GFM - Report and pics

[Cotty]

After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...

I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd rather
have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was otherwise good. Nice
to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)

I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High School, so I'm
not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 near DC was
akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily I got that
hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had cut me up.
The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.

I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to see you again
mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where loud waiters
proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in case
there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be guiding you on
your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in restaurants.

We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served in
brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least I
could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen (tv) joined us
and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all evening. I had a
good time, thanks guys.

Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my pre-GFM sojourn,
and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above and
beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I kept waking up
and was sick everywhere.

Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! Cesar joined
us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where birds of every
kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at the ready. That
guy has a good eye for the birds.

Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags of gear. Why
strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate? After
saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour traffic on the
Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an effect on Cesar.
He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I was
supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.

9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm and met up
with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for all the help
setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are so big they
have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over from his RV
and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV. This
theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and people would
simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I would just go
up to people and apologise.

This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making their way up to the
mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory, Annsan, Nico,
Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott, Charles, Bill and
Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones (Scott, Dave Brooks,
Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more - the names swarm
in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you out, it must have been
the Lawnmower Light.

Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in between. (Perhaps I should
go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating the Bleeding Obvious).
The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who goes there can fail
to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think then of my
anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear friend who I knew
at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh lives near Cincinnati
and upon hearing of my trip, had decided to drive down to meet me. He
duly turned up in his bright blue VW bug (too long a trip really for his
Triumph 900 monster although it would have only been 6 hours instead of
8...) and we hadn't met in 28 years. It was quite a moment, and we soon
discovered that we basically were carrying on where we had left off all
those years ago. To be doing this at GFM was simply the icing on the
cake. Great to see you guy, and now we'll keep the interim down to
years, not decades!

Saturday saw us hiking up GFM, huffing and puffing in Mark's dust as he
rocketed up the mountain with a respectable crowd in tow. Kudos to Cory
for keeping up with the Mountain Goat On Crack. Cory later kissed the
car park tarmac on his return. You laugh, but he likes a Frenchy I
gather. Rick and Mat made MacRae before Brian, Scotty and me, and that
was far enough. It's quite a climb, and the sight of Scotty taking a
break between sweaty inclines with 

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[David J Brooks]

On 6/7/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...
My son wants to come along, and that
> would be fine, as he's 13, and so am I :-)
>
> Sorry! Pictures!
>
> 

"Dave Brooks shoots invisible camera". I don't want to commit my self
to a brand until i know who is buying Pentax, Hoya, Ford Prefect,
Chrysler, or General Mills & Capt Crunch.

Dave
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[pnstenquist]

Nice pics and report. Thanks for sharing them.
Paul
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From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...
> 
> I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd rather
> have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
> Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was otherwise good. Nice
> to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
> 
> I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High School, so I'm
> not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
> evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 near DC was
> akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily I got that
> hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had cut me up.
> The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.
> 
> I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to see you again
> mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where loud waiters
> proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
> repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in case
> there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be guiding you on
> your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in restaurants.
> 
> We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served in
> brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
> Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least I
> could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
> Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen (tv) joined us
> and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all evening. I had a
> good time, thanks guys.
> 
> Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my pre-GFM sojourn,
> and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above and
> beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I kept waking up
> and was sick everywhere.
> 
> Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
> morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! Cesar joined
> us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where birds of every
> kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at the ready. That
> guy has a good eye for the birds.
> 
> Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags of gear. Why
> strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate? After
> saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour traffic on the
> Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an effect on Cesar.
> He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I was
> supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
> 
> 9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm and met up
> with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for all the help
> setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are so big they
> have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over from his RV
> and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV. This
> theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and people would
> simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I would just go
> up to people and apologise.
> 
> This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making their way up to the
> mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory, Annsan, Nico,
> Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott, Charles, Bill and
> Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones (Scott, Dave Brooks,
> Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more - the names swarm
> in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you out, it must have been
> the Lawnmower Light.
> 
> Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in between. (Perhaps I should
> go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating the Bleeding Obvious).
> The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who goes there can fail
> to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think then of my
> anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear friend who I knew
> at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh lives near Cincinnati
> and upon hearing of my trip, had decided to drive down to meet me. He
> duly turned up in his bright blue VW bug (too long a trip really for his
> Triumph 900 monster although it would have only been 6 hours instead of
> 8...) and we hadn't met in 28 years. It was quite a moment, and we soon
> discovered that we basically were carrying on where we had left off all
> those years ago. To be doing this at GFM was simply the icing on the
> cake. Great to see you guy, and now we'll keep the interim down to
> years, not decades!
> 
> Saturday saw us hiking up GFM, huffing and puffing in Mark's dust as he
> rocketed up the mountain with a respectable crowd in tow. Kudos to Cory
> for ke

