Arcadia

[Ace]

Works all done, food is all packed, and golf cart is charged. Only thing left is to load the bikes in the trailer, load warmer clothes in the bus, load fire pit, load extra heater (just in case), hook up trailer and boogity, boogity, boogity!

Hurry up Santa and be gone already!

[FloridaCliff]

Rally Weather update.

Wednesday, Dec 29th...............66/45...........Sunny

Thursday, Dec 30th..................73/48...........Partly Cloudy

Friday, Dec 31st.......................75/49...........Mostly Sunny

Saturday, January 1st...............76/51..........Partly Cloudy

courtesy of Weather.com

[belfert]

The weather seems pretty decent to me, but I'm coming from Minnesota.

I'm busy washing clothes for the trip and getting everything packed in the bus.  I'm in between jobs packing the bus and finishing up some stuff for work.

[Ace]

To add to what Cliff posted for those early arrivals...


TONIGHT LO:39 CLEAR

FRIDAY HI:69 PARTLY CLOUDY
          LO:42

SAT     HI:73 PARTLY CLOUDY
          LO:47

SUN     HI:64 PARTLY SUNNY
          LO:33

MON     HI:61 SUNNY
           LO:29

TUE      HI:62 SUNNY
           LO:32

WED     HI:67 MOSTLY SUNNY
           LO:42

[white-eagle]

i have shorts, sandals, and sunglasses ready, beer is cold, and i'm ready for those temps after working the last 3 months in a very cold Kentucky (thank God for Bourbon and Wild Turkey American Honey).

Looking forward to seeing old and new friends, learning a bunch, and relaxation, as well as gaining new ideas for some improvements to ours.

See you all at THE Rally!

[travelingfools]

Im putting on shorts when I leave NY and not wearing long pants till I return. I believe if I wear shorts, it has to be warm !

[crown]

been in arcadia a few days now days have been nice a little cool at night see you all soon
merry chritmas to all plese stop by the tiny 23' motorhome and say hi have some coffee
and talk bus john /lidia & princesa from costa rica

[Sean]

We are less than an hour away, in Lake Placid, and will be on-site on the 26th.  Looking forward to seeing everyone.

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

[Mike in GA]

We'll start a small caravan early on the 28th from the ATL area, spending the night on Jim and Cindy Conway's ranchette in Dunnellon FL. Jim has a great shop for his MC102a3 and several restored classic cars. May visit briefly with other busnuts there, but will roll into Arcadia Wednesday mid-afternoon. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Mike in GA

[RottenBob]

Looking forward to Bussin 11; this will be my first one, and in fact, my first winter bus trip since getting this thing back in the spring. Since there is a storm coming before we leave, I am hoping the roads are not too bad getting down to I-95 here in NC, but only time will tell.

Was wondering about how go about to de-winterizing da bus on the way down. Since temps here have been down to the mid-teens, the fresh water system is winterized right now with antifreeze, but I need to flush the system once we get a bit south of here and dump the waste tank. Since we are planning to overnight at the Pooler GA Sam's Club rather than at a campground with hookups, does anyone know of a good place to dump the tank and fill up with water somewhere off I-95 between the I-40 interchange and the Savannah GA exit? It will take a while to do it all and I suspect a Flying J or such might be pretty crowded. Any suggestion of the best place to do this all?

[Ace]

Never stayed at the Pooler Ga Sam's club but I can suggest staying at the Pooler Ga. Walmart instead. They are open ALL night with many rv'rs and semi trucks that usually park next to the Home Depot but not IN the Home Depot. I feel a littel more secure there with them being open all night and truckers there as well.
There are a couple of truck fuel stops there as you go in as well that MIGHT have a dump station.

[Busted Knuckle]

I-95 Exit(mm) 102 US 80 / GA 26 / Pooler   
Bill Waites RV World; go east of exit and then right at first light; no charge

According to http://www.rvdumps.com/dumpstations/georgia
  BK 

[Ericbsc]

Mostly packed,finish up tommorrow. Leaving Spartanburg, SC app. 3-4 a.m. Sunday morning. Only problem is the 3-5 in. of snow predicted for Saturday night. Told the boss we live 2 mi. from I-85, all I need to do is get to the interstate !!Should be no problem with 40' of bus at 39000lbs,  18' trailer with two motorcycles and stuff!!LOL

[jackhartjr]

Ace, us truckers spend a lot of money at the WalMart and Home Depot because they are trucker friendly.  In fact I purchased a Magic Chef refrigerator for the truck a couple of months ago from Home Depot.
And I would say it is one of the safest places I have seen!
Jack
PS...looking forward to getting to Arcadia Tuesday!

[ruthi]

We are excited, leaving Tuesday, I think, from Ga.