Sound off for the Gorge Run

[MadPoodle]

Bummer! Take care if that shoulder though man, there wil be boatng time later..

[osur866]

Wish we coulda made this but the planets did nt aligne for us, we will hopefully get there in 13' Steph and I wish everyone a safe an fun run, tip a few drinks for us and burn some fuel!!!

[Donzi Vol]

My ETA is somewhere between 6 and 8 tonight. See you soon, boys!

[The Hedgehog]

And what a dang good time it was!

[BUIZILLA]

[duckhunter]

Made it home yesterday afternoon. Took the midgets to the river today for some tubing in exchange for a boat wash. They just got done rinsing off the last little bit of Hale's, along with some mysterious drink stains. Looked like a combination of Miller lite, rum panty droppers, and what I hope was a bushwhacker...

Epic weekend without a doubt - the "other slow boat" and crew are definitely on board for next year. Huge thumbs up and thanks to Hedgehog, Inferno, LRT, MP, Zman, and the rest of the motley crew for putting on such a great event and welcoming the new guys. Now we know what to expect for next year and will prepare accordingly. Mrs. duckhunter just rolled her eyes when I cracked open the Summit Racing catalog....

[Donzi Vol]

It was a great time as always. I've been wishing that I were still there all week. It was a blast playing around and catching up with everyone. Hopefully we'll see each other sooner rather than later. Good to meet you and your crew, duckhunter. I see a blower in your future soon if Dre has anything to do with it.

To anyone concerned about the ONE boat that went down (mine), I'm about 90% sure that it's the U-joint (you were right on target, Poodle). The boys at A-dock helped me figure it out after they said, "Hmmm...pull it over here for a minute."

All the best,
David

[Ghost]

Had a blast, thanks to all for making it such a good time. Great to see everyone and meet some new folks too.

A bunch of belated thank-yous:

• Special thanks to Bill, Christina, Bryan, Carter, Cam, Cam's dad Todd, and the rest of the locals and A-dock for hosting and making us all so welcome.
• Big thanks to Todd, Jill, Bryan, Carter, Poodle, Andre and Cali (pardon my spelling in advance) for the awesome rides that were way faster than my boat will ever go.
• Thanks to Diana, Heidi, Jim, Cliff, and Poodle for Sunday dinner.
• Thanks to MWDC for steaks, and to Todd (and anyone else) who slaved over a hot grill, and everyone for all the great food.
• Thanks to Cam for making the gas run for everyone.
• Thanks to everyone, especially Andrew, for handing beers to my literally lame a$$ when I was on the DL.
• Thanks to the cop on I-81 who recognized I was only being polite, trying to hurry out the way of that Jeep he ended up ticketing.
• And a bunch more I've probably missed.

Also, I had a handful of inquries about whether it was possible to get more of the shirts I made. It turns out that the place that I got them printed, Zazzle.com, has the ability to make them available for order for anyone, online. I set that up just a bit ago. This link should work: http://www.zazzle.com/chatt_boat_tri...24418862568548

Don't ask me who the slightly monkey-faced model is--clearly not me, and nobody I know. Probably some rich dude who invented Zazzle and does coke off models now...

For some reason, the website insists on adding at least $2 per shirt in royalties, which supposedly will go to me someday. (I set the royalty percentage to zero in their system, and it spat it back out with impunity, insisting the minimum was 10 percent.) So, if anyone orders any shirts, I'll more than happily hand you back your $2 when I see you. But only if you ask me like the paperboy from Better Off Dead.

[MadPoodle]

I WANT my two dollars!!!

Love that movie :-)

[Lenny]

but I just ordered the shirt

[Ghost]

Shirt update: for some reason, the site that makes them is offering 25% off today (Use Code: ZSBDAYSHIRTS). I think it's the site's anniversary or something. (Looks like they did the same thing on the 4th of July, so I think that 25% off may be a pretty common promo for them.)

They're available online at http://www.zazzle.com/chatt_boat_tri...24418862568548

And as before, I don't intend to profit from them at all. The site forces a 10% royalty (about $2) which is supposed to go to me someday. I will happily hand it back to anyone in the family here who ever buys one.

[Inferno]

I think we need to do a Fall Chatt Gorge Run..... Todd said he would bring lobster tails, Jim will bring all the steaks, Hedgehog will get the booze and I'll bring the rolls....LOL LOL

[duckhunter]

Someone put a mark on the wall. We'll be there with the slow boat and a home wrecker of 151 for the bushwhacker machine.

[MadPoodle]

Someone put a mark on the wall. We'll be there with the slow boat and a home wrecker of 151 for the bushwhacker machine.

HEY! Don't you be trying to steal my title.....

[duckhunter]

HEY! Don't you be trying to steal my title.....

You're right - sorry! It was a minor ego boost getting to pass ONE boat (other than that nice couple in the pontoon, who thought that we were "number one" apparently). Once we figured out that a good head start was important we managed to at least stay in the same zip code as the rest of the pack. Did have a good time bombing along with the tunes and exhaust cranking and feeling like we were hauling ass only to be passed by the fast guys like we threw an anchor out.

There will be an "AOTH" event under my engine hatch before the next gorge run... Stan already mentioned that his 496 would fit in there; I think I could nurse the alpha along for at least 20 minutes behind that thing!