The Air Chief & Rob Davis with lots of great Airship 27 Pulp Titles.

Greetings Loyal Airmen, as I write this, my head is stuffed up and nose running like a faucet.  It's allergy time in New England again, oh yeah.  So this will be a short Flight Log.  I wanted to add a couple more pictures from the Windy City Pulp & Paper con, as I promised last week.  The one above is Ye Old Air Chief and his pal, Rob Davis, at our table in front of our very cool Airship 27 banner.  One of the big highlights of this show is the Sunday Morning Pulp Factory Breakfast Summit.  This year seven of us who belong to the Pulp Factory were in attendance.

                     
                               Rob  – Andrew  – Doug  – Van  – Ye Old Air Chief – Wayne – Dave

And here is a shot of that breakfast.  Gathered around the table prior to the final day of the convention, were Rob Davis, Andrew Salmon, Doug Klauba, Van Allen Plexico, yours truly, Wayne Reinagel and Dave Flora.  Here's hoping next year there will be even more of us on hand.  Its a fun tradition started three years ago by Rob, Doug and the Air Chief, that everyone looks forward to.

                               
                                    The Air Chief & his little angel, Kristi

Back in 1990 we bought a silver extended cab Toyota pick up truck.  It was a great little vehicle and our first grandchild, Kristi simply loved it.  One of her favorite fun things to do was sit on my lap and pretend to drive it as the photo above shows.  It was a special thing between the two of us.  Of course she kept telling Valerie and me that she wanted that truck one day when she grew all up.  We laughingly promised we would keep it in good shape and do just that.

                   
                                                             Valerie, Kristi & the Air Chief

Last Saturday that little bundle of endless energy attended her junior prom.  Our little angle grew into this beautiful young lady just like that, almost in the blink of an eye.  Where did all those years in between go?  It's moments like these that every family cherishes and ponders as time seems to race along so quickly with each passing year. Oh, and we gave her (& her younger sister) that Toyota truck last year when she got her driving license. A promise we were only too happy to keep.

That's it, got to grab some tissues.  Till next week, Loyal Airmen,
Ron – Over & …Achooo!  Out.