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I indicated the the Oshkosh
Diary missive, I didn't get a chance to take but a single
lame picture of the RV Builders Family Reunion Barbecue. But a
few folks who did have sent them along and I appreciate their
doing so.
This is the
back side of the "compound" formed in the middle of
the thunderstorm when Frank Zwart pulled his big RV (the kind
with wheels) around to provide some shelter from the storm, as
Dylan would say. (Photo by Tami Moeller)
Somewhere in that crowd,
there's a line to get to the food. That's my tent back thre (the
tan one with the blue and white striped awning). The BBQ pit with
Darwin Barrie, Terry Frazier, and Howard Kaney was there. At one
point I saw flames leaping about 4 feet in the air. We had three
campsites here but everyone around us was an RVer, so we actually
had a large area, but when we brought the RV in for the awning,
we lost about half the room. This is my "secret spot"
in Camp Scholler. There's a creek bed that bows outward here,
and they can't fit in another road. So here the distance between
the roadways is 80 feet (for a 20 x 40 campsite), instead of 60
feet (for the EAA's 20 x 30 dimensions. I suppose I've just lost
my spot for next year. (Photo by Tami Moeller)
This must've been taken
around 8:45 p.m. when we were done with the beer runs. I'm thanking
Stein Bruch (in the beard and baseball cap to my right). Behind
me is Jim Whitaker and Debbie Pennington. The on the right with
the microphone is Mark Sletten from Aero News Network. He was
going to do a piece on us but I guess it didn't make the cut.
Me talking
again. See that beer I'm holding. It's the first and only one
I had, just for the record. In the heat of Oshkosh this year,
I was mostly a lemonade guy. See in the background? There's a
woman there watching us. I did a really poor job of getting to
the neighbors. I just plain forgot. Usually I tell them what I'm
up to and they all come and eat and drink for free in exchange
for our noise. They were mostly cool, though, and I talked to
them afterward. The only guy who got upset was one guy who got
boxed in by someone who drove over. But he wasn't going anywhere
anyway and, besides, his stupid car alarm kept going off the night
before and most of that morning. (Photo by Tami Moeller)
Todd Moeller
is on the right and that's Brian Degenhardt from Australia on
the left. This was obviously taken after we ran out of the good
beer. For the record, the initial stash was Corono and Leinenkugel's
Honeyweiss. But back to the story. Todd says, "I was able
to meet a builder and his wife (Brian Degenhardt, RV BBQ 5.jpg)
I had been e-mailing for about 2 years now. They were from Australia
and were quite the couple. It is an amazing community where you
can e-mail and meet people from halfway around the world in the
pursuit of building an airplane." (Photo by Tami Moeller)
I don't know
what I'm doing here but I think it's during the speech or something.
In the background is Frank Zwart and his new bride, Joyce. What
nice people! Obscured by my head is Glenn Brasch, and that might
be his son, Michael and I'm pretty sure that's Curt Welge standing
behind Frank. Apologies if I'm wrong. The memory doesn't serve
me as well as it once did. (Photo by Bob Kelly)
Folks pretty much spreading
out and finding a spot wherever they could. (Photo by Bob Kelly)
The canopy that Marshall
Alexander donated to us last year worked like a champ. Gotta get
a couple more. This is obviously the food line. (Photo by Bob
Kelly)
And folks standing
in the food line. I've got a few ideas on how to make this work
better next year. (Photo: Bob Kelly)
Literally, happy campers.
(Photo by Bob Kelly)
This is our compound.
I'm actually seeing this for the first time. Man, looks like fun.
(Photo by Bob Kelly)
We pretty much took
over 12th Street. (Photo: Bob Kelly)
This is Mark interviewing
Stein Bruch of SteinAir. If you haven't seen Mark's story on ANN
yet, click
here.
Thee's Stein again.
I never did get to see the motorized couch he has. But there's
a blurb about it on ANN.
Terry and Linda Frazier
are behind the smoke from the hamburger pit. (Photo by Bob Kelly)
Paying tribute to Darwin
Barrie, Howard Kaney, Terry Frazier, Larry Frey, Rich Emery, and
Bill Swaim, among many others. (Photo by Bob Kelly)
The back side of the
compound. (Photo by Bob Kelly)
For
more information:
RV
Builder's Hotline Oshkosh Diary
RV
BBQ 2006 home page
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