Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:21:37 -0400
Reply-To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: Buses of the Corn 2010
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Thanks Jeff,
Putting on BOTC is my pleasure and it's a privilege to be able to give
back to such a great bunch of Volks!
Ten years of BOTC has honed our skills and we seem to have the routine
pretty well figured out. An adequate campfire is not sufficient for
BOTC. I usually aim for something just past "conflagration" rating, but
I'll go bigger if the weather has the local police chopper grounded that
night. Sacrificing some furniture like a coffee table or a wicker chair
just adds to the excitement.
A BIG thanks must go out to my many assistants. Year after year my
Family drops everything and pitches in... Trailer loads of firewood and
equipment get delivered and they are always there to lend a hand when I
need it or remind me of a detail I might otherwise overlook.
Kumbaya is a great campfire song... but at BOTC we have evolved a much
edgier fireside groove. "Take a walk on the wild side", might have been
how it got started, but once the alt-campfire genre was unleashed upon
the world there was just no putting those worms back in the can. War
Pigs and Rage Against The Machine seem to work well along with Jane's
Addiction and Bare Naked Ladies. If you don't believe me then you just
weren't there.
Glad to hear you got home OK... My Vanagon once again decided it wanted
some attention and it's thrown the ball off the shifter. Colleen got it
home without major incident but it definitely made my drive to work
interesting this morning.
Happy Trails,
Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.pottsfamily.ca
BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 13-15th, 2010
www.busesofthecorn.ca
On 8/16/2010 10:51 AM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
> I just wanted to thank Greg and Colleen Potts (and the rest of the Potts
> clan) for another great weekend of bus camping.
>
> We really enjoy the laid back atmosphere of this campout. We also liked the
> driver challenge - especially Frank Condelli destroying the bumper end cap
> on Gord Potts Vanagon :) - watch out for those picnic tables there Frank,
> maybe you should let Hunter do the driving next time :)
>
> The corn feast was delicious - the camp fire was classic Greg Potts (pretty
> bad when kids are using cardboard shields so they can get close enough to
> the fire to roast marshmallows) - and the songs played at the campfire jam
> were once again the most eclectic and most uncampfireish ever - and a lot of
> fun!
>
> It was good to see Frank and Hunter again and Jerry and Sophie Baldwin
> (although we didn't get a chance to talk much). It was also real cool to
> meet Joel Cort!
>
> Well, we did exactly 599.9 miles with no problems at all. Had a great time -
> thanks again to the Potts family!
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff, Patty, and Jack
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> '86 (We call this one Scrap)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>
