A big thank you publicly to Les and Bob for putting up...I mean, extending their graciousness and hospitality yet again to us at Rhody Days this year. Thanks to Loren, Erik, Eric, Lee and his wife, John the local Mopar guru, Lee's brother, wife and their son, Leslies neighbors and housepets , the Oregon Dept of Transportation for the paving project on Highway 126 (?) , the folks at " Art Like a Wheel " , the folks at Bliss Hiway 101 Restaraunt for the huge discount on dinner - that will teach them to lose the tickets, and finally to everyone and anyone else I omitted, thank you too! An extra special thanks to Brad Hogg for making the trip all the way from Wintergreen Manitscolda , 31 hours by train!!! Next time Brad, dont be asleep when they change trains in Tuscaloosa. This was possibly the next best year we had, nice balance of cars and people and things to do. I salute Les for her diligence and determination in changing all her spark plugs - as well as taking all the plug wires off and not losing track of what plug or cap position belongs to number one cylinder! Perhaps an IML first? Nonetheless, it proves that it can be done!!! The weather was bearable, the cruise in was great and I felt privileged to drive Leslies LTD Wagon as a stand in , leaving my car at home may have broken my curse of " what is going to break this year " that has been a problem since the first year we attended. The crowd response to the station wagon was intriguing to say the least, if it had not been for a broken motor mount I think I would have gladly honored the crowd request to do a nice burnout. Oh well...next year. We had a great dinner and then bonfire with beverages and dessert and stayed up waay too late but thats half the fun of it anyway. Sunday Leslie put the rumor to rest that she can only heat and serve by making a great breakfast for us and then it was time to cruise up the coast and then inland on to home. All of you folks who live even remotely close to Florence have NO IDEA what you missed......next year plan on being there or being square! Mikey 62 Crown Coupe