[Nobbc] Whew! Saturday's Drive...

[Greg Tatarian]

Dean,
Yeah, I was upset about it too, since the whole point is to stay 
together as a group, and no one wants to get left behind. It wasn't 
intentional, and it wasn't for lack of effort on my part. I was told by 
Andy that we were waiting on Norm, and then after another 20 minutes 
passed, as I was putting my camera away in our car, I was told that we 
were all ready and that I should start to gather everyone up and move 
out. In hindsight I should have not have listened to those instructions, 
instead conducting my own survey. It was being made clear to me by 
several people that they wanted to get moving, and I let that put 
pressure on me to move out.
I did wait on the side street, and it appeared to me that everyone had 
gotten in line before I got moving again. I did give my cell phone 
number out, both before the drive by email and on the day of the drive 
to those who asked, and I did post the route days before, and I did show 
the route to everyone, but yeah, next time I'll take more complete 
charge and not let myself get confused by the mixed signals. The other 
method of the last car using headlights sometimes works, but with this 
long of a line that isn't a perfect solution. Cell phones and/or radios 
are a good idea. Sorry you were chagrined.
Greg

> We really need to do more to keep ourselves together from the start. I
> was chagrined to find us moving out while a few folks were not yet in
> there vehicles. The rules (yea I know we're not supposed to need any
> steeeenking rules) got to be that the lead doesn't move until everyone
> has engines running. If nothing else a cell phone in the hands of the
> last in line and the first in line would really help out in this regard.
>
> Deano