2004 Totem

The fall B.C. classic Totem calls me north once again. This year I'm without my trusty navigator Benson, but find a very suitable replacement in Kathryn Hasnsen. Kathryne spends nearly every weekend participating in some form of motorsport from autocross to TSD and stage rally. Kathryn meets me at the rally start in Cache Creek, B.C. Everything's a go except my auxiliary driving lights - critical to a rally this late in the season. Fortunatly Kathryn's husband Steve is a very capable mechanic and we work up a nice jury rig that will get us through the rally with out incident. This is Kathryn's first rally using the Curta which adds a a new twist (pun intended) to the event for her. Kathryn catches on quick and we are off to running. Our scores were a bit scattered the first day but we do well in the second day and gain back some needed points. We finished out of the trophies. Considering this was a last minute effort and we have never run together this was a good result, plus we got to spend two whole days exploring the back roads of British Columbia! Great times, great friends and thanks to Kathryn - we stayed on course and on time!