LAKE ELSINORE MEET PHOTOS

[redinorange]

I just got home FROM Lake Esinore. Came over the Ortega Highway and up the 5 freeway. What a great time. This is a good model for a Meet and Greet.
I will post some of the better ones and set up an album with a link for all to view. Bear with me.
I will let our host, MAGNUM8R, sum up the day, but here are a few pictures to whet your appetite.
Photos by MAGNUM8R & Currently Cruizin'
All in a row with an old DC-3 as a backdrop
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSC02181.jpg
Close up of the Mags
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSC02174.jpg
Closer still
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSC02176.jpg
Soaring Club pilots, tow plane and Blanik glider
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/HPIM1181.jpg
Cucamonga Red RT and the Give Aways
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSC02185.jpg
Hemi Dog
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/HPIM1184.jpg

[Cucamonga Red RT]

I thanked Magnum8r for his generosity in hosting such a wonderful event. I should also thank you RIO for your tireless effort in rounding up the freebies, taking the pictures, showing up for breakfast.

We should also acknowledge the goody contributions FROM :
Zoomers Exhaust
Volant
Jim Forrester at Jammin Dodge (Soon to be Rio Hondo Dodge)
Magnumowners club
and our very own DodgeMagnum.net

And to all those who had their spouses there, cool! MRs RIO, Mrs BigDaddy, Mrs Tax Lady, and all the other Mrs that were there to make the event even more classy!

I am so happy to have been in the company of so many matured and proffesional car fanatics 8)

RIO, next time, I won't park my wimpy Magnaflow exhaust next to your manly Zoomers exhaust.

[E8502]

Looks like you had a blast!

If anyone has hig res versions the row o' Magnum's, I would love a copy!

[jodyberry]

Thanks to everyone for a great time! Especially Magnum8r for hosting and Cucamonga Red. My dad had a great time there - sorry we couldn't stay longer.

Here are a few photos I shot. I swear I'm doing this photo uploading thing right, but all it shows in my posts are the image URLs. If it doesn't work this time can someone clue me in as to why they don't SHOW within my post? Thanks, Bill

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120921.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120918.jpg

[bipto]

Thanks to everyone for a great time! Especially Magnum8r for hosting and Cucamonga Red. My dad had a great time there - sorry we couldn't stay longer.

Here are a few photos I shot. I swear I'm doing this photo uploading thing right, but all it shows in my posts are the image URLs. If it doesn't work this time can someone clue me in as to why they don't SHOW within my post? Thanks, Bill

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120921.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120918.jpg

How about this..? All I did to your links was make the image tags lower case... :wink:

[bipto]

Can't help but notice that you guys were lacking Cool Vanilla representation... If you were only a couple hundred miles closer... :lol:

[Drew's RT]

Here are a few pic's I took. Or just one. How do you put the pictures INTO the actual email, not as an attachment?

[Drew's RT]

Here's a few more.

[Drew's RT]

I want to thank everyone too. It was a great time and I enjoyed the company of all of you. I think we laid down the gaunlet with 15 magnums total throughout the day. A pretty big number. I wonder how long it's going to take to top that? Hopefully by the next meet I'll have a manly exhaust also and one of them cool intakes. I spoke with a few guys towards the end and discussed a meeting down here in San Diego. I volunteer at a nature center that would most likely have no problems with us doing something there. I'll find out some info and let everyone know. Anyway, thanks for everything...

[Cucamonga Red RT]

Here we are at breakfast before taking off for the meet.
Cucamonga Red, Orange Red, and Corona Black 8)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/godwino/IMG_0009.jpg
Bill, I was hoping to spend more time with your Dad. He owes me 3 stories, a dirty one, a car one, and a clean one. But it's ok if he can get all versions in one story!

[redinorange]

A couple of hi res photos
Aerial at Lake Elsinore (Magnums in a row by the DC-3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0830.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0830.jpg
A row of Magnums
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0840.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0840.jpg

[Tommy T.]

Can't help but notice that you guys were lacking Cool Vanilla representation... If you were only a couple hundred miles closer... :lol:

Haha! That was my first thought exactly!

rps232 -- Great photo! The magnesium pearl looks good in that shot.

