Thanks to Harold
Wollaber, our October Rally was held at the Cambria Volunteer
Firemen's field He has been a valuable contributor and officer
for over 50 years. Thirteen of us attended, most showing up on
Thursday. Harold arranged for dinner at Gordie Harper's Bazaar. They
have excellent food as well as a bakery and flea market atmosphere.
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| Firemen's Chowder preparation |
We returned to the
firehouse and planed for our next meal – a continental breakfast on
Friday morning. Friday was spent watching the firemen make chowder
and seeing the local sights.
After chowder for
dinner and ice cream, we decided to test the 8 burner BBQ the firemen
have to see if would work for eggs or pancakes. It has a 2x3 foot
cast iron skillet weighing about 50 pounds. We (me) opened 2 burners,
pressed the “Ignite” button and ---- BANG!! – the
skillet lifted
a couple inches and flames came
out every orifice. We got things turned off and realized – We
had not installed a pressure regulator
between the tank and the BBQ. Some took blood pressure
medication, while others
installed the regulator and the BBQ worked great.
Saturday
started with a full breakfast made by the officers. Wes made
pancakes, Sharon and Barb made scrambled eggs, Ken made sausage and I
manned the famous BBQ.
Good
weather allowed us to
have our first road rally in several years. 5 teams of vehicles left
on a 15 mile excursion in search of 14
clues. Those who found “Green Road” did well. One car took record
time finding it, but never gave up. The
winning car driven by Dave Metzger did the route in the same time as
us, and we ran it 3 times. Dave's spotters were Cheryl, Nick and
Pierrette. Nice job. Harold with the
Costain's finished a close
second.
Saturday
dinner was again supplied by the firemen. This time, a full turkey
feast. Again, we followed with ice cream. Afterwords, Dan and Barb
provided entertainment, as they locked their dog in the motor home.
We all tried our keys further upsetting the dog. Finally, they called
their towing service to unlock the door.
Our
weekend ended with a continental breakfast.
We plan to go back next year.
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