Lone Star Birds Austin Rally

[Henry Jay Hannigan]

One of these days we r going to a Lone Star
Rally..again.........Sure miss seeing all those folks.... One of
these days........
You want HOT??.......... come to Vegas...Regards,
Hank & Naty
90SP36..still in Vegas










--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...>
wrote:
>
> The Lone Star Birds had another successful rally this past weekend
in
> Austin Texas on the shores of Lake Travis, hosted by Chet &
Christine
> Geist. Eleven coaches were represented, with Steve & Pat Gureasko
> again being the long distance winners. Newcomers were the
Cunninghams
> of Mathis Texas, having purchased John Benham's FC. Eric Johnson
and
> I had separately taken the scenic route (back roads) up from San
> Antonio and decided that was definitely not going to be the way
back!
> RR12 and Barton Springs Road (I think it was) had some seat
puckering
> spots for both of us, mine courtesy of oncoming rock haulers, and
Eric
> was glad not to have had a wide body (coach that is) on those
roads.
>
> It was a nice balmy weekend with a new local record for Saturday at
> 102. In spite of that, the Texas Minvan's ACs kept the inside at 70
> where we had it set. Mainly we stayed in cool spaces - inside!
>
> As per the usual for LSB gatherings, we always eat well! Friday
> evening was Italian soup night, courtesy of Chet & Christine Geist
and
> Sue Bulriss. Saturday morning was the traditional potluck breakfast
> followed by a craft session for the girls making jeweled 'dessert
> servers' (AKA spatulas for us guys). The men helped mainly by
paying
> for the craft supplies and staying out of the way on the shady side
of
> the deck outside the clubhouse, where we learned that Ellis Brannam
> now has 7(!!) buses, having just acquired a 60 Flxible. Makes the
> many of us that have had two Birds at once seem like we were not
> really trying! Actually that's one event I do not care to win or
ever
> participate in again. After an exhausting ;^) jaw-boning session
on
> the deck, we had leftover Italian soup for lunch. At lunch, John
> Benham and I learned that Eric and Mary Ann Johnson are not really
> from France, contrary to their Mother Ship profile on VintageBirds.
> We still don't get it....
>
> After an afternoon on our own, somehow it seemed like a good idea
for
> the men to stand around BBQ grills in the blazing sun during the
> record setting Saturday afternoon temperature! Hmmm, thank goodness
> for liquid refreshments. Sunday morning we consumed made-to-order
> breakfast tacos (large and tasty).
>
> After good byes, most folks eventually wandered off for home.
Luckily
> for me, Michael Kane (a current 2 Bird owner, with one for sale)
> stayed over until Monday, so he helped me rip apart my 50A power
plug
> when the cord burned my hand when disconnecting it from the pedestal
> before departure. Seems the neutral cable in my plug decided to
> wiggle loose some time before. Sure melted the pedestal outlet to
my
> plug! Yes, I told the park about it!
>
> Soooo, I took the IH-35 route home past Camping World and got one of
> those heavy duty yellow plugs with the hand grip built into the
back.
> After arriving back at the shop, I cut the cable back and wired up
my
> new plug. Then I went to plug it into my 50-30 dog bone. NO GO!
> What the heck? Maybe that's why there were so many heavy duty dog
> bones that matched the new yellow 50A plug end!? Marketing at it's
> finest! The ground plug on the new plug absolutely would not go
into
> my old dog bone - it was just slightly too big. I finally gave up
and
> put the Bird in the barn and used 110 extension cords to
individually
> plug in the battery charger and the refrigerator. Today, I visited
> three RV parts houses where two of them verified it was not my
> imagination. Two of them could not get the heavy duty yellow 50A
plug
> ends (which they also had) to fit into any of the regular black 50-
30
> dog bones they had. None of the three had the corresponding yellow
> dog bones. One of the first two admitted they had seen the problem
> before (but obviously still didn't carry compatible dog bones!
duh).
> The third parts house also had the heavy duty yellow 50A plugs and
no
> matching dog bones. They did however find a heavy duty black dog
bone
> that the yellow plug went into, so it saved me a 40 mile (one-way)
> trip back to Camping World for a matching yellow-ended one. You
might
> want to remember this if you change your old plug end out to the new
> heavy duty yellow one with the built-in handle.
>
> By the way, on the way home we also stopped by a Cabelas on IH-35
> since we had not been in one before. The prices were high, but the
> stuffed animal displays were well worth the stop if you have not
been
> in one either.
>
> All in all, it was another nice weekend with the Lone Star Birds.
> Please join us for one if you can.
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX where it finally rained today!
>