| GMC sighting from a former owner [message #366961] |
Sun, 26 September 2021 09:04  |
Rick Williams
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Registered: July 2004
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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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