What's Been "H"appening 06/24/01
by Dick Scalpone, AGWA-Illinois Chapter H

HI ALL!  I AM WRITING TO TELL EVERY ONE IN CHAPTER H WHAT A GREAT RIDE WE HAD TODAY.  I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE E MAIL OF EVERY MEMBER, BUT IF SOMEONE COULD PASS IT ALONG TO THE ONES WHO ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THE ABOVE ADDRESS, I WOULD APPRECIATE.
I ARRIVED A MCDONALDS THIS MORNING ABOUT EIGHT FORTY A.M. AND ONLY FRITZ AND CAROL GOINS WERE THERE TO GREET ME.  WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES OR SO SEVERAL MORE ARRIVED.  LLOYD AND LEONA AND LLOYD JUNIOR, JOSE AND HIS WIFE, STEVE AND CHERYL, LARRY GRECO, AND THREE NEW COUPLES JOINED US.  ONE WAS ON A 1500 TRIKE, ONE COUPLE WAS ON AN 83 ASPENCADE, AND SOME OTHER FELLA WAS ON A BLUE 94 SE.
SO OFF WE WENT TO FAMILY RESTAURANT IN GENOA ON ROUTE 72.  WE ALL HAD A GREAT RIDE THERE AND ENJOYED OUR MEAL.  I LEAD THE GROUP THROUGH ALL THE BACK ROADS THAT I COULD FIND.  EVEN L.T. REMARKED IT WAS AN EXCELLENT WAY, ONE OF WHICH HE HAS NOT BEEN BEFORE.
ACTUALLY, MIKE HANUS SHOULD BE WRITING THIS BUT OF COURSE, HE DID NOT ATTEND.  THEREFORE, THERE ARE NO PICTURES TO DOWN LOAD AND SHOW ALL.  SHAME ON YOU MIKE FOR NOT BEING THERE.  I HAD TO DO ALL THE WORK, INCLUDING THIS WRITING, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO DO.  NEXT TIME, BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.  AFTER BREAKFAST, I LEAD A GRACIOUS GROUP OUT WEST AND NORTH AND EVENTUALLY WE STOPPED AT MILLIES AND LAKE DELEVAN TO SHOW THE NEW PEOPLE WHAT IT WAS LIKE. JOSE AND HIS WIFE HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE AND ALSO THE NEW COUPLE ON THE '83 ASPENCADE HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE.  INCIDENTALLY, THEY WERE INVITED TO JOIN OUR MEETING UP COMING THIS THURSDAY ON THE 28TH OF JUNE. FROM THERE WE PROMENADE TO THE LAKE GENEVA AREA.  I SUGGESTED A ICE CREAM STOP AND FRITZ WANTED TO GO TO GLEASONS IN HEBRON ON ROUTE 47 AND 173.  SEE MIKE, LES, AND JOEL WHAT YOU GUYS MISSED.  EAT YOUR HEART OUT. HA! HA! HA!
ALAS, WE TOOK OFF AND HEADED FOR HOME VIA THE BACK ROUTES OF THE WESTERN SUBURBS.  ALL ABOUT THIS TIME, MIKE HANUS WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DOZEN OR SO PICTURES, SO EVERY ONE COULD SEE.  MIKE, BE THERE NEXT TIME.  BRING SUE WITH SO SHE CAN BITCH ME OUT.  I NEEDED THAT.  OF COURSE, MY BEHAVIOR WAS EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS.  JOEL, I DID NOT HASSLE THE WAITRESSES AT THE RESTAURANT.  I WAS ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR.  LEONA AND LARRY GRECO KEPT ME IN LINE.
NEXT SUNDAY, I WILL NOT BE THERE.  MY SON AND I WILL BE GOING TO WING DING IN GREENVILLE, S.C.  SO WE SHOULD SEE YOU ALL IN TWO WEEKS.  ON THE FIFTEEN OF JULY AT THE RIDE OF KIDS RIDE.  JIMBO, I WILL BE THERE TO HELP OUT.
WELL WE WILL SEE EVERYONE AT ANOTHER TIME.  BY FOR NOW
 
                           DICK SCALPONE     (THE COFFEE DRINKER)