2021 Maryland Airheads Last Days of Summer Rally Recap

Fri Sep 24 17:36:50 EDT 2021

Hedz,

If you missed it, you missed a good one...

The Maryland Airheads hosted the return of the Last Days of Summer Rally
the weekend of September 9th through the 12th. Some folks decided to head
early arriving Wednesday afternoon. My original plan was to make it out
there the same evening, but I could not manage it between work and final
packing.  I was able to get out there Thursday morning with my trusty 1980
R80/7 on the trailer in tow behind my trusty 1993 Volvo 960 wagon.  The
wagon was a pandemic purchase instigated by our own Mike Adams who
connected me with it's now former owner in June of 2020.  The wagon is well
suited for rally management with a full 6 feet of internal cargo space and
with its 2.9 liter I6 200hp naturally aspirated engine (a massive increase
in power over the 2.4 liter I4 red block used in most of Volvos preceding
240 models).

Once on site and settled in, the early arriving contingent managed to get a
nice afternoon ride. The weather was perfect!  Chris Kennedy and I wandered
north into PA and found some great roads.  That evening everyone was on
their own with some folks heading to Bill's in Little Orleans and others
cooking in camp. Thursday was a late night with much merriment.

Friday morning I suited up (literally), donned my riding gear and rode most
of the way back to Westminster for a memorial service for my
recently departed Grandmother who managed to finish 94 trips around the
sun...  When I got to the cemetery I ditched the Aerostich, donned a suit
jacket and was ready for the service.  Mae brought her riding gear along to
the service, changed into afterwards and hopped on the bike for the return
run. I put in about 220 miles by the time we made it back to the rally!
Most riders had arrived by the time we returned with three of them on /2s!
Our beloved Eric Heilveil rode several hours in on his beautiful /2 (he is
hobbling around quite nicely after his recent get-off, and it was great to
see him), Craig Barnhart traveled in on his R50, and a third rider
journeyed from Yorktown, VA on another vintage R60/2.  By the end of the
evening we had about 35 rally goers in camp.  Dinner was well received-
pulled chicken and pork, vegetarian black beans and rice served with flour
tortillas...  Another late night ensued following dinner, but it did not
include me...

Saturday was beautiful with more riding by most who attended. I rode with a
group that put in about 110 miles down through WV.

Dinner included Beef Bourguignon over mashed potatoes with kale and
caramelized onions, and loaves of bread. Some remarked that it was one of
the finer meals out of all of the rallies we have hosted.

The sky was clear and the milky way was very visible Saturday evening.
Some rally goers lasted late into the night...

Sunday saw some riders gone at daybreak and others lingering until after
12PM.  I was home by about 3PM. Others can fill in more details...

I did not take many pictures, but have created a shared album where people
can upload photos. Please add to the album.

 https://photos.app.goo.gl/j479GVvhgEpoiitH7

I am heading to Todd Trumbore's rally next weekend and hope to see some of
you there... I will be the one relaxing all weekend with beverage in hand...

I am going to host another Tech Day at my place this fall...  Date has not
been set, but will make people aware of a potential date soon.

All the Best,

Will Andalora
Maryland Airmarshal
ABC 11737
410.596.0812
www.airheads.org

Airheads  Beemer Club WhAIR and When Online Calendar:
http://www.airheads.org/wair-when#year=2019&month=4&day=21&view=month

Mark Lipschitz: In Memorium  https://photos.app.goo.gl/X2aoBC2ezrzPMZxr5

Google Photos Links to Maryland Airhead Events
2021 Last Days of Summer  https://photos.app.goo.gl/j479GVvhgEpoiitH7
2020 Airhead Campout https://photos.app.goo.gl/wHyngdZnvZFXNKcu5
2019 Last Days of Summer https://photos.app.goo.gl/gJLAMdiTYZgZMkEh7
2019 Summer Solstice Tech Weekend
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ve4THJTCJrictsaUA
2019 TechnoBarn https://photos.app.goo.gl/UvqVEnMrv6XGSPjM9
2018 Last Days of Summer https://photos.app.goo.gl/fC2sHqgctx1MV9gw5
2018 Summer Solstice Tech Weekend
https://photos.app.goo.gl/YhLFV2AUHr2A6vWR7
2018 TechnoBarn https://photos.app.goo.gl/mwbNEFZBDM2sAetJ3
2018 Supertech 2.3 https://photos.app.goo.gl/PLn3L34iSenMLnMR2
2018 Supertech 2.3 Museum Tour Day
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2cJl3ylJbNaUVG2A3
2017 Last Days of Summer https://photos.app.goo.gl/JEVvywZREED7OptL2
2017 Golden Age of Airheads https://goo.gl/photos/nQkpXFtvxHmwLDek8
2017 Summer Solstice Tech Day  https://goo.gl/photos/qN2YsweKParKqvXQ8
2017 Rolling Rally  *https://goo.gl/photos/KJT2wXuH6eTM19wU6
<https://goo.gl/photos/KJT2wXuH6eTM19wU6>*
2017 TechnoBarn  https://goo.gl/photos/j1f8tByCfVaBnCUKA
2017 SuperTech 2.2  https://goo.gl/photos/XrckZWXUDRdgJGjk6
2016 Last Days of Summer  https://goo.gl/photos/nYfKa6TabUay714h9
2016 Tom's Tech Day   https://goo.gl/photos/dmh5pktuHvUuvAwH9
2016 Passing of the Airmarshal Flag https://goo.gl/photos/u429MPzKALcJeuF79
2016 Summer Solstice Tech Day  https://goo.gl/photos/SkV19aC4Qc6vJTL78
2016 Rolling Rally  https://goo.gl/photos/ZuNcyMc2DMcrghXP6
2016 SuperTech 2.1  https://goo.gl/photos/Tdg86q3VsR87FdCF8
2015 Last Days of Summer  https://goo.gl/photos/w1XEMp9EkamucpK19
2015 Rolling Rally  https://goo.gl/photos/GKYhLDgV4VC4jUcZ9
2015 SuperTech 2.0  https://goo.gl/photos/oq99m9x492qFFbGR6
2014 Last Days of Summer  https://goo.gl/photos/WSmGi4YhUrHjY8Xt7

Note:  If you are a Gmail user, you can permanently add these albums to
your Google Photo Account. If not, you can simply reference the tag line of
emails from Maryland Airheads to access the albums. These albums are
shared, so people can add images to them.  Some folders are set up, but do
not contain images yet.  Feel free to add relevant images and if you want
to add additional images from another event, we can create albums to
support new or past events.
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