S.S. Badger

[CVMGA@aol.com]

Greetings, My wife & I are making plans to attend the big MG gathering in Minnesota. We will be driving an MGA from Virginia, and thought a nice diversion would be to cross Lake Michigan on a 4 hour ferry ride. Then I found out the name of the ferry is "the S.S. Badger!" Now I'm afraid we'll spend a lot of money, get tossed about a bit, told exactly where our place was to stand, end up back where we started from, and have some strange desire to paint our engine pink! What should we do? Signed: Nervous in Richmond!

[Carlyle Merritt]

[b]WE WILL WELCOME YOU TO THE 2001 IN MINNESOTA FOR THE SHOW.[/b] [b]MAYBE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY - YOU NEED TO TAKE IN THE RUN FROM MONROE WISC[/b] [b]ON THE 1ST OF JULY.[/b] [b]IF YOU PLAN TO GO, WE MAY NEED A GET TOGETHER OF THE TABC GROUP FOLKS FROM OUT[/b] [b]OF TOWN.[/b] [b]CARLYLE MERRITT[/b] [b]MASON CITY, IA [/b] [b]125 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS.[/b]

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] cvmga@aol.com [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, May 25, 2001 2:25 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] S.S. Badger Greetings, My wife & I are making plans to attend the big MG gathering in Minnesota. We will be driving an MGA from Virginia, and thought a nice diversion would be to cross Lake Michigan on a 4 hour ferry ride. Then I found out the name of the ferry is "the S.S. Badger!" Now I'm afraid we'll spend a lot of money, get tossed about a bit, told exactly where our place was to stand, end up back where we started from, and have some strange desire to paint our engine pink! What should we do? Signed: Nervous in Richmond! Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[mrbadger]

Well it could be worse, could be the SS Titanic. I would say, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride! I'm sure the Cap is a savvy guy who knows the ropes and will get ya where yer goin'. And just what's so bad about a pink engine? Capt. Badger cvmga@aol.com wrote:

> > Greetings, > > My wife & I are making plans to attend the big MG gathering in > Minnesota. We > will be driving an MGA from Virginia, and thought a nice diversion > would be > to cross Lake Michigan on a 4 hour ferry ride. Then I found out the > name of > the ferry is "the S.S. Badger!" > > Now I'm afraid we'll spend a lot of money, get tossed about a bit, > told > exactly where our place was to stand, end up back where we started > from, and > have some strange desire to paint our engine pink! > > What should we do? > > Signed: > Nervous in Richmond! > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[Austin R. Baer]

I would thoroughly inspect the ferryboat for rocks. They were often used on old ships for ballast, but The Badger always carries lots of extras for tools. I don't know about lifejackets. Austin

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] cvmga@aol.com [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, May 25, 2001 1:25 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] S.S. Badger Greetings, My wife & I are making plans to attend the big MG gathering in Minnesota. We will be driving an MGA from Virginia, and thought a nice diversion would be to cross Lake Michigan on a 4 hour ferry ride. Then I found out the name of the ferry is "the S.S. Badger!" Now I'm afraid we'll spend a lot of money, get tossed about a bit, told exactly where our place was to stand, end up back where we started from, and have some strange desire to paint our engine pink! What should we do? Signed: Nervous in Richmond! Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[Erik Koik]

The ferry is great fun, the only problem being that YOU cannot drive the car onto the ferry, a crew member must do it, NO EXCEPTIONS. So if you can stand to see your car driven by some lout, it's worth the trip.

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] cvmga@aol.com [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, May 25, 2001 2:25 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] S.S. Badger Greetings, My wife & I are making plans to attend the big MG gathering in Minnesota. We will be driving an MGA from Virginia, and thought a nice diversion would be to cross Lake Michigan on a 4 hour ferry ride. Then I found out the name of the ferry is "the S.S. Badger!" Now I'm afraid we'll spend a lot of money, get tossed about a bit, told exactly where our place was to stand, end up back where we started from, and have some strange desire to paint our engine pink! What should we do? Signed: Nervous in Richmond! Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[Peter Pleitner]

Hi Whitworth Heads, The SS Badger is a fine ship, last coal fired one making money I believe. Our club has used it several times. Each time they have allowed the driver/owners to load their own cars en mass. When they see steering wheels on the right they get less insistent I guess. Enjoy and good luck! Cheers, Peter PS: Do make time to visit the WWII sub and maritime museum when you disembark in Wisconsin.

[quote] -----Original Message----- [b]From:[/b] Erik Koik [mailto:erikkoik@foryou.net] [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, May 25, 2001 5:36 PM [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com; cvmga@aol.com [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] S.S. Badger The ferry is great fun, the only problem being that YOU cannot drive the car onto the ferry, a crew member must do it, NO EXCEPTIONS. So if you can stand to see your car driven by some lout, it's worth the trip. ----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] cvmga@aol.com [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, May 25, 2001 2:25 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] S.S. Badger Greetings, My wife & I are making plans to attend the big MG gathering in Minnesota. We will be driving an MGA from Virginia, and thought a nice diversion would be to cross Lake Michigan on a 4 hour ferry ride. Then I found out the name of the ferry is "the S.S. Badger!" Now I'm afraid we'll spend a lot of money, get tossed about a bit, told exactly where our place was to stand, end up back where we started from, and have some strange desire to paint our engine pink! What should we do? Signed: Nervous in Richmond! Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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