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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68709]

Mon, 28 December 2009 23:38

UziYaH

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Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc

First movie making attempt. Enjoy.

Howard Nylander
Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
Afton, Tn.

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68714 is a reply to message #68709]

Tue, 29 December 2009 04:31

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Appreciate the ride, that was really enjoyable. Thanks so much, we hope to be doing some of that come Spring.

Richard MacDonald Punta Gorda, Florida Sold our TZE April 2015

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68748 is a reply to message #68714]

Tue, 29 December 2009 11:16

UziYaH

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Thank you Richard. Anytime you are in our area, please ring our bell and stop by.
�
Have room for your coach and you and yours.
�
Howard

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From: Richard MacDonald <rm1936@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2
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Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 5:31 AM

Appreciate the ride, that was really enjoyable.� Thanks so much,� we hope to be doing some of that come Spring.

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68752 is a reply to message #68709]

Tue, 29 December 2009 11:30

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Howard-
We live in the Blue Ridge mountains at a ski and golf area named
Wintergreen. We travel a lot and haven't been here much lately and your
videos remind me that we take the beauty of this area for granted.
For example, I just returned from my doctor's office in Fishersville, VA
and took a short cut down the Blue Ridge Parkway for 12 miles to Reeds
Gap. It's still very snow covered with about 3 feet of snow except for
the roadway and the Shenandoah Valley to
the west and the Rockfish Valley to the east are all white with ribbons
of black when the roads are cleared. A few tourist were out taking
pictures and I just wanted to get home.
We love living here and wish all of our GMC friends could just live
around us.
Jim "Doc" White
Wintergreen, VA
75 GMC Stretch- which is still snowed in
**************
Howard Nylander wrote:
> Part 1:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8
>
> Part 2:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc
>
> First movie making attempt. Enjoy.
>
> Howard Nylander
> Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
> Afton, Tn.
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68757 is a reply to message #68709]

Tue, 29 December 2009 12:00

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UziYaH wrote on Mon, 28 December 2009 23:38

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc

First movie making attempt. Enjoy.

Howard Nylander
Royale Class of ��78��, ��Rocinante��
Afton, Tn.

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Thanks for posting the vids. I want to see it myself from the drivers seat even more.

Wally Anderson
Omaha NE
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68761 is a reply to message #68752]

Tue, 29 December 2009 12:24

UziYaH

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Hi Doc, ...I know where your are talking about and enjoyed the visions within the canyons of my mind as I read what you wrote. It was beautiful.

We started our odyssey just north of you at Waynesboro and ended at Boone, NC, stopped for a multiplicity of reasons. Hope to do the southern half of the Blue Ridge this spring like Richard.

We are both blessed to live is such a unique and beautiful part of our country, ...and we moved here from Hawaii. Thanks for your input. Greatly appreciated.

Howard Nylander
Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
Afton, Tn.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc

--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Jim White <jameswwhite@cyberwind.net> wrote:

From: Jim White <jameswwhite@cyberwind.net>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 12:30 PM

Howard-
We live in the Blue Ridge mountains at a ski and golf area named
Wintergreen. We travel a lot and haven't been here much lately and your
videos remind me that we take the beauty of this area for granted.
For example, I just returned from my doctor's office in Fishersville, VA
and took a short cut down the Blue Ridge Parkway for 12 miles to Reeds
Gap. It's still very snow covered with about 3 feet of snow except for
the roadway and the Shenandoah Valley to
the west and the Rockfish Valley to the east are all white with ribbons
of black when the roads are cleared. A few tourist were out taking
pictures and I just wanted to get home.
We love living here and wish all of our GMC friends could just live
around us.
Jim "Doc" White
Wintergreen, VA
75 GMC Stretch- which is still snowed in
**************
Howard Nylander wrote:
> Part 1:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8
>
> Part 2:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc
>
> First movie making attempt. Enjoy.
>
> Howard Nylander
> Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
> Afton, Tn.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cvrn2u
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68765 is a reply to message #68709]

Tue, 29 December 2009 12:35

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Howard,

Thanks for this, Helen and I did this last November (2008) on our tour of the East Coast.

Can't remember where we got on the Blue Ridge Parkway but I do remember a sign "Not suitable for RV's and Semis" or words to that effect. I figured they were talking about 40 foot SOB's. They weren't kidding as the "approach" road was narrow and had some SERIOUSLY tight switchbacks!

Once "on top" the fall colors were ablaze and it was spectacular!

Regards,

Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426

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Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc

First movie making attempt. Enjoy.

Howard Nylander
Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
Afton, Tn.

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68766 is a reply to message #68757]

Tue, 29 December 2009 12:39

UziYaH

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Hi Wally, ...thanks for kind thoughts of my vids, and thanks for sharing your blog. Good start and nice coach! I've enjoyed Dan and Terri's blog and others for a long time. Hope to do it myself sometime.

