[SEL] USA Holiday

[Steve Royster]

Hi Russel and Carmel, We enjoyed it all too, even if you did call my engines girlie engines! Hey man , white tarps are the new thing. Get some while you still can! Glad we got to enjoy Portland with you, Steve
 
> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:10:45 +1000
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> From: russell at ncable.com.au
> Subject: [SEL] USA Holiday
> 
> G'day all,
> We are home all safe and well after a fantastic trip to the USA. 
> Carmel and I would like to thank everyone who welcomed us during our 
> time abroad. We had such a great time; and like many before us, we 
> would like to go back and do it again. Driving on the right side of 
> the road was fun, ( I had to really concentrate when we got home to 
> not stuff up here) I can get used to sitting on 75 mile an hour 
> pretty easy too. We got to see plenty of the country, Plenty of 
> engines and plenty of cars. Baraboo was a very nice setting for an 
> engine rally, Portland just has to be experienced. Thanks to the 
> folks who welcomed us into their homes. Thanks to the folks who gave 
> advice along the way.
> 
> Our rip home was pleasant in that we got to travel on a new A380 air 
> bus. We had no idea until we were actually boarding the plane. We 
> arrived in Melbourne around 8am and picked up our car to travel the 
> 5.5 hours back home. We are still pretty buggered from the trip and 
> jet lag but will not let this stop us planing another trip.
> 
> I have been over to the shed and had a real Aussie beer already :-) 
> and gave my engines a bit of a cuddle. Yet to start anything up how 
> ever. (Dad ran one of my Hornby's at our local club event while we 
> were away and snagged a second place ribon from the show society)
> 
> The trip of a life time would not have been as easy to do or 
> experience without the mateship of a really good group of folk known as the SEL
> 
> thanks again
> Russell 
> 
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