-- Tommy

[redinorange]

California Boyz
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/CaliforniaBoys.jpg

[67alecto]

A couple of hi res photos
Aerial at Lake Elsinore (Magnums in a row by the DC-3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0830.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0830.jpg
A row of Magnums
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0840.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/redinorange/Lake%20Elsinore/DSCN0840.jpg

Can you link the hi-res versions? These were only like 343x217 or something like that. I'm looking for 2048x1600, crazy-big shots! :twisted:

[Currently Cruzin]

Wow what a fun day! I just want to thank everyone who turned out with their families and there great looking Magnums for making this event such a success. I especially want to thank Mark and Godwin for all their hard work. My wife (Mrs. Tax lady) and I had a great time and we will be looking forward to another get together in the future! I took lots of pictures and I gave them to RedinOrange, so I am sure he will be posting them very soon along with lots of others.

[BrilliantBlackHemi]

Looks like a cool meet and great time. Reminds me of many of the 300M club meets we do.

I hope we can do a meet such as this on the east coast sometime this year. ;)

The Carlisle All Chrysler Nationals in July in Carlisle, PA in July or the Detroit Woodward Dream Cruise in August are other possible times to get together as well.

[MAGNUM8R]

I'm really glad everyone had a good time!
The Soaring Club pilots and Members on hand all remarked about what a nice GROUP of people we were, and also welcomed us back any time!!
I'm heading out to breakfast with a few Members, then off to the Club for some clean up, a CHECK ride, and an afternoon flight.
I gotta cook up some more burgers and dogs leftover FROM yesterday for whoever shows up!!
Thank you, everyone for coming, I think we had a great first Meet 'N Greet, and I also thank our sponsors:
dodgemagnum.net
Magnumownersclub
Jammin Dodge
Volant Intakes
Zoomers exhaust
I hope I got everyone.
Let's plan another one soon!
I hope some more photos get posted today! There should be a few glider shots also!!
Take Care,
'8R :D

[Rev.Hammer]

MAAANN!!! I am SO jealous! I would have loved to have been there! That looked liked so much fun! This is the way that car meets should happen! Good friends HAVING good times. I so want to meet all of you all someday!
You have beautiful kids, Godwin.
Was the dust a problem out there?

[redinorange]

Was the dust a problem out there?
Hell no! All those cars were so slick with wax and polish the dust could not get ANY traction!

Yo Hammer!! As an aside, (I guess I'm allowed to jack my own thread) what's the body count on the wabbits there in Arab?

[Rev.Hammer]

oooo it is a bwoody bwoody mess!

[44MAGNUMHarry]

I am so inspired! Hammer is right. This is what it's about. This is an inspiration for us all.

O.K. North Texas Magnum owners, we've got to get together!

Thanks for the great pics guys!

[Cucamonga Red RT]

You have beautiful kids, Godwin.



AW Shucks Rev! :oops: I don't know what to say. :? Finally got me speechless for a change! 8) :lol: :wink:

[Cucamonga Red RT]

We forgot to mention that there was an out of state car there too :shock: , Louisiana (spell check!).

OK, he recently moved to Southern California!

[redinorange]

We forgot to mention that there was an out of state car there too :shock: , Louisiana (spell check!).

OK, he recently moved to Southern California!
AKA SoCalMagnum

[monkey]

dang... that looked like a helluva good time....I should have extended my business trip through the weekend and stayed out there....one of you would have to have given me a ride though....maybe I could have gone to budget and rented a magnum for the weekend!

[Cucamonga Red RT]

dang... that looked like a helluva good time....I should have extended my business trip through the weekend and stayed out there....one of you would have to have given me a ride though....maybe I could have gone to budget and rented a magnum for the weekend!

Dude, now that I know that you are not an Axe Murderer :shock: , and you are pretty clean cut, next time fly in and out of Ontario Airport, and you can have either my Dakota or Durango for the weekend of the show, and then I will gladly DROP you off at the Airport (Ontario of course!) :wink:

[DMAG]

Looks like an awesome time. Wish I still lived out there! I ma soooo jealous!

