Denton, NC rally set for April 11-13, 2014

Got home with no trouble this morning. Sorry that we had to leave when/how we did.

Hope to see you guys again soon.

Just got home to find my daughters Jeep sitting in the driveway with the right front wheel broke off and the right side smashed in. someone ran her off the road yesterday! They didn't tell me because they didn't want me to worry. She is ok but the jeep gona need some love! Had a great time and thanks for the food from the MKT because some one left the full propane tank at the house! Thanks everyone!

AMGeneral said:

Anyone hear if Adam made it back last night ok?

The dodge seemed to be running better.

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He made it back, I spoke with him this morning.

It turned out to be a pretty good rally. The weather was beautiful. The turnout was better this year, but still a little disappointing. I want to thank everyone that showed up for the event - with or without a vehicle. We had a great time - perhaps a little too good a few times! The public started showing up Friday morning, with the majority showing on Saturday - we even had a few show up on Sunday as we were packing up getting ready to leave! The count turned out to be around 35 vehicles and 11 trailers (plus or minus - I counted on Saturday around lunch and there were a couple that showed after that, so I tried to include everyone). I talked with Bob Jeffereys yesterday. He said that the first year he lost $900, second year $600, and so far $300 this year. He said they are planning on doing it again next year so that he could at least break even ONE TIME! He said that he didn't know how long that he and Jim Henry would keep sponsoring this event while continuing to lose money. I hope that they will continue to do it because there really isn't any other events in this area to attend (the closest for me is a 4hr drive to the GA rally - this one is 2 hrs away). I guess I will continue to promote it as long as I have the time.

Thanks again guys (and Gals!) for coming - we will see most of you again in Georgia, the rest we will see again next year (Rich and Cabell)!

I had a great time! Great company, great food, great camp fires, and absolutely spectacular weather. What more could you as for? It was good to meet a lot of people finally. I look forward to next year! In the mean time, I'm looking forward to seeing everybody again at the GA rally.

I have a handful of pictures I took, I'll get them uploaded to the computer and post them up later. I'm extremely tired... 2 nights of 5ish hours of sleep and lots of beer wore me out.

A few pictures:

I'll post some photos when I get the taxes done...
I had a great time and truly appreciate that help with the MKT. Nothing beats having some folks volunteer for KP duty and to help pack the unit up when all is done.

I've found that it takes about five years for an event to show a profit, or to catch on...at least, that's been the experience that I've had and the feedback from other venues (and groups including bluegrass festivals, car shows, fishing/boat/hunting expos...). Hopefully, the folks putting this event on can hang on long enough for it to become profitable for them so that we can enjoy it for for years to come.

Makes a great table!