Arnie M. wrote:
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Have a good one ..... are u at Bensen days yet ?
Wow ... I'm such a forum slacker these days!!! ... 3weeks later!
Thank you all for the Birthday greetings ... I had an awesome day ... before Bensen Days started ... to get REALLY BUSY!
I took 3 .5 days to drive (the scenic route through Tulsa OK, S into TX, E to LA,MS ( northern I 20 route ... dropping to I10 at Biloxi) ...I20 is totally CRAP through Shreveport ... SUCH a relief to hit I10 & FL ) ... fun to see the back roads( nice state highways ... but stopping in towns SUCKS!) ... but I came home on I 75, I 10 & I 35 ... agreeing with Jim's philosophy that even through the MEGA-metro's ( Houston,Dallas, OK city) ...properly timed ... the traffic flows SO much better & less stop/start through the little podunk towns!
I had 2 full weeks camped at Wauchula & was reluctant to leave ... only Bill Holzgrove & BudONeil left camped when I pulled out last Thursday ... 2days to Anahuac .. visit on a dreary drizzly Sat (last week) with the club members hanging out ... then got through Houston-Dallas & OKCity on the light-er Sunday traffic!
The Wauchula & Bensen days crowd ...are SO totally awesome ... just felt SO loved & adored ! ... the other ladies ... had Birthday celebrations for Jake & I... cakes& candles & great meals in Joe's hangar kitchen ... the best B'day for many years!
Each easy-going pre-party days treasured & enjoyed the fellowships getting to know the fellow early birds a lot better... the Event got really busy & went (as usual) TOO FAST! ... Although most had gone by Monday ... to Sun 'n Fun ... the unwinding days were lovely too! Gab's swung by ... but I was so dang busy doing the demo flights ... had just too brief Hi/ Bye HUGS & greets ... no time to visit!
Even Norm was super busy & did not get to visit much with him this time!