Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!!
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02-24-2008, 23:55
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Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!!
Ahhhhh,
You folks have too much fun, when we visited your State we were overwhelmed by the Texas size Bar-B-Ques on the flat bed trailers. Are there any Birds towing one of these cookers??? Mike are there pictures??? Bill 88 FC Michigan --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...> wrote: > > We got back a few hours ago from the Lone Star Birds Rally at Rayford > Crossing north of Houston, TX. We took the back roads home and > enjoyed the ride through the countryside. Got 5.5 mpg with the Texas > Minivan even taking the scenic route both ways with many hills and > stop lights. > > We had 17 owners at the rally with 16 Birds in attendance. We had one > second-timer couple and two first-timers at the event. Of course, the > true test is if they come back! > > This was the 33rd 'official' LSB rally since 2001. We really had a > good time. Thanks go out to Steve and Pat Gureasko for organizing it. > The hyperactive Rick Archie kept going from coach to coach looking > for something to work on. He really wanted to use the portable > sawz-all on Bim Burt's planned dump valve modification, but Bim > decided to re-think the entire plan, so Rick had to move on to other > projects. One non-working step was upgraded to instantly knee-cap > anyone that got close to it. Last I heard, he was backing it off some > so as not to cripple unsuspecting visitors to that coach. > > Several attendees showed up with 'new-to-them' Birds, out for their > first rally under current ownership. In our case, we got to show off > our new LCD TV installation in the Texas Minivan, which was done just > in time to go to the rally. > > Friday evening was baked potato night. Saturday potluck breakfast was > great. Saturday night chili night had some great entries to choose > from. Due to a hotly contested near 6-hour game of 'train' dominos, > which I won (yeah!), I didn't get to try but two of them, but Clyde > Schumman's I-grew-it, I-killed-it, and I-cooked-it, was pretty tasty > organic beef chili, and Rosie Archie's venison chili was mighty tasty > also (I guess the venison qualified as organic also!). Sunday mornings > get-together was quite interesting and may result in a couple of new > coach names. Smile when you see the new "Pole Dancer" nameplate! > > The ride home resulted in an opportunity to set a new elapsed time > record in changing fuel filters. Many thanks to the able pit crew of > Clyde Schumman, who was changing the filters faster than I could find > them in the bays. Thanks also to Tony Holtermann, who tried to circle > back to see what we were doing, but we then met him and passed him > going the wrong way after our record-setting pit stop. We were > already back under way before he could get off the next exit and turn > back! > > All in all, a fine time was had. Your next opportunity to join us is > in April in San Antonio, TX with Eric and Mary Ann Johnson hosting. > Last year they featured a Mariachi band and unlimited margaritas! Joe > Losh and I tested the no limit theory and decided it was just fine! > Don't miss this one! > > If your regional area does not have an active rally agenda, why not > start one? As one relatively new returning attendee put it, "Boy you > guys know how to have fun. You eat constantly, laugh a lot, and even > know something about Birds. What more could you ask for in order to > keep returning?" Well put indeed! > > Attend a Bird Rally soon! > > Mike Bulriss > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" > San Antonio, TX > |
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Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!! - mbulriss - 02-24-2008, 16:14
Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!! - Henry Jay Hannigan - 02-24-2008, 17:13
Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!! - pattypape - 02-24-2008 23:55
Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!! - Jack and Liz Pearce - 02-25-2008, 01:11
Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!! - ronmarabito2002 - 02-25-2008, 04:00
Another great Lone Star Birds Rally!! - ronmarabito2002 - 02-25-2008, 04:04
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