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1 Next up, Coral Pink! The annual summer trek to Utah is a mere seven weeks away. Dean Carver recently fell out of his truck while loading a Rhino and broke his hip. We wish him well and hope for a speedy recovery. Walt Fisher was unable to make the Dumont trip because of recent surgery to have a tumor removed. He is doing well with his recovery and looking forward to getting back out in the dunes again soon. With the Dumont trip now over, and the temps heating up for the summer, the regular dune season has come to a end. That doesn’t mean the fun is over though, share your stories about the past season or your summer trips or projects with the club by writing newsletter articles. Send them in to [email protected] and we’ll get them included. Inland Empire Offroad will make a $1131 donation to the ASA with the remainder of the club funds after the re- quested dues refunds were made. Lets hope this helps keep our dunes open. Dumont, May 12-15, by Jim Kastle A couple of months ago, I was excited to find that Friday May 13 was a “snow day” for the Bear Valley Unified School District. That meant that as long as we didn’t close schools more than one day by then, I’d get a three day weekend at Dumont. Well, despite the calendar be- ing finalized more than a year ago, someone at the District decided that it would be nice to have Good Friday off, thus denying me my three day weekend. I decided to take a personal day, and get my three days anyway, despite my sincere desire to not miss a single day of work my last year. I’m glad I did. Nancy and I left Big Bear about 3:00 P.M. Thursday and headed for Dumont. We had a quick, good, dinner at Arby’s in Baker. We got to Dumont before dark, and despite the weather forecasters claim the high Thursday was to be 93, it was 98 as we drove by Little Dumont. While setting up the trailer, another rig rolled up and the driver asked if we were with Inland Empire. I said yes, and we met Bryan Glidewell, his wife Michelle, their Dalmatian, Nelson, and their smaller dog, JD, whose exact breed I don’t remember, but he looks like a miniature Husky. Bryan met Brandy at Olds a couple of trips ago, and Brandy invited him to join us at Dumont. All of us are glad (Continued on page 2)

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In this edition of The Rooster, we cover the eventful weekend at Dumont, the after Easter trip to Anza Borrego, and we hear more about the week at Gordon's Well for spring break. We also are looking forward to Coral Pink and the summer's activities.

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♦ Next up, Coral Pink! The annual summer trek to Utah is a mere seven weeks away.

♦ Dean Carver recently fell out of his truck while loading a Rhino and broke his hip. We wish him well and hope for a speedy recovery.

♦ Walt Fisher was unable to make the Dumont trip because of recent surgery to have a tumor removed. He is doing well with his recovery and looking forward to getting back out in the dunes again soon.

♦ With the Dumont trip now over, and the temps heating up

for the summer, the regular dune season has come to a end. That doesn’t mean the fun is over though, share your stories about the past season or your summer trips or projects with the club by writing newsletter articles. Send them in to [email protected] and we’ll get them included.

♦ Inland Empire Offroad will make a $1131 donation to the ASA with the remainder of the club funds after the re-quested dues refunds were made. Lets hope this helps keep our dunes open.

Dumont, May 12-15, by Jim Kastle A couple of months ago, I was excited to find that Friday May 13 was a “snow day” for the Bear Valley Unified School District. That meant that as long as we didn’t close schools more than one day by then, I’d get a three day weekend at Dumont. Well, despite the calendar be-ing finalized more than a year ago, someone at the District decided that it would be nice to have Good Friday off, thus denying me my three day weekend. I decided to take a personal day, and get my three days anyway, despite my sincere desire to not miss a single day of work my last year. I’m glad I did. Nancy and I left Big Bear about 3:00 P.M. Thursday and headed for Dumont. We had a quick, good, dinner at Arby’s in Baker. We got to Dumont before dark, and despite the weather forecasters claim the high Thursday was to be 93, it was 98 as we drove by Little Dumont. While setting up the trailer, another rig rolled up and the driver asked if we were with Inland Empire. I said yes, and we met Bryan Glidewell, his wife Michelle, their Dalmatian, Nelson, and their smaller dog, JD, whose exact breed I don’t remember, but he looks like a miniature Husky. Bryan met Brandy at Olds a couple of trips ago, and Brandy invited him to join us at Dumont. All of us are glad