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Cotty wrote:
> After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...
> 
> I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd rather
> have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
> Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was otherwise good. Nice
> to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
> 
> I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High School, so I'm
> not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
> evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 near DC was
> akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily I got that
> hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had cut me up.
> The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.
> 
> I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to see you again
> mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where loud waiters
> proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
> repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in case
> there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be guiding you on
> your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in restaurants.
> 
> We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served in
> brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
> Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least I
> could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
> Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen (tv) joined us
> and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all evening. I had a
> good time, thanks guys.
> 
> Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my pre-GFM sojourn,
> and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above and
> beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I kept waking up
> and was sick everywhere.
> 
> Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
> morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! Cesar joined
> us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where birds of every
> kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at the ready. That
> guy has a good eye for the birds.
> 
> Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags of gear. Why
> strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate? After
> saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour traffic on the
> Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an effect on Cesar.
> He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I was
> supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
> 
> 9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm and met up
> with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for all the help
> setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are so big they
> have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over from his RV
> and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV. This
> theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and people would
> simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I would just go
> up to people and apologise.
> 
> This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making their way up to the
> mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory, Annsan, Nico,
> Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott, Charles, Bill and
> Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones (Scott, Dave Brooks,
> Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more - the names swarm
> in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you out, it must have been
> the Lawnmower Light.
> 
> Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in between. (Perhaps I should
> go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating the Bleeding Obvious).
> The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who goes there can fail
> to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think then of my
> anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear friend who I knew
> at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh lives near Cincinnati
> and upon hearing of my trip, had decided to drive down to meet me. He
> duly turned up in his bright blue VW bug (too long a trip really for his
> Triumph 900 monster although it would have only been 6 hours instead of
> 8...) and we hadn't met in 28 years. It was quite a moment, and we soon
> discovered that we basically were carrying on where we had left off all
> those years ago. To be doing this at GFM was simply the icing on the
> cake. Great to see you guy, and now we'll keep the interim down to
> years, not decades!
> 
> Saturday saw us hiking up GFM, huffing and puffing in Mark's dust as he
> rocketed up the mountain with a respectable crowd in t

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[Tom C]

Nice collection of shots both scenic and people. Kinda plasticky though. ;-)

Tom C.

>
>Sorry! Pictures!
>
>
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[Brendan MacRae]

Great story and great pix, Cotty.

Thanks.