Howard Nylander

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From: Wally Anderson <wallyand@aim.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 1:00 PM

UziYaH wrote on Mon, 28 December 2009 23:38
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> First movie making attempt. Enjoy.
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Thanks for posting the vids. I want to see it myself from the drivers seat even more.
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68768 is a reply to message #68765]

Tue, 29 December 2009 12:43

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Rob,

It think you're right: We took the 40' SOB diesel pusher up there in '98 or
so. I ploughed new drainage ditches down the middle of the pavement on some
of those dipping switchbacks, using my trailer hitch. No problem once on
the parkway but the approach and departure routes we took were tough -- they
were such isolated ones that I don't think they HAD and signs (could it be
they were put up in response to my passing?)

Ken H.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>wrote:

> Howard,
>
> Thanks for this, Helen and I did this last November (2008) on our tour of
> the East Coast.
>
> Can't remember where we got on the Blue Ridge Parkway but I do remember a
> sign "Not suitable for RV's and Semis" or words to that effect. I figured
> they were talking about 40 foot SOB's. They weren't kidding as the
> "approach" road was narrow and had some SERIOUSLY tight switchbacks!...
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68793 is a reply to message #68709]

Tue, 29 December 2009 16:35

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Hey 'cuz. ....this is great. Besides the background, I really appreciated the professional driver and the professional person on the camera. Great Team.

Are ya'll going to be (I hope) at the Dixielander rally in Tampa? Hope to see ya there.

jim galbavy
'73 X-CL (ANNIE)
Chesterfield, Va

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68795 is a reply to message #68793]

Tue, 29 December 2009 16:41

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Thanks Howard. I got part of the first one watched last nite after we arrived in Az. Will finish them tonite. Nice that you thought about your GMC friends and shared with us.
Dan

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68811 is a reply to message #68709]

Tue, 29 December 2009 17:40

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Well, you're about an eon ahead of me with this stuff Howard. Nice job.
The one thing I learned about taking movies is "pan as slow as you
can, then slow down a bit more".
I enjoyed your movies.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Howard Nylander <uziyah@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Part 1:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8
>
> Part 2:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc
>
> First movie making attempt. Enjoy.
>
> Howard Nylander
> Royale Class of �78�, �Rocinante�
> Afton, Tn.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cvrn2u
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68835 is a reply to message #68793]

Tue, 29 December 2009 22:19

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Hey Cuz, ...your a brave one to admit being related to an old reprobate like me. Thanks for�your kind words, which I passed on to Doreen. Very much appreciated.
�
Tampa looks doubtful. Physical issues still. Perhaps one day. Bean Station good Lord willin'.
�
Cuz Howie Nylander
�

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From: Jim Galbavy <j.galbavy@att.net>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 5:35 PM

Hey 'cuz.� ....this is great. Besides the background, I really appreciated the professional driver and the professional person on the camera.� Great Team.

Are ya'll going to be (I hope) at the Dixielander rally in Tampa?� Hope to see ya there.

jim galbavy
'73 X-CL (ANNIE)
Chesterfield, Va�
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68836 is a reply to message #68795]

Tue, 29 December 2009 22:23

UziYaH

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Hi Dan. Good to hear from you, and thanks for�your kind words. It's good you are in Arizona. It's cold in east 10-O-C. Hope to see you and Terri soon.
�
Howard Nylander

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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 5:41 PM

Thanks Howard. I got part of the first one watched last nite after we arrived in Az. Will finish them tonite. Nice that you thought about your GMC friends and shared with us.
Dan
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68837 is a reply to message #68811]

Tue, 29 December 2009 22:27

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Hi Steven, 10-4 on panning as slow as you can. I've been trying to figure this camera thingie out for a long time. Thanks for your encouragement. Much appreciated.

Howard Nylander

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From: Steven Ferguson <botiemad11@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:40 PM

Well, you're about an eon ahead of me with this stuff Howard. Nice job.
The one thing I learned about taking movies is "pan as slow as you
can, then slow down a bit more".
I enjoyed your movies.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Howard Nylander <uziyah@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Part 1:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8
>
> Part 2:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc
>
> First movie making attempt. Enjoy.
>
> Howard Nylander
> Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
> Afton, Tn.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cvrn2u
>
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68839 is a reply to message #68836]

Tue, 29 December 2009 22:42

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UziYaH wrote on Tue, 29 December 2009 22:23

Hi Dan. Good to hear from you, and thanks for�your kind words. It's good you are in Arizona. It's cold in east 10-O-C. Hope to see you and Terri soon.
�
Howard Nylander

We will for sure see you at Bean Station. I have some good help lined up to work with me at changing out our old intake for the new aluminum one there this Spring.
Dan

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68861 is a reply to message #68752]

