Friday was a perfect day to set-up camp and settle in.  Nice and warm, lots of sun.  We all knew there was the threat of heavy storms on Friday night and it was going to rain on Saturday.  However, nobody really figured out what that meant to the entire group of military re-enactors and vehicle owners.  So, everyone just went on about their business.

Toby C, Scott S and Danny K arrived about the same time Friday afternoon.  Toby brought his M170, Scott brought his M38A1 and Danny brought his M151A2/M416 combination.  Glen V was already there with his CJ2A as was Web S with his 1-1/2T Chevrolet.  Barry F was in place as was Don C.  The set-up went smooth with the trailers/tow vehicles in a designated area of what we described as very soft dirt.  We knew it was going to rain, but most of us didn't figure much past that.  After all, we had Toby's enclosed trailer to stay in should it really turn ugly. 

Well, Friday night, the skies opened up and it poured, and continued to rain for quite some time.  Saturday morning, the soft dirt field turned into a vehicle sucking black-hole vortex kind of thing.  We counted seven stuck vehicles of which four were 4-wheel drives including Toby's Suburban.  And the field just got worse as the rain continued.  To top it off, the temperature had dropped with the front to around 50 degrees and nobody in the group thought to bring warm weather gear.  By now, Glen had figured out it was fun to drive in the mud with the CJ as well as others in their MB's.  Those little vehicles really are amazing in what they can do.  Tim W and Jeff McD made their appearance as did John K and his MB at this time.  Club co-founder Milburn L was also seen floating around.

Bundled up in rain suits, most stayed under cover for most of the low-level Saturday show.  The clouds did seem to break about 2pm or so and a gradual clearing began.  In the interim, Scott fired up his bbq pit and cooked some ribs, beans and buffalo sausages brought by Toby.  A bit later in the afternoon, Toby decided he had to get his trailer out of the quagmire to insure he could get the trailer home and reloaded by Monday morning for a road trip.  Don C was handy enough to bring over the tractor and with a bit of engineering and work, was able to get Toby's Suburban hooked up to the trailer and pulled to concrete.  John and Glen were smart enough to leave theirs on concrete and Scott and Danny simply left their trucks/trailers in the field.

The show ended with very few spectators at the event and many cold, wet re-enactors.  Sunday was however quite a different story.  The stiff winds really did a job on the mud and the sunshine with afternoon temperatures approaching the mid-70's took most of the moisture out of the mud-hole.  Scott fired up the grill again and finished cooking the sausages and tossed on a few steaks while Toby loaded up.  The show was fantastic and there were a tremendous number of people in attendance.  The air display was quite spectacular and the Blastards did a fine job as usual with the pyrotechnics.

One of the more interesting vehicles present was a recreation of a Vietnam era gun truck, Psychotic Reaction.  The truck at the gun show was based on one of the first 2-1/2Ton gun trucks and was built based on pictures of the original. Psychotic Reaction was complete with steel plate sides and two M60 machine guns.  Future plans include armor of the cab and engine area.

Following the normal show pattern, ToraToraTora started the event.  About mid-show, Scott and Danny moved their truck/trailers out of the field with relative ease and began the loading process.  About this time, the European Theater re-enactment was beginning.  Scott departed and the re-enactment continued as did the air-show.  The show continued with various aircraft displays and a fly-over by the B2 Sprit bomber.