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July 5(or earlier)-7th: Pre-Coral Pink time in

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July 7th-16th: Coral Pink! We will be at

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July 16th: Night at the Casablanca

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they did. Steve Sturm; John, Anna, and Briana Cole; and Steve Tharp soon arrived, followed around 2:00 A.M. by Dave Medlin and Leona. Before going to bed Thursday night, we decided to go for an 8:00 A.M. ride Friday morning. We made it! We went for a pretty good ride, but Bryan and Michelle had to wonder about this new group, as within 10 minutes both John and I each stopped the ride as we got stuck about 5 minutes apart. The ride went pretty well, with no other significant inter-ruptions. We got back to camp by 11:00 and it was already well past the predicted 89 degree high. We all holed up in the air conditioned rigs until late afternoon when we went for a pre-run for P.J. and Melissa who were to arrive later Friday. Dave and Leona joined us on this ride, but the new car had a belt issue, and after Bryan and John worked on it, Dave was able to drive back to camp. The rest of us continued a pretty good, ride, all in an attempt to improve the quality of P.J. and Melissa’s ride. The radios make separating in the dunes acceptable, as we asked Dave to call us when he got back to camp. A few minutes later he did, and we continued riding without worrying about Dave. We returned to camp and some of us, especially Brian, worked on Dave’s car. In an attempt to fix the power steering, John and I managed to blow up his power steering filter, but had the parts needed to bypass it. Dave made a few runs around the flats after dark, and adjusted his really nice looking light bar. It’s been four years since Dave had been in the dunes, and he wanted to be ready. P.J. and Melissa arrived around 10:00 P.M. We sat around where we figured a campfire would be, and enjoyed everybody’s company, and really liked getting to know Bryan and Michelle. Saturday morning, we went for a pretty good ride, but left camp without Bryan and Michelle, as they had not finished eating breakfast when we were ready to go. Not a problem as Bryan followed our tracks and met us as we took a break at the North Pole. We departed the North Pole and were on a pretty good ride when I heard P.J.’s radio call that Dave had a five link issue, followed almost immediately by him saying there had been a wreck. The next few minutes are kind of a blur in my mind,

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but I remember Bryan saying “She’s (referring to Leona) bleeding, Melissa immediately telling the guys she needed shirts to bandage Leona’s head, John saying “I’ve got a first aid kit.” My seeing that the car’s five-link bars were very bent and me noting that Steve Sturm was picking the light bar off the sand, and hearing Bryan saying I’m going to get my truck. Bryan and I made fast, but cautious, run to camp, where he got in his truck and I handed him my spare radio. We headed towards the accident, and heard on the radio that Leona was in Steve Tharp’s car following P.J., towards camp. We had a very small mix-up over which Steve Bryan saw, but we quickly met Brian, Steve with Leona, and Melissa and P.J. and trans-ferred Leona to the truck. Steve Sturm volunteered to drive Leona to Baker, and Bryan who met us just 36 hours ago said “Take my truck.” Dave, Leona, and Steve were on the road very quickly. With the injured being transported, we did what we do best, and set up the re-trieval of the car. John made a radio call about bringing back a bar to straighten the five link bars, and some other tools, and we headed back to the car. Dave, who was on the highway by now, heard the call and was comforted knowing we would handle it. By the time we got there, John had already reset the bead on one of the paddles, and had one of the five link bars off the car, despite having spent a bunch of time looking for the light bar, not realizing Steve had already picked it up. Michelle, who had stayed at the accident with John, also spent time looking for the light bar, and found a ¼ inch by ¾ inch cable clamp that had come off in the wreck, but which we would need to drive the car back. About this time, someone mentioned we don’t have anyone to drive Dave’s car back. I mentioned I thought Bryan could, and Michelle could drive theirs. I didn’t real-ize Michelle had not yet driven their current sandrail. But in the true duner spirit of helping in any way possible, she got in the car and drove it like she’d been doing it for years. All of us worked together to fix the car, and in about an hour had it ready to drive. Bryan drove it to camp without any problems. We got back to camp and retreated to the A/C, as it was still pretty hot, although not nearly as bad as Friday. Dave soon called and reported they were taking Leona to Barstow. I didn’t know until they got back that she was being taken by ambulance. Later, Dave called and reported they had taken a CAT-scan, and some X-rays, and found no

serious injuries, and they were ready to stitch up the head wound, and they would soon be on their way back. We were certainly relieved to hear the news. We went on an afternoon ride, and had a good time. However, on this ride, Bryan lost a radiator hose and overheated his car. As of this writing, we’re not sure if he hurt the engine or not. Shortly after we got back from the ride, Steve, Dave, and

