Hello, i have met new friends and thats my goal when i
go to something like this. Meeting people and putting faces to people
and seeing them to the 'alter egos' we see on internet forums was
refreshing, mainly because we seem to put our own perspective into what we
believe them to be and not what they are at all sometimes ("i am what you are as
you see me as..". It was like a ride... 16 hours traveling and 30 hours
there and to much to see and do ( i missed the aquarium and the civil war
battlegrounds and thats what i went to see)and no time for sleep especially when
in hotels you hear the toilets flush and the water pour and every time someone
walks down the hall it awakens me from uncomfortable sleep. I really don't
like masses of people congregrated together en masse because i believe in the
Peanuts viewpoint, "I Love Mankind its People i can't stand". Gave
up my seat at the dinner/awards so the next group could set down. Vonita
and i tried to get more tables from the staff but all we could do was get a few
more chairs at tables. The room was packed and from afar i saw the Best
Hat Award and it went to Robert Ribley. Congratulations
Robert. Missed the Dance so i don't know who won but it was probably one of
the table dancers i heard about. Angie, i just Love your
enthusiam for all of life and am grateful for the time you spent telling me
about Longstreet and the local history and wish i could have gone on the
tours. Too much to see and do and too little time. The Calendars
were discounted to 10$ and we passed out some for sale at rides thruout the
country. See Darolyn B, Becky H, Jerry F, Genie S-S, Roger R, Steve R,
Becky G, and especially Jim H from ABC and John T who paid us in advance (John i
meant it when i called you a Blessing)and i forget who else. Next year we
need a Marketing/Sales person of some sort because we aren't good on some of the
details. Whether its done again i don't know because our goal is to repay
our patron saints (Jerry and Jeannie)and who knows if there will be profit this
year to help AERC Trails and the KoGH. The concept was good but as i told
Jeannie as she left, we didn't lose, we may not have won, but we played
the game. I went to Atlanta and now Chattanoga and 5-6 times to Reno and
they all have their differances. Reno has rooms for 50$ and cheap food and
plenty of entertainment so the ones who went for the first time should travel to
Reno and see a really full house and 4 times the vendors. I was especially
glad i was able to meet Truman (and talk physics) and Jim and (tell him he
done good) and Howard (you are a most charming and dedicated human being who i
would value to be called your friend). Spring flowers are coming and its
gone from winter last week to spring this week and hopefully summer will hold
its head for a while to allow us to enjoy this years rebirth in a slow and
placid manner. I see AERC going in a very positive direction. a very
tird, tom sites