-Brendan
--- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> After reading the excellent reports published
> already, there's not much
> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in
> chronological order...
> 
> I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I
> think I'd rather
> have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much'
> kind  any day.
> Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was
> otherwise good. Nice
> to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
> 
> I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at
> High School, so I'm
> not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot
> camper in the
> evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and
> the 270 near DC was
> akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails.
> Luckily I got that
> hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos
> that had cut me up.
> The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually
> work.
> 
> I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian.
> Great to see you again
> mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish
> Brewery where loud waiters
> proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of
> their table,
> repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by
> constantly in case
> there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll
> be guiding you on
> your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being
> ignored in restaurants.
> 
> We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent
> and was served in
> brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a
> 3.5% called
> Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in
> it. At least I
> could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and
> high humidity.
> Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van
> Veen (tv) joined us
> and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all
> evening. I had a
> good time, thanks guys.
> 
> Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for
> my pre-GFM sojourn,
> and despite my protests gave up their bed for me.
> This was above and
> beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a
> baby: I kept waking up
> and was sick everywhere.
> 
> Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my
> Weetabix the next
> morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep
> telling ya! Cesar joined
> us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch
> where birds of every
> kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside
> 500/4 at the ready. That
> guy has a good eye for the birds.
> 
> Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV:
> 12 bags of gear. Why
> strain with indecision when there's all that room,
> right mate? After
> saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush
> hour traffic on the
> Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad
> an effect on Cesar.
> He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I
> realised I was
> supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
> 
> 9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about
> 6.30pm and met up
> with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper).
> Thanks for all the help
> setting up things like shore-lines etc (these
> campers are so big they
> have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed
> over from his RV
> and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the
> rental RV. This
> theme of helping out set the tone for the whole
> weekend and people would
> simply come up to you and give you things. Being a
> Brit, I would just go
> up to people and apologise.
> 
> This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making
> their way up to the
> mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory,
> Annsan, Nico,
> Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott,
> Charles, Bill and
> Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones
> (Scott, Dave Brooks,
> Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more
> - the names swarm
> in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you
> out, it must have been
> the Lawnmower Light.
> 
> Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in
> between. (Perhaps I should
> go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating
> the Bleeding Obvious).
> The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who
> goes there can fail
> to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think
> then of my
> anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear
> friend who I knew
> at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh
> lives near Cincinnati
> and upon hearing of my trip, had decided to drive
> down to meet me. He
> duly turned up in his bright blue VW bug (too long a
> trip really for his
> Triumph 900 monster although it would have only been
> 6 hours instead of
> 8...) and we hadn't met in 28 years. It was quite a
> moment, and we soon
> discovered that we basically were carrying on where
> we had left off all
> those years ago. To be doing this at GFM was simply
> the icing on the
> cake. Great to see you guy, and now we'll keep the
> interim down to
> years, not decades!
> 
> Saturday saw us hiking up GFM, huffing and puffing
> in Mark's dust as he
> rocke

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==
Good report. Nice  gallery with some great people shots. Thanks for sharing.

Marnie aka Doe  :-)

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[ann sanfedele]

Much enjoyed your report - pics and text - so I've left it all in this 
reply as I never delete send messages
and I'll be able to read it again later :)  bookmarked the pics.

It was great to see ya and meet your old school chum I wonder what 
there is about Ohio -
two of my high school buds (one of whom I acted with back in the 50's, 
too) are both in Cleveland.
Go figure.  

ann


Cotty wrote:

>After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
>to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...
>
>I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd rather
>have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
>Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was otherwise good. Nice
>to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
>
>I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High School, so I'm
>not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
>evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 near DC was
>akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily I got that
>hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had cut me up.
>The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.
>
>I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to see you again
>mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where loud waiters
>proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
>repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in case
>there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be guiding you on
>your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in restaurants.
>
>We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served in
>brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
>Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least I
>could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
>Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen (tv) joined us
>and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all evening. I had a
>good time, thanks guys.
>
>Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my pre-GFM sojourn,
>and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above and
>beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I kept waking up
>and was sick everywhere.
>
>Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
>morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! Cesar joined
>us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where birds of every
>kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at the ready. That
>guy has a good eye for the birds.
>
>Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags of gear. Why
>strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate? After
>saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour traffic on the
>Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an effect on Cesar.
>He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I was
>supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
>
>9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm and met up
>with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for all the help
>setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are so big they
>have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over from his RV
>and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV. This
>theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and people would
>simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I would just go
>up to people and apologise.
>
>This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making their way up to the
>mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory, Annsan, Nico,
>Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott, Charles, Bill and
>Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones (Scott, Dave Brooks,
>Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more - the names swarm
>in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you out, it must have been
>the Lawnmower Light.
>
>Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in between. (Perhaps I should
>go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating the Bleeding Obvious).
>The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who goes there can fail
>to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think then of my
>anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear friend who I knew
>at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh lives near Cincinnati
>and upon hearing of my trip, had decided to drive down to meet me. He
>duly turned up in his bright blue VW bug (too long a trip really for his
>Triumph 900 monster although it would have only been 6 hours instead of
>8...) and we hadn't met in 28 years. It was quite a moment, and we soon
>discovered that we basically were carrying on where we had left off all
>those years ago. To be doing this at GFM was simply the icing on the
>cake. Great to see you guy, and now we'll keep the interim dow

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[Kenneth Waller]

Enjoyed your ramblings and the photos. Good to meet you also.

