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**azflycaster** · 10-10-2007, 09:53 AM

Another picture of the group.

ScrapIrony-2 · 10-10-2007, 09:59 AM

Sitting in the tastefully equipped waiting room at Cummins/ONAN in ABQ(leather couches!)...spent the night in their parking lot, eating left-over Mexican food(yes, it WAS just as good)...
What a great group of people to share time with...Ken, G R E A T JOB, sir, so, when you start the next year's list, put us down as there, already.
We look forward to New Year's at Picacho, and Dead Horse(Richard&Jan-found the registration and check-it will be in the mail).
m&t

**azflycaster** · 10-10-2007, 10:24 AM

A stiched picture of the area....

**azflycaster** · 10-10-2007, 11:31 AM

At the Fiesta Patti told me about a T-Shirt that they have at Meteor Crater RV Park. We had a rally there last month and I never saw it. We stopped on the way home and found that they had a few left. Thanks Patti, it was great to meet you and Tom. We look forward to seeing you again.

47WeeWind · 10-10-2007, 11:54 AM

Luke, Donnarita and I caravanned 450 miles back to Colorado and arrived in the Denver Metro area under cover of darkness. We, along with Patti & Tom Reed, all had a superb time and enjoyed meeting many new-to-us enthusiastic Airstreamers.

The Rally location was excellent, a hop, skip and jump away from the heart of the Balloon Fiesta. This enabled everyone to come and go as each pleased, from pre-dawn darkness to after sunset. No busses or waiting in gridlock traffic for us. We were in the front line of all activity. And as Richard mentions, the Fiesta also came right to us: on Tuesday morning a few ballons landed in our camping area, allowing some to earn their spurs as balloon wranglers. Candles have two ends, and I for one burned from both, leaving the Rally as a spent puddle of wax.

Congratulations

to Ken Johansen, the FCU officers and organizers for an excellent Rally in a can't-be-beat location at a World Class event. This is what Airstreaming is all about, jumping into fascinating local activities with both feet. I look forward to many more FCU events.

Airstream25 · 10-10-2007, 12:08 PM

Ken J,
Did we ever decide who the long distance attendee winner was?

**azflycaster** · 10-10-2007, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airstream25

Ken J,
Did we ever decide who the long distance attendee winner was?

Jerry,
I think you won the shortest distance. Most of the balloons flew futher then you had to travel.

BamCamper · 10-10-2007, 12:24 PM

Just sayin'...

**azflycaster** · 10-10-2007, 12:42 PM

One of the running jokes this week was between Ken and myself. In case you did not know, I bought my trailer from Ken about 2 1/2 years ago or as Ken likes to say, he gave me the trailer and I paid for the restoration of his 58 Overlander. Ken keep asking me about something he might have lost in the trailer before he "gave" it to me. OK Ken, this is what I found when unpacking this morning. If you can tell me the correct serial number, it's yours.

Goin camping · 10-10-2007, 01:03 PM

Honolulu Club.

Hey Bam, Was that West of Kingman on I 40?

Ken J · 10-10-2007, 01:39 PM

Richard

Thats it!!!! Thats the one!!!! I look for it in the mail.

It always amazes me - I LET Richard have the HONOR of paying for my restoration AND the grateful guy that I am, I give him a really nice 75 Tradewind - no appreciation.....

Thank you very much for the very kind words Fred - next year promises to be better - starting to think of some things we can do to make it even better.

The most traveled distance I think is New Hampshure -

Ken J.

**azflycaster** · 10-10-2007, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lewster

Think there will be any demand for an RV tech at the festival?

Lew was the hardest working guy at the Fiesta!

BamCamper · 10-10-2007, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goin camping

Honolulu Club.
Hey Bam, Was that West of Kingman on I 40?

Uhhh yes.
But I don't know anything about that.

Kevbo10 · 10-10-2007, 05:22 PM

to any and everyone i've offended (most everyone):

i blame the Big Patron...

still on road in beautiful downdown barstow, california with the str8's (str8strm), the time's (timemachine) and miss bam (bamcamper). hope to arrive home in the next few days. thank gawd for friends...

did i say what an interesting rally this was?

very nice folks
no sleep
mucho ta-lill-ya
hemi conditioned roads

AND

dot dot dot

dash dash dash

dot dot dot

WHAT HAPPENS AT A RALLY

STAYS

AT A RALLY

just sayin...

kevbo

ps pics to follow

Goin camping · 10-10-2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BamCamper

Uhhh yes.
But I don't know anything about that.

Boy o boy What memories of that place. Can't tell any of them though.

BamCamper · 10-10-2007, 05:27 PM

We seriously enjoyed the Big Hole.
And yes, this one time those are our Airstreams and that is in fact me.

-Laurel
(aka Bam
aka Wanda
aka J. Louise
aka Ms. Smith
...just sayin')

Pearl54FC · 10-10-2007, 05:29 PM

A BIG thank you to Ken (with help from Lew) for a GREAT rally! Although we haven't been very active on Forums we enjoyed meeting new Airstream friends and had some great moments with all! (how about that pot-luck supper!!!) We are ready to sign up for next year and bring a few more trailers with us!

Would love to post some of the hundreds of photo's we took but haven't figured out how to down-load them from the new camera we got just for this event! Thanks Ken for getting the group into such a super location!

Patti and Tom

BamCamper · 10-10-2007, 05:33 PM

Please no pictures...just sayin'.

Kevbo10 · 10-10-2007, 05:36 PM

i'd like to thank the Big Mr PePe (last night)

and

debra (Babeebloos)

from the wonderful and exciting town of needles, california

for this headache

i have right now

kevbo