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Reply #25 - Jun 22nd, 2009 at 10:28pm
 
carl im so sorry i waited so long to open this thread.  you were probably crossed ohio way north of me. well be safe in your travels. i love to hear about fellow clusterheads enjoying a good road trip.

thought id post a couple of songs for ya
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Reply #26 - Jun 23rd, 2009 at 7:25am
 
Sounds like one amazing trip, Carl! Smiley
Enjoy the rest of it as well!

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Reply #27 - Jun 24th, 2009 at 8:05am
 
Ah.... We actually passed through Columbus Ohio on our way to Pittsburg. Wish I could've met up with ya again. And thanks Sanna, we only have 3 more stops before it's all over (This went by WAAAAY too fast  Cry )

I can't fret though... I've had a blast! Yesterday I got to meet Iddy and his sis, and all I can say is he is one helluva nice guy. Very hospitable. My only regret was we couldn't stay longer - thanks to highway 400 being backed up and setting us back over an hour. Yes, I did get a bit verklempt when I left, but am glad we got to meet.

We leave Canada this morning, headed to Ann Arbor for a flash-through, then onto Chicago the next day, then Normal, IL for a Drum & Bugle show, then... home sweet home.

A bit homesick only for one reason: I miss my Zombie. *snif*
I can't wait to see my baby. I was told he has been 'depressed' (i.e. - just laying around, mostly hanging out in his cage, lack of appetite, etc.)  I guess he really is a one-owner dog, but I am lucky to be that owner.

Anyway, off to finish packing & make like a baby and head out.  Wink

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Carl D

PS - Thanks for the tunes Johnny
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Reply #28 - Jun 24th, 2009 at 9:59am
 
It was great to meet Carl.....My sister Michele,myself, Jeff and Carl hung out on the back porch  for a while.

Like Carl said it was too brief a visit but non the less it was wonderful.

Like you all say....given the opportunity meet a fellow ClusterHead!

It certainly warmed my heart and I look forward to meeting more of you.

One happy Iddy Smiley Smiley
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Reply #29 - Jun 25th, 2009 at 8:31pm
 
I'm just honored to be the first Chead you met.  Now you have to meet up with Grandma Sweet Boy. I wish we could've all met up together... I wish even more we could get you down to the U.S. to make it to the St Louis, MO convention next month.

Also, remember to check into the 25 lpm regulator. Like I said, makes a world of difference in how quick it aborts.


We're in Chicago tonight, and tomorrow night is the Drum & Bugle show in Normal, IL - then home. I'm homesick, but sad these two weeks went by so damn fast. I have lots of great memories to take home with me, and meeting you, Michele and Calvin was definitely a highlight.

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Reply #30 - Jun 26th, 2009 at 4:01am
 
Was watching for this part.  Finally got a day off and thought of zipping down the road there for a short catch-up with you, but too late with the mustard for the ketchup. 

Carl D wrote on Jun 24th, 2009 at 8:05am:
headed to Ann Arbor for a flash-through, then onto Chicago


Carl D wrote on Jun 25th, 2009 at 8:31pm:
We're in Chicago tonight


Nice trip, Carl.     Hey!   Smiley
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Reply #31 - Jun 26th, 2009 at 5:35am
 
Carl,

I'm so glad that you got the chance to meet another clusterhead. That's the best! Smiley

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Reply #32 - Jun 26th, 2009 at 6:13pm
 
Last night of the trip. Getting ready to go to dinner, then on to a drum & bugle marching band performance. Tomorrow, we go home.

Sad that this trip has flown by so quick, but can't wait to see my lil buddy Zombie. I know he misses his daddy, and will probably rip me to shreds in glee when I walk in the door to pick him up.

I'm also anxious to get back to my music. MUCH inspiration has come from the past two weeks, and am REALLY anxious to hit that'record' button.

Gotta run,
Carl

PS- Wish I could've met up with ya Kevin.
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Reply #33 - Jun 28th, 2009 at 4:58am
 
The trip has come to an end, and I am back home in the hood. I knew when we were about to hit Granite City when the air quality started getting really bad. After having lots of fresh air, and only having to use 4 1/2 H tanks and 9 Frova tabs in 16 days. Now I am curious to see if I start getting hit like mad. I've known I need out of this town for a long time, and after being in some very clean air a long period - and some very smoggy air for 2 seperate nights, this should prove or disprove my theory as to the hydrocarbon factory adding to the factor of the number of CH's I am getting. (Now THAT was a long sentence.)

What an adventurous Journey I had, and while I had many moments that took my breath away just to see some beautiful sites and all of the new experiences being in a forgein land where their money looks funkier than ours, there were downsides too.

Brew wrote on Jun 26th, 2009 at 6:15pm:
Carl - I'll bet two weeks in a car did you a world of good. Not. Wink


It was indeed a bumpy road trip. Luckily Jeff had it mapped out so we didn't drive more than 6 hours to any single destination and there were times we had to pull over to rest stops so I could get out and just walk off cramping in my back and leg, but we kept on course on time. One thing that helped was the heated seat with lumbar support.
It was well worth it though. I had a REAL vacation, a getaway, and brought back memories and images I will cherish all my life.

The only travels I've had before this were all work, work, work back when I was with an independent music dist. company in '94 & '95. One of those festival road trips running music booths nearly cost me my life and did end someone elses, which left me with PTSD.
June '95 on the Ohio turnpike 88 mile post, the car my boss was driving overheated, so he pulled up under the overpass in the shade, well off the road. We had our belongings, fixtures & registers, and loaded it with CD's & Cassettes, and our change for the event; meanwhile I was following him in the green Chevy van FILLED front to back with CD's & Tapes for another event that was being dropped off at the event we were vending to take to another event at the same time.