Kenneth Waller

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From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GFM - Report and pics


> After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...
> 
> I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd rather
> have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
> Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was otherwise good. Nice
> to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
> 
> I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High School, so I'm
> not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
> evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 near DC was
> akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily I got that
> hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had cut me up.
> The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.
> 
> I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to see you again
> mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where loud waiters
> proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
> repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in case
> there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be guiding you on
> your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in restaurants.
> 
> We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served in
> brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
> Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least I
> could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
> Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen (tv) joined us
> and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all evening. I had a
> good time, thanks guys.
> 
> Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my pre-GFM sojourn,
> and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above and
> beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I kept waking up
> and was sick everywhere.
> 
> Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
> morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! Cesar joined
> us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where birds of every
> kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at the ready. That
> guy has a good eye for the birds.
> 
> Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags of gear. Why
> strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate? After
> saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour traffic on the
> Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an effect on Cesar.
> He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I was
> supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
> 
> 9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm and met up
> with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for all the help
> setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are so big they
> have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over from his RV
> and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV. This
> theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and people would
> simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I would just go
> up to people and apologise.
> 
> This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making their way up to the
> mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory, Annsan, Nico,
> Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott, Charles, Bill and
> Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones (Scott, Dave Brooks,
> Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more - the names swarm
> in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you out, it must have been
> the Lawnmower Light.
> 
> Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in between. (Perhaps I should
> go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating the Bleeding Obvious).
> The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who goes there can fail
> to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think then of my
> anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear friend who I knew
> at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh lives near Cincinnati
> and upon hearing of my trip, had decided to drive down to meet me. He
> duly turned up in his bright blue VW bug (too long a trip really for his
> Triumph 900 monster although it would have only been 6 hours instead of
> 8...) and we hadn't met in 28 years. It was quite a moment, and 

RE: GFM - Report and pics

[Bob W]

Nice shots.

This week's winner of the 12th annual Caption of the Month competition
is:
"Nico Reinbold who likes his birds face down"

--
 Bob
 

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Kenneth Waller
> Sent: 07 June 2007 20:46
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: GFM - Report and pics
> 
> Enjoyed your ramblings and the photos. Good to meet you also.
> 
> Kenneth Waller
> 
> - Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: GFM - Report and pics
> 
> 
> > After reading the excellent reports published already, 
> there's not much
> > to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in 
> chronological order...
> > 
> > I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd
rather
> > have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
> > Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was 
> otherwise good. Nice
> > to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
> > 
> > I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High 
> School, so I'm
> > not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
> > evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 
> near DC was
> > akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily 
> I got that
> > hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had 
> cut me up.
> > The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.
> > 
> > I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to 
> see you again
> > mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where 
> loud waiters
> > proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
> > repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in
case
> > there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be 
> guiding you on
> > your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in 
> restaurants.
> > 
> > We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served
in
> > brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
> > Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least
I
> > could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
> > Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen 
> (tv) joined us
> > and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all 
> evening. I had a
> > good time, thanks guys.
> > 
> > Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my 
> pre-GFM sojourn,
> > and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above
and
> > beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I 
> kept waking up
> > and was sick everywhere.
> > 
> > Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
> > morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! 
> Cesar joined
> > us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where 
> birds of every
> > kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at 
> the ready. That
> > guy has a good eye for the birds.
> > 
> > Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags 
> of gear. Why
> > strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate?
After
> > saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour 
> traffic on the
> > Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an 
> effect on Cesar.
> > He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I
was
> > supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
> > 
> > 9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm 
> and met up
> > with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for 
> all the help
> > setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are 
> so big they
> > have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over 
> from his RV
> > and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV.
This
> > theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and 
> people would
> > simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I 
> would just go
> > up to people and apologise.
> > 
> > This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making their way up to
the
> > mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory, Annsan, Nico,
> > Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott, Charles, Bill
and
> > Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones (Scott, 
> Dave Brooks,
> > Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, 

Re: GFM - Report and pics

[cbwaters]

Ohio, People you used to like but don't need to see that often anymore.

