I had a minor accident while leaving the 28th National Rally and I was lucky I had a spare sidecar wheel that my wife sent me to the Island Motel & Resort by UPS overnight delivery.
The purpose of this post is to thank everybody who helped me move my rig from the Beaver's bridge to my motel room in Holiday Island. The trailering was performed with the help of Elmer Sveda's truck and trailer and other sidecarists. A great thank you to:
ALLEN SCHULTZ (Wisconsin)
JIM KRAUTZ (Colorado)
RON CANFIELD (Missouri)
ELMER SVEDA (Arkansas)
THE FOOD VENDOR (at the campground)
TREVOR QUICK (Great Britain)
OTHERS????
Considering my excitement at the time and after the accident..I may have forgotten other nice people that offered their help. A big thank you to them too!!!
On Tuesday morning (at the motel)I received the visit of Avanell and JR Lewis who offered to take me out for breakfast. A nice thought. Thank you Avanell and JR.
I should be able to repair my EZS aluminum wheel by replacing its outside rim as this type of wheel is made of a central wheel core with two rims bolted on it.
I enjoyed very much our 28th Rally and the beauty of that area of the Ozarks. Hope to see you soon and...Sidecarists are GREAT people.
By the way, I left Holiday Island, AR at 6:00 A.M. of Wednesday morning and arrived in Minneapolis at 6:30 P.M. The trip was pleasant except for the "heat" that must have reached 100 degrees in the area of Kansas City, MO.
Thank you again!!
Piero Bassi
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Piero, WOW!
I saw your rig parked on the other side of the bridge,when we were leaving, and thought you were just wandering down the hill to the river. no one was around. glad to hear everything turned out OK, and you got all the help!
we had a great time there also, except for the heat.
Elmer Sveda really helped with the cold watermelon on Sat night! thanks, Elmer!
by the way, I was unable to take any pics at the rally , due to a dead camera battery. anybody got pics to share? havnt seen any posted yet!
can send them to me at rwzinda@earthlink.net. I have cable hookup, so size or amount is no problem.
Thanks!!
glad everything turned out alright and you had a safe trip home. the heat was almost unbearable,we took a very scenic route home,ading about 350 miles to our 400 mile trip home. rode some really nice,twisty roads,met a lot of great people,helped out a few stranded motorist along the way.altogether a great trip and a terrific rally. hope to see you all again soon.
Originally written by vs1100star2002 on 7/21/2006 11:13 AM
glad everything turned out alright and you had a safe trip home. the heat was almost unbearable,we took a very scenic route home,ading about 350 miles to our 400 mile trip home. rode some really nice,twisty roads,met a lot of great people,helped out a few stranded motorist along the way.altogether a great trip and a terrific rally. hope to see you all again soon.
VS 1100...you need a name so we know who is talking and who we are replying to!!
the email addy I sent earlier for pics had no link..hopefully this one will..
Rwzinda@earthlink.net
hi,bob. i'm dave keesee,i am the installer at Hannigan Motorsports. i talked to you and your wife at the rally several times. glad you had a good trip back home,hope to see you next time.
ahhhh, yeah, now I know!
yup, we had several nice visits. yup, those back roads are something else! Ambrosia!!
we also managed our trip to keep off the 'states as much as possible.
have fun back at work ;o)
I do believe there is not one straight or level secondary in the whole area!! reminds me of our trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive.
I'm going out for a ride now here in WI, temps a perfect 77 f.
i'm jealous,it's 95 here!
Piero, Ron says you are very welcome. We were glad to hear that you made it home at last. Now just how fast does that V-Max travel in 12 hours? I love putting faces with names and I added quite a few this rally. David and Bob, sorry about the heat but some things you can control and others you just roll with. I don't know what we would have done without that water to cool off in, even if I never got close to it.
I was nice to have other CMA'rs at the rally too!
Preacher,thanks for letting us help you with service Sunday morning.we really enjoyed spending the weekend camping with you at Beaver.ride safe,brother. Dave and Joni
Joyce,
My rig can keep up with the fastest traffic on the road. However, in trying to protect myself from the scorching heat, I made some long stops and drunk plenty of liquid. I rode within the average traffic speed (65-85mph) and I was lucky that I found "cooler air" north of Des Moines. All in all it was a good ride!!
Hope to see you soon.
Piero
Minneapolis, Minnesota
