2021 Maryland Airheads Last Days of Summer Rally Recap

[John Chevalaz]

 Big Daddy,TNX again for a swell time. You, Laura, Cash n Mae always make for a great time and company. Cash has the hair I think I had long ago and Mae is taller than me. Thank you so much for great weather and for also pulling out ur Eagle Scout skills to fix the missing part  on my tent. Eureka shipped me a new pair of junctions so I'm all set going forward. Also painted them florescent orange. Still have no idea where the one went. Damn those squirrels to hell !You all rock. And tnx for the pics. I'll up mine when i get my arse in gear.

Johnny C in the Valley

    On Friday, September 24, 2021, 05:37:20 PM EDT, Maryland Airheads <marylandairheads at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 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 AndaloraMaryland AirmarshalABC 11737410.596.0812www.airheads.org
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Mark Lipschitz: In Memorium  https://photos.app.goo.gl/X2aoBC2ezrzPMZxr5 
Google Photos Links to Maryland Airhead Events2021 Last Days of Summer  https://photos.app.goo.gl/j479GVvhgEpoiitH72020 Airhead Campout https://photos.app.goo.gl/wHyngdZnvZFXNKcu5 2019 Last Days of Summer https://photos.app.goo.gl/gJLAMdiTYZgZMkEh72019 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/fC2sHqgctx1MV9gw52018 Summer Solstice Tech Weekend https://photos.app.goo.gl/YhLFV2AUHr2A6vWR7 2018 TechnoBarn https://photos.app.goo.gl/mwbNEFZBDM2sAetJ32018 Supertech 2.3 https://photos.app.goo.gl/PLn3L34iSenMLnMR22018 Supertech 2.3 Museum Tour Day https://photos.app.goo.gl/2cJl3ylJbNaUVG2A32017 Last Days of Summer https://photos.app.goo.gl/JEVvywZREED7OptL22017 Golden Age of Airheads https://goo.gl/photos/nQkpXFtvxHmwLDek82017 Summer Solstice Tech Day  https://goo.gl/photos/qN2YsweKParKqvXQ8 2017 Rolling Rally  https://goo.gl/photos/KJT2wXuH6eTM19wU62017 TechnoBarn  https://goo.gl/photos/j1f8tByCfVaBnCUKA2017 SuperTech 2.2  https://goo.gl/photos/XrckZWXUDRdgJGjk62016 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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