Teddy's New Adventures

[SnoWhite]

Here's some pics of Teddys travel carrier. I took the pics of the new one on the shelf at PetsMart. IMHO, its an UGLY:yikes: looking carrier, but a GREAT design:yes: So, if you notice in Teddy's pics, I have it painted black with a red top:thumbup:to match his new Viper Red RT-S :spyder2: Most the time, we leave the top off:doorag: unless extreme heat & sun or rain:helpsmilie: then we zip on the top Its very handy & useful that you can zip the top or bottom off and also has the zipper side access as well:firstplace: Hope this helps for you looking, & believe me, ryde'n your Spyder with your best friend right behind you, doesn't get much better than that :2thumbs:

Wow that is great information. I'm going out tomorrow and see if I can find one for little tigger. I just hate leaving him behind, he seems so sad. I know he will be so excited to have his own ryde. I will have to post pictures. Thanks again for all your help.

 

[CyncySpyder]

Been hold'n my breath

:clap:But I can breath now :clap:

I've had my first issues with TEDDYS new 2011 :spyder2: in the past week. 3 cold starts where it went up to 5000 rpm's while idling extremely rough & a major loss of power. Shut it down, do the key off & on 3 times, try it again & it usually starts back up fine:thumbup:

Been get'n geared up for our trip to the Spyders in the Aderondacs, so I took Teds Red Sled up to Middletown Cycle for the 9000 mile service & to get the Firmware update done They got everything done for me the same day :2thumbs: but I will have to have the throttle body replaced once we get back from our trip. If anyone is in the South-West Ohio/Tri-State area, I can not say enough good things about Aarron (the owner) & Middletown Cycle:firstplace: He'll do what-ever he can to earn your business:2thumbs:

:2excited:So, everything is a go for Teddy to make his appearance at Spyders in the Adirondacks:2excited:

:yes:We're gonna be share'n a camp-site at Whispering Pines Campground in Lake Placid with Arntufun & his Wonderful Wife :firstplace:

Hope to get to meet many more of you guys up there. Let us know if your gonna be making the trip & maybe we can connect :clap:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Like a kid right before Christmas

I slept maybe two hours the whole night last night:lecturef_smilie: I've been working on so many different mods with Teddy's :spyder2: & his camper to make our lives on the upcoming long road-trip to the Adirondacks a lil more comfortable, especially for Teddy:thumbup: Gotta take care of the lil guy

Last year, our longest trip with being a new SpYder owner was from Cincinnati Ohio to St. George Island Florida:thumbup:but I had done that trip at least a dozen times in my car in the past, so even tho it was my 1st time on a motorcycle ani29 I still didn't really have many worries:thumbup: Since then, we've done a total of 13,700 miles on TEDDYS 2010 black RT-S & now we've got right at 10,000 miles on his new 2011 :spyder2::yes:

This will be our first trip to anywhere north, as we've always gone south or west in the past :thumbup: & have never been anywhere near NY, so I have a little trepidation pps: especially with hearing of all the bear attacks on ppl up there & even the SpYder Ryder that had a run in with a bear :yikes: but more excitement than Anything:2excited:

I've been driving myself crazy trying to figure the best way to deal with the extreme heat & making sure Teddy is comfortable:dontknow: He hates being in his enclosed carrier, but that might be the best alternative for keeping him outta the sun. His doggie bed carrier leaves him totally exposed & for around town, that's fine. But we're look'n at 13 hours one way on the open highway we're gonna be leaving Wednesday right after I get off work, so around 4pm. So maybe a couple hours in his enclosed carrier won't kill him pps: & once it starts getting dark, I can unzip the top off & let him hang his head in the wind again

I also keep those blue modular gel packs that you freeze under his carrier pad, so he's literally sitting on ice :thumbup: and dogs cool down thru the pads of their paws, so this method has worked really well with help'n keep the lil guy cool in hot temps:2thumbs: & we've always got on-board water for him as well:thumbup:

As for the camper, something I noticed while camping at Maggie Valley this year, was that I needed a canopy over the camper for shade & to help keep the area dry for when it rains. The Moto-Mate is great for Teddy & I, but it's literally a bed on wheels. So if your all wet & get in, your bed is all wet as well :gaah: Well, see'n as Ive been getting laid off usually 1 day a week & not even getting 40 hrs and am broke, I came up with a cheap mod for this problem:thumbup: tho I'm not sure how well it's gonna work:dontknow:but we're gonna try it out soon enough. I've taken an old rectangular patio umbrella that I had and am mounting it to the camper:hun:The size is perfect to cover the camper and gives a little extra shade for the front door area to place a couple of chairs in the shade :thumbup:& even tho it doesn't match the white camper, it DOES at least match TEDDYS :spyder2::roflblack: Hey, you make do with what you have, right:shemademe_smilie::roflblack:

