This is DaBull's Journey to his Grenadier & eventual Build.
This first and second post are called "THE CHASE"
DaBull’s Grenadier Journey
“THE CHASE” Part 1 of 2
2-14-2024 Valentines Day
DaBull's Grenadier and others arrived at Port Hueneme this morning 2-14-2024, Valentines Day, on the car-carrying vessel the Don Quijote.
I live near the port, so I drove over to see if I could capture a photo of the ship Don Quijote.
Jumped out of my New Defender and stepped to the other side to take a photo and as I turned around to get back into my vehicle,
a parking maid had already pulled up and proceeded to give me a $53 ticket.
I know this is not going to be the first time my Grenadier gets me into trouble or costs me more money then ever including now
having to opt for 2 dozen roses vs 1 dozen roses for Valentine's day to keep my wife calm and on the Grenadier path.
So I next decided to park in a spot across from the Port where I would not get another ticket, (I am wiser now),
and walked across this vacant field and proceeded to climb a large dirt mound to hopefully catch a view of them off loading my Grenadier.
It took over 30 min from the time the ramp started being lowered before it was fully on the ground.
Then they removed a huge catamaran, 3 cabin cruisers, 50 pieces of new heavy-duty earth moving construction equipment.
It was amazing what was coming out of the back of that ship. Then I saw headlights peak out from inside the ship and was prepared
to see the first Grenadiers get unloaded including mine. Instead they started to unload 300+ Volvo SUV's.
At this point I have been standing and balancing myself on top of this mound for longer than I will admit to and decided to Google,
"How many cars does a car carrying ship hold?" The answer was amazing, the equivalent of 10 football fields, 8500 cars.
It was immediately apparent that my knees were going to give out before I would see my Grenadier's drive down the ramp.
I resigned myself to knowing that I would have to wait for my first encounter with my Grenadier in 2-3 weeks at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier in Pasadena.
The chase has been fun, however I am ready for my new Grenadier.
By the way, there was another shipment of Grenadier's already stacked up at the port,
which I believe were dropped off from the ship Helios Leader the day before.
There's going to be a lot of happy Grenadier owners soon!
Last but not least, it may be appropriate that my Grenadier arrived on the Don Quijote, as sometimes I feel like I am tilting at windmills.
Did you know that the book Don Quijote was first written in 1605 and is the most sold book in the world, only behind the bible.
I immediately ordered a copy on Amazon to read it again, last time was over 50 years ago, to find out why I am still tilting at windmills.
For those like me still tilting at windmills, here's a link to the copy I ordered on Amazon.
Whenever we get together we will now have something to talk about then just Grenadier,
well maybe.
Amazon.com
Enjoy DaBull
This first and second post are called "THE CHASE"
DaBull’s Grenadier Journey
“THE CHASE” Part 1 of 2
2-14-2024 Valentines Day
DaBull's Grenadier and others arrived at Port Hueneme this morning 2-14-2024, Valentines Day, on the car-carrying vessel the Don Quijote.
I live near the port, so I drove over to see if I could capture a photo of the ship Don Quijote.
Jumped out of my New Defender and stepped to the other side to take a photo and as I turned around to get back into my vehicle,
a parking maid had already pulled up and proceeded to give me a $53 ticket.
I know this is not going to be the first time my Grenadier gets me into trouble or costs me more money then ever including now
having to opt for 2 dozen roses vs 1 dozen roses for Valentine's day to keep my wife calm and on the Grenadier path.
So I next decided to park in a spot across from the Port where I would not get another ticket, (I am wiser now),
and walked across this vacant field and proceeded to climb a large dirt mound to hopefully catch a view of them off loading my Grenadier.
It took over 30 min from the time the ramp started being lowered before it was fully on the ground.
Then they removed a huge catamaran, 3 cabin cruisers, 50 pieces of new heavy-duty earth moving construction equipment.
It was amazing what was coming out of the back of that ship. Then I saw headlights peak out from inside the ship and was prepared
to see the first Grenadiers get unloaded including mine. Instead they started to unload 300+ Volvo SUV's.
At this point I have been standing and balancing myself on top of this mound for longer than I will admit to and decided to Google,
"How many cars does a car carrying ship hold?" The answer was amazing, the equivalent of 10 football fields, 8500 cars.
It was immediately apparent that my knees were going to give out before I would see my Grenadier's drive down the ramp.
I resigned myself to knowing that I would have to wait for my first encounter with my Grenadier in 2-3 weeks at Rusnak Ineos Grenadier in Pasadena.
The chase has been fun, however I am ready for my new Grenadier.
By the way, there was another shipment of Grenadier's already stacked up at the port,
which I believe were dropped off from the ship Helios Leader the day before.
There's going to be a lot of happy Grenadier owners soon!
Last but not least, it may be appropriate that my Grenadier arrived on the Don Quijote, as sometimes I feel like I am tilting at windmills.
Did you know that the book Don Quijote was first written in 1605 and is the most sold book in the world, only behind the bible.
I immediately ordered a copy on Amazon to read it again, last time was over 50 years ago, to find out why I am still tilting at windmills.
For those like me still tilting at windmills, here's a link to the copy I ordered on Amazon.
Whenever we get together we will now have something to talk about then just Grenadier,
well maybe.
Amazon.com
Enjoy DaBull
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