I'll keep my letter short if possible, but just wanted to thank Dale and the others who work on Cirque for another great effort. After missing last year, it was great to see many old friends from across the country. My only regret is that I was sorry to see it all to come to an end on Sunday, but as the rest of us, we'll look forward to next year.
For those interested in booking early for next year, I called the Battleground Inn this A.M. to make reservations for next year, and was told to call back in early July. It was explained to me that the computer at the Battleground isn't set up to take reservations this far in advance.
The extended weekend for me was exceptional as I got to stay with friend Peter Koskinen and his lovely wife Mary in Chapel Hill. Peter has an extensive collection of Micro-brews from allover the known world, and I got to try more than my share. Don't think I had the same brew twice. We all got in a great twenty mile ride through the rolling country side around where Peter and Mary live.
I'll be posting a few of my shots to my Wool Jersey Gallery, but only about twenty or thirty in all. I had intended to come down this year fully equipped to take as many shots as possible to post to the Gallery, but had such a wonderful time talking to Peter, Tom Sanders, Eddie Albert, Steve Maasland and so many others it hard to remember. I barely had time to get the camera out. The grouping of bikes seems to get better every year.
I particularly had a wonderful conversation with a young fellow, Ben who work Dale at Cycles Deoro. He had purchased a very interesting 1940s to 50s frame at Cirque that couldn't identified, but I invited him to post it to the CR so we might be able to help him. Great to see younger folk getting into our hobby.
My only apology goes to friend Keith Hellon who I kept awake on Sunday night with my snoring. As I tell my lovely wife Joanne, I don't snore !!
Best regards to all, and on to next year.
Peter Naiman Shorewood, WI
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