2004 East Coast Ramble, Over, but what a ride!! Options

[Sparky]

I'd like to thank everyone for making this years Ramble a huge success! From our sponsors down to the guys over at Hyland Orchard/Brewery. The only draw back to the event was the heat. Hey we haven't had a summer day above 85 all year, who would have thought that the temp would pop up to 97 on "Ramble" day? Sadly I did not bring a camera along with me so I've got no pics, if you anyone has some nice digital shots please zip them up and email them to me.

I'd like to send a special thank you out to my wife, Sherri, for letting me break away from our house remodel to plan and run this event.

I also need to send a huge thank you to Dave Cafro for helping me out and keeping me on track (even though he needs a booster seat when driving his sloped nose teener). I would also like to thank everyone for not making fun of my car and it's funky steering wheel. Chris Foley deserves some kind of award for riding with me as I think I have the sloppiest shifter on the East Coast. I'm sure he got a kick out of hearing it nick third, first just disappearing and second being elusive. There wera a few times when 4th was the only gear I had. I'd also like to thank Chris for giving me a push start when my starter solenoid decided to bake off.

It was a sincere pleasure seeing everyone from the old gaurd (remember when this was a "Porschefiles" event?) and meeting so many new and interesting people. I was shocked at the turn out we had considering just a couple of Rambles ago we were only a group of 12 or so. Michel, a pleasure as always! Joan, Renata, Jason, Scott, Jack, Jim, Tom, hey I could go on and on with all of the incredible people that attended and shared in this great weekend. Ed V. and Dillon, Ed. M, Ralf, John H. and Tom A. it was pleasure seeing you again and a pleasure seeing clan Eberlin show up. Is it my imagination or does the clan get bigger every year?

Gee I could "ramble" on and on here but I'll leave some for later. I hope that everyone had an awesome time and I look forward to getting together with you all again soon!

All my best,
Mike D.