You shoulda seen us at the car-wash with this huge umbrella opened up & covering the SpYder & the camper :roflblack: while I was trying to figure out the best way to mount this thing so it wouldn't blow away:roflblack: I'll post pics of the mock-up when i get home, but needless to say, ppl thought I was CRAZY:roflblack::hun:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Things that make you go .......... WTF???

Here's the pics of the "mock-up" of the canopy umbrella for the Moto-Mate Camperhyea: I just had it sitting on the camper tongue for the pics & honestly, just to freak ppl out a lil bit:yikes: as they thought I was gonna try n ryde this way :roflblack::yikes::roflblack:

I'm working on permantly mounting the base tube to the side of the camper, in the middle next to the door:thumbup: That way, once we get to the camp-site, all I have to do is get out the umbrella, open it up & place it in the tube & :yes:WhaLaaa:yes: Done Deal:yes:
In the position I'm talking about lecturef_smilie:not in the pictures:roflblack it will totally cover the entire camper & also provide the front door area with a couple of more feet of added coverage to place a couple of camp chairs in front & have them in shade as well :2thumbs: And with the camper weighing in close to 400 pounds fully loaded, I don't think its gonna be going anywhere :clap: barring a tornado of course :yikes:

Was out ryding 1 day last week & the temp. on the :spyder2: was showing 113F :yikes: I had to pull over & snap a pic as proof :yikes: I'm SO GLAD to have AC while riding Teddy's :spyder2::yes: or there'd be NO :cus:Way I'd make it in temps. like these :chill:

Also, just finished giving Teddy his trim & touch-uphyea: so he's look'n good for all of his fans :thumbup: & photo ops :shocked:

 

[draboo]

How is da Tedsters leg coming along? Kiddo wanted me to ask!

 

[CyncySpyder]

How is da Tedsters leg coming along? Kiddo wanted me to ask!

His leg is there:shocked: Gimpy as ever But I'm thinking there's a couple of reasons for that. 1 is from lack of use & 2, its all in his head:lecturef_smilie:
The reason I say that is, while in normal everyday situations, he baby's it like it was just operated on yesterday:yikes: not 4 weeks ago. But once I get out his ball or a stick, WOW!!! :yes:Look at him go:yes: & on all 4 :clap: without missing a beat

His vet has given him a clean bill of health as far as his leg goes:thumbup: the incision has healed up well, & all his hair has grown back:clap: it's just get'n him to use the dang thing consistently that's the issue:helpsmilie:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Teddy in New York

After 15 hours on the road, from 5am til midnight last night, Teddy has arrived in New York:thumbup:

 

[CyncySpyder]

I swear, it was like Teddy's own version of "Final Destination"

After 24 hours on the road, 1 totally closed highway:gaah: witnessing 2 different car accidents (1 flying off the expressway on ramp aiming right at us:yikes & dealing with 2 different Idiot Popperozi:yikes: trying to take video of teddy while we're doing 70 & almost causing multiple accidents:yikes:I'm very thankfulray: to say we made it home safe & sound, tho my back-side is a little sore (to put it mildly:roflblack I've gotta get some sleep, have to be up at 4:30am for work tomorrow But I'll fill in all the details once I get caught up.

ray:Hope everyone else that has been traveling has made it home safe as wellray:

 

[ThreeFeet]

Sure am glad you made it ok!!! Teddy's not supposed to get into trouble on the road. Poporatizze or what ever needs to give him room to breath!!! And his chauffer a softer seat!!! See if he can't get that for you Dave!!!:roflblack:sorry bout the spellingpps:

 

[CyncySpyder]

idiots continue to be on the road, be careful

Ok, I'm awake & even made it to work on time, but the dang drama with idiot drivers continues even this morning on my way in. Sure, come on over, we can both fit in one lane ....

Anyways, here's a breakdown of every fuel stop but one. I forgot to snap pics of the readings due to being overrun by Teddy's adoring fans, so I missed one fill-up on the trip back home.

