Great report Peter!
I sure wish i would have made it this year.

I must Say, Jeff's fireplace in the bus is not much of a surprise to me. He
would....   : )
I'm glad to hear everyone was safe and warm!

-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hey, Volks:
>
> Great time had by all the 5th Annual Bus BRR!  Temps were in the 30's and
> the sun was shining as buses gathered at Pokagon State Park.  Many past
> attendees were knocked out this year by mechanical failures or other
> priorities.  Those that were there rode the toboggans and enjoyed the fire
> and pot luck chili dinners.  Sherrie Aoki, who came all the way form
> Alliance, Ohio, won the "Kozy As A Baked Potato" bus award.  The award
> consisted of cool Idaho potato stuffed doll and an authentic Buses of the
> World calendar donated by Larry Chase.  Thanks, Larry.  We got a call from
> Kenny Rogers while we were eating chili and he said the temp in Arizona was
> 72 degrees - kind of a contrast to our 17!   Jeff Lincoln's Bus BRR Nut
> Brown Ale was big hit as we hung out around the fire  and talked buses.
> Much
> discussion of my upcoming transmission seal replacement on the '87 JoesVan.
> Every bus started in the morning, no problems and we were off to brunch in
> the Pottawatomie Inn for some great food and Veedub fellowship, then hit
> the
> road with promises to meet again at Bus Benefit May 15 - 17th at Grand
> Rogue
> in Rockford, MI.  Everyone agreed moving the date from the 1st week of
> February to the last was the way to go.  The temps on the 1st weekend this
> year were 0F!  32 and 17 were a lot easier to deal with!
>
> Check out pics here:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/pnoceanwesty/BusBRR?authkey=Gv1sRgCOvcvNK57c-JmQE
> #
>
>
>
> --
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com <http://www.busesbythebeach.com/>
>