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| When you see this sign you're almost there! |
The first buses to arrive at BOTC were Rob Laffoon and Terry Wolfe from Nebraska |
Rob and Terry attended BOTC as part of their Great White North Tour 2004 Tour. |
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| Bob, Fiona and James Weber were the first Canadians to arrive. |
"The American Pavilion" at BOTC |
Mike and Heather Schmitz were the second Canadians to arrive. |
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| Ted Finesman showed up in Goldie. |
Frank Biffath was awake before I was on Friday morning. |
Frank Biffath's HapyBus |
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| Chuck Robinson's EV from Kentucky |
HapyBus loves tie-dye. |
The Auch's cool tent trailer |
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| The Hawaiian Hi-Top! |
Vanagon Alley |
The other Potts' bus. |
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| Gerry Edge and the Silver Arrow |
The buskatiers brought a cool fire pit |
kokopelli detail on the fire pit |
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| Greeting the new arrivals |
Tilley Haldane |
Jamie Rivers and the remains of his drivers side rear tire. |
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Ted Finesman and I try out "The Canadian Cocktail" |
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| Adam starts screening shirts |
SDC in action |
one shirt coming up |
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| The First BOTC2004 T-shirt completed |
The main pavilion |
Moonlit westy |
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| Sportsmobile! |
Moonlight over a sportsmobile |
Adam and his craft |
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| Stik Girl and her Thing |
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Burritos in progress |
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| The Burrito line |
Tilly Haldane goes swinging |
Jamie scrambles up some eggs for breakfast |
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| Fiona works on the sausages |
Lots of people helping with breakfast |
More eggs getting scrambled |
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| Multi-national coffee |
The serving table |
Breakfast time |
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The Watermelon |
Ron & Becky Maxon's awesome paisely splitwindow camper |
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| Adam irons a HUGE stack of shirts |
The Tie-Dye workshop begins |
Wrapped up and ready to dip |
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| Nice clothesline |
Tie-Dye Everywhere! |
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| sweet! |
Fried eggs? |
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| Time for a swap meet. |
Skinny sets out his wares |
Tim brought a ton of stuff |
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| Hans and his toys for sale |
Hemp jewellry |
Type2 Parts!!! |
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| Tom and Larry check over a subaru engine |
Jugs. Lots of jugs. |
The GermanSupply.com Passat. |
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| GermanSupply.com had lots of new parts on hand |
Scott Lyons, Purchasing Manager at GermanSupply.com |
Petra was selling magnets for buses & beetles |
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| It's rare to see a bradley completed. |
Yellow. I like yellow. |
mmmmmmm. |
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| The Thing returns |
It's full of corn!!! |
Adam explains the driving contest rules |
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| Manana on the course |
Chris copilots for Michelle |
I measure the distance from the "dime" |
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| I radio in the results |
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John Steinkamp used his own 73 bus. |
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Not very close. |
Better. |
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| Dopey is very close. |
Brent takes his son David as co-pilot. |
The starting line |
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| A lot of people laid a strip while leaving. |
Martin and Aaron |
The Parallel parking challenge |
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| Driving challenge was popular with spectators. |
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| Terry used his own bus on the course. |
It didn't leave a stripe when he launched it. |
Terry reversing through the slalom. |
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| Terry parking the splitty |
Grandma Potts at the wheel |
I was a passenger on this run. |
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| Cory's "Grinch" has a very trick CIS conversion |
Custom plumbing on the air intake |
More PVC pipe work |
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| Rabbit Airflow meter. |
Custom K&N filter |
Cory grills the corn |
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| Dinner time! |
sweet corn! |
Yummy! |
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| Frisbee Golf |
A sweet 23 window |
Time for awards and Door Prizes |
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| Adam presents the driving award |
And the winner is.... |
Chris pimps EveryBus |
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| Becky Maxon extolls the virtue of Westies in the Woods |
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Frank Condelli wins a bear |
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| Campfire |
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Chris gets his groove on |
Jim Ellis on Harmonica |
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| Gord Haldane on Fender |
Socks on the line. |
Matthew's pet dragon |
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| Jamie's new trailer art |
Corn Husk Action Figures |