I pulled over and he took the van to get antifreeze & water, and I stayed behind to watch the camper trailer. I tried to get in to grab some industry updates we just got since I knew I'd be there awhile, but couldn't get the door open (I could always pop the lock, but for some odd reason couldn't that day.)
I laid down on the retainer wall next to the camper and laid my smokes and soda right behind my head so I could reach them without getting up. I was there maybe two minutes when a guy who had just got on the turnpike started drifting off the shoulder numerous times while reading something, according to the person behind him. He drifted off and hit our camper and the minivan he was driving catapluted twice off of the camper with the bumper wrapped in the right front tire, landed upside down sliding 100 yards I think it was.
When it happened, I heard a crashing sound that lasted almost 45 seconds and upon the initial hit - I saw the front overhang of the camper coming down right on me. Next second may have only seemed 45 seconds long, don't know. Next thing I know I am on the other side of the underpass wall away from the camper, dazed.
I got up and a trucker pulled over and screamed as I got up, "Is there anyone in the camper?" and I couldn't speak. I started walking to the
minivan which was upside down where a crowd was already starting to form and I thought "I better go back and keep an eye on our stuff or what's left of it."  There were already people gathering around there, and when I returned the police and ambulances started arriving. I was shaken pretty bad and went to grab my cigarettes - and the overhang of the camper had crushed them and the soda bottle, landed RIGHT where my head was. At that moment my knees started knocking and I went into shock and dropped. They put a neckbrace on me, laid me on a flat board and I woke up in the hospital with a cracked rib and large bruise on my side
where 'something' hit me and knocked me off the wall. When I asked the female officer in the room what happened to the people in the van she said, "He didn't make it."
Not knowing this guy from Adam, I just started bawling. He was killed instantly, as the vans roof had a V in it that crunched down 6 inches below the seat, crushing him.
Here's the eerie part: months later we got the police photos of the accident, and the way it happened, the right front tire assembly wrapped up in the bumper of the camper and twisted it away from me, ripping it open like a sardine can strewing cd's and tapes all over the highway. The front overhang came down on the wall, while the camper itself pulled, AWAY from the wall making it impossible for anything to have knocked me off the wall!!!! However I had bruised ribs and one cracked when instead my head SHOULD have been smashed instantly by that overhang that came down fast. My reflexes couldn't be that fast for me to have flipped over the wall myself, so something else had to have caused it.

Some believe in guardian angels. I believe that could actually be loved ones who have passed on, but are still here as energies and watch over us. Who knows. All I know is if either exists, it was with me that day and knocked me of the wall. There is no other way to explain it. It is beyond my reasoning.

That left me with what I refer to as 'travel-phobia' since it was the first day of a seven week road trip (summer festivals were big $$$ aside from the mail-order division of our company) which was nerve-wracking the entire way. I gave up being a 'road dog' after that and over the years developed a fear of bridges and winding sharp ramps. I had recurring nightmares that are variations of the accident, one in which my head actually gets crushed and I usually wake up freaking at that point. Early last year I found out I have PTSD from that incident.

This trip, I am glad to say, was not only a joy, but helped me overcome some of those fears and phobias that had built up. Otherwise, I would have puked my guts out had I went over that bridge coming out of Canada into the U.S. that seemed to go on forever, as it winded and twisted a bit. I just looked down at the water, the lighthouses and boats and the waves and for the first time I was at peace on a bridge, after going over so many before it. That alone makes me feel good.

This twas a long yet short 16 day jaunt. The next big event is next month with headbanger week: Going to the Metal Mayhem Fest with Slayer, Bullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Marilyn Manson and a bunch of other bands are playing an all day fest on July 23rd, then the CHeadbangers LouCon begins the next day! Woooo Hooooo!!!! Registration going in the mail on Monday.   Wink

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Carl
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Reply #34 - Jun 28th, 2009 at 8:28am
 
Carl, you sure have led an interesting life. I'm glad you had fun, and were able to chase away a demon or two in the process.

How was the drum and bugle corps competition?
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Reply #35 - Jun 28th, 2009 at 10:32pm
 
Brew wrote on Jun 28th, 2009 at 8:28am:
Carl, you sure have led an interesting life. I'm glad you had fun, and were able to chase away a demon or two in the process.

How was the drum and bugle corps competition?


In one word - Spectacular! 8 competitors, and I called the winning group, Carolina Crowns. However, I expected another team, Boston Crusaders to take 2nd, as they had some pretty wild formations (which, sitting high up in the stands we could see everyone) and the footwork and performance was outstanding, but they came in 5th.

I never have been to a show like that before, so it was quite different for me... but I love all styles of music. So, after a drum and bugle corps midwest event, what better to follow it up with than an all day affair right before the convention.
Metal Mayhem Fest at Verizon Amphitheatre (formerly Riverport, which Axl destroyed right after it was built with the pouty riot)... bands include Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Job For A Cowboy, Slayer and of course, Miss Mary Manson is headlining.
The next day I should be with a different set of headbangers.

I'm so glad that St Louis FINALLY is having a CH convention!!!! First the DavCon meet & greet was brought down here this past January. I've been begging for it to happen for years and, as I have said in the past, it was good enough for Pope John Paul II's last visit.  Wink

Less than 4 weeks. C'mon LouCon '09!!!!


Peace,
Carl

PS - After seeing all of the places I have the past two weeks and all the fresh air in Collingswood, Canada, coming back to the smog dump here in Granite reminded me of one thing once I got back into this air.
I need OUT of this town! The hydrocarbon factory 6 blocks away, I'm convinced, keeps me chronic.   Undecided
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