<VV> Corvair Camping Concluded

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Quite an eclectic mix of cars.  Among them, a 215-V8 Monza 
convertible.  A 1969 Monza convertible.  A customized '65 Corsa 
coupe. A street Stinger.  An Aztec Bronze '66 Monza coupe.  No early 
models at all, but a Greenbrier factory camper and a Rampside.

A woman living only seven miles from the campground stopped by with 
her Corvair and joined our potluck dinner.  In contrast to her, 
Smitty and Helen Smith came 400 miles from from Virginia.  Towing 
their well-known camping trailer (with their lesser-known late-model Impala).

Allen Bristow brought his Greenbrier on a trailer behind the World's 
Largest Pickup Camper on a Dodge Diesel.  The Greenbrier became the 
group transport for a Saturday lunch trip.

A gentleman living roughly 30 miles away came by with a carload of 
Corvair parts that he wished to sell, no longer owning any 
Corvairs.  He sold quite a bit of it, including some nice NOS pieces.

Miserable rainy weather Friday, drizzly weather Saturday, 
bee-yoo-ti-ful weather Sunday.  Nice tour Sunday to the Eagle's Mere 
Air Museum, where the newest airplane was built in 1944 and the 
oldest one in 1917.  The 1944 Stearman was rolled out, checked out, 
fired up and flown for our entertainment.

Great potluck dinner Saturday evening then marshmallow-toasting 
around the campfire until the rain returned.  You think the 
local-membership / CORSA-membership debate was spirited?  Try the 
how-to-toast-a-marshmallow discussion!

As always, fine hospitality from campground owners (and Corvair 
owners) Ray and Kathy Coker.

--Bob