Midwest Reunion - Another great one!!

All I can say, is the GL reunion was another fantastic weekend. Great seeing new faces/meeting new friends and seeing all the many friends from last year.

My sincere thanks the all who made it great especially Keith and Dave who did all the work to make it happen.

I'm already looking forward to 2009!!

Next year maybe the wind will cooperate and not produce the rough water that we had. I don't think anyone came in off the lake yesterday that wasn't wet!! Today the wind was even stronger!!

I don't want to forget Steve's (rain dog) party on Thursday evening. It was a lot of work for himself and family and very appreciated.

OH MAN!!! That was an awesome time. Got to meet some people that I didn't run into last year. Everyone was great to hang out with... sometimes longer than I wanted to. You guy's that are reading this, chances are, except for Pete and Brady, I think, didn't make it, but you should have!

What a weekend! This reunion just keeps getting better every year. It was great seeing so many familiar faces and meeting some new ones. Wish I could have stayed another day like a lot of people did.

Much thanks to Keith and Dave, you guys did a great job putting everything together and making sure things ran smoothly .

Can't wait to see everyone's pictures!

What an amazing weekend with 37 boats and over 120 people! So many wonderful people along with so many great stories to tell about the weekend. I will be writing up a more detailed recap shortly but wanted to post a few highlights and photos as soon as possible.

Dave Dorsen (Mojo) did another amazing job of coordinating the facilities and rental equipment – and cooks a mean bratwurst! Steve Evans (RainDog) and family hosted a great party on Thursday night. They were amazingly generous entertainers, even through the crazy storm that hit during the party.

One of the many highlights of the weekend was a surprise visit from Ken Meloon on Saturday. Not only did Ken mingle with everyone, getting in the water, talking with people and signing boats, but he also brought his slalom trick ski and enjoyed a pull from Joel Hughes (M3Fan) – entertaining us all with some great skiing!

Adam Wensink ran the SAN 230 from 9am until 5pm, giving at least a dozen people free boarding and surfing lessons and wowed the entire sandbar with an amazing ride himself in probably the roughest water he’s ever seen!

Dave Hendricks not only represented Correct Craft at the event but was a tremendous help as well. A very special thank you to Dave for sharing his Correct Craft knowledge and for being a incredible help throughout the weekend.

Also, a big thank you to all the sponsors.

Below are a few photos. There will be a lot more to come. Thank you everyone for another terrific weekend in Green Lake!

Friday afternoon:




Saturday morning:




Ken Meloon:





Ken and I:

Adam Wensink:

Adam signing autographs:

Saturday night banquet:


Raffle prizes:


Ken Meloon speaking:

Rare Correct Craft parts/decals from Dave Hendricks:


Safe travels to everyone who is stil returning home. I understand the weather is perfect in Green Lake today - will make it even harder to leave...

-Keith

WOW....words can not begin to tell the story...it was purely magical! It's that people thing!

Damn...jbear was there and I did'nt meet him? I did meet this John Berry dude who drove all the way from AZ....way cool dude he was!

A giant thanks to those who put such great efforts into making such an incredible event...Keith(for all you do),Mojo(for getting it done),Mrs.Mojo (for tolerating Mr. Mojo)Adam Wensink(for an incredible day on the water day...again), Dave Hendricks(for keeping us plugged into the mother company!),Raindog,Dee and Raindogs mom (for hosting a great get together and providing wheels for Keith),magicman Alan and Dana (for the cool T's and the awesome banner)....the crew at the Bayview ( for helping one another carry things to and from vehicles,loading boats and parking trailers), Sponsors!......the list goes on and on and on.....

Thanks to all for comming a sharing yourselves and families with one another!!!!

Patricia and I had a great time at GL again. This year, we got a chance to meet some new friends and catch up with old friends.

John, we were thrilled to finally get to meet you and Patty. It felt like we've know you forever. I heard from Patricia that you like my new shorts.

Joel/Beth, you two were fun to hang with. Thank for the pull on Sunday and allowing me to drive the 2000 SN. Got to get me one!

Rob, It was great seeing you again this year. I absolutely love the SNOB with the GT40. It handled great on Lake Michigan.

