GREAT OGTA Meet at Lake Hartwell! Many thanks to Crit and Dena for hosting and sharing the pontoon boat and tubes with us. This was the perfect place for a meet in the hot heat
Crit, Dena & Marshall - THANKS for opening up the Lake house to all of us.
Ray - NICE Exhaust you got there. AND, you didn't have to break out the seafoam.
Stu - thanks for the personal fireworks show for me on the way home
Tim - your homebrew was some good stuff.
Dave and Elizabeth - 7layer dip and Petit salad was great.
Billy - great to see you socializing with us on a regular basis.
Greg - glad you and Sherry made it out -
Michael - it was good to finally meet you. You should have stuck around for the boating.
Rob - thanks for bringing out the jet ski
Zach & Mr.Rogers - thanks for the beers and cooking the burgers. Sorry you have deer undercarriage.
Collin - glad you made it out. You made the final count a tie. Yea!

Holly

 

yeah, i gotta scrape off dead deer guts and hair from my undercarriage and exhaust pipes since i hit an unavoidable half mangled deer carcass on I-85

but many thanks to everyone especially Crit, Dena and Marshall for the house and boat time and Tim for the awesome beers

 

It was kick ***, but next time...I'm not showing up to work.

Thanks to Crit and Deana for letting me stay over. I didn't get lost on the way home and I made it back in record time without speeding.

 

Excellent meet. Crit your parents house was really nice. Love the screen porch. Sorry I couldn't stay for food but I came home to several types of homemade pasta waiting for me. So its all good. Special thanks to your wife for hosting with you and putting up with us all.

Ray you all went north because you really want to come up here and visit us. Just to add incentive, thats the only way your gonna taste that brew again

Oh yeah and I got 24 mpg on the drive down. Damn the open windows and hot air, cost me 1 mpg at least. Hmmm, need cold air box I think. Next project!

I'll get some pics up soon but I have to eat breakfast now.

 

Pics are up here http://www.flickr.com/photos/1477258...s/ogtalakemeet

 

great pix guys. ray, guess it's time to invest in an extra battery? great seeing u all again and meeting others for the first time. and as already stated, mad props to crit, dena, and marshall for the use of the lake house, totally awesome!!

 

AND ANDY - nice tricks on the tubing ... glad you were able to make it out at the last minute.

 

Michael, Stu has me covered, we started using his camera when my batteries died (I actually had a good set, but didn't bring them with us on the pontoon ride). Stu has 2 or three gigs of water fun videos, including both his and my first times on a jet ski, hope he gets around to posting them,

And yeah Andy those tube tricks were terrific!

Thanks for the pictures Tim, and gas mileage!

Wish we were out there again today, it's another hot one here in Jefferson.

 

Mileage on the way back 26.5 mpg for a trip average of 25 mpg. Tail wind I guess.

 

yeah, i got 22-23mpg on overall. And on the way there I was cruising from the perimeter to exit 149 at 90-100+ with a M.B. SL550. I was surprised how good of fuel mileage i got. We need more pics!! I know there are some of me on the tube. Stu has them i think.

 

ZOOM-FEST registration is open everyone. Get signed up now and then later for PDX or Auto X. I can't wait.
Nice pics everyone. I will load mine up now.
Dave

 

Let's see 'em Dave. Hey, did anybody get a sun burn? Not me, I'm a golden brown today, haven't been this brown in years.

I'm signing up for this Zoomfest thing, I here you can go 100+ legally, is that true?

Here's some more photos and movies. One the way there:



12A City:



Down at the dock:



Andy's mint SA:



On the way home, I just love Billy's brap-brap rising over that rotary choral.

 

Sorry been mowing the lawn, tinkering on 7's and in general slacking off. Getting on the pics,..

And iI am a nice shade of light red. Not too bad, should bronze up nicely

 

OK some shots to appease the 12A gods..

 

That's all from me till zoom-fest or spme other event if it arrises.
I think i got eveyone except Collin.( Sorry)
Dave

 

Ok, just got back home from our meet. For those who are in bed ALREADY, be prepared to have a ton of pictures loaded...

 

OK guys, got all the pictures uploaded. I had to shrink them down to load them up without having to sign up and pay to load 1.32GB of stuff.

MEET PICTURES FOLDER (14.9MB)


http://download.yousendit.com/69C8361F7BC9D6A1

Let me know if you want a specific picture in full resolution, I saved a folder.

Movies will be loaded to Youtube tomorrow morning, as for right now I will start posting some highlights

 

Caravan down

FC Convert we drove by on the way down:


Of course, The Peach:


Tim and Michael bringing up the rear:


Dave and Elizabeth in the front, had to get the matching mini in it:


Almost there:



Forest:

 

Arrival

Lining up:


The poontoon boat:


More cars join the fray:


Tim's mid-stance picture

 

The Cars

Each car posted has engine bay shot after.





(Here is previous car interior. I loved the plaid. So retro its IN!)

 

Continued...

 

One more car...

 

Let the fun begin!


Oh, you know I just HAD to get this picture...
Ray on the Jet ski!


Lifejackets are totally stylish


The late arrival, I believe this made us a Tie?!


Michael leaving:


Bye Mike!:


Pontoon Time!


This is my favorite picture of you Ray!


Most of the crew:

 

More Pontoon Fun!

Dave/Elizabeth and the puppy:


DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER


So close Ray, so close! Maybe next time?


If this picture was a face, it would be


Well, when I took this you were facing me...


Cutie:


The final farewells:

 

Well, thats all the good ones. The Yousendit link above all the pictures has those and a few others I did not post. Again if anyone wants one in particular, let me know!