Last October we were reading the Excel newsletter when we noticed an invitation to all Excel owners to attend a luncheon at the Echo Hotel and Conference Center in Edinburg. Food and lots of Excel owners to chat with sounded like a good combination to us. We rsvp'd, and today was the day.
Many Excel owners are full-timers, so we were among like minded folks and had much to talk about. When everyone had finished eating, Phil Sullivan emceed the remarks, which were informal. A tour group leader described the upcoming Oregon/Washington coast trip. Various folks talked about their experiences with accidents and crises (hair raising). Duana and Vaughn Peterson were there. Vaughn recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He talked about the recent hard financial times. Excel now employs 80 in the plant, where they used to have 160.
The room filled with laughter several times as speakers told jokes and ribbed one another. A good time was had by all.
I danced with Jean at Darryl's tonight. I had to drive myself, because Hardy and Judy still have company. Darryl was playing around with offset formations, which is actually a C-2 concept. Luckily there were a reasonable number of C-2 dancers around who could help out a bit.
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