dialarotor
Key Veteran
Location: Traverse City, Michigan
My Posts This: Topic Forum | COUNTDOWN TO IRCHA & Group NewsTick Tock, time to get a move on it guys. 10 Days until IRCHA. Are you ready? I am not but getting there. Spent the day mowing and getting home chores done and then setup the camper and started cleaning, fixing, charging and prepping my canvas palace for the trip.
Vehicle gets some attention this week along with the flight box, batteries and repairs to my helicopters.
Chris Zolen tried to coax me out to goof-off with him but it didn't happen, he was just still coming off his "Kid Rock" concert high.
The weekly Wednesday night flying sessions have been really well attended this summer, thanks for coming out guys. Last week we did a head count and the nucleus of the group is unchanged after losing our USCG buddies, Rich and Steve. Poor Coastie Steve is suffering in the Houston Heat Wave, and Rich is wandering around Virginia in search of just the right heli buddies and club. Anyway back to the Wedhesday night NW Michigan Heli pilots, to replace Rich and Steve, we have gained Jeff Newman and Brandon Wheaton and both are shaping up quickly. Brandon is flying an Evo 50 with rotorpod and Jeff is flying a nice Stinger 50 and has been a steady buddy box student with Chris z and is now into forward flight. Jerry Lawhead is now driving a nice new heli, Mark B's well equipped Titan is now Jerry's new ride.
So the rundown of the core group is as follows: Chris Zolen, Steve Balyo, myself, Dave Johnson, Brandon Wheaton, Jeff Newman, Rich Smith, Bill Suhy, Tony and Jerry Lawhead, Mark Bonofiglio, Nick Harwood,Lars Schwab,Steve SR & Steve Jr Stedronsky. Almost all of the above group except for Rich,Nick,Dave and Bill will be heading off to Muncie next week. The plan is for the caravan of hooptees and helis to rendezvous next Wednesday morning 0700 at the BP Station at the intersection of M-115 and US-31 just east of the overpass on the south side of Cadillac. The caravan will be taking a leisurely 65MPH trip south to stake out our piece of the flight line for our fun in the sun vacation.
I already have the pizza phone number for dinner one evening. The group consensus is that one evening(most likely Friday) we will be grilling a big bunch of Kabobs for the group and to share with any heli friends(Like the SWARM GUYS). So make-up or bring anything special you want on the kabobs sticks,chicken,beff,peppers,onions,mushrooms,shrimps,onions,potatoes,olives,
sausage chunks, pineapple chunks,corn cobb chunks, whatever. I will have two big pans filled with barbeque sauce and teryiaki sause to dredge your kabobs in before tossing on the grills and I have 3 big cookie sheets to put it all on before we serve it up. A few layers of aluminum foil and trash bags should keep the clean-up simple.
Don't forget to bring some fire wood so Chris doesn't have to carry all of it for the night time campfires, if we each bring a few chunks we should have plenty for 3-4 nights of fun. I got my Tiki Lamp oil the other day as it is on summer closeout, good time to grab some.
So get cracking, make any lists and get a jump on next week. Any other ideas, be sure to post and pass it on here on RR or in a group email. Don't forget to start hiding the IRCHA-MONEY this week, take the cans to the store before the wife does, start pilfering from the cookie jar a little at a time so you don't get busted, check the couch cushions, the car ashtrays, you know, all the usual places.
More later, busy day here, broken boats, broken noses, parks commission meetings, birthdays, and just to suck even more of my time the Olympics in 4 days. Who plans this stuff, why not September when it is cooler, screw the NFL and college football. Oh what the heck just throw a few more balls into the air to juggle even more of my time, Oh! forgot, lesson plans too and a freakin' election. And you want to know why it takes me so long to fix my helicopters. |
Just bustin on ya Mikey! What are you doing with a cold during summer anyway? Not that you would know it was summer with this weather.
