| [GMCnet] Re: GMC sighting from a former owner [message #366988 is a reply to message #366971] |
Mon, 27 September 2021 14:34   |
RicksGMC
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Hey Billy!
We’re at the GMCMI rally in Chippewa Falls right now, wish you were here!!
Rick
Rick Drummond
1974 re-Painted Desert named B.O.B.
1976 33’ stretch under construction
> On Sep 26, 2021, at 6:49 PM, Billy Massey wrote:
>
> 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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Rick&Tammy Drummond
Prior Lake MN
'74 (re)Painted Desert
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