MEMORIAL RUN FOR MR BILL

I'm gonna try to come out and join the memorial run. Gerd I still owe you lunch! How about a Speedster sandwich?

ken and nick u will love the run

Not to distroy this memorial post, but this is a "manwich"...

Vince - Somehow that shot doesn't do a lot for my appetite for food or sex. That is what I would call butt-ugly.

Warren, are you a vegatarian?

Not to change the subject, butt....check out Steve McQueen's gloves!
Vince did you order yours?

VINCE
JUST GOT OFF A CLOUD WITH BILL AND HE SAID U R GOING TO HELL

We'll quaff a pint or two for Bill from the N.E. sector...do him right, you guys !

Ken, yes I did get mine, they work great....Didn't know Steve wore them, looks like we are in good company....

Gerd - This is your event. Post the list man. See you in the morning.

WHAT LIST

While at Newcombs, hoist one for Lynn Newcomb Jr. as well. He passed away Monday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lynn-newcomb-20110908,0,3708076.story

Ready to go tomorrow, Will I'll email you for a meet up.

Larry

NEVERMIND

WARREN HERE IS THE LIST
GERD AND CARROL
VINCE AND TERI
WARREN
LARRY BULL
CHRIS AND REBECCA
ROY
NANCY
ROBERT AND TAMARA
JEN AND BLAKE
ROGER
WILL
POSSIBLES
KEN
NICK
WETBACK DAVE
KIRK AND MARY

Things freed up for me, so I will come to the meeting place with my son

Eddy

Way to go eddy

I am in!

awesome ken

We have thunder, lightening, and rain in Santa Ana!

We are going to have to pass.

Hope you guys have better weather in Angeles Crest.

Pouring like crazy!! Damn! Sorry I am out.

Mt. Wilson cam in real time:
http://obs.astro.ucla.edu/towercam.htm

Left Torrance in a downpour so i decided to take the Caddy, cleared before we arrived at the meeting point, the rest of the day was warm to hot, Gerd got us lost on a road he frequents often, finally arrived at the crash spot and paid our respects...Ate lunch at Newcomb Ranch and headed back down the hill...
10 cars, 18 SOC'ers...thanks to all who attended, good showing for the first annual memorial to Mr. Bill, especially considering the early morning showers...

Here is some pictures of the day.

https://picasaweb.google.com/101977907323813132674/091011SOCMrBillMemorialRun

WHAT AN AWESOME DAY
GOT HOME AND IT HAD THUNDER, LIGHTENING AND FLASH FLOODS WHILE WE WERE GONE.
WE MISSED IT ALL AND HAD A BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY DAY
YEP I GOT US LOST BY ABOUT 20 MILES BUT IT WAS A GREAT DRIVE. BILL MUST HAVE BEEN LAUGHING HIS ASS OFF
THANKS TO ALL AND LETS DOUBLE THE SIZE NEXT YEAR
SIDE NOTE: THE BARTENDERS AT NEWCOMBES WERE WORKING THE DAY BILL DIED AND STILL RECALL THE EVENT. THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAPPENED UPON THE ACCIDENT AND THEN DESCENDED ON THE BAR TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY SAW. AFTER ONE YEAR THERE WAS STILL SMALL PIECES OF BILLS CAR IN THE BRUSH ALONG THE HIGHWAY
THANKS TO ALL
NANCY (THE LOVE OF BILL)
CHRIS AND REBECCA
VINCE AND TERRI (THE CADDY PEOPLE)
ROY ( BILLS FRIEND FROM CHILDHOOD)
ROGER (LIL BASTARD)
EDDY AND HIS SON
NEW NEIGHBOR NICK
WILL (THE LIBERAL FROM SAN DIEGO)
LARRY BULL
BLAKE LESS JEN
WARREN MR 914
MY CARROL

Sorry, too new here to have met Bill. Wonderful pictures Nick!

Great seeing you guys. Bill first introduced us to Angeles Crest... today was a humbling experience but great to be able to get together in his honor.

A few more pix here.... video forthcoming.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150292589565749.335818.664375748&l=4d051d6885&type=1

I am so sorry we missed this. I was at an early a.m. function in Lk Forest and haven't heard thunder like that since a trip to Boston many years ago. Figured Bill was a ltl pissed off having to be up there watching everyone making a decision (to drive the Speedy or not) given the weather.
Sounds like all went well and hope to see you all soon.
Kirk & Mary

Great to see old friends and new friends and to participate in the memorial.

It was a long day and worth every mile.

Larry

don't know how to open the above files apparently

It works for me only if I'm logged into F/Book on a different tab.

Glad you all were able to get together for this cruise. Looks like you had a great turn-out for a great day in the mountains. R.I.P., Mr Bill!

Gerd, next time I'll draw you a map as well.....bwaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa. I'm guessing Bill was looking down and laughing his a$$ off and saying "...that is SOOOO Gerd"!

Peace - Out, my bruthas!

That is exactly what I said. I said, "Do you guys hear that noise? That is Bill laughing is ass off"

Missed you man.

It was a great Memorial Run for Bill. Thanks Gerd for putting it together. I enjoyed seeing everyone. A long trip for me, over 600 miles, I think. On the way home I was in the middle of two thunderstorms, the likes of which I have never seen before. Instant flooding on the street and had to slow to a crawl to see out the windshield with the wipers going full blast. By the way, the 914 is pretty much waterproof. Here are a few pictures:

We took the wrong turn. Here is Wil giving us directions.



Here is the line-up.



The crash site.



And, the toast to Bill.

GERD, thank you for putting together this run as a way to say "WE MISS YOU!" to Bill. It also was a chance for me to say Good-Bye to him. I was out of town when this happened last year, and I really would have liked to have been able to attend his memorial service, but could not make it. Seeing you guys yesterday, and going up the mountain made up for that. Like Larry said, it was worth every mile.

I would have liked to have joined you guys and toasted Mr. Bill with you, but I did my best with the crowd here in the mountains to let him know how much he is missed.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in person and in spirit on Saturday. I was tenative to go to the site again but once I arrived at Starbucks and felt the love I knew I had to. Thank you to Larry, checkers and Roger for allowing me to rid with you :D
Mr. Bill loved his SOC family so much, I don't believe I can ever express that enough to you guys, you opened up a whole new world for him a few years ago and he felt so connected. Thanks again ! Much love and respect, Nancy