RE: [ihc] My good fortune and new project

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

Now I'm jealous.

Steve
--- Tom Harais <THarais@domain.elided> wrote:

> Ken:
> 
> We'll plan on seeing you Saturday.  It's a long
> drive, so take it easy.
> 
> Use I5 and we can meet in Lodi for dinner with the
> Hofstetters.  You can
> swing over here first and we can head back out to
> Lodi for dinner later but
> I'm thinking if we meet you there (there is a big
> truck stop right off I5 in
> Lodi) it avoids back tracking for you and you don't
> have to leave so darn
> early in the first place.  And, you'll have a time
> cushion if you need to
> stop along the way or anything like that.  If you
> get there before dinner
> time, we will too.  You won't have to worry about
> making great time.  You
> can check with us on the cell phone as you get
> closer, and we'll be sure to
> meet you at that truck stop in Lodi when you arrive.
>  This avoids you having
> to figure out directions to dinner or to our house.
> 
> Our house is about an hour from Lodi, where we will
> meet the Hofstetters.
> They've got to drive and hour or so themselves, from
> the other direction to
> meet us as well.  You should plan on staying with us
> for the night, since we
> need to get your truck down here anyway to load the
> motor.  We can load the
> motor at virtually any time of day or night.  I've
> tried various
> permutations of getting the motor to you, but I
> think having you come here
> is the only realistic way.  Otherwise, how would we
> transfer a 1,000 lb
> motor from my vehicle or a trailer that I might
> borrow to yours?  
> 
> If the Hofstetters want to spend some time, we can
> hit Lodi early and go to
> Mickey's Grove (a large, local park) or just the bar
> at the Cactus
> restaurant and spend time until we have dinner.  You
> and John can work out
> the Garrand project.  We'd have to find an
> appropriate place which probably
> isn't too hard to do in the Lodi area.
> 
> You can leave anytime Sunday that you want.
> 
> If other digesters (Jerry, do you read the digest
> any more?)are interested
> in this informal get together, let me know off-line.
> 
> Tom H., '76 Traveler