More pics more pics!!! :D

[Cucamonga Red RT]

Your wish is my command DMAG :lol:

Here is a shot of Little Magnum8r, and Little Cucamonga by the DC3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/godwino/IMG_0012.jpg
At the begining while awaiting the other pretty magnums to arrive.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/godwino/IMG_0014.jpg
DJEmcee and his Hemi Dawg Mel. Best behaved Rottweiller, heck best behaved Dog in the world bar none, allowed all the kids to play with her.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/godwino/IMG_0020.jpg
On my way out waiting for the tow plane to cross the road.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/godwino/IMG_0030.jpg

Anyone have pictures of the sky divers? Especially when it was a gang of them up in the air?

[Currently Cruzin]

Here is a few pics of the Parafoils. It was hard to get a closeup. Took lots of pics, I will post more soon...

[sidetrack]

Nice to see the DROP zone is still active. In my younger days, like 25 years ago, I drove FROM Fremont CA. to Lake Elsinore to skydive for a weekend. Jumped out of a lot of DC3's in my time, but not at Lake Elsinore.

http://home.comcast.net/~300_C/

[Rottluver]

Nice to see the DROP zone is still active. In my younger days, like 25 years ago, I drove FROM Fremont CA. to Lake Elsinore to skydive for a weekend. Jumped out of a lot of DC3's in my time, but not at Lake Elsinore.

http://home.comcast.net/~300_C/You would drive that far just to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, on purpose??????? :shock: :wink:

[jodyberry]

After all these tests, it was just a simple thing to let me post photos; there was a checkbox marked "Disable BBCode in this post" that I had to uncheck!!! So simple (now that I know).


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120917.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120916.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120914.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120909.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120908.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/jodyberry/P3120903.jpg

[redinorange]

jodyberry, download some more of your photos. I was not able to get your photos at the meet to put on the CD. If you would like a CD of the other photos, PM your mailing address to me. Mailing starts this morning.

[bipto]

Hey, jodyberry, glad you were able to figure it out!

Nice pics, BTW! 8)

[SoCal_Magnum]

WOOO HOOOO! Sorry I didn't get back to the computer until now. I had a GREAT time at the meet. Thank all of you guys for putting it together and expecially for some of the ideas you gave me.

Now...If I can just arrange a group-buy of that mean zoomer system we all loved so much care of RIO ;)

[MAGNUM8R]

Thanks to everyone, a great event!
The Zoomer exhaust is becoming more interesting to me.
I have been waiting 6 months for my free exhaust FROM Gibson after loaning them my RT for a week and driving a crappy Lumina rental (and paying for it)
Let's stay on this, as after visiting their website, they have some really valid tech stuff.
This is too much fun! :D
NEXT MEET SOON?

[sidetrack]

Nice to see the DROP zone is still active. In my younger days, like 25 years ago, I drove FROM Fremont CA. to Lake Elsinore to skydive for a weekend. Jumped out of a lot of DC3's in my time, but not at Lake Elsinore.

http://home.comcast.net/~300_C/You would drive that far just to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, on purpose??????? :shock: :wink:

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane!

[Rottluver]

Nice to see the DROP zone is still active. In my younger days, like 25 years ago, I drove FROM Fremont CA. to Lake Elsinore to skydive for a weekend. Jumped out of a lot of DC3's in my time, but not at Lake Elsinore.

http://home.comcast.net/~300_C/You would drive that far just to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, on purpose??????? :shock: :wink:

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane!Ok, fair enough, but in MY world, if it isn't falling out of the sky, or just about to, it is "perfectly good" for all intents & purposes. ;)

[monkey]

Nice to see the DROP zone is still active. In my younger days, like 25 years ago, I drove FROM Fremont CA. to Lake Elsinore to skydive for a weekend. Jumped out of a lot of DC3's in my time, but not at Lake Elsinore.

http://home.comcast.net/~300_C/You would drive that far just to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, on purpose??????? :shock: :wink:

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane!Ok, fair enough, but in MY world, if it isn't falling out of the sky, or just about to, it is "perfectly good" for all intents & purposes. ;)

Ive never had the chance to jump out of a plane...perfectly good or not. I did do a stint of several summers jumping off a perfectly strong tower though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/bungeeape/bungee.jpg

