Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 08:49:09 -0500
Reply-To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
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From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Camping for the Bethany, OK show
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I am one happy camper that I didn't attend the Bethany show.
Torrential rains and winds gusting 70 mph blasted through Dallas at about
10:30 Saturday night.
I sat watching the same thunderstorm on the weather channel as it was
passing through OK City and the North / South thunderstorm line.
I survived a Tornado sitting in the Ramada in right near the Bethany road
off 39th Expressway (old Rt.
66). The same Tornado pretty much leveled Mustang OK about 30 miles West
of OK City.
The following month I survived another Tornado on July 11th, 1969 in
Lubbock Texas that took the top floor (I mean the top floor not just the
roof) off the Ramada Inn I was staying in.
I've only had about three occasions in my Westy that I had to drop the
Pop-Top because of heavy winds and rains but it sure sounds like last
nights storms in OK City area would have been another one.
I'm hoping to make some other VW events within 300 mile radius of Dallas
TX but I don't regret missing the Bethany show since I'd have been
spending the night nearby.
Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:02:39 -0500 "Jon Joyce" <okartguy@hotmail.com>
writes:
> Stan and Andy-
>
> Sorry it took all day to get back to you, but I just now heard from
> another
> local guy. Seems it's somewhat of a tradition for some of the bus
> guys to
> camp at the show grounds (Eldon Lyons Park) the night of the show.
> There'll
> be more than just Vanagons in attendence, but it sounds like fun if
> that's
> what you decide to do. I might even show up and do the same thing...
> I need
> to try out the new platform I'm building in the back of my
> Transporter.
> Barring that, you (or Andy) are more than welcome to set up camp in
> my
> driveway for the night; I'm in Edmond, which is on the north side of
> the OKC
> Metro, about 20 min from Bethany. Have a good evening, and keep me
> posted on
> your plans-
>
> JJ
>
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