CW

- Original Message - 
From: "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: GFM - Report and pics


> Much enjoyed your report - pics and text - so I've left it all in this
> reply as I never delete send messages
> and I'll be able to read it again later :)  bookmarked the pics.
>
> It was great to see ya and meet your old school chum I wonder what
> there is about Ohio -
> two of my high school buds (one of whom I acted with back in the 50's,
> too) are both in Cleveland.
> Go figure.
>
> ann
>
>
> Cotty wrote:
>
>>After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
>>to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...
>>
>>I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd rather
>>have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
>>Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was otherwise good. Nice
>>to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
>>
>>I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High School, so I'm
>>not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
>>evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 near DC was
>>akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily I got that
>>hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had cut me up.
>>The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.
>>
>>I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to see you again
>>mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where loud waiters
>>proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
>>repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in case
>>there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be guiding you on
>>your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in restaurants.
>>
>>We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served in
>>brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
>>Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least I
>>could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
>>Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen (tv) joined us
>>and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all evening. I had a
>>good time, thanks guys.
>>
>>Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my pre-GFM sojourn,
>>and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above and
>>beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I kept waking up
>>and was sick everywhere.
>>
>>Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
>>morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! Cesar joined
>>us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where birds of every
>>kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at the ready. That
>>guy has a good eye for the birds.
>>
>>Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags of gear. Why
>>strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate? After
>>saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour traffic on the
>>Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an effect on Cesar.
>>He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I was
>>supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
>>
>>9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm and met up
>>with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for all the help
>>setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are so big they
>>have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over from his RV
>>and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV. This
>>theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and people would
>>simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I would just go
>>up to people and apologise.
>>
>>This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making their way up to the
>>mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory, Annsan, Nico,
>>Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott, Charles, Bill and
>>Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones (Scott, Dave Brooks,
>>Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more - the names swarm
>>in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you out, it must have been
>>the Lawnmower Light.

Re: GFM - Report and pics

[ann sanfedele]

cbwaters wrote:

>Ohio, People you used to like but don't need to see that often anymore.
>
>CW
>  
>
Actually, with me it is people I used to like, still do, and can't get 
see often enough. :)

ann

>- Original Message - 
>From: "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 1:30 PM
>Subject: Re: GFM - Report and pics
>
>
>  
>
>>Much enjoyed your report - pics and text - so I've left it all in this
>>reply as I never delete send messages
>>and I'll be able to read it again later :)  bookmarked the pics.
>>
>>It was great to see ya and meet your old school chum I wonder what
>>there is about Ohio -
>>two of my high school buds (one of whom I acted with back in the 50's,
>>too) are both in Cleveland.
>>Go figure.
>>
>>ann
>>
>>
>>Cotty wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
>>>to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...
>>>
>>>I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I think I'd rather
>>>have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much' kind  any day.
>>>Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was otherwise good. Nice
>>>to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
>>>
>>>I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at High School, so I'm
>>>not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot camper in the
>>>evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and the 270 near DC was
>>>akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails. Luckily I got that
>>>hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos that had cut me up.
>>>The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually work.
>>>
>>>I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian. Great to see you again
>>>mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish Brewery where loud waiters
>>>proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of their table,
>>>repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by constantly in case
>>>there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll be guiding you on
>>>your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being ignored in restaurants.
>>>
>>>We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent and was served in
>>>brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a 3.5% called
>>>Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in it. At least I
>>>could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and high humidity.
>>>Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van Veen (tv) joined us
>>>and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all evening. I had a
>>>good time, thanks guys.
>>>
>>>Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for my pre-GFM sojourn,
>>>and despite my protests gave up their bed for me. This was above and
>>>beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a baby: I kept waking up
>>>and was sick everywhere.
>>>
>>>Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my Weetabix the next
>>>morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep telling ya! Cesar joined
>>>us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch where birds of every
>>>kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside 500/4 at the ready. That
>>>guy has a good eye for the birds.
>>>
>>>Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV: 12 bags of gear. Why
>>>strain with indecision when there's all that room, right mate? After
>>>saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush hour traffic on the
>>>Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad an effect on Cesar.
>>>He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I realised I was
>>>supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
>>>
>>>9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about 6.30pm and met up
>>>with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper). Thanks for all the help
>>>setting up things like shore-lines etc (these campers are so big they
>>>have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed over from his RV
>>>and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the rental RV. This
>>>theme of helping out set the tone for the whole weekend and people would
>>>simply come up to you and give you things. Being a Brit, I would just go
>>>up to people and apologise.
>>>
>>>

