Chattanooga-Tennessee River Gorge Run, 7.31

[Donziweasel]

Cold doesn't bother me....... 8 months of cold bothers me.

[boxy]

A typical southeastern July , yum yum....

Wife beaters and cut offs my friend....

Tex

Gotta love a fresh pair of JORTS.....

[roadtripse]

as we were finishing up prepping a batch of chorizo-based queso for this weekend. He convinced us to go easy on you guys, so we only put one habanero, one cayenne, and some poblanos in it. It is tasty, and the fire depends on what you pick-up on the chip... could be mild, could be wild...

We are going to make an effort to get down there tomorrow night. We'll check in with HH when we hit the road to confirm, but it looks like a go at this point. You've been warned. See you'all when we get there...

[big grizzly]

I am NOT going to do the hot questo, but may bring My famous ITALIAN salsa. With RedDog's bad foot Barb may reconsider the Z thing in an aid to bring the electric chair. NEW NOTE--- we are leaving o Friday morning at the crack of noon.

[Sweet 16 1966]

Grizz,
If you put the Z in the rear view mirror, we need to prop the boat. If not- no worry. I did blow out a hub on the 4th and it will be available on Friday for pick-up.

Other than that, today I bit the bullet and will be in one of the floating cabins Sat night. We are planning to drive up on Saturday am and be around Sat night. Look forward to what will be a great time with all!

Do we have a run time for Sat.?

[Last Real Texan]

Can you say BUSHWACKED !!!!!!!!!

AWESOME get together, more to follow, my head hurts!
Now where is the tylenol?


Tex

[MadPoodle]

I have advil over here, but you'll have to come get it I ain't movin for awhile..

[Donziweasel]

sitting at the atl airport already missibg a docl. amazing weekend. thanks to everyone. will catch up more when i get home

[RedDog]

Amen to feeling Bushwacked! Actually felt pretty good this AM. Just have no energy now.

Thanks Bryan, Bill and the A-Dock crew for hosting such a great event! The fast run up and back down the gorge to Chattanooga was a great day on the water.

I find it interesting that jet skis want to avoid A-Dock - for good reason. I use to call them targets, but A-Dock has reached new unheard of levels for jet ski eradication.

Got the 22 home safe, sound and DRY - interstate blow-dry travel did the trick. Washed it and now safely covered and put away

[The Hedgehog]

What a great time. The last of us are heading out for dinner.

[roadtripse]

-A three-legged Pomeranian is the head dog on A-Dock. Get in line, even if you are 100 pounds of yellow lab.

-A Donzi burns a lot less fuel at 40 than it does at 80. Cool run to Goose Pond, and we even saw a bald eagle and several osprey on the way back. Eight gallons left in the tank was cutting it a bit close, though.

-Always good to see a new set of faces mixed in with the familiar ones. Nice to meet you Stan aka “Inferno” and Susan. I look forward to more of those offshore racing stories.

-Grizz has hair! And more spunk than ever. He really did ride with a test prop for me in the front seat. Thank you.

-Cam is living evidence that there really are good kids out there.

-The people of A-Dock are some of the nicest, unassuming, well-equipped for a good time, folks I have ever met.

-Last Real Texan does still own a Donzi and seems to enjoy running it. Donzi Weasel takes about six cups of coffee in the morning to open the eyeballs beyond slits. You guys were a hoot on the fighting deck of the battle wagon in the morning.

-Thanks Russ for helping me out with the grill chef duties. Lot of meat to cook and they ate almost all of it. Thanks to everyone who kicked in with sides and desserts. it was a feast.

-If you couldn’t find something to drink, it was you own dang fault.

-Buizilla has some new tricks up his sleeve. Do it. Thanks for your thoughts on the set-up of the Flowerpot, yet again.

-DonziVol has a +1 in the good karma column for stopping to help some folks out on the water right before a driving rain storm.

-Sandbagger Emertius goes to Tom Riggle for selling his boat to Jason and Cathy and skipping the details on that slightly warmed over 454. Still a very nice running boat.

-The Baxters fly in true style with the RV and Harley in the back. If you haven’t ordered a DMRS shirt, do so before he runs out, they are very nice.

-If we had left ten minutes later for Chattanooga, we would have enjoyed quite the little line of thunder storms. What is one of our runs without a little challenging weather?

-The Gorge is some of the nicest running you could ever get in a Donzi. There were times we ran five and six across in great conditions.

-If you wear flip flops, chances are pretty good that they will wind up in the drink.

-Thanks to Hedgehog and Christina for putting this on and hosting us and many others in a steady stream of traffic on the Roamer all weekend. I did not know about the express stairs option until late Thursday night. Your buddy Brett aka “The Captain” is not human, squidbillie and all.

-Bushwackers can be bad news, but some custom Kettleone martinis can make a few folks do some different things too!

-Let’s do it again!

[The Hedgehog]

Thanks to all that attended the first annual gorge run. The A Dockers enjoyed the company and party.

The raft up this afternoon was fun. It was great to keep Grizz, Lady Grizz and Buiz on the water for another ride.

To those that want a snapshot of the hospitality, I would recommend attending the fall poker run. SE came to the spring run and that is where this idea was hatched.

More pics and commentary will be coming once I get back to the house. I have some awesome shots of Weasel.

I got to meet some neat new people. I hope to see them again.

[Donziweasel]

Made it back late last night. I already miss A dock. Being my first gathering, I definetly had some highlights. I would say these are them-

1. Going 110 miles down the Tennessee with Jim in his beautiful Critter. Saw maybe 3-4 boats running and a few bass fisherman during the entire run.
2. Going 90 mph, what I call "neck fat flapping fast", in Bryans ZX
3. Driving Bill's X-18, amazing boat. It is perfect and needs nothing.
4. Jim taking Lock lifejacket safety VERY seriously.
5. Running up a beautiful gorge with 9 Donzi's, alot of the time running 5-6 wide.
6. Getting Bushwacked on A dock.

Thanks to everyone for making me feel part of the crowd. Great group of guys I am proud to call my freinds. I wasn't hard to find, just look for the really sweaty guy who wasn't Jim.

I have bunch of pics, but here are a few of my favorites.....



"Jim, I think pink Donzi's are pretty", "Bill, I like Kiwi colred ones"



Who is this guy and why is he so **** happy?



What do you mean you can't ride a jet ski in a hot tub?



"quit taking pictures of me while I amtaking pictures of you!" "No, YOU quit taking pictures of me while I am taking them of YOU"



Man, I can't wait to drink them margaritas. What, you mean we came here to eat, not drink?

Todd is right, it is about the people. Got more to say, but have to get to work.

[Inferno]

Susan and I want to thank all of you for making us feel like part of your family. Great weekend with great hospitality,great food, fine looking DONZI'S and lots of laughs.... Thanks to all of you again, Stan and Susan

[Last Real Texan]

A little taste of what you guys missed......

More to follow, this one's for you Buizilla......And Stan AKA... Inferno comes flying in at the end....



Tex