I'm out. Due to certain circumstances I will not be able to go. I'm actually used to this by now. It's OK. There will be other shows and get togethers in the future.

Got a call from VW Girl today.  She is in Ohio, headed to Missouri before Indiana.  She wanted to know if we had gotten into the trailer for her 3rd place trophy from BP8 yet.  If so, she wants to know if someone could bring it to Effingham this weekend.  Also, she wants to meet up with y'all somewhere.  She doesn't really have access to the internet right now, so post something here and I'll give her a call.

Got a call from VW Girl today.  She is in Ohio, headed to Missouri before Indiana.  She wanted to know if we had gotten into the trailer for her 3rd place trophy from BP8 yet.  If so, she wants to know if someone could bring it to Effingham this weekend.  Also, she wants to meet up with y'all somewhere.  She doesn't really have access to the internet right now, so post something here and I'll give her a call.

well i made it to indiana today safe and sound. stole access to the net as well... would be cool to have my trophy :-D


have no idea what route i will be taking... you'd have to ask the bus that one... all i know is that the 600+ mile drive from manassas VA to Indiana was hell and i dont want to do that again. But i have gotten a lot of thumbs up, peace signs, smiles, conversations at rest areas/gas pumps. it's great... i am on about mile 1500 for this trip so far. LOTS of great people at Bug Out. It was a blast!

here is a pic from south of the border

What a weekend!  If you missed it, you missed a great time!  The Volks Folks were WELL represented at the show.  Homer the Super Bus made the trip up and back without a problem, I found a lot of super bargins in the swap meet, got to see a lot of old friends and make some new ones     . . . The only bad part is I had to come home to go to work tomorrow.   :?

So can I name one thing that made this show worth the trip?  Dr. Mac Jones' WWII VWs on display at the MY Garage and Museum?  No, wasn't that . . . didn't even go in the museum this year . . . too much other stuff to see and do.  What about seeing all the cool VWs in the show?  Well, there were so many, I probably didn't see half of them.  How 'bout seeing a couple of restored original Herbie's from Herbie Goes Bananas?  Nope, seen 'em before.  So can I name ONE thing that made it worth the trip?  You bet.  Just getting to meet the guy who over the last 40 years has converted his split window bus into a rolling "Ice Fishing Shanty" made the trip worthwhile!   :lol:   It "proved" what the bumper sticker on Homer's back window says . . . "In some cultures, I'm considered normal."    :lol:

This sign gives a hint that there just might be a story or two here . . .


At first glace it seems to be a rather ordinary split window bus . . . but look closer and find NOTHING ordinary about this bus . . . or the guy who's been driving it daily for the last 40 years!

No, I haven't mentioned it yet, but give me some time. I'm trying to figure out how to explain how 7 adults members of the VolksFolks could have gotten themselves into this comical , hysterical state in front of God and everyone coming in and out of the Effingham "Wally World" . This all took place just inside the the main entrance and lasted about 10 min. while on lookers passed by wondering what in the heck was going on. If I can remember through the fog, I belive it started when Lamar was complaing about  dragging a long blue box containing a canopy through the store not knowing that the box had a set of small wheels on one end. The rest of us were waiting for them at the entrance.  Enter Dee. She announced to the world and other Wally World customers how Lamars   long "Blue Thingy" had wheels and that he could have flipped his "Thingy" over and used the wheels. Well nobody could let that coment pass and it took Dee about 1/2 milliseconds to realized what she had said and had to cross her legs to keep from peeing on herselve. Everything went to hell after that. It continued in the parking lot while Richard and Lamar tried to stuff "Lamars  Thingy" in the trunk of  the Passat amid a lot of "off the wall comments".  Well, I thought the whole thing was over when left  the "Wally World" lot ,that is until we got back to the hotel and it flared up again in the front door of the lobby. We just stayed out side until we were
worn out from the whole thing. Dee just sat down on the curb. I don't think I have laughed that hard or that long in 20 years and get this, We were all sober. You just had to be there.
   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  Zen told me later that he, Kile and Betty had some strange thing happen out in the lot at "Wally-World". Something about scatching ?  Does anyone want to explain ?

David did a great job explaining the "thingy" situation.    

We had a great trip and look forward to checking out some new shows in the near future...Arkansas maybe.  

Gosh Durn Moe, You need to come to the big city once in awhile. Everything has wheels now. Even in Chatturnuger. You guys still running on skids ? :lol: