[Northkeep] Bad news from a failed holiday

Montega Blackdragon montega_blackdragon at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 20 06:53:47 PST 2004


Chris, OMG, that is horrible. If you need anything let me know! I'll check 
around about a car and stuff.  Glad you guys are ok!

Tega


>From: "Dawson, Lynne" <dawsonl at unionps.org>
>Reply-To: The Barony of Northkeep <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
>To: "The Barony of Northkeep" <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: RE: [Northkeep] Bad news from a failed holiday
>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:02:01 -0600
>
>I'm so glad you all got out safely! I know this is a loss for you, and I 
>hope
>you can recover from it quickly. You'll be in my thoughts.
>
>Marta
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Graue, Chris [mailto:Chris.Graue at benham.com]
>Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 2:22 PM
>To: Northkeep (E-mail)
>Subject: [Northkeep] Bad news from a failed holiday
>
>I know this is off-topic, but I thought I would write to let you all know
>the kids and I are back from our attempted trip to Lake Havasu, AZ for a VW
>campout this last weekend. We planned to stay in Albequerque Wednesday 
>night
>with relatives and head for Flagstaff, or perhaps go on to Lake Havasu
>Thursday. Well, we got as far as a stone's throw from Amarillo, TX when our
>beloved VW Bus's engine caught fire and we were forced to watch it as it
>burned to the ground at the side of the highway. What a helpless feeling it
>is to sit there and watch, knowing there is nothing you can do to stop it.
>
>We managed to get most of our possessions out, except for things we kept in
>cabinets that I just forgot was there, and more attached items like $500
>worth of brand new tires (on 24 hours when the fire happened) and $300 
>worth
>of stereo we had just had installed the previous week. The kids and I made
>it out safely, but we are all pretty shaken up by the event, and I burned 
>my
>fingers on an ice chest that was too close to the fire and had partially
>melted, much to my suprise as I grabbed it to move it away from the fire.
>Many things we pulled out still got damaged when the grass caught fire and
>spread towards our things. Morgan lost a few toys, barbie rollerblades and
>bike helmet, Christopher lost the Sega hand-held game thing I aquired from
>Susan's plunder-fest. They seem to be dealing with it all pretty well, wish
>I could say the same for me.
>
>We stayed in a hotel that night and my dad came to get us the next day.
>Ironically, we were home in time to attend scribal at Sioban's, but had no
>way of getting there. My mom is letting me borrow her Probe for a few days
>while I try to find another car. If anyone knows of a reliable but cheap VW
>of any make (beetle, bus, Jetta, Fox, Golf, Rabbit, etc...) please contact
>me offlist. I also like Chevy Cavaliers, if anyone knows of one cheap but 
>in
>reliable shape. I have the 65 beetle, but it needs an engine rebuild plus a
>starter and alternator that I stole off of it to get the bus running.
>
>We probably won't be at Shoe tonight because I am just not in a sociable
>mood at this time, but will see everyone at Populace next Monday.
>
>Chris the lost
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