Just wanted to give you a first timers feedback of attending a bash.

My first encounter was with traveling with MIKE aka 6sally6.  He's a super nice guy and it was very comforting to travel with someone instead of traveling alone, and he was a great tour guide thru the mountains of GA. Mike claims he got lost, but it was the best kind of lost.  we got our own Georgia tail of the dragon thru the mountains, and it was real nice scenery, and a great story and memory. 

I don't think that most of these forum people realize that meeting the "regulars" for the very first time, for me, was like meeting celebrities or rock stars.  I was really excited to meet 6sally6,  MustangSteve, Tubo, Billy Walton, JerryF, Glen, MR TIM, Don, Hornman, Bullet Bob, Josh, Terry, TMcG, GregB, Red351, WALT, and all the others! It was also great to put faces to the forum names.

The cars were just a pleasant surprise, it really is about the people.

I thought it was funny how MS came up to me and said  " Hello, I'm Steve Wilkes" and puts out his hand for a hand shake, like I had no idea who he was or what he looked like, or why i just drove 500 miles.  LOL>  I wanted to say in my NJ sarcastic voice " Hello, i've only been conversing with you over the internet for like 6 years now. LOL. But i refrained. Again it was like meeting celebrity who actually wanted to meet me too. 

MS - it was a pleasure meeting you, super nice down to earth guy.

Takes some special people to make plans for an event all year long that lasts just a weekend. These people go above and beyond to make complete strangers feel welcome in thier hometown and include them in all events planned for the weekend. These people open up their homes to a whole bunch of people, some of which they have never met before.  They organize an entire weekends worth of events, and entertain everyone, and greet everyone, and making sure all had directions to all the different places and events for the weekend,   To this years hosts,  Jerry F and his wife Lori, and family are a special group of people.  Thank you all for this weekend. I had a great time.

I met other first timers that were also great to hang out with.  I met WALT and his wife, and being first timers and both originally being from PA, we kind of bonded right away and hung near each other at first since we didn't really know what to expect each day.  But they were great people, really glad to meet them both, and we all spent Saturday having a great time touring Nashville.  If anyone didn't get to spend time with Walt, he is a really fun guy with some great stories, besides knowing a good bit about cars. Again cars is the afterthought.         

Then there's some of the other regulars who also were great too.  BB and Tubo were really cool to meet and made sure that the first timers weren't just standing there feeling uncomfortable. They were happy to meet me and my family and wanted to get to know us. And thier wives too. I'd be wrong to not mention them as well.  There were people there that I really didn't know, but they knew me, and my posts, and my history of being from NJ and moving to SC.  I was really surprised that there were so many people that knew me. I think, that i forget when I post something, there's alot of people reading those posts, that never reply or step up and make posts to become regulars so that I get to know them as well.  I wish they would so I can get to know them as well as they knew me. 

The cars.... there were some great cars there.  I have my favorites.  Especially the Silver 65 mustang with the red interior. I hope someone posts some pics of it because it was beautiful.  It had a recessed antenna, and shaved door handles, bench seat, and was smooth with no chrome emblems and was real real sharp.  The red mach 1 was also very nice with The Doors 8 track.  But I got to meet the owners of these cars and talk to them and they were nice people.  Again, the cars keep bringing you back to the people.

I got to take my kids with me, and travel across some beautiful areas of this country, with some great scenery.  Sure we were worried about my car making the drive. LOL.

I have been told for years to attend a bash, and then I'll get it.   well...  Now i get it. 

Great time.