MORRO BAY gathering is getting close !!!!!

MORRO BAY GATHERING - April 23-24-25, 2010

We are now down to EIGHT WEEKS until Morro Bay. Now is the time to make your plans. The hotel is almost all booked up. Remember you have to make your reservations by MARCH 15 ...

The Banquet reservations must be in my hands by APRIL 5. At this time I only have payment from 6 members. If I don't have a minimum of 50 paid attendees we cannot get the room for our dinner! Please don't procrastinate any longer. Remember, if you don't have a ticket you cannot come to the banquet and all of its fun.

Also, please go back to the POLL at the opening of the Forum and reregister to be sure you have signed up for the correct tours/lunches/dinners. It will not double register but will correct your earlier entry.

For full details of the tours, etc and the fees and addresses please check the details at the opening of this forum.

I need everyone's help to make this a smooth gathering. Thanks and we will see you soon.

Happy Trails,
Dusty and the Lovely Miss Sharon

I want to go!

So do I! But it's just not looking likely this year (again). The Earth may shift on its axis, and I might be able to do it after all, but neither is likely right now.

wouldn't that be weird if the earth shifted and the West coast ended up as the East coast, and all us best coast guys had to start working on our cars all the time instead of driving them....
Oh the humanity...

Or shoveling snow?

We're in!! I'll mail you a check today for the banquet...

Just got the TAX news for the past year....8>(

Looks like I'm out of the picture this year....I'll start saving my kopecs for next time.....Sorry Jack and all.....

Well just durn. Sorry to hear this and maybe something will happen to make it possible to make it after all.

Have the room booked, where do I send youthe check for dinner, will go back and repost on attending. Hope the weather is as good as last year

This question keeps coming up .... please go back to the opening of the Forum and read the details so that you know when and where everything takes place. The address is there, too.

Now, just in case your computer doesn't have a BACK button -----

"BANQUET TICKETS - Must be prepaid by April 5 - NO EXCEPTIONS. Mail check to:
Morro Banquet, c/o Dusty Johnson, 1220 SCR 21, Loveland, CO 80537.

You will be given your ticket at the door of the banquet. Please sign up early to help us plan this event. Thanks for your help."

Happy Trails,
Dusty

DUSTY WHERE DO WE SEND THE CHECKS AND WHEN ARE THEY DUE?

WHAT GERD SAID....

Dusty,

Put up a list who sent you checks so us old timers don't send you more than one with all your badgering:)

Tomm

I know we kid around a lot and all is in good fun. Dusty lives 1,300 miles away from Morro Bay and puts in a lot of time and effort (phone calls, mail, e-mail, permits, dinner contracts, coordinating tours, etc.) to organize this event in order for the rest of us to have a good time in Morro Bay without much effort on our part.

I know that in past SOC events, Dusty has been stiffed with payment for several non-paying dinner participants but he is too much a gentleman (the LMS may think I use that word too loosely) to make a stink. I also know Dusty well enough to know that he wouldn't want to embarrass anyone with a list of non-payors.

I think that the least the rest of us can do for his volunteer efforts (from 1,300 MILES AWAY) is to be sure that he receives payment for the pre-arranged banquet in a timely manner and not leave a simple task to the very last minute.

...I'm just saying...

Gents,

I ECHO MUSBJIM's STATEMENT! I know Dusty and LMS. Linda and I can not wait to have him and Sharon here in the Mountains of North Carolina as A NEIGHBOR!

Dusty puts his heart into everything that he does. Morro Bay and the West Coasters are blessed by his work and coordination of all the Morro Bay Events.

I can't believe some of you guys haven't paid for morro bay yet....
You should be ashamed of yourself....
Dusty, my check will be in the mail this weekend...

Bwaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa...

WELL
IM NOT PAYING FOR MORRO BAY
AFTER VINCE CRASHED IT LAST YEAR AND GOT FREE FOOD
WHY CANT I

OK, folks, I'm going all-in. Got the plane tix lined up, will call the Hotel and make a reservation; and also will get my scheckles over to Dusty for the dinner bash. Will P. and I have hooked up, and he will drive his real car plus sweetie up from Sandy Eggo and I will drive his Speedster. Oh dear God, what an otherwise Real Man will do for a sweet young lady . . . She'll go on this funky trip, but not in that awful bumpy, small car. Not enough room for shoes, I guess. Oh well. As for me, I may have a sweetie in tow too, or maybe not. Still deciding about that one. Current plan would be just me. In which case there would be space avalaible in the hotel room, I 'spose. Or maybe there is another single out there already w/ a room, who would look to economize? If there is anybody looking to share room expenses, pls give a shout.

