<VV> Smitty and Helen - the Trip from Hell continues.....

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Helen is really special.

Chuck S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Stillwell" <yenko117 at yahoo.com>
To: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell at umich.edu>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Smitty and Helen - the Trip from Hell continues.....


> 
> Is it too late for the "Hard Luck Award", for the
> convention? I'm sure all would agree that Helen
> deserves it! <ggg>*1 
> 
> Mike
> YS-117
> 
> *1 - per Patio Matt
> 
> --- Bill Hubbell <whubbell at cox.net> wrote: he has had
> to deal 
>> with:
>> 
>> -Broken Speedometer cable
>> -Broken fan belt
>> -Broken A/C (in the desert, no less!)
>> -Failed engine blower bearing
>> -Two failed rear wheel bearings
>> -Siezed rear axle (differential) - required
>> replacement unit shipped from 
>> home
>> -Engine keeps overheating
>> and others I'm sure I have forgotten
>> 
>> Along the way, both Smitty and Helen have been sick
>> at one time or another, 
>> and even Dee-O-Gee is ill now.  Smitty has endured
>> more than a few injuries 
>> from his repair efforts, including getting wacked in
>> the side of his face 
>> when a lug wrench slipped.
>> 
>> Their trip has taken them all across the country,
>> from Virginia Beach 
>> through Kansas, etc., to Portland, up into
>> Washington State, down to 
>> California, and now on the way home.
>> 
>> They left Helen's bike in Kansas on the way out
>> west, so they have to stop 
>> there on the way home to retrieve it.
>> 
>> When I asked him when they would be arriving home,
>> Smitty said, 
>> "Mid-October, at the present rate."  But barring any
>> further incidents, he 
>> hopes to be home in another 3-4 days.
>> 
>> By the way, they celebrated their 50th wedding
>> anniversary on this trip.
>> 
>> Bill Hubbell
>