Bullrun with Darkcyd Racing

[pdisme]

I'm on the updates mailing list for Team Darkcyd and their Bullrun entries, it sounds like a blast, here's today:

Today was one that turned it all around. Despite having the strongest urge to stretch the legs on the Darkcyd Murci after test driving it last night when it was delivered in Atlantic City last night, I showed my restraint and gave it to my wife and Danyell. I really wanted to drive but knew it was better not to . so I jumped in the car with Alex in the Darkcyd Gallardo and boy o boy did we have an experience. After giving Tara about a 2 minute instruction on how to drive the Murci, the flag dropped and we were off. We ran with Clause in his Super Turned all white Cayenne, Mike in the 430, the safety car which is a hopped up new Mustang with lights on it, and the Darkcyd DTM. On a scale of 1 to 10 for aggressiveness I would rate it a 9. I was glad to not be driving. We ran hard down the Jersey turnpike, and we pulled off early thinking we saw a major roadblock ahead, when in reality it was a bad accident that had nothing to do with us. So we ran by ourselves for almost 20 minutes and then appeared the rally car out of nowhere during our detour. By the time we got back on 295 to 95 we were shocked to learn that we were still ahead of the pack. Clausse got stopped and we passed on by while Bill Wu attracted enough attention by himself in is purple Lambo.

We made the lunch checkpoint after about 220 miles #6 rolling in together with Bill Wu while The Darkcyd DTm came in second. We ended up at a place call BullRun park which had a catered lunch truck for us to grab some snacks. Patrick pulled up shortly after in the Darkcyd Race Semi and we after the girls rolled on in about 15 minutes later in the Murci we put all the cars together for some team shots. Jason and Jerry who are some players run buddies dropped on by to meet us at the checkpoint and we chilled for about in hour before moving on. Since we crossed Virginia and it is known as a particularly bad state, we decided to roll very slow which can easily be vi wed by people tracking on GPS. I believe it was working and confirmation would be great.

The best part was a surprise to us. We rolled into a town called Staunton and there were literally hundreds of fans everywhere. Mostly young teenagers that were excited something significant was happening in their town. We were treated like rock stars and Tara even signed some autographs. It was all pretty funny, and the people just stayed at the hotel for hours and hours.

The bizarre part was when we went to dinner a couple blocks away. we asked for directions and the answer was follow the crowd. I was shocked to see the streets lined all the way to the Restaurant which was only for Bull Runners like they were waiting for the president or something. I went upstairs to make a private call on top of the restaurant, and as I was looking out of the window, there were girls everywhere trying to get my attention, as if I would let them in the restaurant. I just never understood why they waited. I guess there is just not a lot to do here. Those hundreds of people simply waited outside of the restaurant I simply smiled and continued my conversation, and then went down for dinner. Dinner was first rate and I have to say Grace from Bullrun did an excellent job of coordinating things.

After dinner, we were all escorted to a club called Clock Tower and it seemed it was very important for the locals to get entry, because many were pretty aggressive. We were escorted to the private party in the back, and I think it was funny that Bulents comment about the ratio of girls to guys, "like fishing with dynamite", and I think it was accurate. there was quire a show with some BullRun girls dressed in police uniforms and dancing like there was no tomorrow and the pictures are priceless.

Our world renowned Darkcyd Navigator Aaron had 3 girls approach him in no time flat, since it was clear he wore the coveted Lanyard around his neck. I intentionally did not wear mine as it felt bizarre, and I bet I could have sold it for 500 bucks. I also slipped him the keys to the Murci in case he wanted to show the car to any of his new friends. I have no idea what happened after because we left early since we needed to be up early tomorrow for the marathon stage. speculation is we end up in Savannah which is a 10 hour drive by normal car.

I am really hoping for the Blue Ridge mountains, and will have to see what car I end up in. I think Alex and I will start in the Darkcyd Murci and the girls will drive the baby Lambo tomorrow. we shall then switch it up somehow.

On a related note I am pleased to announce the Richard Rawlings and one of the Collins brothers broke the sea to shining sea record by beating it by just over an hour. the sad part is this record which is almost 30 years old got no news coverage and the potential Leno appearance did not pan out. a link to the record can be viewed here
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/bullrun-participants-may-have-broke-cannonball-nyc-to-la-run-rec/

Cheers,

Robb

[duc749r]

glad to see they beat the record and with no tickets, not bad.

[zzzzdoc]

Yeah. Pretty shrewd to hang a right turn when all the cops are expecting everyone to go south.

