D10 Summer Rendezvous

Hello ...

Here's a few quick notes on the D/10 Summer Rendezvous:

We drove over on Friday ... a five hour drive ... in some heavy rains. However, the Friday evening "Over the Transom" cookoff competition went off, in spite of some muggy temps! Although we came in 4th (of 7 teams -- right in the middle of the pack) we had a BLAST. Okay, I guess Minnetonka won ... too bad I didn't get a photo of the Transom Mike Skelly built. Did anyone else? There was a LOT of food ... Ribs, shrimp boil, skewers and "eggs in a bag" (which I hope we try later this summer!).

Here's a shot Lyle Peschke took of me while we were setting up. It shows our theme ... "HIAWATHA VALLEY STICKS IT ... we think outside the bun!" (FYI - we put Meat, veggies and dessert on skewers!) We all wore red, white & blue (see our tablecloths under the sign).

Here's a shot of Al Harmon with a few of our chicken and beef satays and veggie skewers:

I'm so sorry I missed a shot of our dessert ... squares of angel food cake, strawberries and blueberries on a skewer ... with chocolate or strawberry syrup -- delish!

Al ran a magnificent dinghy rodeo on Saturday. Since we participated, I forgot to get some photos ... maybe we can come up with some from some other attendees? Al can give you all the details on this event. He really pulled out a winner. People really loved it. Nine teams competed ... everyone running the events in Dick Baker's dinghy (thank you Dick & Cindy Baker). (NOTE: Denny and I are hoping Dinghy Rodeo can be a squadron event one day soon!)

Now, there were a LOT of posters ... I think I heard there were over 60 of them. Again, I was asleep at the wheel ... but did get a picture of each of the winners posters (but not necessarily their names). I hope some of you can fill in the details.

Here is the one poster that is going on to NATIONAL! It was by Jack Bjelland of Shakopee (Linnea - I'm guessing that is one of the Scouts?):

I LOVED this poster ... I believe Mike Skelly (holding the poster) said these kids would be notified of their placement at the DISTRICT level!

The following 2 posters each came in 3rd place in their age category (and therefore don't go on to national ... but still did very well!):

(Is this the one by Tom & Joanne's grandson?)

And is this one done by a relative of John Lawrence?

Okay, so I didn't do so well taking photos ... but we had a great time and we were kept BUSY doing activities and eating. (The amount of food in Oshkosh is always AMAZING ... we had Fajitas on Saturday night ... and the beef was grilled beef tenderloin. I tell you, Suzanne Carmen is amazing with her ideas for fun meals with "whatever is on special" that week. Or should I be thanking Piggly Wiggly for putting the tenderloin on sale?)

The weather was simply gorgeous on Saturday. It was high 80s, and, although a little breezy for one of Al's rodeo events, a perfect day for lazing by the lake!

Others on the list who attended, please add as you see fit! If you have questions, or have photographs to add ... please do so.

TTFN

Jean Peterson