HMCC/DML Side Of The Road Show
in Sealy, TX
The first annual DML Spring Fling is part of the Houston Mopar Connection Club.
The first annual DML Spring Fling is part of the Houston Mopar Connection Club.
| Michael Clark | Randy David | Bill Ligon |
| Jim Miller | Heather Mosely | John Neff |
| Frontis Newell | Bernd Ratsch | Gene Rivers |
| Roderic Vaughn | Jim Vaught | Steve Waller |
| John Youngblood |
and Steve Waller meet up at the Rodeway Inn in Sealy and cruised to Bastrop. There was some mixup as to where the picnic would take place. Most members were told to head for Bastrop State Park, but Saturday morning Gene had discovered it was actually a place called Fisherman's Park. So our first stop was at the State Park where we put up a poster to point the late arrivers in the right direction. This is where we met up with Jim Vaught, Heather, and Bernd Ratsch. Soon we had a 6 Dak caravan going to Fisherman's Park. Heather was in the lead and said she knew where it was... well, she got us in the area pretty dang close but we had wait on the side of the road until exact directions could be found. Finally we made it to the picnic and got the Daks parked.
The ceremonial applying of the DML logo!
Gene & Renee's R/T with DML logo and tailgate URL
An HMCC member's Durango
After being told that the track would not open, we decided to just have a party right there on the service road of I-10. Before long we had 12-13 Dakotas. At one time there were 5 R/T Dakotas in one spot (R/T=1DA,2SY,2BK) along with 5-6 "Normal" Dakotas (if there is such a thing). You should have seen the looks we were getting from the highway. Several non DML Dakotas turned off the interstate to join us. Jim Vaught from San Antonio even brought his "rolling swap meet", laid it all out right there on the ground and did pretty well. I think Jim had everything back there but an engine! A couple of brand-x'ers and a couple of slushstangs stopped too, but they didn't hang around. The ferds tried to drag race each other on the service road, but it was so lame that we Dodgers just burst out in laughter! Even a canrio w/ rally sport and z-28 badges stopped, he too left, after seeing all the Dakotas. 
Jim's Rolling Swap Meet!
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