Laptops suck,as do flies and unknown networks. I think this one belongs to a store along side the road.

I have been at the salt flats since Friday,
sbeem many woderous things and took lots of pictures, but have not been able to hook up with aLanco - Alan Hale. Please call me at 559 970 1131. (cell)


I am camped at the bend in the road - Red Jeep
Wagon with sMALL TRAILER -

WILL POST MORE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW - right now on some small business wireless unit and will be dropped as soon as thet see me.

 

Have a hell of a trip!

 

It's probably hot enough out there to be catagorized as such (hell of a trip)
Clint, did you ever get ahold of Alan? I talked to him shortly before the trip and he had mentioned that he was heading out to meet with you out there. Hopefully everything is okay and ya'll tied in.

 

It was cooler there than in Fresno - but lots of sun. Both Alan and I are well tanned. We never did meet on the salt flats. I was looking for a motor home, and he did not believe I could have Wyoming plates on my rig. One of the pictures he took of his companions around his camp shows my trailer in the background. We spent the week camped within 200 feet of each other!

Worked out better for me - I stopped by his house on the way home. His wife took pity on a poor old traveling single guy and not only fixed lunch but sent some homemade sweet rolls along when I left.

Alan has a nice shop - I will slip over there and help (or hinder, maybe) when they start building their race truck. I like the high sodium diet Bonneville provides!

I just got home - I had intended to spend a few more days on my trip but Yosemite was full, and they did not allow me to camp there.

I have almost 1000 photos, I will post some later. I also was given press credentials and am set up for some even better photos next time. I will write a couple of articles and see if anyone else is interested. There is another Bonneville meet in October, and, of course, Speed Week next year!

 

You read Clint's post, we had a great talk and lunch. Ironic that we camped about 100 yards apart and never ran in to each other at Bonneville. I only took about 100 pictures. Lots of Rat Rods and the young crowd that has eschewed them has made Bonneville Speed Week a "happening". Next year we will have the race truck and be busy dealing with it instead of spectating.

The temps were moderate, 90-95 days and 50-65 degree nights. Easy to sleep without air due to being windy. Didn't have any T-Storms at the flats, but quite a show a couple of evenings to the south. The glare when on the salt is just like being at a ski area on the snow. You get sunburned from the incident ultraviolet. I was well tanned when I got there and I got sunburned. A bicycle is a nice accessory, I rode all over the pits. A lot of motorheads take mopeds of motor scooters, but I need the exercise. I rode to and from the salt so I could drink a beer and still lose weight. It is a long ways out to the end of the pits from where we camped.....about 15 miles.

Doesn't cost much to camp there, and admission is $10 a day or $40 for the week and that pass is a button....... They sell hats and t shirts and good sunglasses and clip-ons at reasonable prices.

Had a great time. I was with four old high school gearhead friends, some of which I hadn't seen in 50 years......We got along great!!

Alan

 

Lol...my kind of exercise.

Ride the bike

have a beer

Ride the bike


Have a beer


Ride the moped

Have two beers

Have another

Forget about the moped, time to sit back and relax!