Quartzsite Jan 2013

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Reply #25 – January 15, 2013, 10:51:45 pm

Quote from: Bill Chaplin – January 15, 2013, 10:16:54 pm

I am on the (3 years of trying !!)
Left Avarado @ 8:30 this morning

Go, Bill! I spent this evening in NAC with D&D Cobb, and several other FT folk. There were good stories about you and your shop. Best wishes for a great trip for you and all the other participants gathering in the desert.

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Reply #26 – January 16, 2013, 09:58:05 am

We are heading out to the Lemon Quartzsite site this morning, Wednesday Jan 16. . .

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Reply #27 – January 16, 2013, 11:33:50 am

We will be heading out to Quartsite Friday, Jan 18th.
Looking forward to meeting everyone.
Richard B.

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Reply #28 – January 16, 2013, 01:24:17 pm

Hello everyone,

Sadly in spite of Don's valiant efforts, the coach will not be ready to roll in time to make it to Quartzsite this year. However, we do not want to miss this historic event with all you fine people and so we have decided to take a road trip in the car instead.

Our plan is to make it to Yuma on Tuesday night, stay overnight in Yuma, and come to the rally on Wednesday morning. We won't be there in time for the 8 o'clock breakfast but should be there sometime mid morning. So if you see little blue Honda Fit driving into the rally Wednesday morning you'll know it's not some lost motorist but a fellow Foretraveler sans Foretravel!

Of course we realize that one day will not be long enough to see all we want to see, do all we want to do, or meet everyone we want to meet. Still, we hope that with the help of you Quartzsite veterans we will be able to pack as much into the day as possible.

Looking forward to seeing all of you!

Tys and Don

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Reply #29 – January 16, 2013, 08:37:47 pm

For the third year in a row, a medical emergency has happened to a family member just as we were about to leave for Quartzsite. Gaylie's step-dad had a couple of falls and contracted pneumonia as a result of the hospital stay. His doctor has advised us not to go very far away as his condition is very precarious.

I would not normally go into detail but to our members in the U.K. and retired military, Bernard is one of the last surviving RAF pilots from the Battle of Britain in 1940. He was shot down twice in Beaufighters and the last time in a Spitfire. He was too low to bailout and suffered a broken back as a result in the crash. After the war, he was flying as a civilian on a commercial flying boat crossing the Atlantic when it ran low on fuel and had to land in very rough seas next to a destroyer. He was the last one off after helping others climb a rope ladder to safety on the ship as the aircraft sank. I take my hat off to Squadron Leader Bernard Hamilton.

Both Gaylie and I were really looking forward to meeting everyone and putting faces together to match all the posts from the last three years and swap some lies. I hope pictures will be posted and we can at least share a little of the fun.

Best to all,

Pierce, Gaylie and Koda

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Reply #30 – January 16, 2013, 08:59:11 pm

Sorry to hear the news Pierce and Gaylie. Lost my godfather last November who was an amazing Brit and an official witness to the Japanese surrender in the Phillipines.

Bonnie and I will be rolling into camp on Monday around noon and look forward to meeting many of you whom we have chatted with and taken advice from on this wonderful forum.

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Reply #31 – January 17, 2013, 12:52:32 am

Hi Pierce & Gaylie,
Sorry to hear the news. We owe much to men like Bernard. They made all we have, and do, possible. I join you in saluting Mr Hamilton.
Raymond

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Reply #32 – January 17, 2013, 09:39:26 am

Big bummer Pierce. I was looking forward to finally meeting ya'll in person.

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Reply #33 – January 17, 2013, 10:00:35 am

Pierce and Gaylie, thoughts are with you and of course your step-dad.
Take care.
John H

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Reply #34 – January 17, 2013, 03:25:38 pm

Pierce and Gaylie,
We salute Squadron Leader Bernard Hamilton. He is one of Britain's & the Allied Forces true heroes and has given much to advance freedom in the world. God Bless.

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Reply #35 – January 17, 2013, 09:54:17 pm

We are here in Tucson at the Air Force base and will find a place between here and Quartzsite to fill up and empty tanks that need to be. Then we will pulling to Lemon rally Saturday. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Sorry to hear we will not be seeing Pierce and Gaylie. We understand I lost my dad in July and David lost his uncle in Nov. , both were WW11 vetrans.