[pdisme]

Today's update:

Yesterday was alot of fun especially in the morning. We all lined the cars up and while people were milling about got the status report after we left the club. Well apparently the locals were quite upset that they were kicked out of the club for no reason I could discern other than somebody wanted it to be for just Bull Runners. I thought this was a really bad move and we left as soon as it was announced. So when the party venue for alot of people changed to outside the club at house party's which Tara and I had no part-( we went to bed) So it appeared there was going to be a fight, and although I do not now what transpired, I was told their was some pretty shocking behavior going on primarily initiated with the locals and some Bull Run participants, and we will leave it a that. The local guys were a little upset about their treatment and the apparent friendliness the Bull Runners were receiving from some of the ladies. So it appeared there was going to be a fight, and at least some of my guys left before anything involved them.

Alex and I lined up at the start in Staunton Virginia for the first stage, and Tara and Danyell drove the Darkcyd Gallardo. Since I was not going to drive and Alex was looking to try out my car I was happy to see what the car could really do . We were headed to the Blue ridge Parkway and I was excited because this is some of the best driving in the united states. We launched and very quickly were in the top 10 running to Concord north Carolina motor speed way. The cops were pretty aggressive, and their were at least 2 arrests that I know of in Virginia, which they all should of known was a bad state to speed in . Bulent and Peter in the Darkcyd DTM got pulled over and harassed for over an hour because the cop insisted they had a radar detector , which is illegal in the state. The system which is a k40 is built into the car and has sensors in front and rear on the bumper. Bulent who was warned twice about a cop at mile marker 90, forgot to slow down probably because he was too focused on driving. The cop started getting relly agressive and even started open the fuse panel boxs to disconnect things. The cop had them turn on the car which would have been a dead give away, but as soon as he did so an 18 wheeler past he he did not hear the silly audible alert which says something like "k40-armed". This is also when Peter got mad, because they cop would not stop looking and pulling various wires and basically said that if he screwed up the $400k car of which there is only 4 in the country, he was gonna have the police department pay to ship the car to Germany. The cops backed down and wrote Bulent a ticket and they left.

Alex and I we so happy about our position which after about an hour was top 3 running with "Dr Wu" in his Purple Murci , Team Ricci in their CL65, and us that we forgot to take the route for the Blue Ridge parkway and that was a huge penalty for me as I wanted so badly to drive the Murci there. On the way we needed to make a pivotal turn from one highway to the other and a guy named Mark from the Bull Run TV show (which I think is really bad and has nothing to do with the rally), who was helping us and his daughter by running ahead in a rented unmarked car needed to know whether to go left or right. The Darkcyd Race Semi driven by Patrick who was ahead of us told me one direction which was left, but my navigation was saying right, so I instructed Alex to tell Mark left while I was on the phone, and at the last moment I shouted no-right and we switched and veered hard right which was way too late for him. He thought we intentionally cheated him to beat him and his daughter was driving th Trans Am on from the reality show. I apologized later for the mistakeand all was forgiven. We eventually rolled into Concord 1 2 3 togther and about 2 miles from what was the destination our tank read 0 miles left. So rather than have a huge problem running a very expensive car out of gas which would not be a simple refueling because we would have an issue with the fuel injection system which would be costly and troublesome, we abandoned our position to get gas. It turns out had we not, we would have run out for sure because the Navigation point I said up was about 7 miles too short, and there is no way we would have made it. It also turns out our 1 2 3 place was usurped by clausse in the Porsche Cayenne once again, who took a differnt route altogther. My pal Clausse is quite the mad German. Like Peter, driving must be in their blood. This is a guy that last year did not even have a radar detector, and this year that isall he has. No scanners, jammers, recon cars or anything. He just drives pretty much drives all out and almost always makes it first. He also has had very little issues which confirms once again you need to be first or last. anything in betwen and you have issue. The German blood is a little differnt then our I think.lol

The girls were not too happy with us because they rolled into the speedway about 20 minutes later and felt we ditched them. My comment was what kind of idiots would ditch 2 very pretty girls driving a Lamborghini. all was forgiven for that as well, and Tara drove the Darkcyd Murci to the final checkpoint in Savannah at the Mansion on Forsyth Park (one of the nicest boutique hotels I have ever been)which was uneventful, since we kept the speeds relatviely low which is also one of the prettiest cities in the states. the only issue I had at thwe hotel was when I walked into the Bar who was one of the two guys who broke the sea to shining sea record. I went up to him and said basically you are a cocky guy guy and I did not think you would break the record but not only did you do it you beat it by an hour" He was ok with that comment and we shook hands. I then commented how I thought is was shameful that them breaking a record, and they got no significant press. I thought what he did was a significant achievement breaKing a record almost 30 years old, and he just snapped. He started freaking out on me and it really come close to blows for no reason. Thank goodnes he partner who also broke the record Dennis Collins was a little more rested understood correctly that I was not dissing them,but rather simply stating I thought they were short changed, and he backed off. He later apologized and I having a pretty good idea of the stress he is still feeling, easily forgave the incident.

