Typical for me in the fact that........................there was something going on at a track and I just had to be there...........working hard to get the cars ready and loaded in time and still showing up late................getting to hang out with old friends and make some new ones......................crashing a few cars and bringing them home in pieces, but only about 6 LOL....................Looking forward to the show while loading up to go.................dreading the unpacking when you get back home as you load everthing back up for the tripback home.................Sharing a wonderful day at the track with some of the greatest people in the world............And last but not least, after remembering that I was at this same track on opening night forty years ago, learning some fifty plus years ago, one of the great truths, that there's NO better people in the world than racing people!My son and I want to thank Jeff and the whole gang for inviting us and for him and everybody else making us feel so welcome yesterday. I had a wonderful day manning the model display and meeting and talking with all the people that stopped by to visit and bench race. My son had an even larger time (if that is possible) hanging out with all the racing pioneers and shooting pictures of race cars and racing people. I guess it could have been his second time at Columbia Speedway too. The race I attended was the season opener in '69 and he was born about 9 months later. You could maybe say "he wasn't big as a minute" the last time he was there and really be right on the money, LOL.He has succeeded me as track photographer at the two race tracks he grew up at and, even though I might be just a wee bit prejudiced, he really takes some great pictures, with race cars his speciatly. He promised me that after he has a couple of days to get everything downloaded and posted on his site that he's got a boatload of pics from the Reunion to share with ya'll.And since I manned the display ALL DAY and didn't get to "walkabout" and see everything (hey son, you feel guilty yet? LOL) I too am looking forward to seeing them.One of my old racing driver friends once summed it up for me in a way that I will always remember and be grateful for, spending the rest of my life trying to live up to. While looking over my model display he looked me in the eye and said, "fate picks what happens in life and I'm glad it picked you as the "keeper of the flame". So many would try to make money off these memories but you just want to keep them alive." Just so that you won't think that either of us were "putting on airs", he also told me and several others during the course of the show we were working that, speaking of the current crop of drivers, " this new crop of drivers with their fancy rigs and big purses were soppin' up today's gravy with the buscuits that the oldtimers cooked."Again, thanks to everybody who came by and bought a photo disc, checked on us to make sure we felt at home and to the ones who just stopped by to say hello and check out the models. I enjoyed everyone who stopped by but, as usual, the ones I appreciate most are the kids, from just staring to walk to all the way to the young at heart walking with a cane. They come by and stop at the showcase with a sense of wonder in their eyes and an innocence of the heart as they are either awed by all the little cars they see or lost in the memories of all the good times and good friends that the models bring back.We really enjoyed hanging out with ya'll on a "Chamber of Commerce perfect" weather day, I guess that God must be a race fan too, and look forward to the next one and hope we get to participate. Thanks again to Jeff for looking out for us and, because I'm lousy remembering names and don't want to leave anyone out, thanks to the whole crew who not only made us feel so much at home but totaly ressurected the "Finishing School of Competition" that so many great driver honed their skills at, called simply, "COLUMBIA SPEEDWAY"!