Re: GFM - Report and pics

[Rick Womer]

Cotty,

Nice report and great pix!  It was really good to see
you and meet Brian, who seemed to fit right into
things.

Maybe next time we should rent a camper with a little
more space, though--I'm =sure= you'd enjoy driving it:

http://www.motorhomesusa.com/home.htm

Rick

--- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> After reading the excellent reports published
> already, there's not much
> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in
> chronological order...
> 
> I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I
> think I'd rather
> have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much'
> kind  any day.
> Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was
> otherwise good. Nice
> to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
> 
> I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at
> High School, so I'm
> not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot
> camper in the
> evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and
> the 270 near DC was
> akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails.
> Luckily I got that
> hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos
> that had cut me up.
> The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually
> work.
> 
> I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian.
> Great to see you again
> mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish
> Brewery where loud waiters
> proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of
> their table,
> repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by
> constantly in case
> there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll
> be guiding you on
> your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being
> ignored in restaurants.
> 
> We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent
> and was served in
> brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a
> 3.5% called
> Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in
> it. At least I
> could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and
> high humidity.
> Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van
> Veen (tv) joined us
> and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all
> evening. I had a
> good time, thanks guys.
> 
> Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for
> my pre-GFM sojourn,
> and despite my protests gave up their bed for me.
> This was above and
> beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a
> baby: I kept waking up
> and was sick everywhere.
> 
> Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my
> Weetabix the next
> morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep
> telling ya! Cesar joined
> us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch
> where birds of every
> kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside
> 500/4 at the ready. That
> guy has a good eye for the birds.
> 
> Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV:
> 12 bags of gear. Why
> strain with indecision when there's all that room,
> right mate? After
> saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush
> hour traffic on the
> Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad
> an effect on Cesar.
> He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I
> realised I was
> supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
> 
> 9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about
> 6.30pm and met up
> with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper).
> Thanks for all the help
> setting up things like shore-lines etc (these
> campers are so big they
> have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed
> over from his RV
> and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the
> rental RV. This
> theme of helping out set the tone for the whole
> weekend and people would
> simply come up to you and give you things. Being a
> Brit, I would just go
> up to people and apologise.
> 
> This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making
> their way up to the
> mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory,
> Annsan, Nico,
> Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott,
> Charles, Bill and
> Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones
> (Scott, Dave Brooks,
> Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more
> - the names swarm
> in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you
> out, it must have been
> the Lawnmower Light.
> 
> Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in
> between. (Perhaps I should
> go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating
> the Bleeding Obvious).
> The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who
> goes there can fail
> to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think
> then of my
> anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear
> friend who I knew
> at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh
> lives near Cincinnati
> and upon hearing of my trip, had decided to drive
> down to meet me. He
> duly turned up in his bright blue VW bug (too long a
> trip really for his
> Triumph 900 monster although it would have only been
> 6 hours instead of
> 8...) and we hadn't met in 28 years. It was quite a
> moment, and we soon
> discovered that we basically were carrying on where
> we had left off all
> those years ago. To be doing

Re: GFM - Report and pics

[graywolf]