We got word last night that our Japanese friends had their car impounded out of Atlantic city for registration problems. I do not know the details but feel really bad for them.

This morning we cross in to Florida and I know the end stop is in Orlando. I thing it is highly probable our lunch checkpoint is at Gainesville Raceway because I know we have a track day today and there is not many options based on Geography. I thought it would be Robling road just outside of Savannah, but it was confirmed a motorcycle event is there.

so for our friends in the Orlando and Gainesville area, we hope to see you there.

Cheers,

Robb

[pdisme]

Day 5 update:


Yesterday was quite the fun day. We started out leaving the hotel in Savannah at about 10:00 and heading north to what was technically a race track on Hutchinsonn Island but in reality looked like an abandoned development before the construction started on the houses. It had dust everywhere as I started off powersliding the Darkcyd Murci around the first corner with Joaquim in the car, who was Clausses friend from Mexico, I realized a needed to be very careful before I would smash this thing into a wall. The traction control was useless because it kicks in way way to early, and the car has characteristics that I don't understand yet making it difficult to really push the car around a corner at high speed without the steering feeling smooth, but rather abrupt constantly fighting it to keep it in line.

Anyway it was fun none the less, and we were gone shortly after in a chase for the border. This was the only planned time I was going to drive as Georgia is the only state with no reciprocity with other states relating to points. So Joaquim and I headed out for the destination checkpoint which was about 200 miles in Orlando. I knew everybody would be heading I95 South but since the police would be waiting I had a contingency plan to take I -10 west and then 121 south to I -75 and then the turnpike on down to Orlando. While I called my office and had them confirm it was indeed about an additional 50 miles, I felt the time loss could be made up by running solo. As soon as we heading out, I realized there were Georgia police everywhere waiting for us. Tara who was riding in the Porsche Cayenne Turbo with Clausse called and told me a group of 10 people were pulled and they were hiding in a cemetery in the bushes. not the typical image I have of my wife considering she has never had a speeding ticket, but funny none the less. apparently the cops were so mad because a dodge challenger cutoff a truck at high speed and was weaving in and out of cars almost causing an accident. This is where I reiterate that people can be on these rallys and enjoy themselves and go a little fast but there is always idiots who do not understand how to drive Safe. you need to stay in the left lane ,lights on, flash way ahead of time, and avoid right lane passing at almost all costs. anything else freaks people out they are not sure which way to go in order to get out of your way, and the call 911 bringing unwanted attention to the rally. I am not sure who was in that car but they basically caused 10 people to get arrested just before the Florida border. Way uncool.

Because of this I pulled over right away and switched with joaquim. He got in a was driving at exactly the speed limit, when we were pulled. we did not even have rally decals on the car except for Darkcyd Racing. her then harassed him for about 5 minutes and freaked out because Joaquim had a Mexican license. He told him, he could not even read it which is pretty funny because last time I checked they used the same alphabet as English. anyway he asked my if I had a valid license and said he could not drive in the states which is Bs but I was not going to argue with his ignorance.

So I drove away and after about 15 minutes, we switch again. As we heading down to I-10 I called ahead to my friends at IMV films and coordinated a convoy to meet us at 75 and help us make up time. While I was working on that, we saw 3 Police cars running in a pack with a tow truck behind, and I was certain we made the right call too take the longer route even though it was 50 extra miles. The next problem we had is were for some reason had to stop for gas even though I filled up the car in the morning. This I learned was a fault of the Murci because the pump clicks off way way too early even though it is not full. so we jumped into the gas station, threw the doors up and did a indy 500 pitstop. the problem was the credit card machine would not take my card (the first time tin the rally I had an issue and I had to run in). This lady who is in a town with a population looked at us like we were either aliens or fugitives, or both, I explained were were just in a big hurry but get that damn pump on NOW and threw a 100 at her, and said keep the change. she was beside herself. I always quickly ran back for some peanut M and M's and a diet coke (I did not eat breakfast-give me a break).

