Vanishing Point Road Trip • 29 • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **patrick** » 21 Mar 2010 8:21

drewcrane wrote:
patrick wrote:Rock-n-Roll!!! We experience rock slides here in the Gorge, all the time. But not like that. How often does a slide of this purportion happen there? I'd hate to get caught in a mess like that!

it happens 3 or 4 times a year ,there was a guy that lost his family, 2 kids and his wife in the same canyon the boulder crushed there car and he was the only survivor, and the night that this slide happened , he was on that very same road just 2 hours before the slide, so yes it happens here alot especially with the warmer tamps loosen the rocks

,there was a bus on one of the passes that a boulder tore it open like a can opener, 3 people died,

a little closer to me the town George town(we were there) was where my family homesteaded(from Ireland) ,there was a rock slide that killed 2 of my cousins,while they slept a boulder came down and destroyed there home and them too! so yes ITS THE ROCKIES

The Dept of Transportation is doing work on both sides of the Gorge, to reduce rockfall. This has been done for years. Now, we get an overhaul. :thumbsup:

The canyons of I-70 look a lot like were I live. :biggrin:

by **dave-r** » 27 Mar 2010 9:59

Part one of my article on our road trip for the Mopar Muscle Association club magazine "Connected".

Against my wishes the editor (this was his last issue) posted images from the next instalment of the article.

He also added a web address for this message board that I no longer own. The "official" address of this message board is www.dodgechallenger.org.uk and not .co.uk as printed.

Also Drews name is Andrew McCraner. Not McCrane as printed.
That was my mistake. :oops:

Also bear in mind some of my words have been altered and parts edited out from my original document. Again without my consent and without any consultation.

by **ianandjess** » 27 Mar 2010 10:52

thanks for posting that dave its a good read cant wait for the next installment
cheers ian

by **patrick** » 27 Mar 2010 15:06

by **Eddie** » 27 Mar 2010 15:42

by **drewcrane** » 27 Mar 2010 16:17

as i told dave i am very thankful and proud to have you guys a s friends and made for a very easy trip and cant wait to do it again! :s002:

also this is the first time i have ever had my car in a mag let alone on the cover so i am pretty stoked about that :s017:

by **patrick** » 28 Mar 2010 16:20

Can we get some copies?

by **Eddie** » 28 Mar 2010 16:30

Yeah me too! I'd give my right Nad to have one! :lol:

by **RedRaven** » 28 Mar 2010 17:05

Looks great Dave......Nice One :thumbsup:

by **dave-r** » 28 Mar 2010 20:11

airfuelEddie wrote:Yeah me too! I'd give my right Nad to have one!

Hey Eddie I am going to make sure they print more photos of your car next time. :wink:

by **drewcrane** » 28 Mar 2010 20:29

dave-r wrote:
airfuelEddie wrote:Yeah me too! I'd give my right Nad to have one!

Hey Eddie I am going to make sure they print more photos of your car next time.

by **Jon** » 29 Mar 2010 1:30

Pretty cool guys. :thumbsup:

by **dave-r** » 29 Mar 2010 11:29

airfuelEddie wrote:Yeah me too! I'd give my right Nad to have one!

Copies are available on request from the club. Payment by Paypal.
mailto: info@moparuk.com

by **dave-r** » 30 Mar 2010 12:13

I have just about finished writing Part Two.

It summerises our journey from Drew's place, the stuff we did in Utah, and ends with us arriving in Ely after the snow on the pass.

The last part will be about Austin and Goldfield and a little about the journey home.

I can only outline what we got up to. There is not enough pages to go into much detail about vampire chicks or lost whiskey. :wink:

by **Tim** » 30 Mar 2010 16:34

Dave said:

"I can only outline what we got up to. There is not enough pages to go into much detail about vampire chicks or lost whiskey."

:shock:

There is on here though- 'fess up! :nod:

by **dave-r** » 30 Mar 2010 17:45

You will have to ask Eddie anout the chick and Drew about where the Whiskey went. I only had one small swig out of the bottle as well.

by **Eddie** » 30 Mar 2010 18:08

The Vampire Chick was 'found' in Tonapah, Nevada where she worked as a Desk Clerk at the Hotel/Casino we stayed at there. Sorry no pics. I fell in Lust Er.. Love with the sharp fangs in her lovely mouth! :lol:

I only got a smell of the rare Whiskey! :tears:

Oh and Dave was that really a 'small swig??(My Arse that was a bloody Gullet full))!! :s006:

by **Eddie** » 30 Mar 2010 19:37

by **dave-r** » 30 Mar 2010 22:28

airfuelEddie wrote:#1

How come I haven't seen that one before! It's great! :lol:

by **drewcrane** » 31 Mar 2010 1:03

dave-r wrote:
airfuelEddie wrote:#1

How come I haven't seen that one before! It's great!

you have it in your bundle i sent you i took that pic and look there are others

and the fine scott wikey, well lets just say it was a good omen cause we really didnt have the time to tie one on, but we sipped it ,and some one got a nice tip, but ...........................

this is still in the fridge from seth ,i think dave almost drank it but here it is ,the lone beverage left :s024:

by **dave-r** » 31 Mar 2010 7:43

Did you tidy your desk just for that photo? :lol:

I will check that "bundle" of photos you sent again. There was not that many in it and I don't remember that one?

by **drewcrane** » 31 Mar 2010 11:27

dave-r wrote:Did you tidy your desk just for that photo?

I will check that "bundle" of photos you sent again. There was not that many in it and I don't remember that one?

yea i just shove all the crap on the floor, and took the pic :s024:

yea if you dont have tha t pic i an send it to you,let me know :thumbsup:

by **dave-r** » 31 Mar 2010 11:29

Already took it from here and put it on Facebook. :wink:

by **drewcrane** » 31 Mar 2010 11:39

there are these

by **dave-r** » 31 Mar 2010 11:47

Well we could do without that third one thank you very much! :lol:

I knew Wayne liked me but I didn't realise he liked me THAT much. :s024:

by **drewcrane** » 31 Mar 2010 12:22

dave-r wrote:Well we could do without that third one thank you very much!

I knew Wayne liked me but I didn't realise he liked me THAT much.

"i know nothing"

by **Eddie** » 31 Mar 2010 14:02

I used to work at a Prison so it was a normal occurence for me. :s024:

Dave I was gonna leave that one for some 'blackmail action'..... :biggrin:

by **Eddie** » 31 Mar 2010 14:05

dave-r wrote:
airfuelEddie wrote:Yeah me too! I'd give my right Nad to have one!

Hey Eddie I am going to make sure they print more photos of your car next time.

Thank you Sir! You are much too kind! :thumbsup:

by **dave-r** » 31 Mar 2010 14:52

airfuelEddie wrote: Dave I was gonna leave that one for some 'blackmail action'.....

Mate. There are old photos my mates have put on Facebook a lot worse that that one! :lol:

by **dave-r** » 31 Mar 2010 15:05

airfuelEddie wrote:
dave-r wrote:
airfuelEddie wrote:Yeah me too! I'd give my right Nad to have one!

Hey Eddie I am going to make sure they print more photos of your car next time.
Thank you Sir! You are much too kind!

Actually it will be the third part your car will get more coverage in. It spent a lot of time in the trailer until we got to Austin so the Austin and Goldfield bits there will be plenty of your car. :wink: