Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[Paul Stenquist]

Sorry to hear of Don's passing. Nice guy.

Paul via phone

> On Jun 5, 2017, at 7:05 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> Thanks for letting is know about Don. I met him 3 times and thought he
> was one of the nicest people on earth. He will be missed everywhere.
> 
> dave
> 
>> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Mark Roberts  
>> wrote:
>> Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend.
>> 
>> I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and
>> got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical
>> proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode through. I'm
>> hoping for better weather for the next two days of travel back to
>> Boston. Motorcycle travel is not for wimps!
>> 
>> One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty
>> much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to
>> turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor
>> health for a few years and had a stroke a week ago. It would be
>> difficult to overstate Don's influence on the PDML as a whole and
>> several of its members, myself included, in particular. He'll be
>> greatly missed.
>> 
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Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[David J Brooks]

Thanks for letting is know about Don. I met him 3 times and thought he
was one of the nicest people on earth. He will be missed everywhere.

dave

On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend.
>
> I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and
> got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical
> proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode through. I'm
> hoping for better weather for the next two days of travel back to
> Boston. Motorcycle travel is not for wimps!
>
> One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty
> much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to
> turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor
> health for a few years and had a stroke a week ago. It would be
> difficult to overstate Don's influence on the PDML as a whole and
> several of its members, myself included, in particular. He'll be
> greatly missed.
>
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Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[Steve Cottrell]

On 4/6/17, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:

>One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty
>much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to
>turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor
>health for a few years and had a stroke a week ago. It would be
>difficult to overstate Don's influence on the PDML as a whole and
>several of its members, myself included, in particular. He'll be
>greatly missed.

I'd just seen that on FB. Many happy memories of Don from my visits to
GFM. An exceptional gentleman, that's sad news indeed. RIP Don.

I will dig out the video I shot when GFM honoured his achievements back
in 2009 I think it was - and provide a link.

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Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[John]

On 6/4/2017 20:13, Mark Roberts wrote:

Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend.

I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and
got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical
proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode through. I'm
hoping for better weather for the next two days of travel back to
Boston. Motorcycle travel is not for wimps!

One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty
much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to
turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor
health for a few years and had a stroke a week ago. It would be
difficult to overstate Don's influence on the PDML as a whole and
several of its members, myself included, in particular. He'll be
greatly missed.



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Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[Stanley Halpin]

> On Jun 4, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty
> much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to
> turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor
> health for a few years and had a stroke a week ago. It would be
> difficult to overstate Don's influence on the PDML as a whole and
> several of its members, myself included, in particular. He'll be
> greatly missed.
> 

Thank you for that info Mark. I had little chance to get to know him but it was 
obvious that Don was a very special person.

Stan


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Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[Mark Roberts]

Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend.

I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and
got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical
proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode through. I'm
hoping for better weather for the next two days of travel back to
Boston. Motorcycle travel is not for wimps!

One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty
much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to
turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in poor
health for a few years and had a stroke a week ago. It would be
difficult to overstate Don's influence on the PDML as a whole and
several of its members, myself included, in particular. He'll be
greatly missed.

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Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[Steve Cottrell]

On 4/6/17, John, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Pulled in about 15 minutes ago. Got half-way through unloading my car
>before it started pouring down rain, so I still have a bit of that ahead
>of me before I'll really be home again.
>
>Baxter hasn't decided yet whether she's going to forgive me for making
>her stay at the pet hotel while I was gone, but I think she'll come
>around eventually. At least I hustled home to get her before they close
>for the evening, so she didn't have to spend another night alone.
>
>I have got to start training her to walk on a leash & ride in the car so
>I can take her with me. Otherwise I'm going to have problems getting
>around to photograph stuff.

Hope you had a good time John. Thanks for letting us know you're home safe.

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Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

[John]

Pulled in about 15 minutes ago. Got half-way through unloading my car
before it started pouring down rain, so I still have a bit of that ahead
of me before I'll really be home again.

Baxter hasn't decided yet whether she's going to forgive me for making
her stay at the pet hotel while I was gone, but I think she'll come
around eventually. At least I hustled home to get her before they close
for the evening, so she didn't have to spend another night alone.

I have got to start training her to walk on a leash & ride in the car so
I can take her with me. Otherwise I'm going to have problems getting
around to photograph stuff.

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