Attendance list updated with ewaynec and TarHeelDavid.



For those not arriving until Friday mid-day:
If anyone is reading this and thinking they can only make the BBQ by meeting us there at about noon, please PM me here and I can provide directions to their home. This information will not be posted or discussed in public threads. (Wayne, check your private messages.)

 

Our Hosts are happy to hear it.


This is the reason I will be attending the Fontana meet. I have no plans for Saturday or Sunday. Were it not for Jim and Trish, I would stay home. Seriously.

Work is a burden and my house is still under construction. Weekends are precious this year.


franc

 

My work is a BLESSING. I moved to a new role at Kenwood on January 1 of this year. New boss, new co-workers, new title, new responsibilities and adventures - pretty cool at age 57, really.

 

I'm 70 and love what I do. But what I do has been increasing in volume since last November. And despite a Zero effort, more sales are coming in. We were winding our business down to where we had plenty of time off for travel, grandkids, and the Ozark ranch. All my travel since last fall is for business and I haven't seen the Ozarks for almost two years. I'm not complaining, just explaining.



The East wall of my bedroom is a sheet of 6 mil plastic right now. The studs to the room are exposed and the bathroom is gutted as well. A new roof is done, but the 8' X 8' picture window & seat are just now framed up. The bathroom gets a 3'X8' foundation added.


The project is both a time and money sump. Squeezing out a weekend for the Dragon was hard to do. Were it not for the Franklin BBQ I would have passed this year.

 

ROTFLMAO....Gotta love 6 mil plastic. I've lived in , will working on 2 houses like that. Boss says next time,, she'll live in the one that's getting sold and I can play an live by myself till it gets done. She's never liked the split plastic bathroom doors.

 

I agree Frank. This will most likely be my "farewell tour". At 77 I'm getting a little old for this

 

what is the address in Franklin. what is the hotel that everyone is using with the primary being sold out?

 

See post 184 in the Dragon thread for backup hotels:

Once you obtain a room somewhere, message me here and I'll send you the info on where the BBQ is.
The address is not discussed in public to protect the privacy of our hosts.
I'll PM it to you.

 

slight change of plans,,, My wife may not attend but Matt the mechanic (he did the mechanical for Rudy to build V8 #5
so please put Matt and i (jim) at the BBQ. thanks jim

 

i have a reservation at the Quality Inn in andrews NC. what is the address for the BBQ?
THERE WILL BE 2 ATTENDING

 

I will not be arriving until after noon on friday (reberto ) Bob Moorhead.

 

BLuecoupe and roberto, check your private messages !

 

roberto,

I have you on the list as a party of two now.

 

If anyone needs directions to the BBQ (because they are arriving on Friday after we leave the lodge), please PM myself or Gary or Franc.
Our hosts have given permission to post directions and maps to their home, but not their actual address.

I do have an idea, last year, it seems to me some of us parked along US64 (in the Yellow circle) and this helped others find the place.
Once you see the car(s) sitting there, you know that THIS is where you turn.



I was thinking we could leave a car or two (or a sign) out there for those arriving on their own, since phones don't work around there and our radios have such limited range in those hills.


Oh, and speaking of Radios - it's channel 7 this year, no subcode or subcode 00.

 

Bump as I updated my post above.

 

Last Count I checked, it's fifty people attending.


Be there, or be disappointed when you hear the attendees regale their stories.!!!!!

 

I found out that I don't have National Guard duty that weekend and plan on attending. I got luck and the lodge had a room, so I am good to go.

 

Got it, thanks Mark!

 

Please put me and Joe Hughes on the list. Can't wait

 

I have added ya to the long and growing list