I sure envy those that made it. I'm going to try next year...I'll probably have to drive too.
https://sites.google.com/site/mykr2stretch/ On Oct 1, 2012 9:52 AM, "Jeff York" <jeffyor...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It sounds and looks like I missed another great gathering. > > Once again, the gremlin that has kept me from attending so many gatherings > was at work keeping me from this one. It if wasn't that weather, it was > work issues and then the final two surprises that kept me home. First > surprise was when my son came upstairs last Thursday afternoon and > announced that Grand Pa ( my father) was at the front door. Now that may > not sound that surprising except for given the fact that my dad lives over > 300 miles north of me and that he has spent much of this summer in the > hospital with serious heart problems, to have my dad show up unannounced > was an extreme surprise for me. his reason for showing up ? A reunion event > another 130 miles south of me. > > Then I wrenched my back. Im guessing I tore some lower muscles. Im still > on ice and heat. Extream low ceilings and weather stayed over eastern > Kentucky all last week and the sun didnt come out until Sunday morning. > > For those who dont know the length and extent of the gremlins that pop up > each year at gathering time, let me just say that I feel like I have the > Mario Andretti curse or something. In fact, those that attended the 2010 > Gathering know that the gremiln struck just days before the gathering and > to the extent of that gremlin left me with a crushed right foot and ankle > and broken right wrist. So I showed up in crutches. Thanks to Mike Warner > for flying my KR to the event and thanks to Dan Heath for supplying a much > needed instrument that allowed me to get my KR there. > > ok, Im jealous and may (may) have to put up with Mark Jones giving me the > business for not making it. All that and I still admit that MJ has my > favorite KR and I think anyone wanting a training wheel KR, that MJ is the > one to copy. > > Rob Schmitt, sorry I missed you. Dan Heath, thanks for offering to pick me > up, Steve Glover, Mark Langford and all the others left unmentioned, sorry > I missed you too. > > Ok, enough of me crying in my milk. As the losing team says. wait till > next year. > > Jeff York > Georgetown Scott County airport > KR2 > 2010 Gathering Peoples Choice and Best Interior > 2011 Airfest Best Experimental, Best Interior, Best Instrument > > > ________________________________ > From: Dan Heath <da...@windstream.net> > To: 'KRnet' <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 9:23 AM > Subject: KR> Driving is the pitts - KR Gathering was great > > KR Gathering pics and Slide Show link are at: > http://krbuilder.org/KRGathering2012/index.html > > > > > > Drove the last 11 hour leg of the trip to and from the Gathering yesterday. > It rained from just outside Atlanta to about 25 miles from my house and by > then it was dark. I was fearful of my life, but then, totally convinced > that I made the right choice to leave the Black Bird where she was safe. > > > > Even with the continual agonizing over having to leave my Bird at home, it > was a great Gathering. Russ's Baby was certainly a hit and a very > appropriate version of the KR2 for the 40th anniversary. He took Best > Paint, Best KR, and Peoples' Choice. In my humble opinion, he deserved > every one of them. You will see his plane front and center of the big > Gathering picture that Dave Mullins took, like they did several years ago. > > > > Getting 10 KRs to show up with the weather so bad, shows how much the > Builders want to contribute to this event, some of them even risk their > life > and come very close to losing it. But in this case, I should have used the > plural "lives", because apparently Steve has several of them. As I saw him > walking around the Gathering and talking to people, it was a bit "surreal" > because you could never tell that he had been through that horrible ordeal. > He always had a smile on his face and when asked about the accident, would > find a way to put a positive slant on it, like, "I was going to replace > that > firewall anyway". He was an inspiration to me, just by his being there. > > > > > > > > See N64KR at <http://krbuilder.org/> http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on > the pics > > See you at the 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN > > Bad Weather at Gathering time, is a killer or a real bummer. > > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