To make sense of it, its broken down into 3 segments
1) Leg 1 from Cincinnati to New York towing Camper
2) Cruising around ADK without the Camper
3) The trip back home from NY with Camper
1st column #miles for that tank
2nd " # gals. Of fuel (87 octane)
3rd " pulling TRailer or NOt
4th " AVG MPG for that tank
5th " actual $cost for that fill-up
6th " total $cost per segment & avg MPG's for that segment

Hope this helps some of you that are planning trips. Remember, everything is variable, so undoubtedly, your results may vary

 

[GloryRyders]

Glad that you and Teddy made it home safe and sound:thumbup:. You need to try to have less excitment on the rode with the various assortment of idiots that are out their driving!:roflblack:.....................stay safe!

 

[CyncySpyder]

TEDDYS adventures to SITA (Spyders In The Adirondacks) PartI

Planned on leaving right after work on Wednesday, around 4pm. Got home & the news was reporting that I71N was closed, due to a semi overturning, & wouldn't you know it, that was our route. See'n as it was around 93 degrees & rush hour, I decided to wait a little while for things to get back to normal & hopefully cool down a little. I had been up since 4:30am & just worked an 8 hour shift in 100+ degree temps (no AC at the plant I work at) so I thought it would be smart for Teddy & I to take a quick nap. Well, it sounded good so of course, fate had to step in with other plans:gaah:

I get a call from my Credit Union saying that they got notice that my SpYder Insurance had been canceled & that they were going to "buy it for me & charge my account, per contract" but they couldn't cause my account was overdrawn!:yikes: WTF ??? I told them I'd check into things & call them right back:dontknow: I pulled my account up on-line, & noticed that since we traded in Teddys 2010 RT-S for his 2011 SpyderFest EdDition SpYder back in April, they had been debiting my account for both of the loans ever since instead of just the new one. UGH!!! I should have caught it sooner, but I didn't. Called my loan officer, had her look into it, & yup, I'm SO sorry, I forgot to cancel the other one out, my bad:lecturef_smilie: NO SH:cus:T!!! Ok, at least one problem dealt with. Now on to the insurance scandal:hun:

I called Marc Fisher thumbup:Great Agent) with ForeMost Insurance, & left a mesg. On voice mail about my problem, & that I was suppose to be leaving any minute and heading on a 2000 mile round trip, to of all places, New York:shocked: Not that it's good to be without insurance anywhere, but, um...... New York:yikes: At least we weren't going to New York City :yikes: He promtply called me back within 15 minutes & I explained what I was told. I knew when i switched Spyders that I'd have an additional premium, and my notice said it was due the 11th & I had sent the check on the 5th. Well, I rummaged back thru my mail, & found another notice stating that they will deduct my premium from my check & send me back a check for the over-payment balance:hun: Marc said he'd check into it & call me back as soon as he found out something opcorn: There :lecturef_smilie:WAS NO WAY I WAS LEAVING WITHOUT HAVING PROOF OF INSURANCE:lecturef_smilie:

He calls back within the hour, says he's not sure exactly what happened, but that he didn't like the service HE was getting from that company in dealing with my issue, so he called another company and was able to get me an entirely NEW policy for the same coverages & deductibles as my old one for a little over a $hundred$ dollars LESS:clap: WooHoo!!! Where do I sign? I give him my credit card details & it's done:clap: only problem, what about proof of insurance for the trip that I'm about to walk out the door for:hun: No problem he says, give me your email addy & I'll have them email you temporary cards til after you get back & we get all the paper work done:clap: Well, I thank Marc for his quick response & Great Customer Service in remedying my issue & then the waiting game begins :yikes:

For those that don't know me (Everybody knows Teddy ) I have ADHD, ever since I was a kid, & never "grew" out of itpps: Tho, back then, they didn't have a diagnosis for it & they just thought i was a bad kid:lecturef_smilie: that didn't want to pay attention & do what i was suppose to do:sour: Anyways, I've learned many of the skills that helps someone like me to stay focused and on track, (post it notes everywhere,write everything down, etc.etc...) tho i will admit, it is a struggle on a daily basis. I hate taking meds, but I do take Adderall & it really does help:thumbup: Only problem, I can't sleep within 8 hours of taking it:shocked: Knowing I had to get all these issues corrected right then, i had no choice but to take it, so there was no way I was gonna be able to take a nap now, while waiting for the proof of insurance cards to be mailed

So, me being me, off to modding I go wanting to make TEDDYS camping trip the BEST that I can, I had the mock-up for the Umbrella for teddies Camper done, but I went further by adding rope-lights to the inside of it:thumbup: & it turned out really good, tho I ran out of length & will eventually have to get a small 12 foot section to add to the one Supports:f_spider: Still, 3 hours later & no email

