Georgia Trehey wrote: > > Howdy Folks, > > I am so happy that my partner, Gary, were able to attend Bob Saville's > shindig - held at his own personal airport. We drove up to Bob's place > >From Eureka, CA, Saturday evening. We had the great fortune of being > Bob's guests at his beautiful property in the country, just south of > Eugene. Bob is THE best host and he sure knows how to throw a party! Also > he tells great stories. Bob, How about runnning a fly-in bed and breakfast > place? You would be fabulous at it. > > Sunday was the fly-in at Bob's Walker Airport. It was a gorgeous, Oregon > early fall day. The food was wonderful. Best of all were the people amd > the coupes. Since I have only seen 1 coupe before yesterday, seeing 5 > (well, 6, counting Bob's ailing one in the hanger) of them together was almost > more than I could handle. They were all different, so I got a chance to > "compare and contrast". If somebody said that I could have 1 of the 5, I > wouldn't be able to pick. > > >From this list, I got to meet Mary, Maynard, Joa, and Percy. Nice meeting > you! I met many other friendly people too. I don't think they're on > this list, but I'm not sure about that. > > I didn't work up the nerve to ask anyone for a ride. Next event we go to, > I am going to make a point of it. > > Thanks to Bob, especially, and to everyone else for the best time I've had > in a long time! > > Georgia & Gary
Hi Georgia,
Thanks for the kind words, you didn't mention the fact that we
stayed
up half the night with the stories and then you had to drive all the way
back to California in order to make it to work the next morning. You two
are indeed 'brave souls'.
I finally arrived home about 7:30, I thought it was better to
'tidy up'
right then instead of going back out this morning and cleaning up after
that 'Big Bear" that kept Buzzing us.
It's a good thing I did it last night, as I got a phone call
'very'
early this morning from one of my renters that his hot water tank had
flooded the utility room. Guess what I've been doing all day today!
(Wanna buy a slightly used water heater with only one small leak in it,
VERY CHEAP?) ;-)
It was really nice having you here for the week-end. I'm having
another
"Weenie-Roast" out here at the ranch next month with a 'real' bon-fire
and sticks for the weiners instead of a grill. Interested in making that
long trip again?
BTW, I forgot to show you my "Bipe" that was sleeping (hiding from
all
the big bad coupes?) down in one of the other hangars. Maybe next year,
when you fly up in "your" coupe. :-)
Most of the Airplane stuff is over for this summer, maybe now, if
I
really hurry, I can get some of my work taken care of here that needs to
be done before the rains start. (How about doing your 'long Autumn'
dance for me.
I got your Phone message this morning, thanks, that was very
considerate of you.
BTW, some more folks came after you left, two more planes and
three
more people. And some of the 'local' guys from Walker came down to see
if there were any hotdogs left, seems like there was a 'model engine'
convention/show in town this week-end and two of the guys based at
Walker had entries. One was a 'made from scratch' radial A/C engine and
the other was a "made from scratch' steam engine. (Next year I'm going
to make it to that show and see what I missed this year.) The guy who
made the model Radial has a really pretty Luscombe (pardon my language)
down there in his hangar that he usually wins a trophy or plaque for
whenever he attends one of the big fly-ins.
I could have gotten you a ride yesterday, you should have asked
me. (I
was so busy that I never thought of it.) In fact, remember Dick, the
guy who gave the little girl the plane ride for her 5th birthday
present? He had some 'flour bombs' made up and I completely forgot to
announce it. (I wonder if he'll ever speak to me again???) He is the guy
who went to Reno with me this year, we had lots of fun at the Races.
(Except , of course, for the P-51 and pilot that we lost this year. How
sad that was to watch, I had him right in my binoculars when it
happened.
And of course, it was a great honor to introduce Dick Weick to
everyone
at the picnic! (Did you see his cars license plate? "ERCOUP", what else
would you expect?
I guess that's enough for tonight, I have many more e-mails to
answer
before I can go to bed. Glad to hear you made it home okay.
Bob Saville
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