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Reply #36 – January 18, 2013, 09:34:39 am

we are in site 286, where you
cell 81.821.3869
will stay one more night, then to Quartzsite via Gila Bend

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Reply #37 – January 18, 2013, 09:49:08 am

Bill, once again we miss meeting each other. We are still in NAC and will be here for at least another week. We are very glad you are healthy and able to attend the Lemon Rally. The Lemons are some of the nicest people you will ever meet.

Pierce, sorry for you problems. You and Gaylie would have had a great time and I'm sure lots of people would like to have the opportunity to meet you guys. We feel very fortunate the Peggy and I were able to attend last year. Great venue and group.

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Reply #38 – January 18, 2013, 04:09:24 pm

Bill was good to meet this morning. Next time we are going for the biscuits and gravy. we took your advice and we are at Gila Bend and then on to Quartzsite! See you at Quartzsite!

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Reply #39 – January 18, 2013, 04:50:17 pm

We wish to thank all of you for your kind thoughts and wishes for Bernard's recovery. He has surprised not only his doctor but the hospital and while still in serious condition, the fever has gone and he is gaining strength. Tough guy even at 94.

I told him about a Foretravel forum member's step-brother's landing with a fire in his Spitfire's cockpit and he smiled. He looked off and started a story about his Beaufighter and an He-111 shooting each other down in the night over Newcastle. He had just gotten to the part where his engine had been hit when he fell asleep. Hope to finish the story when we visit again tomorrow.

Thanks again for the good wishes. Hope everyone is having a great time in Quartzsite.

Pierce & Gaylie

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Reply #40 – January 18, 2013, 06:34:05 pm

The stories of that time are so compelling. My uncles fought in that conflict and most of my early life they were quiet. The next gen got Korea and SE Asia and when they came back is when the stories started. Time heal the biting pain but every so often you would see a tear.

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Reply #41 – January 18, 2013, 10:46:59 pm

And we're still in Nac and wishing that we could be at the Lemon Rally also! We've been there three times, and have had a wonderful time and met great people. Kenny and Anne are wonderful people, and as we all know, wonderful people attract other wonderful people!

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Reply #42 – January 19, 2013, 01:00:44 am

I posted somewhere that Rita and I would make it again this year, but a business situation is going to keep me home for the week. Have fun all, maybe next year if there is a rally next year.

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Reply #43 – January 19, 2013, 09:05:54 am

Our travels took us to Florida instead of AZ this year. Presently we are at the Mayport Naval Air Station, watching the ships glide past on their way in and out to sea. It IS almost as windy as Quartzsite was, however! Wish we were there to do some more 4-wheeling and see all the great folks we enjoy so much. Have fun, kids!!!

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Reply #44 – January 20, 2013, 10:27:57 am

Kent Speers.......missing you at the Lemon Rally

Whoa.....almost spilled my cocktail.

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Reply #45 – January 20, 2013, 09:27:41 pm

Looking at the member map, it appears that I am the only one here.

Sure is lonely here in the desert.

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Reply #46 – January 20, 2013, 09:48:48 pm

Quote from: Barry Beam – January 20, 2013, 09:27:41 pm

Looking at the member map, it appears that I am the only one here.
Sure is lonely here in the desert.

I could move our pin to the desert if it would make you feel less lonely.

Unfortunately, we won't be making the trip this year. I bet you might find some friendly folk if you look around.

Seems like I've read about some folk who are in a desert somewhere out west.

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Reply #47 – January 21, 2013, 09:55:11 am

Just got a text that Bill Chaplin has made it to Quartzsite, after three years of trying. He says a bunch of coaches are there already.

Just a "want to be" back here in Ft. Worth. Have fun everyone.

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Reply #48 – January 23, 2013, 12:42:05 pm

Hello!

I would have liked to include in-text photos here, but not sure it would work here. So go to:

http://www.lazydazers.com/index.cfm?fa=ShowItem&ID=3270

and go down to the Lemon Rally part to get some of the flavor of the rally.

best, paul

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Reply #49 – January 23, 2013, 12:46:34 pm

Paul,

Please consider sharing here on the board rather than sending folks off the site. If you upload the photos to an album you can put them in-line with text using BBCode; Steve does it all the time.

Michele

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