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One of Daughters is married to a master pool builder , he travels the world building incredible pools and spent months in Italy learning marble work . A few months ago they were sent to Oregon , Eugene and the University of Oregon to do a new pool for the college and it put them as close to us as they have been in years , so a visit was in order..
I put the cities we would be going through on my CL app and while checking I spotted the Ad for the Sequoia , it wasn't exactly near where I was heading but I thought I could make it work . Next I checked here and saw nothing about it so I called the seller . I asked the seller about the grill and she said she'd had it for 15 years and it was always white , I had her open the doors and describe the wood , she said it was cedar or redwood looking
. I then asked if it was available and she said she had another guy coming and would let me know . I gave her my number and waited . Later that day she called and it was in fact sold , bummer . I popped back on here and saw the thread that had been created about it , turns out the posting ID number and phone number were switched around on the ad and that kept a few other guys from making contact.
Meanwhile back in Oregon , CritterHunter gets a tip from yet another WKC member about a rare grill right in his back yard , he calls and he's first and he's local , but he's thinking about moving so adding another grill isn't really exciting to him at the moment, he calls to tell the seller he's not coming and she mentions a crazy guy from Idaho who wants to drive down and get it so he figures if it's that close why not , the price was right and he makes the pickup.
Then
CritterHunter felt it needed to be with a collector and with a possible move in his future he opted to pass it on to the next guy in line which was me , we set a date for pick up a couple weeks later and we went and got it.
The trip was long but like old grills I love history and we toured the high desert of central Oregon on the way home
Circumstances put this grill in my hands like it was meant to be , oddly I feel like I'm done as this was my grail of grails ..
On a funny side night note , we stayed in Madres, Oregon and on Sunday morning I went to gas up directly across the street from our hotel at a Safeway . There was a curb thing in the middle of the road to keep you from going straight across so I turned right and then did a u turn left to get into the Safeway , next thing I know I have sheriff with his lights on behind me , so I stop. That was a dangerous maneuver you just did, he said , I apologized and told him I didn't see a no u turn sign and there was no traffic at all ?
He ran my plates and license and turns out I haven't been pulled over in 22 years, did not know that .
He was cool !
He just gave me a warning and asked what was under the cover ? I told him it was a Rare Weber BBQ and it's why I came to his town , he looked at me really funny and was about to say something when the sound of Harley Davidson pipes started turning into the Safeway. He turned around and just stood there . You see there were about 20 riders at the Hotel we were staying at and when they left they did the same thing I did as they came across the street , lol ....I was laughing so hard on the inside, his face was classic as he watched guy after guy drive around that stupid curb thing and as I drive away he was going from rider to rider .....unbelievably funny shit , glad I didn't get a ticket but it was very funny all the same .
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At the same time this was going on my 5 year old is looking out the third floor hotel room window facing the Safeway and asks her mom " why does that policeman have papa" ? my wife bolted to the window and sent me a text
" what have you done !?"
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