Leona returned to camp. Leona had probably around 20 stitches. The wound was more than a laceration, as the scalp had been torn. She’s a trooper, as Bryan mentioned that while she was in the truck, she asked about how Dave was (Dave had some cuts on his head as well, and got his bell rung pretty hard.) Then she asked about her, to

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which Bryan said I’m not gonna’ lie to you, you’ve got a pretty bad cut. She then asked, “IS THE CAR FIX-ABLE?” This, remember, was even BEFORE she got back to camp before going to the hospital! She was in a lot of pain, and was concerned about the sandrail that had caused all the pain. This because she said as long as she’s known Dave, he’s been working on that car. I am very proud of the way everyone joined in to help during what was the worst accident we’ve had in the twenty plus years I’ve been riding with the club. (Old timers will remember the accident with the Beavers’ throttle stick-ing and them ending up in the brush, and then the hospital, but that was before my time.) We really pulled together, each in the way we feel most comfortable. Melissa took charge of the first aid effort, while those of us who don’t handle blood well drove back to camp with Dave or Leona, or to get parts. Steve Sturm gave up his entire day to drive all the way to Barstow and back, and then left Saturday night as he had earlier planned. All of us worked together to retrieve the car. It was interesting to hear Bryan say what we have said for years, “That’s what we do.” Special mention has to again be made of Bryan and Mi-chelle. They are a great fit with IEOR. They are active in Orange County ATV, which is also undergoing reorganiz-ing. Their tales of changes in OCATV are amazingly simi-lar the story of IEOR. Bryan offering his truck to help be-cause it was unhooked and ready to go is over the top. He has raced circle track cars, has a great deal of mechanical skill, and was willing to use those skills to help every time the need arose. Michelle is also great, as demonstrated by her staying at the accident scene looking for parts in the sand and then driving the car the first time because we needed help. I sure hope to see more of them in the future. They are thinking about joining us at Coral Pink. Dave’s new car, Walt’s old one, came through the accident extremely well. Apparently Dave got slightly off-line and inadvertently jumped one of Dumont’s famous razors. The car apparently lawn-darted and ended up flipping end-over-end two times. The seat belts did not hold up as well as they should have. Bryan reports he saw both Dave and Leona with their shoulders above the roll cage of the car. Somehow, the wide angle mirror got turned 180 degrees around the top “windshield” bar, ending up with the mirror facing forward. Several of the five link bars were bent, but in doing so they absorbed a lot of energy, very possibly minimizing Dave and Leona’s injuries. All four corners of the car suffered damage, from flat tires, to a broken A arm to the bent five link bars, and the new

light bar was ripped from it mounts. But the frame itself, which is a hybrid factory-high school car (we replaced the front half of the frame after a collision at Coral Pink a few years ago.) came through unscathed except for some minor paint damage. Dave mentioned that this was the only sandrail Walt had that he never rolled. There’s some irony there. Sunday morning John and Brianna, P.J. and Melissa, Steve Tharp, and I went for a fast ride on virgin sand, as we had a lot of wind Sat-urday evening and night. We covered most of Dumont, and all agreed it was a fitting last ride of a great dune season. We cara-vanned to the Mad Greek where we said goodbye to Steve then had a great lunch. Just eight weeks to Coral Pink! -Jim

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Sunday morning was beautiful, and look at that sand just calling us to come ride.

