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VETTE_50_TH
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We made it to Norwalk at about 11:30pm after leaving 2-2:30ish from the meet. Not one problem at all with the Laser allthough some interesting things happened during the trip. Some highlights from the drive:
-A rolling meet up with Wes (knochgoon24) on I-76 (literally) The conversation went a little something like this: Us- "Were at mile marker #59" Wes- "I'm rolling past 61" Us-"See you in a minute"!
-Ending up on the wrong side of an electronically controlled Trazel Plaza gate trying to get some E85. The reason being that we were traveling East and only the Westbound station had the corn juice. We made some manuevers and ended up on this Plaza access road. Had to talk the guy behind the counter into letting us through the gate after explaining to him that we desperatly needed the juice. He was trying to tell us that we could put gasoline in our "flex fuel" vehicle. I had to set him straight explaining that we literally couldn't get to the pumps even if we could use gasoline and we didn't have a flex fuel vehicle. When I told him the car was a 92 Plymouth Laser his facial expression was priceless. "How did you guys do that?"
-Going through those tunnels in the Mountains and the burgh. Something about those things is too sweet! The sign reading "Remove your Sunglasses" was pretty funny
-The early model turbo supra we encountered. When all was said and done I held up my plate that reads "DSM PWR"
-Sticking fruit candies to the front window and seeing how long they would stay without blowing off out of sheer boredom. One made it all the way home! Something like 7 hours.
-The E85 pump at Sheetz. This thing was pimped out to look like an ear of corn. At the time we were really tired and it had us cracking up with some goofy "thumbs up" pictures taken
-And another bonus was that we didn't have to pay to get off the PA pike into Ohio...I have no idea how this happened but it did. On the way in it seemed like we payed 4-5 tolls. On the way home, once. It was nuts! Bonus!
Had a great time at the meet. Was a hell of a haul but we got er done. Was nice to see some different cars and meet different people, ones I had been wanting to see/meet in person. Ebanks's crew had me cracking up the whole day. Had some good conversation with the Sax, gave Snowborder some grief at the grill. Checked out Slippi's setup. Met Jim in the ranger. Helped James carry some suprisingly heavy chicken... he said 12 pounds...I heard someone say 28 and I think that was more like it, the half I carried had to weigh 12 lbs! Nice James! Met a gentleman who was originally from the area where I live. "Big Brake 1g guy" sorry I missed your name. And after years got to put a face with the name blcknspo0ln. Crimsondragon seemed to be in a good mood. Suprise everybody! I'm pretty sure I saw him smile even! Nice meeting everybody and hanging out, it felt like family... family I actually wanted to be around.
Also, I had 3 of those hotdogs and I feel fine besides a killer headache. Must have an iron stomach. When I told Cyclone what all I ate on Saturday it was making him sick!
Awesome story. I feel the same way about the family deal.
James
