GrimJack
08-15-2005, 01:08 PM
No, I don't have my pics uploaded anywhere yet. Soon!
I wasn't going to make it, but my roommate (Marty) convinced me to head up riding shotgun in his '91 Laser. I'm so glad he did, the trip was more fun than you can shake a stick at.
Marty had a great time, he got to eat a whackload of cars up there... lots of Supras (famous quote: Seamus, you do realize you're racing, right? :D), plus an SRT-4, Z-28, Lighting, and a bunch more than I can't recall. Cruising with becauseican, upgradedsupra, and vansupra on the way back was some good fun... that poor guy in the lightning is likely still all growly, he was giving it all he had, and still gets passed by 4 cars in a row that didn't even look like they were really trying! ;)
Nice to meet all the guys from the interior and the die hards that drove over from Alberta & Washington state. And I was completely stunned to see a whole 4 Mk4s show up at a meet - I've been going to meets in Canada for over 2 years now without ever having one show up!
Noteworthy moments...
- Soup spinning out on the go kart track right in front of the viewing area and nearly getting nailed head on at least twice! (Looks like Soup is going to have his own list of killer stories from this event...)
- Proving that a Mk2 engine is tougher than a 7M on the Coke on the way up... driving the thing with the temp gauge PEGGED for 30 minutes, we just pull over, let it cool off a bit, fill it back up with coolant, and drive the rest of the way to Kelowna...
- Learning that green grass in the desert we call Kelowna means automatic sprinklers.
- The awards ceremony ... especially the 1ZJ and the comedy awards.
Note for future reference - check the trees for wasp nests the size of a small child before setting up the BBQ next time.
I wasn't going to make it, but my roommate (Marty) convinced me to head up riding shotgun in his '91 Laser. I'm so glad he did, the trip was more fun than you can shake a stick at.
Marty had a great time, he got to eat a whackload of cars up there... lots of Supras (famous quote: Seamus, you do realize you're racing, right? :D), plus an SRT-4, Z-28, Lighting, and a bunch more than I can't recall. Cruising with becauseican, upgradedsupra, and vansupra on the way back was some good fun... that poor guy in the lightning is likely still all growly, he was giving it all he had, and still gets passed by 4 cars in a row that didn't even look like they were really trying! ;)
Nice to meet all the guys from the interior and the die hards that drove over from Alberta & Washington state. And I was completely stunned to see a whole 4 Mk4s show up at a meet - I've been going to meets in Canada for over 2 years now without ever having one show up!
Noteworthy moments...
- Soup spinning out on the go kart track right in front of the viewing area and nearly getting nailed head on at least twice! (Looks like Soup is going to have his own list of killer stories from this event...)
- Proving that a Mk2 engine is tougher than a 7M on the Coke on the way up... driving the thing with the temp gauge PEGGED for 30 minutes, we just pull over, let it cool off a bit, fill it back up with coolant, and drive the rest of the way to Kelowna...
- Learning that green grass in the desert we call Kelowna means automatic sprinklers.
- The awards ceremony ... especially the 1ZJ and the comedy awards.
Note for future reference - check the trees for wasp nests the size of a small child before setting up the BBQ next time.