Let the Convention Begin

Well, we got off to a wet start today. After many days of nice weather, we got rain and thunder over night, and the rain continued off and on during the day.  The good thing is that most of us had signed up for seminars, so we were nice and dry inside the conference center.

I was scheduled to attend a seminar on the 20 Millionth Ford.  The video of the car was shown, which was followed by a talk by the car's owner Rod Liimatainen.  He talked about his family's use of the Model A when he was growing up and his recollection of his use of the Model A  when he was a teenager.  Fortunately he realized he better store this historic car before he wrecked it.  My second seminar was the history of the U.P. by Keith Whitman, which again was well done and, to me, very interesting.  Nan on the other hand attended two fashion seminars which she enjoyed.

When we got back to the hotel, we couldn't find Mike.  Eventually we found out Mike was at the repair tent with a starter problem.  I think the bendix broke, fortunately I have a spare and we'll fix the coupe in the morning.

This evening was the Welcome Party.  The venue for this was the Superior Dome, which is the largest wooden dome in the country.  The menu had some unusual U.P. food items on the buffet, How about venison meatballs, Pasties or pork sliders.  We had eaten earlier, but we found the dessert bar to be excellent.  The entertainment was "Da Yoopers."  This was comedy musical group that provided us with many laughs.

Tomorrow we will be off to the Bungalow, which was Henry Ford's private home in the area he was very fond of.