It was great meeting you all and wheeling with you on saturday....

Ok. I admit it, I never got to catch up with anyone of you. I showed up at the obsticle course about an hour and a half too late, and I missed everyone. But I have a perfectly good excuse!!!!

When I woke up on saturday morning, I went out to the Xterra and the police presense on my street struck me as being odd. Also all my neighbors wandering about in their morning PJ's was odd as well. Then my next door neighbor told me that last night sometime someone ran thru our street vandalizing random cars. I checked my X, and yes it had a fresh new streak of grey paint across the hood.

The police officer walked up to me, and took down my information and told me to go ahead and do whatever I needed to do to get it off (call a body shop, etc). He suggested that I try thinner or rubbing alcohol. I freaked for a minute when he tried to write down my lic plate #, cause I don't have a front plate. He didn't comment, he just walked to the rear and recorded the plate #.

A few of my neighbors had tried rubbing alcohol and it worked perfectly. So we all had a group bonding experience out in the street, all of us wiping our cars clean together.

By the time, I sorted that mess out, and got to the meeting spot, it was too late. I ended up hanging out the a bunch of VW Syncro's who were at Hollister for the weekend. Its their once a year Syncro gathering, properly called **Syncro de Mayo**. VW Syncro's came from all over the west coast to participate. Even that Syncro that is always at Moab during Jeep Jamboree. Apparently the owner of that Synco owns or works in a Unimog shop and he is an excellent driver. The Syncro group was playing in the obsticle course area and to say the least, I was pretty impressed with that that van can do.

One of my ridding buddies who went with me, knew one of the Syncro owners from Santa Barbara. They used to work together down there at some start up tech company. It was a totally random meeting. (Small world, I know!)

After that Syncro entertainment ended, I ventured off to explore as many of the park as I could by myself. I tried to reach you guys on Channel 16 by CB, and I tried all the channels on my FRS as well (Huey, FRS does not go to channel 16, as you suggested). No luck reaching anyone. I think I pretty much explored most of the park with my riding buddies and managed to drive most of the blue's and green's. I passed the "Tank trap" and Fremontia trails hoping to find you guys, but no luck.

I left the park at around 3pm.

I will post pictures in a few days when I get everything developed and scanned. I am sure everyone had a great time without me. I am just sorry I was late - but seriously, I had an excuse!!!

I guess I have a habit of being late to NCCX events. Its my damn "Chinese time", I swear!!