July 5th Edmonton to Ponoka from Gateway Park

Oh good God Riley I am so sorry to hear this! Please let your wife know that I hope it will pass quickly!!

I am a little disappointed that you will miss out ont his since I had been looking forward to meeting the fellow who created the site that has enhanced the enjoyment of my Corvette experience, but there will always be another time!

I'm just in from strapping the car down:

1)The 2 x 12 worked wonderfully! I can open the drivers door without it hitting the fender!

2)The engineer who designed that silly plastic chin spoiler should be given a beating. Granted that I have managed to scrape it countless times and I suppose it really has done a good job of hanging on. But I have one speednut/bolt assembly that has broken clean off the mounting location so I might have to create my own in the future, two or three others that have partially pulled through, sheesh what a pain this is. I can see why I was told by some that they just accept that this is the way it is a replace it every one or two years! But frustrating.

I had reached the point where I was starting to question if all this grief was worth saving 1000 km on the car. I'll have cooled off my tomorrow morning to be sure and yes then it will be worth it but what a pain. I'm sure when I get proper ramps to start the car on the trailer it will be better and I'll just have to suck it up and be a lot more careful when I load/unload it..........

Maybe some 22" wheels would help!!!!

Then I got the shock of my life when I was looking underneeth the front and I found - a dangling wire! OK so where did this come from. Initially I was excited thinking it might be from one of the cooling fans and would explain why the car seems to run hotter than I would like to see it so I popped the hood - drat! It is the wire for the underhood light!!! Oh well, I was excited for a brief time!

So now a good night's sleep, pack up my stuff, fuel the truck, doubl check the straps and off I go!!

Cheers,

Garry
 
VelocityYellowRules! said:
Oh good God Riley I am so sorry to hear this! Please let your wife know that I hope it will pass quickly!!

I am a little disappointed that you will miss out ont his since I had been looking forward to meeting the fellow who created the site that has enhanced the enjoyment of my Corvette experience, but there will always be another time!

Cheers,

Garry
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What???.....................Riley not going to make it???
 
I re-edited my post. I was hoping to catch it before anyone read it.

Long story short, my wife can't come but is forcing me to go.
 
Hope whatever it is, it gets worked out and everyone is in good health Riley.


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Hope the showers will be late day showers........

Best wishes to Rileys wife.

I will leave my home at 8am and arrive at 8:10am at Gateway Park visitors oil derrick.

It was raining the day I picked up my ZR1 in Seattle so going rain or shine...... why, cause I still need to get rid of 2/3rd of a tank of 91 octane gas.

I will add your cell Garry


My cell is 780 993-3687 if anyone needs to call or text. I don't always answer my phone on days off but might if it is that early and someone needs directions.

Brian

I will probably bring an assortment of Dynaplug repair tools but I won't be pushing them on anyone...... if you want one ask... or if you want to check them out in person.


Had a great day jet skiing today...... except exiting a corner with a wet ass and slippery seat and 300 hp pinned in the corner...... ended up in the lake....... need a new pair of sunglasses :( Ones lost were under $20
 
Wow! 3 am for a bathroom break and the positive news that Mrs. Riley is sending her husband onward west without her..........what a classy lady! I suggest a bottle of something is in order for this sort of support Riley! Now back to full excitement to meet everybody!!

Cheers,

Garry
 
Thank you to the small group who made our 2nd Annual Ponoka Meet & Greet a success!! It turned out to be a very nice morning.


The group went for a short drive

Very nice to meet Riley

And Gary also drove a long way for our meet!!
 
Great fun..!

We need more names applied to the photos.
Great to see Riley, the founder of this place.
A Garry made it too..

Somebuddy..Thanx for posting the pictures .

graham
 
Was a good social... sorry I had to leave a bit early but had about 15 min to spare arriving at the wedding. Was cutting it close.

Back at home now ( wedding is done ) and reception in an hour.


OH, I took out my blue lawn chair but we never used them and I forgot to grab it when we went for the cruise..... anyone grab it for me??? leaving a lawn chair behind is better then a phone or camera.

Brian
 
Some great shots, nice to see that the weather held for you folks.

Great looking group of people and cars. More names would be great especially on the group shot.
 
The first guy on the left side of the pic with the pipe in his mouth is Pete (local mustang buddy of mine) Next guy Vince's (xlr8r) Dad. Next couple are locals who just got a C4 (going to join the forum soon). Next to them is Paul (RockyPM). Next in the blue shirt is our very own RILEY. In the black shirt is Brian (2009CGMZR!) Next to him is my bro Lyle (not on forum) and to the far right standing is Don (BearlyFlying).
Kneeling from the left in the gray shirt is Garry (YellowVelocityRules) Next to him is RockyPM's wife (Joanne). The next couple are Jeff and his wife (Jeffer2013) and finally to the far right kneeling is Vince (xlr8r) Not shown in the photo but still came out to the meet was forum member Dik and a local guy Bill.
Hope this helps.
 
Ya, Thanks Vince, The Town of Ponoka just announced a Tax increase to pay for all of the Pavement that needs to be replaced. And there is an APB out for a Black Vette and a bright Yellow Vette, not sure what that is all about.....


Great to meet everyone..


(Some Dummy forgot to charge up the camera batteries, so Sorry I can't contribute any pictures.)
 

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