Dennis Peterson wrote:

> In spite of a little rain, standing water in all the tents, flood
> conditions in the campground, dripping trees, and unseasonable cold, it
> was a *BLAST*!
>
> No foolin'. In addition to the attendees who showed up Thursday, Friday
> and Saturday brought in Randy and Sandra Scurr, Slowhand and Lucky from
> Orygone, Dirty Harry and SO Brenda popped in from Vancouver, B.C., eh,
> and AH#36 Barry L. Van Hook and SO also showed up in a cage with da
> MadMan's wife Candace.
>
> There were pantomimes around the campfire (do these pants make my ass
> look big? Full and very funny story at http://www.hawglydavidson.com/
> under Stories from the Bar - "Dealing with Discrimination"), stories and
> lies swapped, heated arguments over whose tent had the most standing
> water, etc. Lucky and Slowhand brought plenty of hootch as did the
> Heekster, racoons or mice got the best of the big stash of jerked beef
> Slowhand brought, and Ranger Rick and Snarl were bonding like lost
> brothers - mostly the conversation involved the camp jukebox and how it
> was possible to hear it 50 feet away despite the torrential downpour,
> thunder, and such. It seems there is a tradition in B.C. that if you
> ride pillion for 8 hours in a downpour, you and the rider in front get
> married. Anyway, I'll let Dirty Harry explain that part.
>
> By noon Saturday even the most hardened slugs had to admit it was time
> to pack it in and so we all started to pump the tents dry and put away
> the stuff. MaGGie and Snarl each got a genuine hand-made tooberdoo
> (local derivitive of the aboriginal diggeridoo instrument).
>
> Highlight of the event: Seeing all these great folks again and meeting
> new folks for the first time, rain or not, and breakfast in Black
> Diamond Saturday morning.
>
> Lowlight: couldn't even see the mountain let alone ride around it. Next
> year!!
>
> dp -- BS#3

Dennis and all who attended SLIMEFEST,

The Dugemeister and I would like to say that it sure was nice meeting you all on Thursday. We had come up from Puyallup to visit our group (The SouthHill Gang-Dickhaid&Tina, Jim&Mikie) and meet new people for just a couple hours and then had to head back so Dugan could go to work on Friday. Bout midnight I heard the thunder and sure was thinking about all of you up there, I know it rattled the windows down here. What a light show!

Sorry to hear you were not able to make your trip around the mountain - It really is beautiful - honest! I hope to hear that you will try this again next year and maybe Dugan and I can have the time off and come up and meet with you all again!
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