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After Easter Anza Attack! After spending a few days in South Dakota snow I was ready for a little desert time. Monday afternoon I arrived at my luxury accommodations on the Salton City Golf Course to high winds and blowing sand. It was a restless night as the

trailer wouldn’t stop rocking all night long. By morning the wind had died down though and it looked like it was going to be a nice day. Soon the Schellingers and the Fords arrived, and by early after-noon Ashley arrived to spend a couple days with me. We went for a short ride up through Techtonic Gorge on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday morning I had to go in to El Centro to see a customer so Doug led a ride down to the Salton Sea where he began negotiations on a boat to use for the Havasu trip in August. I arrived back at camp just after lunch time and as we were sitting around talking we noticed a truck and trailer coming down the hill OFFROAD! Walt had missed the turn, and the trail, and seeing us just bee-lined it through the bushes to get to camp! He made it OK though, and got his camp set up, and we went for an afternoon ride to the new 4X4 Training Area where we played and explored. The BLM did a very

nice job on this area with different difficulty levels, and a lot of canopies with tables and benches to watch the carnage.

Thursday we decided to make the long journey to the Honda Memorial monument north of the Truckhaven area. I de-cided to take a different route than the power line roads so we crawled through the washes and up over the plateaus until we were stopped dead at Grave Wash. The whole area north of Grave Wash was marked off with signs barring vehicle access. We tried going down to the power line roads and actually got in to the wash that goes to the Honda, but we ended up being blocked off in that one too. We were not able to get to the Honda location, and not real sure if it’s even still there, so we headed back to camp. On Friday we decided to go down to the Gas Domes, where Shirley tried to give her hand a mud pack treatment. We tried to convince her to put the mud on her face, but she declined. Too bad! Leaving the Gas Domes we followed a trail back in to a very tight canyon that took us through the mud hills and brought us back out by the Artesian Well. From there we headed west with no particular destination in mind when we saw a military plane, an Osprey, flying around. Thinking it might be using the dry lake bed to practice landings we headed that way. We got to the lake bed in time to see them come in and land a few times. Very cool, and it would be a great way to get my stuff to the desert! On the way back to camp we stopped at Shell Reef, and then hit the newly graded Crossover Trail to get back to camp. Saturday morning Mona arrived and we headed out to the Pumpkin Patch, via Bin Laden’s Cave. With ol Osama having gone off to meet his maker his vacation home was now available for a new tenant. The Fords took a liking to the place so

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it looks like there will be a new Ford vacation home this year. They really liked the twin sandstone chairs on the ve-randa! After Don & Shirley signed the rental agreement we headed off to the Pumpkin Patch where we found George

and some of his friends. We perused the pumpkins for a bit then, with George and his friends in tow, headed back over to the Gas Domes for another run in the tight canyon. On the way out of the canyon we stopped to do a little rock hunting, then made the long trip back to camp. We went up to the Travertine Grill that night for the Ribs Special, then came back and packed up as we all had to go home in the morning.

All in all a great trip with great people in a great place. You should have been there! Mike Bacon

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We met up with Mike and Mona and Ashley, Kris and Doug and Walt for Easter, week of good rides at Anza Borrego. Mike introduced us to new trails. I like the Gas Dome Canyon trail, going thru that very tight can-yon was awesome, the personal exhibition of the Osprey landing and taking off numerous times. The bubble mud pots, Artisan Well, "yes I had to try the water. It tasted like sulfur water. Some of Walts friends came over to ride with us. All together we put in a least 100 miles or more. Loved every minute of it. Could-n't have a camp fire though, to windy. I think I can tell you Walt like it very much also. The BLM or who-ever put up the training trails. It's hard to explain it. It was fenced off to ATV, dirt bikes. It is mainly for Jeeps to learn how to go thru terrine with rocks, climbing up sharp hills, etc. Walt and I tried a few of them. Going over logs, going thru the mini twister. These Razors can do almost everything. Ok, I have to admit so can the Rangers. I would have sent pictures, but I forgot my camera. I hope Mike or Walt, Kris send some in to the Newsletter.

