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Postby Miriam C. » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:39 am

Keith B wrote:Hey ya'll... thanks for all the great compliments.. ITG sure was fun. I was lucky enough to miss the rain, but the fun and the people and the trailers...WOW, what a great time... My TD performed well and I'm quite happy with it... might have to consider a modification for AC, but we'll see. Anyway, to answer a few questions:
1.) the inside cabinet doors are raised panel, and I just 3M'd some fabric to the panel to add a little color.
2.) the ceiling is some nice pretty door skins.
3.) the "shinny" things on the galley cabinet doors are just some "travel" locks to keep everything tied down.

Again, Minden was great, however, my Paint Job developed some MAJOR issues, lots of "white streaking".. check it out.

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:thinking: Hey, you ever figure out "who done it?" :lol:

Nice to meet you and your wife. It really does look great in person.
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Postby Keith B » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:51 am

Good to meet you too, however, she's my best friend, not my wife... ooops. See ya next time.
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Postby asianflava » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:57 am

It was great to meet you and Heather. We left quite a bit later and the wind was still pretty bad. It will take a few trips to fine tune the trailer. You also learn what you have to bring and what you can leave at home.
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Postby Keith B » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:09 am

Rocky, see you in LA... have a great and safe trip to Georgia and Florida. Yeah, we were VERY suprised how little it took to break camp - it beats a tent all to pieces for certain.... :lol:
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Postby Betsey » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:33 am

Miriam C. wrote: [
:thinking: Hey, you ever figure out "who done it?" :lol:


I know, but I'll never tell! :eyebrows: ...As the saying goes..."What happens at the gathering, stays at the gathering..." :lol:

You just never know when the initiation gnomes are gonna strike!

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Postby Miriam C. » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:45 pm

Here you go Keith, doesn't it look great going down the road.

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Postby Keith B » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:52 pm

Awesome... thanks Miriam.
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Postby doug hodder » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:46 pm

Keith...it was great to meet you and have a Margarita behind your tear Sat. night and a visit...and for those of you that haven't seen his tear....he really did an AWESOME!! job on it....unfortunately some neer' do wells, vandalized it while we were in the potluck... :lol: :lol: ...Doug
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Postby Keith B » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:36 pm

Hey Doug, glad you made it home in time for work :( , just picture the next camp out and that'll get you smilin :D . It was FABULOUS to meet you too, and again, many many many thanks for making my tear or TTT (compliments of Gage), what it is, you're too kind on your description, but I'm sure enjoying it; couldn't have done it without you. I have so many ideas in my head and well, instead of "making this work", I think I just need to do a 2nd tear :lol: , isn't that how it works.

As far as them damn vandals... you know, they didn't have to use recylced TP :lol: . It was great to feel welcome in such a large group..never met a stranger. One of these times I'd like to make it to the Redwoods, that would be just awesome.

Hope to see you again at many more outings. Give Daisy a pet for me..what a great dog. :thumbsup:
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Postby Greg M » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:53 pm

Beautiful job Keith, even with those white streaks :D I wanted to ask; Did you reinforce the edges with fibreglass tape when you epoxied, or did you just use the epoxy filler?

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Postby Keith B » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:52 am

I did not use tape on any seams, or edges. 4-5 coats of epoxy and of course filler on all the screw holes, etc.
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