[Rottluver]

Nice to see the DROP zone is still active. In my younger days, like 25 years ago, I drove FROM Fremont CA. to Lake Elsinore to skydive for a weekend. Jumped out of a lot of DC3's in my time, but not at Lake Elsinore.

http://home.comcast.net/~300_C/You would drive that far just to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, on purpose??????? :shock: :wink:

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane!Ok, fair enough, but in MY world, if it isn't falling out of the sky, or just about to, it is "perfectly good" for all intents & purposes. ;)

Ive never had the chance to jump out of a plane...perfectly good or not. I did do a stint of several summers jumping off a perfectly strong tower though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/bungeeape/bungee.jpgYeah, I bet my neck/back inuries would LUV that snap at the end of the "rope"

[Cucamonga Red RT]

Ive never had the chance to jump out of a plane...perfectly good or not. I did do a stint of several summers jumping off a perfectly strong tower though.

To think I liked you Monkey.....why pray tell will a seemingly sane Man....pay a lot of money........climb up a tall ladder...strap himself by the ankles to a rubber band of unknown properties......get pushed off said extremely tall tower....free fall nearly to hitting crazy head on concrete parking lot.....and enjoy it?

I swear you folks scare me sometimes...... :shock:

(Note to self...never ride again with Magnum8r, never ride with Monkey.........

[monkey]

Cuca...

A. I didnt pay for it... I worked at a park that specialized in it.
B. there was no ladder, the jump cage was an evevator
C. I knew the properties of the rubberband....I helped build them
D I was the guy doing the pushing when a customer jumped...i went willingly when it was my turn
E. we had a net over the concrete parking lot.... I hit it once...on pupose
F. dont question it til you try it....


8)

[Rev.Hammer]

No Offense Monkey:
"F.dont question it til you try it.... "

As my Grandpa , Saint Kager, once said:
"Son, you dont have to make love to a hog to find out whether or not you like the taste of bacon."

I LOATHE heights. I have had sweat soaked nightmares about heights and HAVING to jump. I WONT like it, I AINT doing it. I AM NEVER trying it!

I alos have some question as to things like this 'daring the reaper'.

But, hey, If you like it, have ALLL you want of it!!
Here, take my place in line going up.

[Cucamonga Red RT]

"Son, you dont have to make love to a hog to find out whether or not you like the taste of bacon."

:shock:

[Rottluver]

Cuca...

A. I didnt pay for it... I worked at a park that specialized in it.
B. there was no ladder, the jump cage was an evevator
C. I knew the properties of the rubberband....I helped build them
D I was the guy doing the pushing when a customer jumped...i went willingly when it was my turn
E. we had a net over the concrete parking lot.... I hit it once...on pupose
F. dont question it til you try it....


8)Yeah, I gotta disagree with F as well........I was a cop for 10 years and was shot in my first 6 months.....but I could have gone my entire career without being shot to tell you that I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I surely didn't need to shoot anyone to tell you that I could find better things to do with my time then end someone else's life, regardless of the situation. If it has to be, fine, but do I WANT to do it? HELLFU*KNO!!!!!!

I am just saying. ;)

[Drew's RT]

I would much rather jump FROM a 100' cliff then tie a rubberband to my ankles and jump. Much more excitement in cliff jumping in my opinion.

[Rev.Hammer]

Geez, I have come close, but never had to shoot someone and I have been shot at. I hate it that you got shot, man. did you get past it? Are you still an officer?

[Rottluver]

Geez, I have come close, but never had to shoot someone and I have been shot at. I hate it that you got shot, man. did you get past it? Are you still an officer?Yeah, I was young and recovered quick (THANK GOD for ballistic vests!!!!!!!) I worked for another almost 10 years before I was hurt at work and forced to retire on a medical. And Thanks!! :)

[monkey]