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by Jim Kastle I noticed the only article on the Spring Break trip in the May newsletter was Allie’s, and know she didn’t go on any rides, so I thought I’d add my report of the trip for the next newslet-ter. That means we’ll have articles from both the youngest and oldest Kastle’s points of view. On Thursday, March 3, Nancy and I left the river and headed to Glamis Dunes Storage to pick up the toy box. We arrived at Gordon’s Well around noon and found Jerry and Linda Trantham in the usual place. We picked a good spot, unloaded the buggy, leveled the trailer and hooked up the gen-erators for the A/C as it was well into the 90’s. I headed back to the storage yard to get the yellow trailer. I was thinking how well the big yellow box towed, when I hit a small pot-hole, and four of the five tires on the right side of the rig went through it with no problems, the fifth went POP! I pulled well off Ogilby road and proceeded to change the tire. It was HOT, but with all the tools in the trailer and the big generator in the back of the truck, it wasn’t that big of a deal. The biggest issue was jacking up the heavy trailer, but my truck jack handled that, although inconveniently. I did have to dig through several tires to find the right spare, but at least we had a spare. The rest of the trip to the Gordon’s Well went fine. Walt was there by the time I got back, and Steve and Sharon Porter arrived soon, after a delay for a flat on the motorhome. Scott and Sandi arrived Thursday night, after fighting a road closure on I-10 near Indio for 3 or four hours. Steve and Janice Tharp also arrived. Friday morning Nancy and I went to Yuma for a trailer tire, some McDonald’s breakfast, and some miscellaneous shopping. I found a great pawnshop deal on another DeWalt impact and ½ inch drill, so I had to get it. America’s tire center handled the replacement tire easily, and we were soon back in camp. It was again hot, so we ran the air for a second day. We ended up running the air each of the first four days. Don and Shirley; P.J., Melissa, and Allison; and John, Anna, and Brianna all arrived Friday. Kevin Fegan arrived Sunday afternoon. Scott and Sandi, and Steve and Janice returned to work Sunday, but left their rigs at Gordon’s to return later. Rick and Melanie Alonso, Chuck Grossman and Doug Becker, Dave and Cindy Huggard, and Rob, Barry’s friend from high school, all arrived during the week. Saturday evening, the Kastles, all five of us, and Walt made the trip to Mama Jeannie’s to say goodbye for the season. It wasn’t very busy, so she had time to sit with us. She shared some fantastic spiced pear cake. The personal service and the chance for Melissa to thank her for the flour sack cow towels made the trip well worth the effort.

Sunday morning several of us made it to the Duner’s Diner for breakfast. The food was, as usual, very good, and the managers seemed to be quite accommo-dating, probably due to the fact they were closing for the season in just a couple of hours.

During the week we usually made two rides a day, with the morning one being on the north side of I-8, and the afternoon one being on the south side. We were blessed with great sand conditions all week. One morning, probably Tuesday, the conditions were perfect, and we all went for a pretty fast ride in the dunes between Test Hill and Patton Val-ley. The sand was near perfect due to some wind during the night. I was running in fourth gear when I crossed a ridge and found a two foot deep

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hole right in the middle of my path. I hit it hard, and just like used to happen on my Sand Sprite 6, broke a spindle, the first one on my now four and a half year old car. The tire and wheel departed the vehicle and proceeded to dune off without me, with P.J. and Matt in hot pursuit. P.J. got the whole thing on video. Everyone on the ride pitched in and helped, or ran for my spare spindle, and in half an hour we were back at it. As is usual for our Gordon’s well trips, we ate most dinners in Yuma. Texas Road House remains my favorite; followed closely by Olive Garden; In-N-Out; Cracker Barrel; as well as Sam’s club for hot dogs, pizza, and pretzels, Der Weinerschnitzel (try finding

that one in your spell-check.), Subway, and Wendy’s. We also bought LOTS of gas. I just received my credit card statement for the month and found I spent over $750.00 on gas and diesel during the trip! (Some of this will be used in the car or boat over the next few months.) Yuma’s Chamber of Commerce should put us on their preferred list. As we headed to dinner Thursday night, we met Brandy and Scott on the overpass. They dropped off Brandy’s rig in camp and joined us for dinner at Olive Garden. After Scott returned, we had another good morning ride, and Scott was really getting with the program. Before this trip, he reinforced this front end using huge rod ends, and he