So, off to mod'n the little guys travel carrier. I use the Pet-Mate one that I posted about earlier for his long distance road-trips, as it has the top that zips off & on, so it can provide protection for the lil guy from rain & most importantly, the BLAZING :chat:HOT SUN. With all the ventilation holes and screen, it still allows for sufficient air flow so he hopefully doesn't overheat ray: in these god-awful temps we're having lately:shocked: Only problem was, I couldnt see a dang thing on his rear-view monitor when i have the top zipped on at night :shocked: Because it also blocks most the ambient light:shocked: Off to the garage & it was time to go thru some of the many storage bins that I have stored in there from my apartment fire:yikes: Sad to say, it happened almost 3 years ago & I lost just about everything and most the stuff in the bins are garbage do to the fire, smoke & water damage, but you never know what you might find that still works:lecturef_smilie: unless you look. Eureka, I found another small strand of battery powered Christmas lights that are blue LED:2thumbs: just the same as I have sewn into his doggy bed carrier that we use daily for cruising around town:2thumbs:

UhOh, work calls, gotta get busy. Will finish updating this after i get home

 

[CyncySpyder]

SITA Part II

So I ended up taking some of the small plastic wire ties that were left over from the Rope-Lite Umbrella Mod & used those to attach the blue battery powered LEDs to the inside of TEDDYS Pet-Mate Carrier, & it worked out just Great :thumbup: & now provides plenty of lite at night, even with the top on his carrier:2thumbs: so another mod down to make TEDDYS road-trip'n Adventures the BEST we can:clap:

Mind you, Ive been doing all these mods out in our steaming HOT garage. For those that are unaware of the Ohio Valley/Cincinnati area weather patterns, we not only have had record numbers of days continuously above 90+ (17 so far:helpsmilie we also have HIGH HUMIDITY, usually in the 60's & 70's, & that makes for a very nasty air mass. Needless to say, at this point, I was just dripping with sweat & physically drainedpps:

It's now 4am, & still no email from the Insurance Companyopcorn: Off to take a quick shower to help myself feel better. After I get done with that, I get changed into comfortable Ryding gear in the hopes that I still get to leave soon for our trip. 5am now & I check again,:clap:Yeah!!! There it is:2thumbs:

One last check of all the SpYder Vitals, oil, coolant, tires, gps, phone, RVCS, check everything over on the Moto-Mate Camper, double check to make sure I have everything packed & away we go:clap: On the road at 5:30am:clap:

This was our first long Road-Trip to test out all the mods that we had just completed in the previous couple of weeks. The Garmin Zumo 665 (now mounted to the top of the dash) with XM nav traffic, nav weather, & XM music :thumbuproved to be an invaluable asset on our adventure. It showed our destination (Whispering Pines CampGround, in Lake Placid Ny) to be 760 miles and about 13.5 hours. The SITA registration & meet-n-greet at Tail O' the Pup bar-b-q was scheduled from 5-10pm, so I was hopeful that we'd still get to make it:thumbup: Sadly, I was mistaken, as I didn't account for SpYder time nor did I account for Teddy timepps: Those of you that have had your Spyders for any length of time understand what I mean by "SpYder Time" as anywhere you stop (gas, rest-area?) your most probably going to have ppl coming up to look at your byke & ask all kinds of questions:hun: (hence, the Rock-Star moniker) Well, add to that a Moto-Mate Camper & a cute lil SpYder Ryde'n Pooch on the passenger seat, wearing doggles:joke: & yeah, EVERYTIME we stopped, you woulda thought the Circus was in town:joke: I'm kinda used to all the attention the Tedster gets, but with the Camper :yikes: OMG!!! It was outrageous :yikes: minimum of 30 minutes (at least) at every stoppps: I mean, sure, I coulda been an A:cus:Hole & ignored the ppl, but sadly, that's not in my naturepps: Plus, as any of you that have met Teddy know, he knows he's a star & he loves the attention & schmooz'n & Pose'n for his adoring fans:doorag: As I tell ppl, it's not my SpYder, its his:agree: & I'm just lucky enough to be his cheoffer? & along for the Ryde

Gotta work, more in a bitopcorn:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Adventures to SITA III

Before we left, I had plugged in to the GPS to take the fastest route to Lake Placid NY, which meant taking I71N thru Ohio & hitting I90E thru PA & New York. Sadly, I90 is a Thru-Way (whatever that means) & it's mostly all toll roads:shocked: which I soon learned, was going to financially rape me:yikes: Where we live, I can't even tell you:dontknow: where the closest toll road is, there are none around here :clap: Well, I soon learned that it is very expensive to be pulling a camper, even with a motorcycle (SpYder) as I guess they charge you based on the number of wheels:sour: The 1st lady was busy taking pics of Teddy & was only going to charge us something like $2.80, but when she put her camera down, she noticed i was pulling a camper & apologized & said she charged us the wrong amount, & that it would now be something like $8.40:shocked: If that was it for the entire trip, ok, no big deal.

