Just a brief report I'm passing on from Hans Franke who is wending his way
Westward on his cross-country motorcycle journey to VCF 5.0.
He reports he's been having a great time so far after he'd picked up the
bike at the Baltimore seaport around a week or so ago. He came up through
the York, PA area up to the North-Central PA area, thence Westward towards
Jamestown. Stayed in our front yard in his rather interesting camper
arrangement over Friday and Saturday night. He's got a small AutoCamp
folding tent bolted to the top of the cargo box. The neighborhood up and
down our dead end street was certainly curious about such an odd looking
rig not to say the other motorcycle riders who had seen him riding through
town. They seemed to drive off the side of the road while studying Hans' rig.
Bev and I took him to his first live rodeo on Saturday night which is a
fairly major Eastern rodeo on the PRCA professional circuit
(
http://gerryrodeo.org/). Always a good time there for all -especially the
barbecue beef dinners the rodeo organizers put on. Personally, I like the
pretty cowgirls in their Wrangler jeans ;-) Hans really had fun that day.
We got him a Sprint PCS cellphone on my own SS and drivers license numbers
(silly outfit couldn't take his German passport number for ID after he
arrived in NYC). Seemingly the best coverage across the USA plus a rather
reasonable deal for what he's going to use it. So now he's got
communication when that Russian-made three-wheel cycle breaks down out at
the head of nowhere ;-) We got the rear door hinge welded properly by one
of my friends after it broke during the sea trip over. Hans figures the
welder in the Ural factory had too much vodka that day.
He should be down towards Columbus, OH at this time if he was able to get
in contact with Ethan.
Watch out Sellam and gang! The mad Bavarian is on his way West if that
underpowered Ural engine can pull itself over the Rockys and if all the
bolts don't rattle out of it!
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt_at_netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL:
http://www.antiquewireless.org/
Received on Mon Aug 13 2001 - 20:15:14 BST