing from Nothing leaves Nothing"
Okay, if I may get back on topic here. :D Our boss gave approval for the dates. We are set for the first weekend in March. Now, do we have any takers? It won't be a fancy rally at all. Just a chance to get together and visit. No rally fees, just pay for your site to keep my boss happy. We have approximately 20 full hook up sites. We will have a few spots that will be approved for boondocking.
YES - Very interested - Sign me up - unless things totally freeze over until then - Global warming and all
Sign us up.
We will let you know if something changes and we cannot come.
Sign us up too. Can we go ahead and make reservations? Give us a # to call and location.
Richard
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Dallas,
Do I need to call and give you a CC# to reserve a full hook up spot?
Thanks,
Bryan
No, we don't work that way here. Just email me your name and phone# and I'll put you on my list.
Which email? You have to many, lol how do you keep up ::)
Bryan
The Yahoo one on my profile will work.
Dallas and Cat, we would love to think about coming. Hopefully we will have the bus running by then >:(.
We have quite a bit on the calendar for that period.
You can put us down for "possibly", but it sounds like you will fill up pretty fast.
Jim
Jim, I'm sure we will have room for you. No matter what. I hope you can make it.
Unfortunately the wife can not get time off from the school then. So we will not be attending . But we will be there in spirit. I hope you all have a wonderful time. If you are real lucky you can get Dallas to take you Armadillo hunting, a specialty of his.
Frank
Frank,
All she needs to take off is Friday. Leave right after school Thursday ;D
Ok Frank I just realized your profile said you live in VA. So maybe you would need another half day or so to get there, LOL
Bryan
We really wish you guys could be here Frank.
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QuoteJim, I'm sure we will have room for you. No matter what. I hope you can make it
Cat, thanks so much for the kind reply. Please don't kick someone else out, since we will not know what our situation is for the next month or so.
Jim
Jim, I doubt seriously that we will have a problem getting everyone in. If we get crowded we have places some can boondock so don't worry about that at all.
Quote from: bubbaqgal on January 16, 2010, 12:25:43 PM
Jim, I doubt seriously that we will have a problem getting everyone in. If we get crowded we have places some can boondock so don't worry about that at all.
Be afraid! Very afraid! I know Cat & Dallas when they say boondock they mean BOONDOCK!
think of the tune that goes"down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks"Just ask Frank about the BOONDOCKING they did with his bus while it was here! (oh wait that was boat docking! And in a pond with no launch ramp or DOCK! ;))
;D BK ;D
Everyone is safe here Bryce. We have no pond. Just a pool and it's fenced in so everyone is safe from me......this time.
Dallas,
How is the rally coming along? How many buses so far?
Richard
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Dallas,
How is the rally coming along? How many buses so far?
Richard
The rally seems to be coming along just fine, from what I see in this thread & past experiences of having rallies myself (in mine, and I'm sure Cat, Dallas, Paul, Jack, Paula, Nick, Bruce, yada, yada yada, and anyone else who's held a rally can verify it's pretty much a crap shoot up until the last few days or even the rally dates themselves as to WHO will actually show up or not)
Probably just one bus so far and that would be Cat & Dallas's 4013, but closer to the dates of the rally more are sure to show up! ;)
;D BK ;D
(I know I'm a smart a**, but I'm good at it! ;) ;D)
So far we have at least 6 buses coming and quite a few that aren't sure yet. We aren't worried at all because even one bus makes it fun. We have been having a blast here the last couple of days with MattC and Liz but even more fun with Ranger and Sophie (their furry kids). We know they will be here again for the rally.
Are we still doing this the first week of March? If so, you can presume that I will make the trip, hopefully with the bus that the students have affectionately called Gumby, because it is more green than white (below the windows). If the bus is not ready, I will be there just to say I was there at the first edition of this get-together.
I think it will be fun.
Yes the date is definite. We have promises of donuts at breakfast Sat and Sun, the other meals are pot luck. All the paper products, tea and coffee are already arranged for. Come with or without your buses, we just want to have fun with other bus nuts.
Cat,
Thanks for the update. I don't know about the others, but I like to know what's going on, who's coming, etc. PCC, Come ahead on and bring Gumby ready or not. It will be fun! Now all we need is a rally name like D&C 2010 or........
Richard
When I said "not done", I meant empty shell !! The dates are 3/6 & 3/7, right ???
To come would be simply 'taking the dog for a walk', not for anything worth y'all looking at - but maybe some ideas might come out of the crowd!! Nobody will be able to tell us to "start over", 'cause we are already there.
I know that the students are now creating a completely new dashboard, and we have a master moulder/signbuilder ready to make their design into a reality. This vehicle is a student learning project, and their enthusiasm keeps this old guy on his toes.
We are a private, one-on-one tutorial school, but we also serve home schoolers (like travelling family's children), so this project is good for many of them because they can understand and suggest what needs to go into this conversion.
Someday, we will meet our travelling students on the road somewhere for their testing, instead of them testing when they are able to come into the school building here.
Yes, 6th and 7th (or longer for anyone that wants to stay longer). If the empty shell runs, throw in a sleeping bag and bring it on. Our bus is old and ugly but we love her. She is in a state of being redone and being used for storage while we manage this place. You might be surprised what people can learn from looking at a shell. Every bus has knowledge inside for someone to pick up on. However, we don't mind a bit if you want to come without your bus. I know of a couple of people that are coming that don't even have buses but are interested in seeing what can be done with a conversion.
