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Enough rain. Period. End of story. We are tired
of it. SATURDAY EVENTS:
The club had a fantastic showing for such poor weather this year.
Competing with attendance was the opening day of deer season as
well. However, we managed to have 9 vehicles present on Saturday
including John K and his MB, Barry F and his CCKW, Tim W and his MB, Jeff
McD and his MB, Herb T and his GPW, Glen V and his CJ2A, me with my M38A1, Danny K and his M151A2/M416 and John S and his M35A2. Also in
attendance were Claude V, Ward B, Fred H, Don C driving a tank retriever
museum vehicle and Web S driving a half-track museum vehicle. Our club
had a significant number of vehicles present and we were all dressed in
period correct uniforms to match the vehicle displays. About
11:15am, we mustered to the North end of the parade field to stage for the
Parade of Armor. At noon, and in a light rain, the parade began and
the vehicles stayed on the paved road instead of moving through the
field. There were a few spectators for the parade which were well
appreciated due to the weather. After the parade, we staged our
vehicles back in their respective areas and headed to the food tents for
lunch. By now, the rain had become steady and the spectators dispersed
with only a few here and there. By mid-afternoon, Herb and I decided to head home since
we drove to the event so we headed down
MOPAC without incident. Danny stayed around for a bit then loaded
his vehicle and headed home in the rain. As there were very few
spectators to the event, the remaining members of the club also departed. SUNDAY EVENTS:
Fred F arrived with his GPW and had a great time driving around the parade
field with his jeep playing musical battle tunes. Barry F and John K
remained with their vehicles as did Jeff McD and Tim W. Danny and
Herb came back sans vehicles to hang out with the rest of the club for the
event. About mid-afternoon, everyone broke camp, loaded up and
headed home. |