Wed, 30 December 2009 06:20

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Jim White[1

wrote on Tue, 29 December 2009 11:30]Howard-
We live in the Blue Ridge mountains at a ski and golf area named
Wintergreen. We travel a lot and haven't been here much lately and your
videos remind me that we take the beauty of this area for granted.
For example, I just returned from my doctor's office in Fishersville, VA
and took a short cut down the Blue Ridge Parkway for 12 miles to Reeds
Gap. It's still very snow covered with about 3 feet of snow except for
the roadway and the Shenandoah Valley to
the west and the Rockfish Valley to the east are all white with ribbons
of black when the roads are cleared. A few tourist were out taking
pictures and I just wanted to get home.
We love living here and wish all of our GMC friends could just live
around us.
Jim "Doc" White
Wintergreen, VA
75 GMC Stretch- which is still snowed in
**************

I had a friend that crashed his airplane in your neighborhood about 20 years ago. He could not move and neither could his wife. After two days the let their 9 year old son hike out of there. After about 6 hours the 9 year old found an unoccupied cabin. He broke into the cabin and found an active telephone that someone has not shut off for the season. He called 911 and the cops found the kid by the originating phone number. The kid then lead them to his parents. As a result of the accident my friend walks with two canes today.

Nice area you are in there, just do not do any off airport landings in them thar hills.

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68862 is a reply to message #68835]

Wed, 30 December 2009 06:32

Jim Galbavy

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Howie and Doreen,

We'll keep a light on until we see yah next.

Cold here this morning 21* F and I have a tee time in 2 1/2 hours (10AM). I guess if duck hunters can go out in this, I can too and shot some golfs. At least I'm not blowing thru a Kazoo pretending to be a duck and I'll be dry (I hope) .

jim galbavy
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68871 is a reply to message #68861]

Wed, 30 December 2009 08:04

Jim White[1]

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Ken-
I'm aware of a crashed military trainer just above us at around milepost
8 on the B R Parkway and it is a common destination for hiking groups.
I'll have to look into the other crash. Any idea exactly where it
crashed? Many former pilots live in the area and still fly private
planes and one guy down the road has two choppers. The NG weekend
warriors like to follow the mountain range from north to south at low
altitude in F-16's and occasionally some Navy F-18's from Oceanna buzz
the valley as well. All of that activity has steadily declined over the
last five years.
Looks like GMCES may be going to north Georgia this Spring- are you up
for that?
Jim "Doc" White
Wintergreen, VA
75 GMC Stretch- snowed in
*******************

Ken Burton wrote:
> Jim White[1
>
>> wrote on Tue, 29 December 2009 11:30]Howard-
>> We live in the Blue Ridge mountains at a ski and golf area named
>> Wintergreen. We travel a lot and haven't been here much lately and your
>> videos remind me that we take the beauty of this area for granted.
>> For example, I just returned from my doctor's office in Fishersville, VA
>> and took a short cut down the Blue Ridge Parkway for 12 miles to Reeds
>> Gap. It's still very snow covered with about 3 feet of snow except for
>> the roadway and the Shenandoah Valley to
>> the west and the Rockfish Valley to the east are all white with ribbons
>> of black when the roads are cleared. A few tourist were out taking
>> pictures and I just wanted to get home.
>> We love living here and wish all of our GMC friends could just live
>> around us.
>> Jim "Doc" White
>> Wintergreen, VA
>> 75 GMC Stretch- which is still snowed in
>> **************
>>
>
> I had a friend that crashed his airplane in your neighborhood about 20 years ago. He could not move and neither could his wife. After two days the let their 9 year old son hike out of there. After about 6 hours the 9 year old found an unoccupied cabin. He broke into the cabin and found an active telephone that someone has not shut off for the season. He called 911 and the cops found the kid by the originating phone number. The kid then lead them to his parents. As a result of the accident my friend walks with two canes today.
>
> Nice area you are in there, just do not do any off airport landings in them thar hills.
>
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2 [message #68876 is a reply to message #68765]

Wed, 30 December 2009 09:15

UziYaH

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G'day Rob,

Wish I'd known you were in the area. Would have enjoyed sitting down with you and Helen enjoying a 'cup-o-mud' and some meaningful dialog. Perhaps next time.

Doreen and I 'did' the southern part of the Blue Ridge Parkway soon after the Dixielander's rally at Maggie Valley in 2009 (see movie at)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W1IosO-VYE , in a driving rain and beautiful fog. Thought we got some great movies, ...but my videographer was turning the camera on when she laid the camera in her lab and off to take the movies. Such is life, ...and she has learned well and we have the opportunity to do it again.

Thanks for the come back.

Regards,

Howard Nylander
Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
Afton, Tn.

http://tinyurl.com/cvrn2u

--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:

From: Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMC Blue Ridge Odyssey - Part 1 and 2
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 1:35 PM

Howard,

Thanks for this, Helen and I did this last November (2008) on our tour of the East Coast.

Can't remember where we got on the Blue Ridge Parkway but I do remember a sign "Not suitable for RV's and Semis" or words to that effect. I figured they were talking about 40 foot SOB's. They weren't kidding as the "approach" road was narrow and had some SERIOUSLY tight switchbacks!

Once "on top" the fall colors were ablaze and it was spectacular!

Regards,

Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426

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Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9ShqxR2yc

First movie making attempt. Enjoy.

Howard Nylander
Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
Afton, Tn.

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