Dallas and Cat. We are still trying to get our act together to see if we can make it.
I did some searching tonight to see if I could get a GPS for your location. I have a couple of hits that say it is north east of Franklin. That does not agree with you directions. Do you have the GPS info?
Jim
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Hi Dallas. Thanks for the GPS info. I had found the 1698 address and various mapping programs put that NE of Franklin.
Jim
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How about the rear end of:
Quote from: Now Just Dallas on February 01, 2010, 10:18:48 AM
I thought I would post a link to the proposed main menu items and see if anyone has any additional ideas.
Yup, Dallas. Looks yummy. Lots of BBQ sauce.
God bless,
John
Quote from: John316 on February 01, 2010, 03:37:13 PM
Quote from: Now Just Dallas on February 01, 2010, 10:18:48 AM
I thought I would post a link to the proposed main menu items and see if anyone has any additional ideas.
Yup, Dallas. Looks yummy. Lots of BBQ sauce.
God bless,
John
Some kind of sauce anyway...... mostly the kind you drink BEFORE eating that nasty thing. ;D
Hey, Dallas:
I thought pets weren't allowed at your park....lolol.
Mark
Quote from: Stormcloud on February 01, 2010, 04:57:14 PM
Hey, Dallas:
I thought pets weren't allowed at your park....lolol.
Mark
Ahh, Mark. Pets with holes, where they weren't designed to be holes, are allowed. That armor doesn't stop everything 8).
God bless,
John
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Dallas,
Are you going to list the rally on upcoming events with information for those that haven't seen this and might want to come. What's the latest count on confermed rigs coming?
Richard
I just got it listed on the event site today. I am not certain about a count yet. I have gotten several emails stating they would be here and several maybes, several "I hope to" and a couple without buses that are coming. If anyone else will definitely, will possibly, will hopefully, or just wanna come, please let us know so that we can start getting a better head count and others will know who is coming also. I am looking forward to it so much.
Cat, we are making headway on the bus (will post more tomorrow), but we are running out of time. We really wanted to make your rally, but we will have to wait until next year ;D
Jim
Well, like I said.......you can come even without your bus. ;)
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Quote from: Now Just Dallas
Just to bump this up a little bit and remind everyone how to get here:
Giving the street address doesn't do any good because every mapping service has it wrong for some reason.
hmmm, found 'em again: 31.012399,-96.50699 we are a mile south of Franklin on the left as you head north on US 79, about a half mile north of J&S Tire service. When you see the red storage units, we are the next driveway.
If you head south, we are a mile south of Franklin on the right. If you see the red storage units, we are the driveway right before them.
US 79 huh, shoot if they just follow US 79 N after leaving your place they can come up here! ;)
;D BK ;D
14 days till the rally!!! Give us an update Cat.
Richard
Not much to update yet. Still waiting for a better head count.
All non-alcoholic drinks are provided, all paper products are being provided. Meals are pot luck except breakfast and for that we have donuts coming. I think we are having briskets for one meal, possibly chicken and burgers also. Please tell your wives not to get fancy with anything they bring unless they just enjoy cooking. Don't plan on buying fancy foods in town either because we have one tiny grocery store and the closest Walmart is 40 miles away.
Bring any bus stuff you want to sell and yard sale stuff also. That stuff can be set up at your site. Anything you, or your wives, want to give away will be put in a different spot. No, wives.....you cannot give away your husbands.
The only cost will be your campsite and those are $27.00 a night. If you want to come without your bus and stay the weekend there is a hotel 1 mile away. If you want to make it a day trip that's great also.
If anyone has questions you can email me at the addy in my profile or call me at 8 four 3 four nine six ate to to 5.
Quote from: bubbaqgal on February 18, 2010, 08:28:07 AM
Not much to update yet. Still waiting for a better head count.
All non-alcoholic drinks are provided, all paper products are being provided. Meals are pot luck except breakfast and for that we have donuts coming. I think we are having briskets for one meal, possibly chicken and burgers also. Please tell your wives not to get fancy with anything they bring unless they just enjoy cooking. Don't plan on buying fancy foods in town either because we have one tiny grocery store and the closest Walmart is 40 miles away.
Bring any bus stuff you want to sell and yard sale stuff also. That stuff can be set up at your site. Anything you, or your wives, want to give away will be put in a different spot. No, wives.....you cannot give away your husbands.
The only cost will be your campsite and those are $27.00 a night. If you want to come without your bus and stay the weekend there is a hotel 1 mile away. If you want to make it a day trip that's great also.
If anyone has questions you can email me at the addy in my profile or call me at 8 four 3 four nine six ate to to 5.
Can husbands pay someone to take over payments on the wives? ;)
;D BK ;D
'fraid not BK. Those payments just go on and on and on and on and on!! ::)
Can I request weather no lower than 65 degrees.... at night? ;D
Bryan
Certainly you may. However, I ain't Mother Nature so........! ;D
Oh, come on Cat, Can't you make it happen :D :D Dallas said you could do anything, LOL! Sorry Dallas.
I tried ;D
Bryan
Thought I would do a big Pot of Cajun Red Beans and Rice for lunch Saturday.
Rod
Quote from: bryanhes on February 18, 2010, 03:52:50 PM
Oh, come on Cat, Can't you make it happen :D :D Dallas said you could do anything, LOL! Sorry Dallas.
I tried ;D
Bryan
I can, if there is enough green waving around. LOL