California Carpool
The San Diego, Orange County and Los
Angeles members met at windy Ontario Hills Mall at 9am to caravan
out to Primm where Vegas Member (and former President) Roger
Waters and Washington DC member Don Scruggs were waiting to greet
us into Vegas. Don and his wife flew out from D.C. and rented an M
in Arizona and drove over from there.
Coming up to
Primm
From Primm, everyone went into Vegas to
their appropriate hotel and checked in. We all got together at the
Ramada and checked out each others rides for a while outside, then
went in for the festivities. Pitchers of Soda and Beer as well as
some darn good snack/finger food were provided. Swampy set up a
laptop with wireless internet for people to log into the forum and
read/post. There were door prize drawings and some great
conversations going on. Door prize winners are in the photo’s
section for Friday on Swampy’s website. After those festivities
died down a bit, some went to the Cannery Casino and others went
their own way Vegas Style.
Everyone signed
“The Event Sign”
Saturday morning, we all got back
together at 9am with clean cars and held the judging. Winners are
shown in the photos for Saturday. After the plaques were handed
out, we all went in for breakfast at the Ramada. I think we kinda
overwhelmed them. No. We DID. Their normal morning rush is
probably 1 ˝ people. Service was pretty bad, but so was the
neighborhood (thanks for telling us Roger!). SDMike had to get
back home after breakfast, so we all bid him farewell.
Awards were
handed out for the following categories: (left to right)
Don
"Cowman" Hanesworth won for "Most Cruisin"
Charrel De Luca won for "Most Clean"
Roger Waters won for "Most Mods"
Brenda Fischer won for "Most Classy"
Breakfast aside, quite a few of us went
to the LV Speedway where we looked at swap meet items, checked out
fast Mopars, ate some more, drank some more, watched some drags
from the likes of Barracudas to Prowlers to Chargers to Neon’s and
everything that Mopar has ever made just about. Checked out the
show cars in the parking lot as well, including some very cherry
300C’s and G’s. Even saw a Sebring that was RRW, blown Hemi, big
ol’ nasty slicks and looked like it could do a nice 7 second
quarter or better!
We all split up from there with
separate plans for dinner. Bryan & Connie wanted to eat at the
Canyon Star restaurant in the Venetian. Joe and Aro joined them
for some killer Rib Eye (and other things). Good call on the Wine
Joe/Aro! Those 4 had plans to see the Blue Man Group, and ended up
seeing Charell and John at the Luxor who decided to join them and
got tickets one row back and a few over. Blonda and Lee also
decided on going and actually got upgraded tickets closer to
center and up closer to the stage!
Blonda and Lee we never seen again
after that and the 6 of them decided to have “dessert” at the
Luxor Café. Finished the night with Gambling and everyone decided
to play it by ear Sunday.
Connie and Bryan HAD to have Dim Sum
for brunch, so we headed for Chinatown. John called Them and said
they’d come down and watch them eat if they weren’t done by the
time they met back with them. Bryan & Connie just got out of
eating when they showed up. Some Asian girl was checkin’ out
Bryan’s M while the 4 were talking in the parking lot. Looked back
over after they passed and her boyfriend was now staring at
Bryan’s M. There was a red ricer that had red “tint” so Bryan took
a few pictures for SD Mike to see what it would look like.
On the way to the freeway, Bryan pulled
along side a white M with a woman in it. Bryan & Connie tried to
hand her a tri-fold, but she wouldn’t take it. Poor lady. She was
going almost the same place the 4 of them were headed. She had to
have been thinking she was being chased by them cause they kept
turning the same places she was. Haha. TAKE THE TRI-FOLD or we’ll
KILL YOU!!! :D
Anyway, long story short, the rest you
can see in pictures/descriptions on
Swampy’s site. Traffic was horrible between Baker and
Victorville, taking 2 hours to go 30 miles. Eww. Saw another M on
the freeway, definite club potential. FAST driver.
Special
thanks go to Roger and Paulette for organizing everything, GREAT
JOB!!
Attendees
Arizona:
Dennis – (Lake Havasu City)
California:
Don Hanesworth – (Sebastopal)
Mike Ritchie – sdmike300m (formerly sdmike) (San Diego)
Glenn, Wife and Daughter – glennbp (San
Diego)
Brenda and Lee Fischer– Blonda (San Marcos)
Charell and John De Luca – JCGOLD (Huntington Beach)
Bryan and Connie Maine – Swampy101 (Lake Forest)
Joe and Aro – 300M01 (Badfysh) (Pasadena)
Van and Melissa King - (Corona)
Nevada:
Roger
& Paulette Waters – rogor2k (Las Vegas)
Ken Sahadeo – Sin City M (Las Vegas)
Don and Alta Ebel – (Las Vegas)
Robert Arnel – (Las Vegas)
Maryland:
Don
and Elizabeth Scruggs – DScruggs (Hyattsville)
Please visit these links and the active discussion on our club
message board.
Event Summary and lots of pictures:
Swampy101's Vegas Site
Contains pictures
and captions on over 900 photos!
Event Schedule:
Word Doc Format
PDF Format
Member Discussion:
Vegas Meet Discussion
