[RHClarke]

The biggest draw in Hammond on Sunday was at the barn. We had a steady stream of visitors on Sunday afternoon. We had the usual trio, Bob, Grant and I, then we had Guy stop in. John T stopped by to finally take the chef's tour of the barn after years of my relating stories to him over the bar. Later, Bob's neighbour Bruce strolled to the barn with a friend (a local trapper) and his young daughter. They too took a tour of the barn and the wagon lines. Shortly thereafter, Brian F and his friend Dago dropped by with some HUP parts that they had been working on.

It was interesting to note the expertise on hand that day:

Public Servant X 2
Contractor (retired Army)
Retired cop
Retired Army vehicle tech
Trapper
Kid
Retired postal worker (kept looking for the high ground for some reason)
International entrepreneur
Electrical Engineer

It would be interesting to harness all of that expertise to see what we could come up with...

After the round of visits, Bob and Grant got back to the business of fixing some of the sheet metal from the front of Bob's truck. While that was going on, I played with the MIG welder and succeeded in making bigger holes out of small holes in my rear kick panel. All good practice for the more obvious pieces.

Time flew by all too fast, and I headed back to Ottawa with the sounds of metal being punished coming from the barn. Ah! The memories!

Photos:
1- The barn parking lot
2- Bob pontificating
3 - The parting scene
4 - HUP Porn