[SEL] What was your best engine trip?

[Jeff Allen]

Hi George,

There have been some great posts on this. There are also some of us that 
can't tell much of a story. I've only been involved in this hobby for 
about a year and a half. My only out of town trip was to Bird City, KS 
last summer, and it is my best. Huge steam tractors, stationary engines, 
great food and people. I had a ball, and look forward to many more.

I have a limited amount of vacation time, so it will take me years to 
have a lot to tell. Maybe one day I will have a seven day weekend, and 
can traverse this great land in search of engines and all things 
related. For now I enjoy what little I can take in. I have an antique 
walk behind tractor waiting patiently in KS right now.  I  hope that  
trip  provides me with a few extras in the back of the truck when I 
return. I'll damn sure share if I come across anything.

For those that lurk I'll offer some advice. We DON'T BITE, we only flame 
now and then. Jump in and participate. Opinions are like what you can 
tell some to pack sand in, and we all have one.

For a virtual look at my best trip:

http://oldengine.org/members/allen/BirdCity/BirdCity.html

Jeff Allen

George Best wrote:

>I've been disappointed that hardly anyone has shared their engine trip
>stories.
>
>Don't you people ever go anywhere????
>
>For me, visiting collectors makes any trip a great trip.  Well.....
>Maybe not 100% true as you may go visit a collector and find out he
>isn't interested in showing you anything and has no interest in starting
>up anything.  However, with a little planning you can locate collections
>where you know you'll be welcome and the person is glad to give you a
>grand tour and truly enjoys talking about engines and showing their
>collection.
>
>Visiting collectors is the only way you will ever see some engines.  I'm
>sure a lot of us know of rare engines that are never shown at public
>shows and you can only see if the collector is willing to show it to
>you.
>
>Seems to me if you enjoy this hobby that you must have gone somewhere at
>sometime to buy an engine or at least look at some engines!
>
>Some people, including myself, say that SEL is dying.  Which is true if
>you're not interested in posting any engine related topics or stories.
>Being a "lurker" doesn't help, and only making wise cracks or off topic
>postings doesn't help either.
>
>WAIT George
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