[AT] CUBFEST 2004 countdown

[Robinson]

If I counted right there are just 13 days, not counting 
today, until CUBFEST 2004 at Shelbyville Indiana on June 
18-19-20...
Am I ready yet? No way.   :-)   Would I be ready if I had 
another year to get ready? Probably not...  :-)   Am I ready 
enough to have it? I think so. Or at least I will be by the 
big day.
I had really hoped to have a little more of my "stuff" 
cleaned up and organized better but I guess I am doomed to 
always remain surrounded by too much rusty iron and strange 
little bits and giblets. Such is the nature of living at 
TMCOTKU (the magnetic center of the known universe). We have 
had a tremendous amount of rain this spring and everything 
is behind including field work.
Remember that while we all hope that you will come and bring 
a CUB (or several) that the primary thing is that you have 
an interest in Farmall CUB's. Also reminding that there is 
no admission charge and no camping charge (primitive). No 
money is involved unless you buy or sell something from or 
to another guest and that is strictly between the two of 
you. I have no problem if you have something CUB related 
that you want to bring along to sell privately. We can even 
find a place to set a number of such items in one place if 
you like.
I don't really look at this as a show, just a gathering of 
friends with a similar interest. It is of course all based 
from the CUB board at:
www.farmallcub.com
Here are a few other things to see while in the area:
State site:
http://www.in.gov/enjoyindiana/
In Indy:
http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/
Horse track only about 6 miles north west of us:
http://www.indianadowns.com/
Southeastern Indiana. Muzzle loader shoot and huge flea market:
http://www.nmlra.org/
Over 300 shops next to a 16,000 acre state park.
http://allsands.com/Travel/Places/nashvilleindia_xjt_gn.htm
There is also a sizable Amish community beginning about 6 
miles east of here. If you look on the Indiana map it is 
based around Moscow (pronounced like "coe" not "cow" like 
the Russian city) Indiana in Rush County. A drive through 
the countryside there can be very interesting. Also in 
Moscow is a very long 2 span covered bridge which was fully 
restored a couple of years ago. It crosses above 17 acres of 
woods, rocks and river that once belonged to my 
g-grandfather and was part of his mill operation there. The 
mill was a grist mill and a sawmill. My mother bought the 
place at auction over 30 years ago. The mill building which 
was a more recent structure was sold separate and these days 
a friend of ours operates a custom mill work shop there 
specializing in restoration work. He does a great deal of 
work for many of the state historic properties. A very 
interesting guy to sit down and talk with. He has another 
building he bought and is rebuilding for more shop space 
that sits over near the church on another street. That 
concrete block building was, when I was a young boy, a 
Silver King tractor dealership.
About 25 miles east of here is the old canal town of 
Metamora Indiana with lots of shops. Check out their virtual 
tour and town map on their website:
http://www.emetamora.com/[/url]
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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
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