Wish I could attend one of these one day...

Well as luck would have it, I just may be able to make it to Austin after all. No promises, but my Z buddy Gary (who went to Toronto with me) and I have been hatching a plan for us both to go...

My wife (with the prospect of getting rid of me for almost a week), has offered to use her frequent flier miles to get me a plane ticket. And in an incredible stroke of good luck, Gary has a brother who lives in Austin who says he would put he and I up for the duration.

So there is still plenty of time for this whole thing to fall apart, but I might just make it! Things to do before the trip:

Make sure my wife gets me a round trip ticket.
Practice my Y'alls.
Figure out how to keep Cliff and Gary apart, because the two of them together is probably trouble.
Listen to Degüello and Tres Hombres at full volume. At least twice.
Pack my suit and sunscreen for Hippie Hollow.

Brought it up with the wives this evening at dinner. Didn't cause any sort of negative reaction at all. Not sure how to take that. I'll pretend it's a good sign for now.   

Haven't driven to Texas since 1980 in '69 510. It's about time to do that again I think. 

Just read the first sentence again. I do not have multiple wives. That's just silly. Had Persimmon240 and his wife out for dinner. 

3 minutes ago, zKars said:

Didn't cause any sort of negative reaction at all. Not sure how to take that.

You too, huh? That's why I'm going to have to double check that SWMBO actually get me a round trip ticket!! 

1 hour ago, wheee! said:

Wish I could attend one of these one day...

Come on! They fly planes from the great white North too!

But the army likes to send me into muddy fields at that time of year... if I'm not in Poland, Latvia, Ukraine or Mali by then...

... besides, i'd like to drive down to one in one of my Z's!

8 minutes ago, zKars said:

Brought it up with the wives this evening at dinner

Yup, I read that and went huhh???  

Just now, wheee! said:

But the army likes to send me into muddy fields at that time of year... if I'm not in Poland, Latvia, Ukraine or Mali by then...

I understand . It's a shame they can't be a little more understanding of a man's priorities...

11 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

Well as luck would have it, I just may be able to make it to Austin after all. No promises, but my Z buddy Gary (who went to Toronto with me) and I have been hatching a plan for us both to go...

My wife (with the prospect of getting rid of me for almost a week), has offered to use her frequent flier miles to get me a plane ticket. And in an incredible stroke of good luck, Gary has a brother who lives in Austin who says he would put he and I up for the duration.

So there is still plenty of time for this whole thing to fall apart, but I might just make it! Things to do before the trip:

Make sure my wife gets me a round trip ticket.
Practice my Y'alls.
Figure out how to keep Cliff and Gary apart, because the two of them together is probably trouble.
Listen to Degüello and Tres Hombres at full volume. At least twice.
Pack my suit and sunscreen for Hippie Hollow.

I'll likely have a right seat available for the run from the hotel out to the Oasis, experienced co-pilots are always in demand.

I'd be honored! 

Let's just hope I can pull this off.

That's a long way down there . My wife said she would meet me there because she would love to go to Austin. I'd also have to have a running FI engine , because I would only want to drive my car to one of these events.


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We didn't have a Z car to drive to Memphis and may or may not have one this year but we still had a great time and got to meet some great people. It does help to motivate working on the car...