We bolted out of there like an champ car and were off. 121 was a beautiful two lane road with no traffic and we were making up great time. all of a sudden we see two M3 's flying the other way at a very high rate of speed in tandem and pulled 180's as soon as they passes us for the chase. Joaquim did not know who the hell they were and got spooked and I reiterated this was Sav and his crew that was going to give us some team support. we ran in a convey through Gainesville, hit 75 and I then instructed them to put on in front and one in back , stay in the left lane, and lets go.

Meanwhile, I get a call from Tara saying they are no longer hiding on the cemetery and are almost in Florida. They had too much time to make up, but were going to try. since Clausse in German he only knows one speed-FAST and we learned that they blew by a cop at 120 in a little town that ran parallel to 1-10, got pulled and the cop said Caluse was nuts but going to give him a break and let them go on the promise to Chill out.n They had forest fires to deal with, not silly Germans who thing they are on the Auto Bahn. Les who was in the back of the Cayenne was beside himself as Tara did the proper job of working Navigation, answering calls, sending text messages, and doing the true job of a Navigator. People think the Navigaor just sits there but that is entirely untrue. He laughed because he said he would never do all that work, and just laid back taking some occasional photos since he was doing this write up for European Car- a well known magazine in Europe.

Meanwhile our strategy seemed to be working with our 2 bait cars, but we needed to make up more time.they needed to be pushed because they were not used to rally mode. I worked Sav and he worked his crew and we had no issues making good safe time in the left lane with nobody freaking out. By the time we got to Orlando, we had a tool which I prepared for by getting a Sun pass, which was a huge time save. we blew through the Sun Pass Lane and they did not have them so we lost our escort who could not make up the time. 5 minutes from the checkpoint, we got popped by a trooper and pulled over. He also did not know what to do with Joachim's Mexican License and asked me if I owned the car. He also asked him if this was part of Bull Run, which Joachim responded no , even though he forgot we had the Bullrun shield on the hood of the car.-whoops. He also asked me how I could not resist drving the car myself, and let my friend drive this car that was in his opinion a half a million dollars ( he clearly has not been shopping lately) instead. I simply responded, I enjoy it when my friends can experience nice things and that is all the pleasure I need. He then told me it was pretty easy to spot a Lamborghini radar or not and we needed to chill out, I responded we were 5 miles from our destination and that was no issue. He was super cool and let us go.

We got to the checkpoint but I already knew the bad news. the two stops and the filling up which combined took about 30 minutes, plus the extra 50 miles were two much and we came in 29th. The dark cyd DTm, and The new Darkcyd 430 drin by Frankie and Lynn came in 2nd and 3rd making the team proud. gothem in the 575 who mostly drove over the speed limit, took the direct route, and never and never got pulled over came in first. Technically the Ricci Brabus MErc came firstChase vehicle came in first but they left 30 minutes early so that did not count.

At dinner we learned our Japanese friends had rejoined us after having the car impounded and rover 40 hours to reach us. They speak no English , and wrote for a Japanese car magazine and they were part of the group that got arrested. so first they have a tire problem after the start of the rally, then they have the car impounded for invalid registration, then they get arrested. Yoshi's main comment know was FUCK AMERICA in broken English, and for him I have to concur. To make the photographer feel better I took him on the Murci and we raced to the club. He had never been in a Murci and was shooting pictures as a darted in and out of traffic with a grin like you could not imagine. I then keep asking him if I was clear to pass after i took a lane which he did not understand but then learned what I needed. so I would yell CLEAR? and He WOULD YELl is his broken engish CLEAR!. we did This several times until I realized He was just Screaming clear whether I was clear or not. O boy ! Anyway it was worth it for the expression on his face, and at the club I kept buying them beers to lighten the rough time they have had so far. Frankie who was behind in the 430 laughed as he said all he could see were white flashed that looked like something blowing up inside an all black car as we ran to the club. It was so fun, and I hope to give our Jap friends more good times today.

