posted 06-21-2005 05:42 PM                  

What a trip! It was such a blast to travel with the Long Haul Prowler group on HRPT! We had a great time with our Prowler travelin' buddies........Bob Goetz, Marty & Lindsay Usher, Tom & Dee Kayuha (#33), Frank Peri, Don McCormick and Jim Kenney & his friend. Phil and Dave Genet joined in and drove the remainder of the trip with us, too.

Special thanks to:

Bob Goetz & Marty......for loads of laughs and great company!
Brian Passfield...it was great meeting you and thanks for showing us the short-cut into the fairgrounds!!
Phil & Dave Genet..........for being our GPS Guide and for all the laughs and company!!!
Larry & Sue Mayes for leading us in the back way to IRP!! It was great spending time with you both again!
Tom..........glad you finally got your jacket!

It was also fun to have some of the other Prowler owners that we haven't seen in a while, join in on different segments of the trip and meet some new owners on the way, not counting those who joined us for dinner on various nights:

Bob & Colleen Hacker
Ed & Sandy Monohan
Dale Beaman
Pat & Joni Caughorn
Dustis - great to finally meet you!
Mike Files
Bruce Simon
Daveid Veu Casovic
Prowlerbabe
Tom & Linda Miles
Gary Scheithauer (sp?)
...and I'm sure I've forgotten a few!

It was an interesting trip.......very hot and humid...some light rain on the way.......LOTS of rain in FL.

We made the visit to the Corvette plant (another post - story), Don Garlits Racing Museum and Troy Trapanier's shop - via the long way around!!

There were thousands of great cars.......and like Dream Cruise, you saw anything and everything. I didn't get to take many pictures........I did all the driving, but many memories. Bob ran into a number of people he knew (as always) and it was fun seeing them too! Ran into a number of hot rodders from different parts of Michigan, too.

Saturday morning was the Long Haulers group picture and awards, GTO and engine give-away and then we jumped back into the car and headed for home. Made it to Chatanooga Saturday night and arrived home Sunday night about 8:00 p.m. with a Wendy's stop-over in KY just in time to talk a guy and his wife into becoming new Prowler owners (another post-story)!!

Glad to be home, but had a lot of catching up to do, so this is the first time I've had the energy to sit down and do some posting.......I only had 140 emails this time! LOL!

Again.........thanks to all the Prowler owners who helped make the HRPT a great trip. Three of the long haul Prowlers were Canadian, so we were calling it the CAN-AM Prowler Hot Rod Power Tour!!

posted 06-22-2005 08:15 AM                  

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Originally posted by Marty Usher:
these folks are going to be exposed to Ed AND me?? They may get a pretty warped picture of what POA is all about, don't you think?

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Atleast,,,,they will know what I mean by Prowler Trash

posted 06-22-2005 11:10 AM                  

CJ's trailer got run into in Nashville. Appraiser was out this morning.

posted 06-22-2005 02:30 PM                  

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Originally posted by Bob Hacker:
CJ,
I thought Colleen and I where there???
Bob

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