Bimmerboy
Flashlight Enthusiast
Leaving later than expected, but hitting the road now! See ya'll there!
Ya know, I was thinking about this when I got up this morning. I reread my first "post" and suddenly realized (an epiphany??) I had missed so much of the really IMPORTANT aspects of this campout! Duh!
I "started" here as a member of CPF some years ago, interested in "flashlights". So much time has passed since then. The impetus for this past weekend was still flashlights but, I just noticed I didn't use the word once in my post since getting back. I'd dare say if you weren't there you'd not know what the trip was all about! Well, there actually WERE some "flashlights" believe it or not! Aginthelaw had a table out and produced boxes of "goodies" INcluding (!) some flashlights! Some folks actually traded and bought flashlights! Stan....? Sledhead and I thought we'd have a "shootout" with some of the big "guns" we'd recently blown our retirement acquiring and, while we did warm up some bark on neighboring trees, no "shootout"!
Seems that, as in many of these get-togethers, what brings us all together is the friendships and the fun...FUN???? What fun?? If you were there, you know and if you weren't and can envision the personalities you know. The "fire" that created our common interest in our favorite "toys" still is there but, the old and new friendships and the food and the Blue Tarp City construction project and yes, even the rain (!) contributed (and, EVERYBODY contributed to the fun!) in the weekend being a hit. Turned out the fire, with the TranquilityBase smokestacks was, by far, the largest illumination source but, it sure did add greatly to the real and figurative warmth in the group. While the Morton Salt Girl emblem was the more appropriate logo for any caps we might have worn, it STILL was a "flashlight" convention, albeit on a smaller scale.
The bottom line is that when folks who haven't seen you in a looooong time greet you with a smile, a handshake, a hug and show they really did miss ya, it's the making of a good time, rain, smoke and yes, even with a dearth of Hollywood lighting effects! Thanks everybody for a weekend that will be long remembered for one where Noah's Ark was more appropriate than a tent!
Karl
Ya know, I was thinking about this when I got up this morning. I reread my first "post" and suddenly realized (an epiphany??) I had missed so much of the really IMPORTANT aspects of this campout! Duh!
I "started" here as a member of CPF some years ago, interested in "flashlights". So much time has passed since then. The impetus for this past weekend was still flashlights but, I just noticed I didn't use the word once in my post since getting back. I'd dare say if you weren't there you'd not know what the trip was all about! Well, there actually WERE some "flashlights" believe it or not! Aginthelaw had a table out and produced boxes of "goodies" INcluding (!) some flashlights! Some folks actually traded and bought flashlights! Stan....? Sledhead and I thought we'd have a "shootout" with some of the big "guns" we'd recently blown our retirement acquiring and, while we did warm up some bark on neighboring trees, no "shootout"!
Seems that, as in many of these get-togethers, what brings us all together is the friendships and the fun...FUN???? What fun?? If you were there, you know and if you weren't and can envision the personalities you know. The "fire" that created our common interest in our favorite "toys" still is there but, the old and new friendships and the food and the Blue Tarp City construction project and yes, even the rain (!) contributed (and, EVERYBODY contributed to the fun!) in the weekend being a hit. Turned out the fire, with the TranquilityBase smokestacks was, by far, the largest illumination source but, it sure did add greatly to the real and figurative warmth in the group. While the Morton Salt Girl emblem was the more appropriate logo for any caps we might have worn, it STILL was a "flashlight" convention, albeit on a smaller scale.
The bottom line is that when folks who haven't seen you in a looooong time greet you with a smile, a handshake, a hug and show they really did miss ya, it's the making of a good time, rain, smoke and yes, even with a dearth of Hollywood lighting effects! Thanks everybody for a weekend that will be long remembered for one where Noah's Ark was more appropriate than a tent!
Karl