The only post script is Alex and Danyell and the Darkcyd Gallardo. alex was in the process of getting arrested even though they were not speeding. This is patently unfair, when nobody sees you doing anything but assumes you have violated the law none the less because of the car you drive and beacuae you are in a rally. As they were getting ready to put him in the Car Danyell was crying and could not drive the Gallardo in her state of mond. In a last minute reprieve, the cop had a change of heart for whatever reason and let them go. Sometimes luck is on your side. This could not be said of the 10 arrested, and it probably was due to bad karma coming full circle. Mark and Morgan from the trans am were part of that group and the winners on the Bull Run Tv show.MOrgan supposedly is know for bad mouthing cops, and it was allged that it was this attitude that caused the arrests. one needs to keep in mind the police are doing their job and bad mouthing them without a justifiable reason is unnecessary and wrong. almost all police we encountered on the trip were professional to us and just doing their job. We have encountered the opposite as well so just like real life you get the good with the bad. a good example of the good, is after the arrest , Patrick driving the Darkcyd Semi pulled in a favor and got 10 of the Bullrun cars escorted out of the state by a Georgia cop, so you can't have just a negative attitude about the police.

This morning speculation is about us heading to Moroso the race track than Miami where we will party at the Versaci mansion on south Beach.

Glad the tracking is working on the Murci, and we trying to get the Navi going.

I will be riding with Clausse this morning, and the two darkcyd women will be rolling into South Beach in style in the Darkcyd Murci. That works for me because while everyone is flipping out as these beautiful girls arrive in this car and pop out, I will be walking up to the driver and kissing her.

Cheers,


Robb

[pdisme]

Day 6 of the Bullrun:

Fantastic Day-

We woke up about 7 and had a late launch at 10 so there was little pressure. Had a great breakfast at the Hard Rock hotel where we were staying, and while I was doing my morning write up, did not realize the Bull Run staff had an issue with their luggage van. It’s kinda ironic they do because that is the whole reason I started with these chase vehicles. Had I known I might have saved 20k, but would not have been able to share the great experiences with my close friends so its all good. I also would not have been able to help the Bullrun staff by putting all the luggage in the Darkcyd Semi. So once again we try to pay it forward.

I was gonna run with Clause today in the Cayanne Turbo but and Joachim was gonna run with Alex in the Darkcyd Gallardo. there was a last minute change of plan so I quickly got the girls set up in the Murci and ran to Alex's car 5 minutes before the start ready to launch. At the last minute there was a change from where we were supposed to start, and Alexs car which was basically was set up to launch 3rd ofr fourth was now relegated to the back. This was BS in both our opinions so we said screw it and instead of moving behind 60 cars that were gonna barrel down the highway creating problems for us, we just launched the car ourselves without a card. We jumped the launch by about 2 minutes so it really only gave us an advantage form the perspective of traffic with the other cars. The whole Darkcyd group had had some great finishes but never a first this year and honestly our goal was just to avoid the cops. Anyway, we were off and decided to push. With radar working, scanners on, and text message working, I got to work getting the precise address for Moroso motorsports, which was the checkpoint. Because we were first to launch we were able to run hard and smooth without freaking anybody out staying in the left lane and using our hi beams to get cars over safely and without incident. I was concerned the chase group was going to catch us quickly since we have some very aggressive font runners , some of whom want to win at all costs. This happened much later than I expected and the only person was Michael Schwab in the 430 who zoomed past us with a camera man probably doing 150. We decided to let him go as that was pretty crazy speeds for any sustained period of time. We were a little aggressive as well but did not push any harder than planned running 7 /10ths.

He later slowed down and our constant speed was better then his aggressive speed as we soon ran with him for about 20 minutes and then passed him as he chilled out a bit. He then dropped out of sight. Realizing we were only about 50 miles out and hearing the chase group was still about 15 miles behind, we felt we could have a victory. Scanner was working great and we heard the action unfold like a NASCAR race. We then passed two cops sitting in the median without radar on, and I honestly think they were so surprised to see us that they did not know what to do or were more concerned with the pack of cars about to come. The closer we got, the more nervous Alex and I got knowing at least unofficially we had a win. We almost made one wrong turn at after the tool and we were so paranoid we sat in traffic for about a minute arguing which little road the navigation was telling us. We eventually figured it out and made it there so early nobody was around really staff wise, so we checked in with the girl at Moroso and parked the car to line up for the track. about 3 minutes later the Lotus Exige showed up and were not happy to see us there. The had no clue we had launched two minutes earlier and even though time wise were were still first, I went up to them and noticed them that officially they were the first car. some of these people really care about this begin first garbage, and we just wanted to have some fun. So it is important to let everyone know we were not trying to cheat.

The track was great and I had my old best friend from college Adrain Minor visit me with his new best friend Shawn. Adrian was supposed to join us on the trip in the Darkcyd Navi but had an important conflict he could not get out of. He then expressed he wished had had the ability to join us and I called his bluff. I said he no longer had any excuses and he needed to get in the car with us and finish it out. He said he needed to call the boss( his wife of course) and I honestly did not think he would join. I ribbed him a bit in front of his friend putting the pressure on and we all laughed.

