Re: [ihc] Re: Red Power Round Up

["Jeff Bade" <jbade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Where is red power this year?

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Subject: [ihc] Re: Red Power Round Up


> IMark, et al....
>
> The RPRU/Midwest Classic was a great show. For some reason I was
particularly
> looking forward to this show.
> Maybe it's because I've been absent from the IH world for most of the
winter
> and spring and longed to renew some old contacts.  I've spent the last 6
> months working on the house, my Masters and a demanding job, yada yada.
Now that
> summer's here it's time to think IH. And undoubtedly, seeing the "Last
two" was
> a major motivator in getting up to RPRU.
>
> It was great getting the chance to catch up with everyone. I even managed
to
> meet a few new very interesting folks. One fella in particular from
Wisconsin
> was great to meet. It was his first IH show, but he'd had Scouts for
decades.
> He has a very interesting job with an industrial engine manufacturer that
> takes him to off shore oil rigs, the middle of China, Pakistan, etc...
>
> And for Hofs and Howard whom I accompanied on a trip up to the Alpine
Tunnel
> Road at last summer's RMIHR...I met another Gent from Wisconsin who was
> volunteering in rebuilding the Alpine Station site. He takes his Scout and
camp
> trailer up there each year from Wisconsin and with a group of volunteers
spends
> about two weeks up there working on what we saw last summer, restoring it
for
> future generations. Neat people, and I could go on and on.
>
> As we get into the show season, I'm reminded that seeing all of the great
> Binders is only part of the fun!