Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nope. The 4x4's were doing just fine. There was another truck stuck right by us, same model truck. He saw us and decided to give us company. Ha. According to the Arizona Highway Dept, Quartzsite goes from 3000 to 750,000 population for the two weeks at the end of January for the big what-ever-you-want-to-call-it. Aram -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Barry Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:06 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] A similar bad day Never heard of Quartzsite before and had to google it. For what looks to be just a speck on a map made of sandpaper, it seems to be a busy place! On the truck, I always thought those ones were 4x4. Obviously not! Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org>; "Leica Reflex" <leicareflex at freelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 6:08 PM Subject: [Leica] A similar bad day > Went to Quartzsite for a few days with my brother-in-law, and he, too, had > a bad day with his truck. Went down to the overflow parking that said > "Enter at your own risk", and he did. > > Here was the result: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/q/untitled-7795.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/w3/q/untitled-7796.jpg.html > > He is not from snow country like I am, so he just gave it gas (diesel) and > dug half way to China, as we incorrectly say on this side of the globe. > > Fortunately a good Samaritan came along with a jeep and pulled us out. Not > the way you want to start your day. > > Aram > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >