[AT] Portland 2002 album on the ATIS photo page

[Gene Dotson]

    David;
    Plan to be there for the whole week. Many of us will be
there on the 21st and 22nd. The early part of the week, before
the show officially starts, we can ride anywhere at any time.
We see the exhibitors coming in and setting up and have a
preview of the swap area. Once the show starts, the traffic is
limited to handicap vehicles in all display and craft areas.
They have some new rules on what will be allowed as a handicap
vehicle and tentatively have limited to two riders, but will
more likely change this to 3 or possibly 4 in special cases. No
Gator type vehicles or Quads or 3 wheelers. No bicycles allowed
on the show grounds after the show starts.
    These rules do not apply in the campground area or
perimeter roads.
    Once the show starts on Wednesday, and the campers are all
there, it is more like a reunion with a tractor show as a
background. The swap area is usually the biggest area of
interest for the gang.
    Look forward to seeing you there.

                    Gene Dotson,  DeGraff. Ohio



----- Original Message -----
From: David Myers <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Portland 2002 album on the ATIS photo page


trying to make plans to go this year!  The scenes
: remind me of the camping at Oshkosh, real
: 'COZY',hee-hee.  Really hope to go and that's not just
: cabin fever talking.  I do have to admit to suffering
: from tractor withdrawal at the moment, though.  Still
: not good enough weather here to try to build heat in
: the shop for just a couple of hours of work and WORK
: has kept me hopping.
: How hard is it to bring a vehicle for the wife, she
: has real bad knees though definetly not wheelchair
: bound.  My next project is a classy 'Butt-Buggy' for
: her.  She's not really a tractor nut but loves to
: associate with the neat people we meet.
: Sorry for the time lag to reply.  It's not the net but
: a case of "Boy, miss a day or two from the list and
: WHAM! try to read 200 or so letters." :-)  I know the
: delete key works but I hate to miss any posts.  I
: know, read faster! Oh well...
: Dave Myers
: Paw Paw, Michigan
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