| [GMCnet] Re: GMC sighting from a former owner [message #366971 is a reply to message #366962] |
Sun, 26 September 2021 18:53   |
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Hi Rick
Glad to hear from you. I will make it up there to see you one of these
days.
😉
bdub
On Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 9:40 AM John Richardson wrote:
> Hello ole buddy. It really made my day to read your post and know you are
> doing well.we sure had some good times together.both here in Florida and
> there in Michigan. We still have our coach and travel as much as we can.
> Linda and John Richardson
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 9:04 AM Rick Williams wrote:
>
>> Greetings All
>>
>> Some of you old timers may remember me. I had my coach for 15 years
> before
>> selling it in 2016. I met many of you at rallies over the years and of
>> course spent time here on the net. Changes in life necessitated the
>> selling of the coach but I still look back fondly at those years of
>> ownership and
>> travel. I see them from time to time on the road and in campgrounds. If I
>> get a chance to speak with the owner I always do so and I always wonder
> if
>> it will be someone that I know.
>> Last week while camping at a Federal Forrest campground on Lake Superior
>> in Michigan's Upper Peninsula my wife mentioned that there was a GMC in
> the
>> campground. I headed to the site and found a nice Royale. The owner was
>> sitting outside so I struck up a conversation. The usual topics of "how
> is
>> it
>> running?", how I had owned one, improvements made and of course how we
> had
>> more money into them than they are worth. After about two minutes of
>> conversation, I asked him if he was Ray. He and Lisa were quite surprised
>> by my question until I identified myself. Yes it was Ray Erspamer. Ray
> and I
>> had conversed several times on the GMCnet and had learned of a connection
>> we had to my home town of Escanaba, Michigan. It was a real pleasure to
> meet
>> Ray and Lisa after all these years. It brought back great memories. I
>> asked him about many of you and he knew most of those I asked about. It
>> turns
>> out that Ray and Lisa host a different campground in the Upper Peninsula
>> in August near where I have a cabin. So next year I will be seeing them
>> again.
>> I now live in Michigan's Lower Peninsula very near Mackinaw City. I just
>> checked the Black List and I am still there. If any of you are in the
> area
>> and need assistance or just a place to park please call. The GMCs are a
>> wonderful experience and I am glad to have been a part of it. I am
>> especially
>> glad to have met many of you. I think of you often and look forward to
>> crossing paths again. Meeting Ray and Lisa shows that it is possible.
> Safe
>> travels to all of you and I'll see you down the road.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> --
>> Rick Williams
>> Bliss, Michigan
>> 1978 Eleganza II
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