Hurricane Helene, Old Blue & Gus

MacLaren · November 11

Some of yall may know I had a '21 Silverado 2500HD Custom in NorthSky Blue - I actually started the NorthSky Blue club on that HD Page

At any rate, Hurricane Helene swept away and crushed ole Blue - ole Blue is gone forever. And, I loved that truck. It had the 6.6 Gasser and 6 Speed - both were perfect for me for as long as I had him - bought him brand new with 10 miles on him- gonna miss that truck.

And since Helene saw fit to take our 5th Wheel as well, I've really got no use for another 2500HD.

And just the other day I was able to buy ole Gus here. Gus is also a '21. A 1500 LT Z71 w/out DFM - L84 8 Speed (32k miles) named Gus...

And, I'm really thinkin Gus had to be an old man's truck as he came with a Leer (Leonard) hard tonneau cover. And I've never seen a motor as clean as this one. And, I went back to red. In this case Cherry Red Tintcoat. I love it.

And, I gotta say, this is the smoothest riding Silverado I've ever owned. My first was a Victory Red '03 my next was a burgundy 07' Classic (the originalGus) , then came my NorthSky Blue 2019 1500 (loved that one too!) Then we got into camping and then came ole Blue the '21 2500HD in NorthSky Blue - they were all great trucks - all of em.

At any rate, here's a couple pics - just glad I've got a truck again

Edited November 11 by MacLaren
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MacLaren · November 11

When they get ole Blue outta the gorge, I'll take some pics - as of now, it's still under daughters Equinox we just bought her

MacLaren · November 11

My brother's '06 Tundra

Phantom 4D · November 11

My heart goes out to you and all the others in WNC. I'm here in Goldsboro. I have a friend in South Carolina and he took a big hit as well. It's going to be a long recovery process.

MacLaren · November 11

34 minutes ago, Phantom 4D said:

My heart goes out to you and all the others in WNC. I'm here in Goldsboro. I have a friend in South Carolina and he took a big hit as well. It's going to be a long recovery process.

It really will be, Phantom.

It'll be years even before these mountains smell like they used to.

I can't overstate this enough, is that pictures and videos do the situation absolutely no justice at all.

It's a true Catastrophic- actually, they're now calling it a Geological Event.

Honestly, damn a bunch of vehicles and any other possessions- I'm just glad we were able to escape with our lives ....