My response to cuca was supposed to be a little light hearted jab back to his comments. I didn't mean bungee jumping is for everyone. I have never and will never set up a jumping rig on a bridge and get as many jumps as I can before the cops SHOW up like you see on TV. Those people are nuts and are the ones who die while being extreme. I also dont want to imply that I am chasing the reaper. I wouldnt say I have a fear of heights, but I do respect them dearly, part of my job was to climb the jump tower for maintenence and inspections. I was more afriad of this than jumping. Although the sport looks like it has a violent snap at the end and is dangerous, Im telling you it is very smooth and very regulated. There are several safety back ups that would prevent you FROM falling to the pavement. The park has literally jumped tens of thousands of customers with zero deaths or injuries. What I meant with F, was that of the couple of thousand customers I put out as a jumpmaster, most of them were nervous, apprehensive, scared sh**less, and rightfully so, they were about to do something a normal brain would deem stupid. But after they jumped (or got pushed if they wanted me to), I only had 2 or 3 people tell me they hated the experience. the rest just enjoyed the adreniline buzz that stayed with them for at least a half hour. Thats what doing this boils down to, adreniline. some get it FROM jumping FROM planes, driving cars fast, responding to emergency calls, or whatever. I just found a way to get a heavy shot of it in 2 seconds. the buzz FROM the 104th jump is not even close to the first jump, but I havent done it for 3 years so if I was to go, id be scared to death again...

[Rev.Hammer]

Hey Monkey, I wasnt being disparaging and I raelly dont think that anyone else was either. ( I hope not)
Anyway, you have my respect for being able to do that sort of thing.
I am afraid of very little, but I clench up just looking at the pictures of it.

[Rottluver]

Yeah, I wasn't trying to be a jerk, just saying that your "F" doesn't properly apply to everything. ;)

[MAGNUM8R]

Man, has this thread ever gone astray!!!
This GROUP is nuttier than I could ever had imagined!!
Really!! :x

[Rottluver]

Sowwie. :(

[monkey]

I know guys, its had to SHOW tone of voice in a post...and i did sound defensive. but im not. Im a really laid back kind of guy. And it takes much more to get me riled up.




This GROUP is nuttier than I could ever had imagined!!
Really!! :x


this is us in a nutshell!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/bungeeape/walnut.jpg


sorry boring day at work

[Rev.Hammer]

Like I told my wife:
" I is crazy, buts I aint borin'!"
I think that aplies to all of us!

[Rev.Hammer]

Ha! DMAG!! You are the middle nut!

[SoCal_Magnum]

NO, this is me in a nutshell...

"Help! I'm in a nutshell! How did I get INTO this bloody great big nutshell? What kind of shell has a nut like this?"

Care of the bad-toothed brittish bungler himself Austin Powers

[DMAG]

I know guys, its had to SHOW tone of voice in a post...and i did sound defensive. but im not. Im a really laid back kind of guy. And it takes much more to get me riled up.




This GROUP is nuttier than I could ever had imagined!!
Really!! :x


this is us in a nutshell!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/bungeeape/walnut.jpg




sorry boring day at work

Why does my nut look like it's ass up and puckered? :P

[44MAGNUMHarry]

I don't know, but go see a good urologist immediately! I'm not lookin' at it! Nooooo sir !
Should you rephrase the question? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Dupie24]

'8r is right, the thread has gone weird :lol:
I would like to thank Magnum8r for hosting and organizing the event, Cucamonga Red and Redinorange for all their work. Great meet, lots of fun, good food and good people, life doesn't get any better that this. We really had a great time, lets do it again. San Diego meet sounds great, we'll be there :D :D :D All the photos are great, thank you redinorange for the photo cd. See ya soon :D
Bob and Tina

[Cucamonga Red RT]

:shock: :roll:

I hope you guys are all proud of yourself.......do you all know what it feels like to spit rice soaked in spicy african sauce through your nose FROM laughing so hard?
Do you? :twisted:

Bunch of comedians! Nutty Comedians to boot.