But NO:lecturef_smilie: this went on again & again & again:shocked:All total, I left home with $100 in cash & by the time we got to the campground, I had given out most of 3 $20 bills, - a few singles. The only other thing I spent cash$ on was at a "Service Area" stop to get lunch. Their "Service Areas" all have a fast food restaurant & a gas station along with parking areas. Not like our "No Frills" rest areas back home:lecturef_smilie: that's for sure. So we stopped at one & was approached as usual by a mob of on-lookers wondering what this thing I was towing was:hun: Most thought it was a Pop-Up, but I had to explain, there's no "popping" here, what you see is what you get:roflblack: It's basically just a bed on wheels. So then, id have to give them the quick once over, all awhile their playing with Teddy & taking pics:joke: I didn't know it, but a couple had followed us for about 50 miles & wanted to see up close what all are set-up entailed:lecturef_smilie: Very nice lady & she is a fellow SpYder Ryder, as she herself rydes an RS, just not then, as she was on a family trip. But she had lots of questions & just loved TEDDYS SpYder & Camper set-up:thumbup: So I told her about SpyderLovers.com (as I tell everyone that asks about SpYder information:thumbup & she said she never heard of it, but would definitely be joining:f_spider: so if your reading this, :welcome::ani29:

ANyways, back to money. I didn't want to cause a stir inside the rest area/McDonalds, so I opened the vents on Teds camper & put him inside while I walked over the Thru-way to get to the McDonalds. I ordered our usual #3, LARGE size with a "diet":roflblack: I know, I know :roflblack: But the sandwich & drink are for me & Ted gets the fries, as they are actually on his diet (duck & potatoe-allergies) & he loves them & it's rather convenient as well. Back home, the same combo is like $5.93, so I was a lil :yikes: when the guy said, "$10":yikes: I asked him to repeat it, & he again said, "$10" I was like, "are you sure thats right?" He said "yup":gaah: I made the comment, "back home, the same thing is only $5.93" to which he riley replied, "well, I guess yur not back home then, now are ya?" SmartA:cus:,but it did make me chuckle:roflblack: I paid, got my food & drink, and as I was walking the long way back, I was thinking to myself, I feel like that seen from the Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy is walking with Toto & saying, "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore Toto":roflblack: I new NY was gonna be expensive, but :cus::roflblack:

So, Back to the circus:joke: I went. Ppl were around the byke waiting for me to tell them what they were look'n at, all awhile, the Tedsters going nuts inside the camper, cause he can smell those fries:clap: I get him out, open up the back of the camper, get out my lounge chair & we have our lunch/dinner right there while everyone around is gawking & taking pics:joke: TEDDYS probably on more FaceBook pages than any other dog around :roflblack:

Dang-it, work keeps get'n in the way of post'n:gaah:

 

[Tiny1]

opcorn:opcorn:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Pausing from Teddy's Adventures to SITA for a quick Sanity Check

Ok, Im gonna pause from the TRIP storyline here for a minute to discuss an anomaly that had me questioning my sanity (& to be honest, I still am-lol) The day before leaving for the road, I took Teds Red Sled up to Middletown Cycle (Awesome Dealer) to get the 9000 mile service done and the Firm-Ware Update. I had had trouble starting the byke twice in the previous week, with both times the byke starting and idling extremely rough & instead of smoothing out at 1300-1400 RPMs like usual, it was up around 4-5K RPMs & had almost no power upon acceleration & of course, the check engine light wouldn't stop flashing (but no Limp-Home Mode At first, I thought I was low on oil, and it's hard to get an accurate reading when you can't Ryde the byke to get it warmed up (are you noting this BRP Engineers?) So I went ahead and checked it cold with nothing showing on the dip-stick, so I added a little, still nothing, a little more, still not showing, a little more til I got to about a 1/4 of a quart & with nothing still showing, I thought it best to stop there. I had just checked it 3 days prior & then it was right below the top (full) line, so I figured I couldn't have used that much more without seeing a major leak on the floor of my garage or oil somewhere on the byke. After doing my research here on SpyderLovers.com, I found the problem most likely was related to the needed Firm-Ware Update &/or the Throttle Body. Ughh....... Work again....

