[urq] West Coast UPG

[AudiQtroCp at aol.com]

Ahhh, now that the dust has settled I to am having some time to sit down and 
tell my tales of this great weekend.

I have to say I may have had the least dramatic drive to and from.  Im not 
complaining though, I flew this trip solo from Vegas.  The 4:11's combined with 
the near triple digit temps across the high desert kept my speeds to 75 - 78 
ish giving me plenty of time to take in the beautiful Utah scenery, however, I 
have never been passed by so many cars in a single road tip ever.  lol  The 
drive home was pretty nice, I had a completely dry drive with a few high clouds 
against the blue sky giving me a break from the sun every now and then.  I 
made better time on the way home but gas mileage suffered due to the 35-40 mph 
head wind.  I got back into Vegas as the sun was getting low in the sky so I 
never had the high temps that I was dreading.  In hindsight I hated to bail out 
early on Sunday, but it did work to my advantage as far as comfort goes.

My car did extremely well despite the maiden voyage on the clutch and tranny 
swap only days prior, it reinforced my decision to buy this car a few months 
ago as this was the kind of weekend I really needed.  Paul mentioned that I 
earned the bravest soul award for coming that far by myself, but I didnt mention 
that I deserved it more for the fact that I did not pack one single tool or 
one spare part :O}  (however I did join AAA thursday evening)

It was great to finally meet Andrew and Tony after literally years of 
communication via audifans.  As far as the CO Boys go, it was great to see you all 
again, I miss having all you guys in "my backyard", who knows maybe I'll be back 
sooner than later.

Paul did a stand-up job putting this gathering together, Kudos to his support 
staff - Pauline and Denali.

Everyone else has done well with their details of the weekend, but I must 
reinforce this being a most excellent venue for future UrQ gatherings.  Something 
is very special about thundering thru the mountains in one of these awesome 
machines.  I would put in my early vote for Park City to be a future site for 
another gathering.

Sean