The Third Annual Fresno Tailgate and Rally Report - September 10 and 11, 2004

Fresno/Central Valley Chapter ^ | September 11, 2004 | Mama_Bear and JustAmy

[tame]

Oops! Don't forget Truthtracker! Truthtracker was there!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Had no idea the Fresno/Central Valley Chapter Choir was so talented.

I don't think that we should try this with the Friday Freeps tho.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

It should also be pointed out that JustAmy arranged that fly-over by those two Navy jets from Lemoore NAS. :)

Ahmm. Those were 144th FW from the Fresno ANG. Altho the Navy guys do come over for a little touch and go on occasion.

[scubachick]

You are so welcome! I wish so badly that we could have been there, but hopefully next year! I miss you and Daddio and Gran so much! I can't wait until I can fly again! I loved seeing this thread and the wonderful photos. The table for the Missing Man looked beautiful and I am sure that Diver Dave did a marvelous job reading the narrative.

[scubachick]

Can't wait to actually see photos of you!! lol I was wondering where you were, you wily bear! lol

[Awestruck]

I commented to my hubby that night that I couldn't believe how great we sounded...I remember thinking "man, somebody here can sing!"
As for the food, wow.. we could make some money selling that stuff! Best tri-tip ever!
The memorials from DD and AJB brought tears to my eyes.

[Awestruck]

I'm thinking I should only introduce her to people around Christmastime! heheh..

[tame]

Thanks for the great photos and thanks again for the superb tri-tip!!

Yes, thank you, JK!

[tame]

I don't think that we should try this with the Friday Freeps tho.

Well, please encourage "lavender" and "java guy" to be there on the Friday freeps. lavender is a singer!

As you know, they are brand new to FR. So grab 'em and make 'em go :o)

[tame]

I'm thinking I should only introduce her to people around Christmastime! heheh..

Just sing her name when you introduce her :o)

[Mama_Bear]

Oops! Don't forget Truthtracker! Truthtracker was there!

Doggone it! We did leave someone off the list!

Our apologies. Of course, she was there......and we have bunches of photos of her to prove it.

Any non-blurry photos of us?

I took most of these and reduced them way down in size, so they are a bit blurry. It's hard to retain crispness when reducing a 1.48MB image down to under 60K. (I try not to post anything much over 60K on FR because those with dial-up connections have a hard time getting large images to open.) Anyway, JK says to tell you that, if you want, he'll do Truthtracker's portrait at the studio and will guarantee it will be sharp. ;-)

[Diamondhead]

Our thanks to all for a wonderful afternoon. Mrs. D and I had a great time.

[Mama_Bear]

I finally found ONE photo of her. :-)

Tame, you can bet we will be encouraging both of them to come rally with us on Blackstone and Shaw. In fact, we will be hounding them to death, just like we do everyone else within shouting distance. LOL!

[Mama_Bear]

Mrs. D and I had a great time.

Great! We are so happy you came up again to picnic with us. I know it is a bit of a drive for you.

Be sure to mark your calendar for next year, the second Saturday in September. Same time, same place.

[Blowtorch]

Sorry I missed it. My wife and I were planning on coming but they changed the time of her volleyball game from 5:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Had it not been changed we would have been there at 2:00 and stayed for a couple hours. Y'all look great though!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Mama_Bear]

That's little Sage (with the blond hair) sitting next to Jacob.

Sorry we missed naming some of the kids. There were so many darting around! Amy and I wondered if some of them might have been from the other picnic gatherings going on around us. It was hard to tell who belonged to who. LOL

I have a couple of photos of your best buddy Sage that I will be posting. (I love his beautiful curly blond hair! What a cutie!) :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Hi, AG. Any chance you will ever get out to CA? If so, plan to come the second Saturday in September, we'll throw a rally and picnic party just for you! ;-)

Seriously, it would be such a pleasure to meet you in person.

[tame]

Thank you, mama_bear!

BTW, the blurry photo I was referring to was the one on the Blackstone/Shaw thread--the one with me, Syncro, truthtracker, and Jim. That was the only one. The rest are fine :o)

Sage saw his picture on the internet and he was SOOO excited!

[tame]

Tame, you can bet we will be encouraging both of them to come rally with us on Blackstone and Shaw. In fact, we will be hounding them to death, just like we do everyone else within shouting distance. LOL!

Okay, I'm going to hold you to the promise :o)