Matt, It was great meeting you. Love the bright red on your 2001. Stay in touch!

Brian, great seeing you again. Great chat at the Goose.

Mojo, sorry Patricia and I missed you on Sunday night. I crashed right after dinner. The 5:00AM wake-ups/footn'/skiing caught up to me. I was in bed by 8:00, out the door at 5:00AM to catch our flight yesterday.

Dave Hendricks from Correct Craft, thanks for spending hours chatting with me about Correct Crafts. We're talking about planning a factory tour within the year. I'll stay in touch!

To the rest of everyone, thanks for another great year. We're gearing up for Lake George in September.

Most of all, thanks to Keith for allowing all of us to be together at the CorrectCraftFan.com reunion. What an experience!

Ken

Another great year- huge thanks to Keith and Mojo for pulling this whole thing together! Id also like to personally thank JoeinNY (for putting me up on my trip out, the campsite, etc), Quinner, Ripster and Alan (for the pulls), Behl (for picking up and storing a Mustang floor pan for 3 months in Indy), HW (for letting me crash in his trailer when it rained), ReidP (for the prop) and Pete (for backing into my tail light ).

My only complaint was that the weekend was too short- I didnt see as many boats or talk to as many people as I would have liked. The boats were great, but the people are top notch- old faces and new all seemed like old friends. I hope to see many of you in NY this fall!

WHAT CAN YOU SAY?!!!!!??? ....Another GREAT Time!!

So many memories... Jbear's long over-do arrival... 9 guys "coaching"(with 9 different opinions) Cuck, "The Lake" while installing an ignition switch in his great looking 68 SN... the sight of seeing almost 40 CC's in the bay on Sat afternoon.... my newest boat, the 68 Nauta-cuda "winning" the write in vote for best redneck boat... giving Keith and Dave Hendricks from Correct Craft a wet-ride out to the bay on Sat( they got no pride?)... and on and on....

Again, A BIG thanks to everyone involved in making this happen!


btw Gary, thanks for the pics of the maiden voyage!

Group shot at the campground



Tim's(TRBenj's) Skier



Marshall's Mustang



Rodney's H&M



Sadley on Sunday I saw Jbear with tools in hand,but I had no camera-

Keith , I tip my hat to you again for the site and the hard work involved in keeping this site of misfits all on the same page. MoJo a bow to you for the food ,Them was some killer weenies.......
And a hand to Steve to open his home to all these CCFans.
Karen and I had a better time than last, renewed some old friendships and started some new,but a great time was had for all there.
The high light of her time was Ken Maloon signing the engine cover on "her boat".The wind was a little rough, the water a little cool,the boat show awsome,the awards top notch and the camaraderie unsurpassed .
It was a 2300 mile trip for Karen and I , but well worth the effort......Boat dr/Boat nurse.....

Roger (Critter) asked us to post up a note when we got in - Well, we're finally in, back home in CA.

No need to repeat what's been said above. We had a great time, and we'll be back again.

BKH

I hear ya Reid. That trip home got pretty long. I made it back in about 6:30 Monday night & was beat all day yesterday. The good part was I made it home with no problems & a great time was had by all. Big thanks to everyone that put in a lot of time for the reunion.

Looks like we've now heard from just about everyone that had a long trip home so glad your drives were uneventful.

Have to agree with everyone as this was the best one yet. Hugh thanks to Keith, Mojo and Raindog you guys are the best.

Now I'm Jones'n for some more pictures so lets get em up there.

Keith,
Can you make a full res pic of the group available on the FTP site?

-Steve

Speaking of the FTP site .... Here are the directions for uploading photos from the 2008 Midwest Reunion.

To upload your images to the FTP server:
Click here or visit: ftp://gl08_uploads:ccf@www.correctcraftfan.com

Once connected, create a New folder:


Rename the folder with your name:


Double click on the new folder with your name (which will be empty) and then simply copy all your photos from your computer and paste them to the folder:


Then just let it run. Let me know if you have any quesitons.

I will be collecting all the photos and putting them together into a slide show and possibly a screen saver and/or a cool GL08 wallpaper image.


Thanks,
-Keith