OK, so look over this list of all my fill-ups on this trip. Notice anything odd? Any of you that have an RT out there, what do avg for your mpg's? Before I got the Firm-Ware update, I usually would average only 24-26 MPG's without pulling the Camper, and 22-24 with pulling the camper. After the Firm-Ware update, I decided to give BOB Denmans ryding style a try while on this trip. I would short-shift every chance I could, shifting at no more than 5000 when in trailer mode & no more than 4000 when in regular mode. Is this or the Firm-Ware update, or a combination of the two maybe, the reason I got some ASTRONOMICAL readings??? I mean, come on, 1 tank with pulling the fully loaded camper, I averaged 31MPG's!!!! I had NEVER done that well before, even when NOT pulling the Camper. I actually made 150 miles on one tank with pulling the Camper, & again, Ive never gotten that far before, even when not pulling the camper. Am I loosing my mind???

When I wasn't pulling the camper & we were hanging with Arntufun & holly, we got a lil aggressive in the twisties around White Face Mountain, so there was no short shifting then, but LOTS of fun! That WAS A BLAST!!! Tho, I did cause Randy to get a kidney punch from his passenger:roflblack:pps::roflblack:

 

[SnoWhite]

opcorn:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Took Teddy to the Park today to play fetch

Yeah, it was kinda HOT, but the lil guy does great with his gimpy leg NOW as long as he doesn't think about it. As soon as he's not excited, he goes back into Gimp Mode

 

[CyncySpyder]

Adventures to SITA IIII

It was close to 3:30pm when we finished our lunch stop, so I programed the GPS for Tail 'O The Pup instead of the camp-grounds, cause Arntufun (Randy) sent me a text saying that they were heading there at 5 for the Meet-N-Greet & that I should just meet them their & when that was over, we'd all head back to camp & get us set-up for the night. I sent him back a text, stating the GPS shows 400 miles & 6 hours to go. Again, I forgot to take into account SpYder/Teddy time. At 9:20pm, I sent him another text, GPS shows 135 miles & 2 1/2 hours to go. Now I was certain we were going to miss the Registration & Meet-N-Greet, and that made me sad. That is, until Randy sent me another text at 9:54pm telling me to "look for the blue rope lights & a disco ball... Once I got to the Camp-Grounds.... That's us!" I couldn't help feeling better after reading that, but then I also wondered in the back of my mind, "what am I getting us into?"LMAO

Guess I should give a little backstory here. Teddy nor I had never met "Arntufun" or his girlfriend before & the only thing I knew about him was from reading his posts here on SpyderLovers.com. And as you all know, we only reveal a small part of ourselves (some more than others) and our personalities in an on-line forum. So, from that, I figured he was pretty much an a:cus:Hole in general :roflblack: j/khe had really Mellowed Out in the past few weeks -lol- but really, not that bad of a guy :thumbup: Hey, he also liked camping, & when he wasn't bitch'n about BRP, he loves his SpYder as well, so I figured it couldn't hurt trying to share a camp-site with them & if we all didn't click, no big deal, I'd just pack Teddy up & we'd head off to another site. But as the event time got closer & closer, we PM'd each other more & more & we were all getting more excited by the day, almost as if we were kids with Christmas right around the corner. I started to get a really good feeling about the whole deal. Especially when he sent me a copy of the Menu ...... WOW!!! Homemade breakfast (bacon, eggs, French toast, sausage) & dinner (BBQ Ribs, Grilled Italian Sausage) every day (mmmmmmmm & it was good, really good) with lunch on the road. He even asked if I had any requests or special needs for Teddy, & if it was ok if he slipped the lil guy some of the good stuff under the table. Once Teddy heard this, It was no longer up to me, Teddy was all for it!

So yeah, I felt good heading in, but just not sure what all to expect. And I realized, hey, he's in the same boat as I am, as he doesn't know me from Adam & I could be his worst nightmare. But I also figured, if he's followed TEDDYS Adventures at all, then he should have a pretty good gist of who I am & I don't think Im all that bad, or Teddy would leave my butt on the side of the road as he took off on his SpYder -lol

opcorn:work work workopcorn:

 

[arntufun]

We just got home this morning from camping. Very tired and I'll get in on this later !!! :thumbup: