WINDY CITY WINNIES

D & W LAKE, CHAMPAIGN, IL

JULY 9 - 11, 2010

ON WEDNESDAY CO-WAGONMASTERS GLASSMAN MET THE O’BOYLES FOR LUNCH IN BOLINGBROOK AND THEN HEADED SOUTH TO CHAMPAIGN. THEY ARRIVED AT D & W CAMPGROUND AND SET UP FOR THE OUTING. THE 95 DEGREE TEMPERATURE WAS DEVASTATING AND WE WERE HOPING FOR COOLER WEATHER FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.

 THURSDAY DID BRING SOME MINOR RELIEF AND ONLY MADE IT TO 85 DEGREES. THE OTHER FOUR COACHES CAME IN TODAY AND THEY WERE: SABATINO, CO-WAGONMASTER BICAN, SLOWIK AND SCHLEICH. IN THE AFTERNOON SOME OF US GOT TOGETHER AND SOLVED A FEW OF THE WORLD PROBLEMS. DINNER FAST APPROACHED AND WE ALL WENT TO MONICAL’S PIZZA. AFTERWARDS, SOME WENT TO THE BICAN’S RIG FOR A LITTLE GAME OF “SCREW YOUR NEIGHBOR“. 

FRIDAY MORNING THE WAGONMASTERS MADE COFFEE AND EVERYONE BROUGHT GOODIES TO SHARE. FRESH FRUIT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT AS WE HAD CHERRIES, BLACK GRAPES, RED GRAPES, PINEAPPLE, MUSH MELON AND CANTALOUPE. IT RAINED LIGHTLY FOR 20 MINUTES BUT THAT DIDN’T DISCOURAGE US AS WE SAT AND TALKED ALL MORNING. THE GROUP FINALLY BROKE UP WHEN IT STARTED TO GET TOO HOT, AND IT WAS LUNCH TIME. WE ALL DID OUR OWN THING IN THE AFTERNOON BUT GATHERED AT 4:45 TO HEAD OUT TO RYAN’S FOR DINNER. THE GALS SAT AT ONE TABLE AND THE GUYS AT ANOTHER. THE GIRLS WERE AWFU L LOUD. THEY WERE ACTING JUST LIKE TEENAGERS. AFTER 2 ½ HOURS WE FIGURED IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE. THE BICANS HAD SOME GAME PLAYERS OVER BUT THIS TIME THEY PLAYED SPINNER.

SATURDAY DAWNED A SUNNY SKY AND HOT AND HUMID AIR. JERRY BICAN PUT UP HIS 10 X 10 SHELTER SO WE WOULD HAVE MORE SHADE. WITH 2 SIDES ASSEMBLED IT WAS PERFECT. AFTER COFFEE WE HAD A SHORT MEETING RUN BY VP JERRY SLOWIK. WE SAT OUT AND TALKED UNTIL IT WAS TIME FOR LUNCH. EVERYONE WAS ON THEIR OWN IN THE AFTERNOON. DINNER WAS AT GLASSMAN’S SON’S RESTAURANT CALLED CRANE ALLEY IN DOWNTOWN URBANA. THE FRIED BEET CHIPS WITH GOAT CHEESE DIP WERE A BIG HIT TO START OFF THE MEAL. AGAIN THE GALS SAT ON ONE END AND THE GUYS ON THE OTHER. I THINK WE’VE STARTED A NEW TREND. BACK AT CAMP ANOTHER GAME OF SPINNER WAS PLAYED AT THE BICAN’S RIG.

SUNDAY WAS MORE OF THE SAME. HOT AND MUGGY. COFFEE AND GOODIES WENT PRETTY QUICKLY. WE ALL STARTED GETTING OUR COACHES READY FOR TRAVEL. IT WAS A VERY RELAXING WEEKEND IN A VERY NICE CAMPGROUND. FOUR COUPLES DECIDED TO STOP FOR LUNCH AT COYOTE CANYON IN KANKAKEE. THE GLASSMANS, O’BOYLES, SLOWIKS AND SABATINOS ENJOYED THE BUFFET AND THEN BID EACH OTHER ADIEU UNTIL NEXT TIME. HOPE WE SEE YOU ALL AT THE RUSTIC BARN NEXT MONTH.

WAGONMASTERS: TRESSA & GERRY GLASSMAN

                                      NANCY & JERRY BICAN