was gaining confidence with every ride. On this ride he was wheelying and having a great time. Unfortunately, one of the few “store-bought” parts on his car, an Extreme U-joint axle, failed. We were all concerned about how we’d get his car back to camp. Chuck volunteered to tow him back. Scott was in some soft sand, but Chuck pulled him out, seemingly effortlessly. I took the lead and Chuck got on the radio and told me I could pick up the pace. We ran back to camp in fourth gear, with Chuck towing Scott. Well, we found out that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. (I think I’ve told a bunch of eighth graders that over the years.) Back at camp we found that rocks had broken Scott’s windshield and three of his HID lights. At least he was back. In true Scott style he called Dave Medlin and arranged to borrow the needed parts, and ordered replacement parts for his headlights. Melissa went by Dave’s house and picked up the needed parts, and she and P.J. brought them back out with them. We discovered that we could ride in the old canal, and that it was relatively smooth. All of us reported speeds in the 80 mile an hour range, with Speedy Tharp reporting nearly 100 MPH. Speaking of speed, one afternoon, Brandy, Scott, John, and Chuck made a trip to the Gordon’s well drag strip, and Brandy sped to over 98 MPH and turned around in less than a quarter mile. Brandy’s car is fun to watch as it wheelies seemingly effortlessly, despite being mid-engined.

I mentioned earlier that we had to run the A/C the first four days. Around Tuesday, the heat wave ended, and the weather became much nicer. By the weekend, I had to run the fur-nace in the trailer to remain warm. I don’t recall any other dune trip with that kind of temperature swing. Saturday morning of the second weekend we delayed the adult Easter egg hunt until after the morning ride, as we realized our duning season was quickly coming to an end. After the ride we parked all the cars and side by sides in

camp, rounded up the adult egg hunters. John, and others who I didn’t see because I was with the other egg hunters, hid a bunch of eggs. When given the word, we all attacked the cars, finding eggs with lots of prizes, all donated by various club members. Cash, candy, carb and brake cleaners, tools, flashlights, and a lot of other things were all claimed by the happy egg hunters. This is as good a time as any for me to mention that no one could tell by looking at camp, the rides, or the Easter egg hunt that this was any different than last year’s spring break trip. The reformatted club functioned fine, and everybody just got along. Any dis-agreements over the newsletter article or the reformatting of the club were ignored, and we all just duned together, ate together, helped one another, and had fun together, which, after all is why we exist. My thanks to all who made this a great dune trip.

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This month we’d like to thank Mike Bacon, The Fords, and Jim Kastle for contributing articles, and again encourage everybody else to send something in. We’d also like to wish Dean, Walt, and Leona all well in their recoveries. Next month we’ll share more about the extra first aid supplies we plan to carry in the sandrail. We’re really looking forward to Coral Pink now, and it’s just not that far away. Then there’s more river fun this summer, and getting ready for next season. -PJ, Melissa and of course Allison

Hello my adoring fans, it's me, Allison. It is almost the end of the newsletter and I haven't gotten to talk about my trip

yet. I thought it was too hot to go to the dunes, but Mommy and Daddy took me to a new place I've never been before called Dunemont, which I think is because the dunes are like moun-tains. I like how you can see the big dunes right from our trailer. I actually learned a new word while I was there...windy. For those of you who don't know this one yet, that's what hap-pens when there is too much sand moving in the air to go play outside. It's really sad. It is a good thing it wasn't too windy the whole time, because I just had to go for a wagon ride, and to play outside with my buckets, and even to ride with Daddy in his truck buggy. People don't realize that everything that goes is a truck, there just are different kinds. Dump trucks, tow trucks, buggy trucks, and even silly car trucks, but they are all trucks to me. I got to see lots of new puppies this weekend. There were puppies I've never seen before, and one was even a dalmation. I've never gotten to meet a movie star before... I also got to have two Grandmas, two Grandpas, and an Aunt B out there to play with. I barely had time to say hi to Mommy and Daddy. It was a really short trip, so I had to get all of my fun in quickly. Dave and Leona went for some sort of crazy buggy ride and must have fallen down, since they got owwies and had to go to the doctor. I don't like going to the doctor, but especially not when I could be at the dunes instead. Mommy and Daddy say I am gonna have to wear a special hat when I go for the big buggy rides. I'll look just like Mommy and Daddy then, so I guess that's ok. Once it was time to go home we all stopped for shakes with whipped cream, at least that's all I was interested in. I mean, seriously, why consider a cheeseburger when you can be eating ice cream with whipped cream. Mmmmm cream is good. Anyway, until next time, keep your wagon right side up, your tires all filled up, and your tummy full of ice cream. -Allie

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