Muahahahahahaahahahaahah!! I’m back in my state!! (er, Commonwealth!!!)
Pennsylvania welcomes me. Well, thanks! 
McConnellsburg!! (My last name is McConnell)
Monthly Archive for September, 2008
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Left Daun’s devastated area this morning. It really looked like a Hurricane hit. The highest recorded windspeed was actually at Clinton County Airport – the airport next to which we have the “Cincy” Scirocco get-together each year. The speed was 77mph!!
Anyway, I drove to West Virginia, and saw the capitol. The sign there says the capitol used to be in Wheeling, WV. That would have been SO much easier, dangit!!! It’s right on I-70, and I’ve driven through it a million times!
Drove to Dayton, OH. So far, so good.
The streets in Daun’s neighborhood were trashed. There’s trees down, power lines down, and general destruction. There’s also a LOT of sawdust in various places, this is half cleaned up.
This is Daun’s partner Brad’s Grumman airplane. The nose gear was being repaired, so the plane was being supported by an engine hoist, which twisted about. The roof ripped off the hangar
So, I’m here at Daun’s again. So far so good, but there’s no power here, and I doubt there will be for a long time.
Crazy windstorm in Ohio!! It’s a hurricane!! 60-70mph winds!! STUFF HIT ME! Cones, trashcans, signs, cornhusks.
But I got the Capitol!!
Welcome to Ohio
Welcome to Ohio AGAIN!!! This is the FOURTH time I’ve been to Ohio this year. That does not include a fifth time that I flew over it. 
Bra on Tony's Scirocco
Paul@VWVotex gave me a bra in Arizona, but I couldn’t use it because I don’t have the correct bumper. But Tony does!!! It’s rather nice, I think!!
Tony's Garage
Tony invited all the area VW people out to his garage…. and ALL of them came!!! It was rainy, but we made the best of it. It was great to meet all of you! I was too tired to last past 10:30pm, but the fun lasted to 1:30 in the morning.
I drove echassin’s Honda Spree around the block one more time, it was fun!
It’s raining. A lot. The highway was flooded. Westbound was closed, our side had to go around the flood. BAD!!
Anyway, I’m at the Capitol now, took my picture, and I’m on my way to Tony (Neptuno on VWVortex)’s place
We visited Chris (Fein1 on VWVortex) – he has a Panama Brown 77 rabbit with a 16v. It’s a very cool car. The wheels are ATS Classics, the tires are Sumitomo HTR200s, the same tires that I use (in a very different size though)
We drove downtown to get some pictures of the skyline of Chicago. But the buildings were hiding in the clouds! But this spot would make for a GREAT car picture on a sunny day!
The least expensive fuel of the entire trip was near Blaine, MN – it was 3.42 per gallon for regular. Konomi bought me that tank of fuel! Thanks!
The most expensive fuel of the entire trip had been the 4.12 I paid at the station near my house in Philadelphia, but it was beaten this last tank. This time it was 4.14 near Chicago – thanks to echassin for this tank!
Here’s an insane Scirocco racecar. Craig’s Scirocco is a 2.0L 16v bottom with an 8v top and a large cam. Muahaahaha!
We started putting back together Eric’s spare transmission for fun. Eric happens to have a BOSCH oven!
Then we worked on Eric’s new FREE Honda Spree! It’s from 1986, has 1500 miles, and needed the carb to be cleaned up a bit. By nightfall, we were buzzing about the neighborhood!
Eric has 3 VWs with the ATS Cup wheels on them. From the $400 Cabriolet, to the perfect GTI, to the mythical Scirocco that has been amazingly rolled out on to the driveway for my honor!