I suggested he get one of these next time:

http://www.blue-bird.com/products/coach/450lxi.php

-- 
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
---


Rick Womer wrote:
> Cotty,
> 
> Nice report and great pix!  It was really good to see
> you and meet Brian, who seemed to fit right into
> things.
> 
> Maybe next time we should rent a camper with a little
> more space, though--I'm =sure= you'd enjoy driving it:
> 
> http://www.motorhomesusa.com/home.htm
> 
> Rick
> 
> --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> After reading the excellent reports published
>> already, there's not much
>> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in
>> chronological order...
>>
>> I really don't like bad turbulence - on a flight. I
>> think I'd rather
>> have bad turbulence of the 'I've eaten too much'
>> kind  any day.
>> Fortunately everything went to plan and my trip was
>> otherwise good. Nice
>> to be back in the USA where nobody gives a shit ;-)
>>
>> I learned to drive when I was 15 in California at
>> High School, so I'm
>> not shy of left-hookers. However, piloting a 25 foot
>> camper in the
>> evening rush hour on the Beltway between the 66 and
>> the 270 near DC was
>> akin to having bamboo inserted up the fingernails.
>> Luckily I got that
>> hang of it and was soon cutting up all the mo-fos
>> that had cut me up.
>> The maxim 'give way to larger vehicle' does actually
>> work.
>>
>> I drove to Germantown and met up with Christian.
>> Great to see you again
>> mate. We popped out for dinner to the Dogfish
>> Brewery where loud waiters
>> proclaimed their undying love for our occupancy of
>> their table,
>> repeatedly offered deals and sweeteners, swung by
>> constantly in case
>> there was anything we needed. "Hi. I'm Carl and I'll
>> be guiding you on
>> your journey..."  I'm British. I'm used to being
>> ignored in restaurants.
>>
>> We had beer. Well, it was between 9 and 18 percent
>> and was served in
>> brandy glasses, but they said it was beer. I found a
>> 3.5% called
>> Lawnmower Light and struggled not to ask what was in
>> it. At least I
>> could chug it down to combat temps in the 80s F and
>> high humidity.
>> Cesar, Stehen Moore, and long-time ex-lister Tom Van
>> Veen (tv) joined us
>> and so we sat and laughed at Christian's haircut all
>> evening. I had a
>> good time, thanks guys.
>>
>> Christian and his wife Kerry were perfect hosts for
>> my pre-GFM sojourn,
>> and despite my protests gave up their bed for me.
>> This was above and
>> beyond the call, but I relented and slept like a
>> baby: I kept waking up
>> and was sick everywhere.
>>
>> Christian was amused when I poured sugar on my
>> Weetabix the next
>> morning. Dude - California in the 70s, I keep
>> telling ya! Cesar joined
>> us for coffee and we sat on Christian's back porch
>> where birds of every
>> kind flew in for a nibble, Christian's Darkside
>> 500/4 at the ready. That
>> guy has a good eye for the birds.
>>
>> Cesar thoughtfully brought some ballast for the RV:
>> 12 bags of gear. Why
>> strain with indecision when there's all that room,
>> right mate? After
>> saying ta ta to Christian, we hit the morning rush
>> hour traffic on the
>> Beltway again. I don't think my driving had that bad
>> an effect on Cesar.
>> He was very quiet for the first few minutes, until I
>> realised I was
>> supposed to keep *between* the dashed white lines.
>>
>> 9 hours and several stops later we reached GFM about
>> 6.30pm and met up
>> with the occupants of PDML West (Cory's camper).
>> Thanks for all the help
>> setting up things like shore-lines etc (these
>> campers are so big they
>> have to be moored). Non-lister Bruce Metcalf waltzed
>> over from his RV
>> and insisted I borrow some levelling chocks for the
>> rental RV. This
>> theme of helping out set the tone for the whole
>> weekend and people would
>> simply come up to you and give you things. Being a
>> Brit, I would just go
>> up to people and apologise.
>>
>> This was Thusday, and so folk were slowly making
>> their way up to the
>> mountain. Great to see old friends once again (Cory,
>> Annsan, Nico,
>> Graywolf, Tom Reese, Doug, Mark, Bob, Don, Scott,
>> Charles, Bill and
>> Phyllis - the list is endless), and some new ones
>> (Scott, Dave Brooks,
>> Dave Savage, Mat, Mark Cassino, Ken Waller, and more
>> - the names swarm
>> in my mind). Please forgive me if I have left you
>> out, it must have been
>> the Lawnmower Light.
>>
>> Weather was cool and rainy, with dry spots in
>> between. (Perhaps I should
>> go on 'Mastermind' - specialised subject: Stating
>> the Bleeding Obvious).
>> The scenery is simply breath-taking and nobody who
>> goes there can fail
>> to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the place. Think
>> then of my
>> anticipation as I awaited the arrival of a very dear
>> friend who I knew
>> at school back in CA in the 1970s. Brian Kavanagh
>> lives near Cincinnati