We then got to track the cars and I was the second to go out behind Peter in the Darkcyd DTM. I am not use to the Murci and had no idea about the lines I need to follow to get a proper time, and the four laps were not enough. I cross countried the car on the backside turn a bit clipping the edge, and really was embarrassed that I did not drive a better line. To my surprise I learned later I had the top time up until about midway through the 60 cars, so I guess I did better than I thought. Meanwhile Adrian was furiously working the phones seeing if he could pull this off and I just hang out with the rest of the group. I later got the chance to try the track in the new Darkcyd 430 owned by Frankie, and not only did I beat my time by several seconds because I had a much better line, the paddle shifter really makes a difference. I really wish he could have driven with me but they would not allow it and the camera mount basically pun out I was driving so hard. It takes a lot of trust to hand over a 300k car, and the trust means a lot to me. I'm also glad I did not have to buy a Ferrari for crashing it into a wall.

Anyway's most everyone left already for the hotel, and I stayed to the end and came back with my rally friend Sean and Paul . Their car broke down so they rented two Chrysler crossfires and decided to play bumper cars on the way to the Ritz Carlton in South Beach. We then got here had to work out plans for a dinner part of 20, and work people into the guest list for the party at the Versace Mansion. This was not supposed to be easy but the Bullrun staff was super helpful under Andrews direction to make it happen.

We then quickly got ready for dinner and rushed off to the Shore Club for dinner. I arrived late with my new friends Gothem and his fiancee Karen and made it to dinner late. The place was spectacular and I also invited my new friends Mirna and Willy who live on SOBE who helped out with getting the 18 Darkcyd Semi a place to stay. South Beach has no parking so you just can't put it anywhere. The food was great but getting stuck with the bill was not. Everybody was supposed to pitch in $125 a head and as always when you have a large party, the bill is short. Everybody left and I joked with Gothem and Karen about who much it was short because he thought it might be too much. Well as always it wasn't and I ended up having a $1000 pasta dish. O well- not a big deal in the grand scheme of things and no intentional I'm sure.

The Versace Mansion was amazing and this is a place that was bought for about $6 million and had $10 MM in renovations. At current market prices it is got to be about $35 MM. Hard to imagine it was somebody's house. It’s the most amazing house I have ever seen with a pool in the courtyard. I had some other friends join in Doug and Cat and I think they had a good time even though they were only briefly there. I introduced Willy my Rally friend Shawn who is a test driver for Loutus which is the kind of caqr we all own and in jest we joked about jumping in the pool. After the intro I made my way to say hello to other friends, and learned that Shawn Paul, and Frankies wife all jumped in the pool , and Paul was supposedly even naked. Only on South Beach. Too funny. The Darkcyd Murci was brought out in front of the mansion for display with the DTM and my fiend Vinne brought his Spyker that he had on loan from the company which he works with. He was kind enough to give me this $300k car while he handled getting my car back to the hotel.

So when Adrian and I left I deicide to show him an apartment I have on Brickell and this turns into a funny story. I never ever slept there and was planning to rent it out, so we passed by the building and I said lets see if we can get in even though I have no key and the guard never have seen me. so we roll into Villa Regina in this crazy car all stickered up and I give my pitch. the guy doesn’t even check Id and lets me into the lobby to talk to the concierge on staff. The concierge then gives me their spare key without ID and we go up. I joke with him I only have seen the apartment 3 times in the pat 3 years I owned it because my dog was not approved to live there, and it would be funny if we had some squatter there. Low and behold we open the door and there is stuff everywhere. someone lives there and there is crap everywhere. It is about 1:30 in the morning and I tip tow towards the bedroom to find nobody home. I laugh because I know the place is supposedly about to get rented but I have not got word anyone is there. So since I felt this was probably not according to the lease which I am pretty sure has not started yet, Adrian and I decide to play a joke and we move everything around, and leave. Whomever is there will come back and wonder who the hell was in their apartment, which in realty is mine so I should be the pissed off one asking questions. It was all in good fun and who could blame me.

Anyway, it is now 3:30 AM and I need ot get up at 7 before we launce at 9AM for Key West. I plan on driving with gotehm in his new Scaglietti, and Karen will roll to the finish like oin the Cannonball run movie with Tara in the darkcyd Murci. Construction is terrible along the way and only one way in or out so not point in getting crazy.

Hope you enjoyed the write up.

Cheers,

Robb