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dmullen

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Here are just a few pics from this weekend. I've got tons but want to give everyone else a chance to post some of theirs. It was an absolute blast. Saturday night was nothing less than incredible and inspiring. Big Poppa...Wendy and I cannot thank you and your crew enough for putting this together and letting us hang out in your backyard. It was a very generous and unbelievably kind gesture. Thank you again sir.
So when is the next one? :D

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We had to miss our original flight and got stuck in Dallas for almost 7 hours. Needless to say we were mortified to miss some of the Friday night festivities but JoDizzle, Beth, and AJ greeted us as soon as we got there and made it all better!

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Pete had my new BFR Luke waiting in my hotel room when we arrived. You're awesome as always Pete...thanks. By the way everyone...the goat was doing fine.

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Beth

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Awesome pics, Don! It was so nice meeting you and Wendy, and I hope you had a great time!
 

Kristopher

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Just recently got home and started sorting through the tons of pics I took. Here are some of the few I've had the chance to upload so far....

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Big Poppa

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Hey DOn Im glad you guys had fun...I was worried cause I noticed you guys left.....

I know it was a drag with the connections and stuff but Im glad its worthwhile and your guitar is fabulous....
 

Elmer Imperial

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Wow. Just... wow. Damn, I wish I could have made it!

Excellent pics so far, just fantastic! Looks like a GREAT time.

And this:

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made me laugh out loud. Sterling and company, you guys ROCK!
 

roburado

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Wow. Just... wow. Damn, I wish I could have made it!

Excellent pics so far, just fantastic! Looks like a GREAT time.

And this:

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made me laugh out loud. Sterling and company, you guys ROCK!

Wow! I didn't notice that at all! I'm going to dig through my pics and see what I've got to add here.
 

glockaxis

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Hey Rob, just don't put up pics of coyote poop from the jeep tour!!

You snapped a ton of pics and I'm looking forward to seeing them Rob.
 

Colin

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wow check out that AL in BP's hands! Dont let that one go!

and that gold Blues AL, man i wish i was there!

Rob, I took heaps of pics for you. Blues has 2 gold AL's. He even let me play them.

how was the jeep tour?
BP the jeep tour was awesome, after hearing about the golf game from my brother I kind of wished I played though. Thanks for your hospitality
 

roburado

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Here we go.

So, one of the first things I did on the Pub Crawl night was getting the shirt that Stanky and Sam put together for us.
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Of course, one has to say hi to BP.
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AJ and pd:
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The piano player at the Sandbar. We probably drover her away after just a couple of songs.
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After hours:
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The venue the following evening:
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I left out pics of the Morse/LaRue clinic and Knuck jam, because that's been pretty well covered. Plus, many of my pics are rubbish.

Jeep Tour time. Our chariots awaiting:
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Passing by the Polo Club. Dates grow on those trees. Apparently, date farming is quite lucrative.
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The palms below follow the San Andreas Fault.
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Cousin It.
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Scarab
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They had a mock mining town set up there along the tour route. Here's me getting crazy and riding the bull.
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The mock sheriff didn't take kindly to my mocking his town. So, he put me in the mock jail.
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Thankfully, my compatriots in the jeep busted me out. You may have seen adelucia with a knee brace. Well, he got that, because he hurt his knee in the process of breaking me out.
 

roburado

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So after my jailbreak, we studied some medicinal plants.
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We did a little walking.
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View from the top.
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For the most part, I'm going to skip pics of the All Stars, and I'm going to focus on instruments. Most of you have seen BFRs again and again. So, I'm not going to bother with those pics. Here are some special BFRs, though.

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Mahogany Bongo?
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The first EBMM bass ever made:
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Take your Bean-O, ALOC!
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EBMM party favors:
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See you all next time.
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Bass-sic

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A HUGE THANK YOU to Big Poppa for the fun and exciting weekend! And thank you Beth, Kevin, and all the others that put so much time into making our stay so special. We were all treated like celebreties, with top of the line accomadations, to Delicious food, to shuttle service, Desert Tours, Factory String Tour, and Goodie Bags filled with special things. Just awesome. Not to mention the opportunity to mingle with the Stars and take pictures. The awesome clinic and All Star Concert. It was a once in a life-time experience and Big Poppa and his family treated us all like Kings..........Thank You So Much!!!!! It was also fun meeting a lot of the Forumites and their wives, now being able to put a face to all the Avatars. What a nice group of people. Also, thank you Stanky for the cool shirts, you guys did a great job on them. Here are some of the Pics I was able to take...

Me and Big Poppa
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The Lobby to our Beautiful Hotel Accomodations..Just Beautiful.
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Luke and TNT
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Luke and Me. Quality not the greatest due to the lighting.
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TNT, Eggman, and SticksNStones at the Knucklehead Jam
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TNT and SticksNStones at the Yacht Club
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TKarter on the Desert Tour
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The San Andreas Fault on the Desert Tour
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The All Star Concert...a few stitches wouldn't keep him away.
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Spudmurphy

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Wowza - thanks to everyone who posted pics!!
8loody amazing!!!!

Gotta agree with Rob2 on those ALs!!

Man I'm gonna start saving to get over there, should there be another one!!!
Spud
 

candid_x

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These are great! Pics are the next best thing to being there. Thanks!

As expected, the instruments are just stunning!
 

Jason5150

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Yeah it looked awesome......perhaps next year, hopefully I will be in a position financially to make it across! !!!

Unless they have "Domination Downunder" .......the name lends itself to some interesting themed activities!
 
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