Date:         Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:20:45 -0500
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: TCWBC 2013 Trip Report
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  It ain't the cold, Greg, it's the _gorram drive_, the possibly
treacherous sort, which challenge I've outgrown. :-)     We or I will see
y'all at Everybus.

George, Jo, Ray.


On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:

> It's hard to believe it was already a week ago that I was sitting at the
> campfire swapping stories with a few of the local VW crowd, but it's
> true nonetheless.
>
> Get this: TCWBC 2013 set a new record for the number of buses!!!
>
> Unfortunately, it was a record low.
>
> The only bus that made it out was my Dad's 75 westy, which was piloted
> by my brother Brent. My own fleet was grounded at home with minor
> mechanical maladies that work, weather and other life complications had
> prevented me from attending to.
>
> I did consider bailing out. Earlier in the week I was more than a little
> concerned about the weather. As you may recall, the entire northeast
> took a pretty big beating that week and I had even had to take a "snow
> day" on the Friday before camp, as the roads near home were just too
> treacherous for safe travel. But when I awoke the next morning the sky
> was the that awesome Saturday shade of blue and I just knew I was
> destined for camping that day. Bus camp needed to be attended to. If I
> didn't haul the trailer-load of firewood, things would not be pretty.
>
> So we shovelled ourselves out and I borrowed a comfortable all wheel
> drive SUV and hooked up the trailer and stuffed in a gaggle of teenagers
> and their gear and off we went. With stops for food, gas, more food and
> so on, we got to camp around 2:30PM. Still lots of daylight left, which
> was a good thing since there was a tent that needed to be set up.
>
> After we unloaded the camping gear from the trailer we parked it near
> the fire pit, since the remainder of the load was firewood, about 40
> cubic feet of hardwood planks scavenged from a local warehouse. They
> were dry and burn very clean. Once the fire was built up a bit the tent
> got dealt with and the kids went off for a hike.
>
> There were 9 people camping at TCWBC13, and 7 visitors came to join us
> for a while at the fire. Good food and drink were consumed, and although
> the mercury plunged to -23C (-9.4F) on Sunday morning there were no
> complaints about the cold. They say preparation is everything in Winter
> Camping, and they are right. Lots of carbs also help.
>
> What more can I add? I dunno. If you weren't there, you missed out on a
> good time. All ten True Canadian Winter Bus Campouts have helped
> immensely to break up the monotony of a seemingly endless string of long
> cold winter nights.
>
> If you're inclined, put it in your calendar for next year, we'll do it
> the weekend before Valentines at Valens Conservation Area just north of
> Hamilton Ontario.
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario Canada
> 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop - Inline 4 2L 8V Digifant
> Engine conversion blog: http://www.pottsfamily.ca/**wordpress/<http://www.pottsfamily.ca/wordpress/>
> www.pottsfamily.ca
>
>
> www.busesofthecorn.ca
>