Author Topic: Who's heading to KOI ? (Read 7847 times)

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #50 on:** January 07, 2011, 10:44:09 AM »

Quote from: x47weed on January 07, 2011, 09:47:18 AM

Osteens is the place you want to go to get seafood, hands down!!!!!
Hooters shutdown and the beachcomber is opened.

I never heard of Osteens, we may have to check it out!

Bill Little · « **Reply #51 on:** January 07, 2011, 10:48:00 AM »

Quote from: Steve Fitton on January 07, 2011, 10:44:09 AM

I never heard of Osteens, we may have to check it out!

And gas might be $5 a gallon..............

Lynn Weedman · « **Reply #52 on:** January 07, 2011, 04:20:58 PM »

Quote from: Steve Fitton on January 07, 2011, 10:44:09 AM

I never heard of Osteens, we may have to check it out!

They set the bar for seafood in St. Augustine for the last 50 years or so.They are famous for fried shrimp been on the cover of a bunch of them cooking magazines too. And they have gizzards too!!!

Bill Hodges · « **Reply #53 on:** January 08, 2011, 05:09:00 AM »

Steve:

Schooner's is my favorite for seafood in St. Augustine. They routinely have people driving in from the surrounding towns just for their food. They are located on US1 right on the north edge of town.

OK, now I'm hungry.

Bill Hodges

Will Davis · « **Reply #54 on:** January 08, 2011, 05:44:36 AM »

Looking forward to some good weather during the day and good seafood at night , Cold and rainy today in North Carolina, No Practice today. We have a good group of people going from our area ,

Alan Buck · « **Reply #55 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:28:29 AM »

leaving now for KOI. looks like a fun drive ahead snow,rain, and freezing rain. hope to see everyone there

Lynn Weedman · « **Reply #56 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:38:32 AM »

Quote from: Alan Buck on January 11, 2011, 09:28:29 AM

leaving now for KOI. looks like a fun drive ahead snow,rain, and freezing rain. hope to see everyone there

careful on the road driving in all that weather. It's suposed to be 59 deg and wind under 10 mph for the contest. see ya on friday.

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #57 on:** January 11, 2011, 10:19:43 AM »

Quote from: x47weed on January 07, 2011, 04:20:58 PM

They set the bar for seafood in St. Augustine for the last 50 years or so.They are famous for fried shrimp been on the cover of a bunch of them cooking magazines too. And they have gizzards too!!!

Um, they use the gizzards as bait for fishing, right?

Derek Barry · « **Reply #58 on:** January 11, 2011, 12:43:28 PM »

Me and my wife ate at a place in St A a few years ago that was great. I don't know the name, but it was near the old fort and I think right on the intercoastal waterway. You could open a little door beside the table and drop bread down and watch some the biggest catfish I've ever seen churn the water. The food was very good.
The ice is melting and I managed to get the van out of the side yard without getting stuck, so we should be good to go. Steve and Eric, you might want to innocently text Derek and ask "just how close DID your car come to going in the pond?" Plus you can harrass him about today 1-11-11, birthday number 32. See you there.
Dale

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #59 on:** January 11, 2011, 01:21:47 PM »

Quote from: Derek Barry on January 11, 2011, 12:43:28 PM

Plus you can harrass him about today 1-11-11, birthday number 32. See you there.
Dale

Man, Derek is gettin OLD!

He mentioned the car ended up near the woods, but no mention of it almost in the pond...!

Derek Barry · « **Reply #60 on:** January 11, 2011, 01:26:05 PM »

Quote from: Steve Fitton on January 11, 2011, 01:21:47 PM

Man, Derek is gettin OLD!

He mentioned the car ended up near the woods, but no mention of it almost in the pond...!

The pond issue happened when I moved it from the woods. Still going down hill! Hope to get it pulled back up to some level ground when I get home from work.

EddyR · « **Reply #61 on:** January 11, 2011, 04:00:42 PM »

Well I am still planning on being there but there is a big problem. My drive is 100 ft long all uphill and it is frozen solid from the ice storm. I had the Mustang at the front of the drive and I took Rebecca to work this morning and it's big fat tires are useless. When I got back home I backed it down 20 ft and parked it. Later I could not move it forward. I fired up the Explorer with 411 positraction and huge mud tires ,5 speed and drove out across the lawn not even slipping a tire. I backed the Mustang all the way down the drive to see if I can get a running start late tomorrow to get it out. I would drive the Explorer to Florida except the 411 gears limit my top speed to 60 MPH and the tires roar like a jet on taking off.

Ed

Aaron Little · « **Reply #62 on:** January 11, 2011, 04:47:40 PM »

Just a heads up.
We are not going.
Mom's surgery went very well today but I am going to stay home and help out around the house this weekend.

Phil Coopy · « **Reply #63 on:** January 11, 2011, 04:53:09 PM »

Well the motorhome is all checked out and ready. Had to do a quick repair job on my Gee Bee, as I came out an hourglass too low and bobbled it hard enough to bang the landing gear on the ground, which shot the wheel pants through both the bottom and top covering on both sides of the wing.

Flew it today and it checked out OK. It's not as pretty any more.....time to finish the new lighter one I started last summer.

Should be arriving sometime early Thursday afternoon.

Phil C

john e. holliday · « **Reply #64 on:** January 12, 2011, 03:52:09 PM »

Quote from: Aaron Little on January 11, 2011, 04:47:40 PM

Just a heads up.
We are not going.
Mom's surgery went very well today but I am going to stay home and help out around the house this weekend.

