Oh my God, where should we start? This morning the sun was present and the temperature was so nice. After a pit stop at the gas station, we went to the show. It was great to see our friends back and it’s always as surprising to see people start talking to us by saying “Hello Vince and France”….they know us but not the other way around (this is due of the The Samba forum). We asked Bruce to sign the picture of the 108 dune buggy that we took at the Big Bear Bash in 2009. We also asked Winnie and Brune if we could (in a safety mode) do a pit stop through Mexico next year when we will go back to California and we should have two or three places. We also talked with Tom (from Tijuana Kustoms) for the fabrication of another roof and it is why we will pass by his shop Monday on our way back.
At the beginning of the afternoon, we listened to Bruce’s speech…it is always pleasant to listen to him…a real model for all of us. After that, it was the official picture of the 22 Dune Buggy (less than last year, but this is probably because of the poor weather of the last days who was not better than in Quebec.) For the ride, we were 16 dune buggies and 1 beetle…it was just FANTASTIC. To see all of us, one behind each other, with all those different colors and the sun…what could we ask more? At the end of the ride, we left the group just a little bit before the end to go directly to the hotel to take a shower. Oh surprise! We never made it to the hotel. The Dune started acting up.
Vincent turned into the first parking available and guess what? It was the parking of an Autopart store. We were trying to find where the problem was. Fuses? Out of Gas? Idle jet dirty? Finally the diagnostic was the gas pump and the fuse of the gas pump (which blew when testing the pump with the test light). We now had to replace it and thank god Vince had a spare one in the trunk. I told him: Don’t worry I will go to the restaurant, it is only 2 minutes walking distance and told them that we might not be able to join them. When I came back oh surprise Vincent was not alone. John, Keith and Tom (from Tijuana Kustoms) were with him…Tom kept filming everything (and laugh), Keith was taking pictures and John was there for moral support. The three of them mucked Vincent with the complexity on how he installed all the pieces (not really accessible). They were mucking him and Vincent was almost only laughing (and he has so hot). Few minutes later, Vince and Rob arrived with the emergency kit. Wow, nice friendly relationship between the guys. By having everything on video, Vincent has not finished being teased by everyone. Finally, everything was fixed and the guys stayed with us until the end. Wow, you may not know how much we are graceful, we loved you already but now it is even stronger…you are way too much guys.
During the dinner we were talking to see how we could be joining the gang to North Carolina in October….we will really do our best to be there with them.
Again thank you Keith, John, Tom, Vince and Rod and all the others who were waiting for us at the restaurant…you are really great people and we are blessed to be your friends.
Vincent et/and France
