Midwest Reunion - Another great one!!

skicat wrote: Here is a picture of Tim's & Joe's campsite area after the storm came through Thursday night. I guess as strong as it was, it was not as strong as the Beam by Joe's cooler!

Jim is a good friend to have standing by when your going to be sleeping in a wet sleeping bag...

Some of my favorite pics from the week:

Thursday AM



JBear and Mrs Jbear in my Expedition making their "not-so" surprise entrance Friday night



Skicat's Barefoot Nautique....very sharp!



Pete Brainards Tique and M3fans 2000



The Lake and JBear putting the boat on the trailer. Are Jbears lips blue?

As we bask in the afterglow....

Another fantastic event. I had the privilege to spend time with CCFer's from Wed through Mon and we still didn't have enough time.

Thanks to all who braved the elements to stop over at the cookout. At one point, we were worried that we would have to consume 3.5 tenderloins and 4 gallons of beer each. Realize we had as good of time hosting as you did attending. Mom loved having her house filled with people laughing and carrying on. The only bummer (aside for the intense rain cell) was we were so busy we didn't take any pics. If anyone has some, please send them over.

Big thanks to Keith and Moj' who do all the heavy lifting, to all the sponsors who support the event and to Dave Hendricks and Ken Maloon from Correct Craft.

Special thanks to Adam Wensink. We finally found someone capable of unseating the Jonas Brothers in our household! What a relief...

Lastly, here's to everyone else in attendance for making last week the highlight of my summer.

Ditto to what has been said already. Candice and I had a nice time seeing everyone again as well as meeting some new people. Definitely not enough time to get to talk to everybody. Here are a few pictures, I'll try to upload the rest to the FTP soon.

A HUGE thanks to Keith and Dave for the time and effort put in. I cannot imagine you two would have thought this would be come this big, and hopefully bigger in years to come. Nice work on the apparel Alan!

The 2001 and the almost Mrs.

Some of Illinois' finest
M3FAN's 00, Our 88, Quinnjob's 05, and Alan's 81

3 people diving for keys that sank on a floaty

'nuff said

Thanks again Brian for my first surf session.

TRBenj, Johnny, and Hollywierd in their matching 198? neon barefoot suits.

All Dave's hard work paid off.

Helden, aka the CLAW Master, the vending dude had a big payday this week.

(could not get it to rotate)

Enjoy the rest of your boating season!

Steve, that last shot of the little girl(your daughter?) crashed out in what looks like afternoon sun is a classic. When the kids are worn out...?!!?   LOL

Amy and I are enjoying the pics and are really sad we couldn't make it to the show. We've read and heard that it was more than a good time...CCFan is one over the top group!

And thanks for your own kind words!!!    

Here are some more photos.

The BKH family stops at Mt. Rushmore on the Drive to Green Lake

De - Mrs. Raindog

Emily - Daughter of 81Nautique

Denese - Mrs. BKH

RLeinen

Aspen - Miss BKH, and I think Sydney - Miss Raindog

Aspen enjoying the cruise out to Norwegian Bay

Sidney (I think)

Dominique - Miss Raindog ( I think)

BKH Surfs - well, at least I tried to surf

Denese and Aspen Drive the boat


Keep those photos coming.

BKH

Brian...thanks for posting more smiles. Those two in the last picture....princess's #1 & #2...your toast buddy , they rule and you know it!
Mt Rush....ask me to tell a story sometime about drinking a beer while sitting on GW's head at wee hrs in the morning....believe it or not, it happened!!!I have never seen it in the day though

Thanks for towing your rig for sooooo long...put a smile on my face it did...super fine rig indeed!

Kristof,

Looking forward to meeting you. I figure you may have some accent when speaking English, but it can't be much stronger than those wonderful Wisconsin accents!

By the way, you gonna tow your boat?

Chuck

I had the chance to meet and have lunch yesterday with Mr and Mrs Jbear. They stopped just South of Atlanta while on their way to Tennessee. One of the nicest couple's you'll ever meet. After only 90 minutes with them Kim and I felt like we've known them for along time. They said they had a great time at GL and that Kim and I fit in with the rest of those whom the've met on the site. John said that we really need to do a South East reunion either in Fla or Ga next year. Looking forward to it and meeting more CCfanatic's.

Usually it the boats that blow up on these outings. This SUV looks like its starting out on its 1,100 mile journey running a little hot!

(either that or its bird crap on the windshield)

so, any tug races this year????? any winners???

The Lake wrote: Kristof, Looking forward to meeting you. I figure you may have some accent when speaking English, but it can't be much stronger than those wonderful Wisconsin accents! By the way, you gonna tow your boat? Chuck

Chuck,

I hope my accent isn't too bad, but you'll have to ask that question to JBear, as he already spoke to me on the phone...

As for bringing the boat... Still looking for sponsors to cross the Atlantic LOL... Now wouldn't that be a great CC publicity stunt ROFLOL (I would need a refueling ship following me tho )

It was quite a journey Larry, but we enjoyed it (at least I did). I can say it was quite a load pulling the boat over the Sierra Nevadas, Rocky Mountains, and the Black Hills. When I do it again, I hope to have the 82 Ski Nautique completed which will be a much lighter boat to tow. BKH

Keep the pics coming. Looks like it was a great time. What's the deal with the engine boxes being tied up? I've never seen that done.

RainDog wrote: Maybe Keith needs a special forum for the ladies - a "Women's Asylum". They can trade tips on how to stay dry and warm in any pre-1990's CC, how to drag your husband away from the damn computer, how to spot new boat parts entering the house, etc.

Raindog, great idea--but let's not get to overboard with how to spot new boat parts entering the house

Chuck