Way to go young man. There will alwaysbe contests down the road. But there is only one Mother. Glad the surgery went okay.

Lynn Weedman · « **Reply #65 on:** January 12, 2011, 05:00:38 PM »

Quote from: Phil Coopy on December 31, 2010, 09:16:45 PM

Just filled up the RV tank for the trip to KOI.......blew my model budget for the next few years.

Phil

I know the feeling I drive 57 miles one way to work every day. puts a pinch on the ole wallet when the oil nazis start price gouging us.

Lynn Weedman · « **Reply #66 on:** January 12, 2011, 05:08:42 PM »

Quote from: Aaron Little on January 11, 2011, 04:47:40 PM

Just a heads up.
We are not going.
Mom's surgery went very well today but I am going to stay home and help out around the house this weekend.

Aaron,Taking care of your family is priority, there will be more contests to go to. here's wishing her a speedy recovery!

Lynn Weedman · « **Reply #67 on:** January 12, 2011, 05:51:56 PM »

Quote from: Bill Hodges on January 08, 2011, 05:09:00 AM

Steve:

Schooner's is my favorite for seafood in St. Augustine. They routinely have people driving in from the surrounding towns just for their food. They are located on US1 right on the north edge of town.

OK, now I'm hungry.

Bill Hodges

Schooner's is good too, I've eaten there quite a few times.
Lynn Weedman

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #68 on:** January 12, 2011, 06:40:55 PM »

Quote from: x47weed on January 12, 2011, 05:51:56 PM

Schooner's is good too, I've eaten there quite a few times.
Lynn Weedman

Hey, is O'steens the place right before you get to the bridge of Lions? Have they finally fixed the bridge?

Lynn Weedman · « **Reply #69 on:** January 12, 2011, 06:58:05 PM »

Quote from: Steve Fitton on January 12, 2011, 06:40:55 PM

Hey, is O'steens the place right before you get to the bridge of Lions? Have they finally fixed the bridge?

Yes it's on the east side of the bridge and construction has been completed.

Phil Coopy · « **Reply #70 on:** January 13, 2011, 05:31:45 PM »

Motorhome made it to KOI. Arrived this afternoon just in time to help put up the tents. Gonna be coldddd tonight..glad this rig stays pretty warm. Good to see the gang and expecting many more to arrive tomorrow. I need to get some practice in with the Gee Bee tomorrow.

Phil

Bill Heher · « **Reply #71 on:** January 13, 2011, 11:27:40 PM »

I made it back from Albuquerque, wife is almost over her cold, have a couple planes in flyable condition and a fresh gallon of fuel. Plan to leave Orlando mid-morning and hopefully get there in time for a couple practice flights.

This will be my 3rd contest in the lat 18 months, and my final time in Beginner. I just want to place 1 time when the outcome was not decided by who crashed and who didn't!

If I get trounced by a 10 year old it will make my day- and hopefully theirs! I just wanna fly and have some fun, oh yeah - and take my wife to one of those great seafood places everyone is talking about!

Garf · « **Reply #72 on:** January 14, 2011, 06:10:52 PM »

I'm sitting in my room at the Quality Inn wondering where everyone is. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

Bill Little · « **Reply #73 on:** January 15, 2011, 01:14:46 AM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on January 12, 2011, 03:52:09 PM

Way to go young man. There will alwaysbe contests down the road. But there is only one Mother. Glad the surgery went okay.

Hi Doc,

Surgery went better than expected, recovery is going much worse than expected.

I'm glad Aaron, and his family, could come by the hospital tonight, things were kinda bad........... well, really, pretty bad.........

Good luck to everyone who is at KOI, and I hope things go great for you all.

Bill

john e. holliday · « **Reply #74 on:** January 15, 2011, 09:26:21 AM »

Well I guess the hard part is the recovery. Tell her to be easy on the nurses and the handsome young men. Take care. Maybe next year we all can be at the KOI.

Russell Shaffer · « **Reply #75 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:04:23 PM »

Bill, at my first contest I got beaten by a 10 year old girl and her brother. I crashed and they didn't. By the way, they were David Fitzgerald's very nice children. You do know that you can jump into intermediate and just tell the judges in advance of your flight about any tricks you don't plan to fly? That way you don't get penalized for leaving them out. Just no points for the omitted stunts. Have a great time.

Robert Schroeder · « **Reply #76 on:** January 25, 2011, 04:14:00 PM »

Big Bear, Hope your wife gets better quickly. Wife is doing well on her cataracts. Last eye will be done Thursday. She loves the way she can see out her right eye already. A dozen sets of eyedrops every day.

Oh by the way as you found out, I didn't make it. Plane was finished but unflown. Couldn't get anyone to take care of wife's mother. Maybe next year.

Bob

Bill Little · « **Reply #77 on:** January 26, 2011, 05:35:18 PM »

Quote from: Robert Schroeder on January 25, 2011, 04:14:00 PM

Big Bear, Hope your wife gets better quickly. Wife is doing well on her cataracts. Last eye will be done Thursday. She loves the way she can see out her right eye already. A dozen sets of eyedrops every day.

Oh by the way as you found out, I didn't make it. Plane was finished but unflown. Couldn't get anyone to take care of wife's mother. Maybe next year.

Bob

Thanks, Bob. The Missus is coming slowly along. But time is what's important in the healing process.

No rushing it!

Maybe we can ALL make it to KOI next year!

Big Bear