PS: Our plan is to bivowac in LA Thurs evening, after maybe hangin' w/ MUSB and Ginny for dinner, then scoot to the rendesvous in Malibu, and then on up the coast.

MUSB: will you be in an entertaining mood come Thurs evening?? I'm thinking we could buzz you on the way to LA.

Sniff! Whimper!! I sure wish I could come, but it ain't gonna happen this year. !$%#&^*!!!!

Y'all have fun and take plenty of pics for us wannabees.

I would send a check but I don't know where.

Anytime you're in the neighborhood is PARTY TIME, my rocket-scientist Brutha!! See ya at dinner time.

Dusty and Sharon are meeting Alice and me at Gallup NM to drive the last 800 miles to Morro Bay together. When we spoke earlier this week Dusty said that only a few checks had been received so far for the banquet. Dusty's address is posted earlier in this thread but to help a bit checks should be mailed to:

Dusty Johnson
Motrro Bay Banquet
1220 SCR 21
Loveland, CO 80537

Seems I read someplace that the deadline was early April but no harm in sending them now for planning purposes.

MUSB: That sure was mighty fine BBQ. Whatcha thinkin' for thurs night before the trip to Morro bay? Will says he's gonna call you and you two can work on that one.

And does anyone have a hanky to loan to Lane? PS, Lane: You can get a RT plane ticket right-coast--left-coast--right-coast for around $300. Leave Thurs, be home again Monday evening. You COULD do it. Got any business contacts in CA that are going to need your personal attention toward the later part of April?? PLUS, if you tuck in to Sandy Eggo, you'd have a ride in a Speedster waiting for you. I'm just sayin' . . .

...and for additional savings you can split the cost of lodging with Kelly and the kicker of riding/driving a mighty fine IM Roadster while you're at it! You NEED this trip for for a little DECOMPRESSION!!

...I'm just saying...

Money's not the issue as I have plenty of Delta SkyMiles I can cash in. I just won't know if I can get away for several days until too close to do much about it.

dusty
looks like carrol and i are bowing out for this event
need to attend a birthday weekend
dont let vince hit to many kids with candy

GERD, I can tell that your account has been hacked, because you used NO CAPS in that message!

There's a picture of Morro Bay with a bunch of Speedsters (and one lovely low-light Ghia) sitting in a beachfront parking lot in this month's KitCar Builder. Photo credit went to Dusty.
There's also a Max Zimmer column featuring a car-to-car commentary between Max' Speedster and Danny's Spyder -- amusing. Worth picking up a copy.
Nice photo, Dusty. Seems like maybe we've seen it elsewhere? Here, maybe?

Lane,

The deal here is this: there is always room for one more. Last minute decisions can be accommodated. No foolin' Dusty can arrange it, like magic. Just watch his hands closely -- at no time do they ever leave his arms . . .

GERD, GIMME A BREAK, DUDE, THAT IS THE LAMEST EXCUSE KNOWN TO MAN. THE ONLY REASON I'M SLOGGING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS TO MEET YOU, FIND OUT IF YOU'RE REAL. NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH.

I'll leave the door opened just in case...

I think both Lane and GERD should be at Morrow Bay. These events are the reasons we work so hard all year---I'm just sayin'.

This really stinks, but we just found out that Anthony and Nicholas have their 2nd blackbelt screening for the weekend of Morrow Bay. The second screening is by far the hardest and the most important; so I would feel like a real slug not being there for them. On a positive note, I did reserve for Carlsile in May.

I have made a room reservation (two beds) at the hotel, and have the plane tix in hand. Pierson says his car is mine for the week end -- I hope he's not sorry about that later. Will send Dusty his check really soon ;-)

Still looking to see if there is somebody looking to share a room. Please advise.

Well. If Gerd is not going, I'm not going. Vince won't be himself without his soulmate. He will be lost and no fun at all.

So I had a long talk with Gerd this morning. I found him in the bathroom. He had a tough night, you know doing taxes and all. He put on his Jogging clothes and did a few laps around his complex....
I told him Kirk and Mary and I can't party correctly without him..
He'll be there....

They are cute together!

LMAO
U BASTARDS
HAVE FUN