The 2009 family reunion

This was the second annual family reunion gathering, once again, organized by Sandy Ealy. This year was another great gathering, with a couple of firsts to go along with it. This was the first family reunion where all of the siblings were able to attend. Tommy could not attend last year because he had just started a new job and could not get the time off. Additionally, Julie, Tommy's wife was able to attend this year. This was the first time in 11 years, that she was able to join Waite family gathering. Julie did attend Cortney's baby shower earlier this year, but only the ladies were invited to that event. :-)

There was a lot of fun with the games on Saturday morning and great food on Saturday evening. We introduced a new game to the Saturday events, it was a plunger relay. It was a very funny event. A non-scientific analysis by Kevin McCann determined that those that are gravitationally enhanced had better control of the plunger. The Waite brothers won the new relay event. Kevin McCann and Billy Waite won the Horseshoe tournament.

At the potluck on Saturday night, there was wonderful food after a slight panic party because the bar-b-que was giving us fits. Thanks to Todd Waite for using his truck to bring in a bunch of small bar-b-que's to cook all of the food. We also used the RVITGUY projector to show pictures taken during the events of the day.

Friday night, as Carol and I rolled in, we heard a grinding coming from the brakes. It turned out that the adjustment screw had fallen out of it's place. During the time it rolled around in the brake drum, it trashed the brakes. I spent a good portion of Sunday trying to find the brake pads that needed to be replaced. Most of the Napa auto parts stores in the Stockton/Lodi are have been closed because the owner of all of them passed away. As a result, I found the parts at the Jackson Napa store. So, I got up early Monday to run up to Jackson and get the parts. So, I was back and had the brakes back in before check out time.

Well, I guess that is about all for now. We hope you have a great day.

Happy Camping! - Eric and Carol -