[Cucamonga Red RT]

'8r is right, the thread has gone weird :lol:
I would like to thank Magnum8r for hosting and organizing the event, Cucamonga Red and Redinorange for all their work. Great meet, lots of fun, good food and good people, life doesn't get any better that this. We really had a great time, lets do it again. San Diego meet sounds great, we'll be there :D :D :D All the photos are great, thank you redinorange for the photo cd. See ya soon :D
Bob and Tina

So Bob.....have you come back down to earth FROM your Glider ride? Like a kid that just got laid for the first time... :shock: ...you looked so blissfully happy ...so in trance when you got off that Glider. I was so sure you were going to go up in the glider again! :lol:

[Dupie24]

'8r is right, the thread has gone weird :lol:
I would like to thank Magnum8r for hosting and organizing the event, Cucamonga Red and Redinorange for all their work. Great meet, lots of fun, good food and good people, life doesn't get any better that this. We really had a great time, lets do it again. San Diego meet sounds great, we'll be there :D :D :D All the photos are great, thank you redinorange for the photo cd. See ya soon :D
Bob and Tina

So Bob.....have you come back down to earth FROM your Glider ride? Like a kid that just got laid for the first time... :shock: ...you looked so blissfully happy ...so in trance when you got off that Glider. I was so sure you were going to go up in the glider again! :lol:
That glider ride was the bomb :thumbs_u: I could get hooked on gliding. Getting laid for the first time and full throttle acceleration in the magnum are better but the glider comes in 3rd :D :D

[sidetrack]

I would much rather jump FROM a 100' cliff then tie a rubberband to my ankles and jump. Much more excitement in cliff jumping in my opinion.

I was skydiving during 1982 to 1985. I believe it was 1983 when I got a chance to jump off El Capitan in Yosemite.

All the local skydivers at Pope Valley, Antioch and Livermore wanted to be one of the first 100 to jump off El Capitan. Sky divers are INTO "first times" and records, etc. Carl Boenish, a famous base jumper that later died on a base jump in Norway, was keeping track of the jumpers/jumps off of El Capitan. I was told I was number 92 to jump off of El Capitan.
I jumped with 10 other skydivers. We all hiked to the top on Saturday and jumped Sunday morning at sun-up when the winds were at their lowest.
I was the 9th person to jump.
Unlucky for me and the last guy(Gary), we got busted by the park rangers.
All the other jumpers were able to stash their rigs INTO their car trunks before the rangers arrived. There were friends waiting for us with cars at the bottom so the rangers didn't know how many actually jumped. The rangers apparently saw a sun reflection off of Gary's or my parachute/rig. By the time we landed the rangers were just arriving. So they only busted me and Gary because they saw us coming down in our parachutes.

We got hauled to jail and stripped searched! Yes, honest truth. Bend over and spread them! Finger printed, mug shot, dressed in orange jail monkey suits with YOSEMITE JAIL on our backs.
We were in jail FROM about 6 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon when we were taken by patty wagon to see the court magistrate. Lucky for us the magistrate worked Sundays, otherwise we would have had to stay in jail until Monday.
We were allowed to put our street cloths back on. Gary and I were handcuffed with another guy who was busted for drunken and disorderly conduct, and I think he had a warrant. The other guy remained in his orange jump suit because he was going to be returned to jail. As we all three come walking out of the jail house handcuffed together in a daisy chain, a tour bus is sitting there parked outside the jail house. We got a lot of stares and some were taking our pictures.
We get to the court house and all our friends and other skydivers are hanging around waiting for us.
We get hauled INTO the court and we are HAVING a hard time not laughing with our friends. We didn't want to look cocky and unremorseless to the magistrate, so we had to try and keep a serious and sad face. We hadn't really been told what the charges were until the magistrate tells us we are charged with "illegal air lift INTO a national park", which is a misdemeanor. But then the magistrate scares us and says he could charge us with a felony for endangering some federally protected falcons that were nesting on El Capitan. Supposedly our skydiving could disturb the falcons, which is a felony.
Anyway, we get charged a misdemeanor, and fined $250 each.
Lastly, and most importantly, we got our parachutes and jump suits returned. The jailers kept telling us we may not get our sky diving equipment back.

So be careful when base jumping! The law may not be far behind.

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[Rev.Hammer]

Good points.. I think I will be able to avoid those pitfalls..

[Rottluver]

Good points.. I think I will be able to avoid those pitfalls..Me too!!!!! Especially since I don't jump anything except my woman (when i have one). :lol:

[Rev.Hammer]

ALWAYS a nice landing!

[Rottluver]

8) :D

[gone2vegas]

next time...maybe next time. :oops: