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First trip - 3422 miles!

Postby NutmegJoe » Tue May 22, 2007 11:07 pm

Well, I finished my tear the last week of April and headed off to Shasta for the Dam Gathering!!! What a blast. :applause: :D The tear towed awesome and I met tons of great people. I finally downloaded some pictures and I wanted to share what a great time I had and thank everyone I met for such a great first gathering experience!! ...Grant & Lisa, Dean & Joanie, Pam, George, Doug, Ross, Dean, Sue, Lee, Martha, Gage, Bruce, Lydia, Ken, Guy, Dan, Kevin, Lane and the 5 Widers, and anyone else I'm forgetting... :thinking:

My trip was from Colorado Springs to Ogden, UT to Shasta, CA to San Diego, CA to Hanksville, UT and back home again for a total of 15 nights!

First night in the tear in Wyoming with Pam
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Stopped along the Salt Flats in Utah
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TP'd at Shasta since I was a newbie!
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Dean and me with the infamous 20" Dutch Oven!!!
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Everyone thought I was crazy to bring my cats to Shasta...but, they seemed to do ok...Here's Ruby relaxing in the sun.
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My first night camping on my own at the San Luis Reservoir.
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I also wanted to thank Pam for being such an awesome traveling companion and I can't wait to do it again...

See you all in Minden! :thumbsup:
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Postby bledsoe3 » Tue May 22, 2007 11:51 pm

Shelly, I'm glad you had such a great first trip. It was nice to meet you, Pam and George down in the Colorado section.
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Postby Gage » Wed May 23, 2007 12:47 am

It was nice meeting you Shelly. Glade you enjoyed your first long trip with the tear. We'll see you again at Minden. Oh, did you happen to see this pic?

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You can see more pictures that I took at Shasta by clicking HERE.
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Postby Miriam C. » Wed May 23, 2007 5:44 am

:thumbsup: Wow Shelly. What a great story and trip. Thanks for the pictures. See you at Minden.
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Re: First trip - 3422 miles!

Postby Joanne » Wed May 23, 2007 9:37 am

Hi Shelly,

It was nice to see you in Hanksville. You and Pam both have great trailers and sounds like you had a fun time on your travels. I'm envious that you are going to make it out to Minden and I'm staying home. :cry:

I'm quite upset though that you are an enabler for Deans cast iron addition! We should be trying to counsel him, not encourage his obsession! :lol: I'm sure he appreciated you bringing him his new "baby".

See you down the road,
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Postby madjack » Wed May 23, 2007 12:24 pm

:applause: :applause: :applause: ...glad to hear you hadda great "first time"...looking forward tohearing about future "Great Trips".........
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Postby Kankujoe » Fri May 25, 2007 1:45 am

congrats on your maiden voyage!!
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Postby Dean in Eureka, CA » Wed May 30, 2007 5:52 pm

Shelly,
I finally found time to get my hair cut since that shot. :lol:
You're the epitome of what teardropping is all about!!! :thumbsup:

I have a cabled probe thermometer for the 20"er now and I'll be doing another prime rib with it in a few weeks.
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You and the cats have a great time at Minden!!! :thumbsup:

Thanks Again!!! :)
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Postby NutmegJoe » Thu May 31, 2007 9:37 am

Thanks Dean...I had a great time!

And keep me posted on how the prime rib comes out...practice makes perfect for IRG 2.0!!
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Postby b.bodemer » Thu May 31, 2007 3:08 pm

Loved the trip report, the pics....and the cats!

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