Re: GFM - Report and pics

[Cotty]

On 8/6/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>Maybe next time we should rent a camper with a little
>more space, though--I'm =sure= you'd enjoy driving it:
>
>http://www.motorhomesusa.com/home.htm

Holy mackerel!

Hey if you're funding it, we'll go for it :-))

I'd want a hot tub of course

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[Mark Roberts]

Cotty wrote:

>On 8/6/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>Maybe next time we should rent a camper with a little
>>more space, though--I'm =sure= you'd enjoy driving it:
>>
>>http://www.motorhomesusa.com/home.htm
>
>Holy mackerel!
>
>Hey if you're funding it, we'll go for it :-))
>
>I'd want a hot tub of course

I recall an episode of The Simpsons in which Homer decided he wanted to 
buy a motorhome and had his eyes on a model called the "Land Behemoth", 
which featured a swimming pool with diving board, among other amenities 
:)

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Re: GFM - Report and pics

[Cotty]

On 8/6/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I suggested he get one of these next time:
>
>http://www.blue-bird.com/products/coach/450lxi.php

Jumping Jupiter!

Prolly more like this tho:



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RE: GFM - Report and pics

[Bob W]

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Cotty
> Sent: 08 June 2007 19:27
> To: pentax list
> Subject: Re: GFM - Report and pics
> 
> On 8/6/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
> >I suggested he get one of these next time:
> >
> >http://www.blue-bird.com/products/coach/450lxi.php
> 
> Jumping Jupiter!
> 
> Prolly more like this tho:
> 
> <http://www.kabriolett.com/stvw/lf/54bus.jpg>
> 
> -- 
> 

Make sure you're fully accessorized:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6732003.stm

Bob


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[graywolf]

Guy was lucky the truck was not on its way to California, wasn't he?

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Bob W wrote:
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
>> Behalf Of Cotty
>> Sent: 08 June 2007 19:27
>> To: pentax list
>> Subject: Re: GFM - Report and pics
>>
>> On 8/6/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>> I suggested he get one of these next time:
>>>
>>> http://www.blue-bird.com/products/coach/450lxi.php
>> Jumping Jupiter!
>>
>> Prolly more like this tho:
>>
>> <http://www.kabriolett.com/stvw/lf/54bus.jpg>
>>
>> -- 
>>
> 
> Make sure you're fully accessorized:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6732003.stm
> 
> Bob
> 
> 

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[mike wilson]

graywolf wrote:

> Guy was lucky the truck was not on its way to California, wasn't he?
> 
> Make sure you're fully accessorized:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6732003.stm
>> 
>> Bob

 From what I hear, he's luckier that it wasn't Bill Robb's truck on his 
way back to Regina.

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[frank theriault]

On 6/7/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After reading the excellent reports published already, there's not much
> to add really. So here's a few random thoughts, in chronological order...


Brings tears to my eyes, Cotty.

And, it's all the more incentive for me to make certain that I go next year...

Great stuff!

cheers,
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[Cotty]

On 11/6/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Brings tears to my eyes, Cotty.

I aim for comedy ;-)

>
>And, it's all the more incentive for me to make certain that I go next
year...
>
>Great stuff!

Thanks mate. There's a little voice in my ear saying 'go again, go
again!!' I'll work on it

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