KR Gathering pics and Slide Show link are at: http://krbuilder.org/KRGathering2012/index.html
Drove the last 11 hour leg of the trip to and from the Gathering yesterday. It rained from just outside Atlanta to about 25 miles from my house and by then it was dark. I was fearful of my life, but then, totally convinced that I made the right choice to leave the Black Bird where she was safe. Even with the continual agonizing over having to leave my Bird at home, it was a great Gathering. Russ's Baby was certainly a hit and a very appropriate version of the KR2 for the 40th anniversary. He took Best Paint, Best KR, and Peoples' Choice. In my humble opinion, he deserved every one of them. You will see his plane front and center of the big Gathering picture that Dave Mullins took, like they did several years ago. Getting 10 KRs to show up with the weather so bad, shows how much the Builders want to contribute to this event, some of them even risk their life and come very close to losing it. But in this case, I should have used the plural "lives", because apparently Steve has several of them. As I saw him walking around the Gathering and talking to people, it was a bit "surreal" because you could never tell that he had been through that horrible ordeal. He always had a smile on his face and when asked about the accident, would find a way to put a positive slant on it, like, "I was going to replace that firewall anyway". He was an inspiration to me, just by his being there. See N64KR at <http://krbuilder.org/> http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN Bad Weather at Gathering time, is a killer or a real bummer. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
