AOTH 2015--May 14-16

[osur866]

Steph and wish we could be there but I have my nephews graduation tomorrow so..... Have fun, burn some fuel and be safe!
Steve

[DonziGirl]

Hope everyone got home safely. As usual it was great seeing everyone!

[tylogans 22]

Thank you Midwest Donzi club (Jerry, Elizabeth and Byron) for another great event, it was great seeing old friends and meeting some new ones. The weather was awesmome on Thursday and Friday and even cleared up late Saturday so we could get out for a nice two hour cruise. Tommy as usual did a great job with the auction, it's amazing what items show up at the auction and the generosity shown is truly amazing. Making a speical appreance this year was Stan's amazing 2+22 a project that has been in the works for the last 3-4 years all I have to say is AMAZING work my friend job well done. Also I want to thank Phil for saying the right word's to my son Tyler while a group of us were sitting around the table late Saturady afternoon Tyler made the decision to quit smoking, Byron and Stan thank's for stepping up with me on our little wager with Tyler- so far so good. It was great seeing our friends the Lip ship gang back this year and seeing there bad ass boats!!!


Hedge and Mike Carr glad you two could ride with me and my boy's on Friday and thank you for making Logan useless on Sunday- I will say that he did not complain once on Sunday that he felt bad maybe because he slept 8hrs home on Sunday and was awake for 45 minutes.

take care
Gregg

[Phil S]

Just a quick clarification so proper credit is given. Gregg was thanking Phil Lipschutz for the right words that convinced his son Tyler to quit smoking. I feel certain that Phil Lipschutz is a huge fan of Cigarettes, just not the kind that are made of tobacco.

I too would like to thank the MWDC and DMRS for hosting yet another successful AOTH. Although my schedule prevented me from participating this year, I was able to drop in for a few hours Saturday night and Sun morning. It's always great to see and visit with friends from this group and I really enjoyed it. Thanks again Jerry, Byron, Elizabeth and I'm sure many others that work hard to make this event a success every year.

It was a real treat seeing Inferno's new machine up close and in person. It is simply "over the top" ! Be careful in that beast Stan !

Ed, I enjoyed visiting with you Sunday, and hope you & Rob had a safe trip home to Canada.

Phil S.

[Ed Donnelly]

Had a great weekend with the group.
Got my first ever ride in a Magnum. Thank you so much Ralph.
Stans new ride isn't too shabby and I bet it will go 80........in reverse......
Best part of the whole event is Piper likes my baking..
Hope to see all again next year....Ed

[Thirdchildhood]

This video is horrible quality but I can't get this to load on YouTube in high def right now. I'm working on it still because the high def version rocks. I still wanted to share this. I had a good time. I wish we could have run the boats more but I saw regular friends and met a lot of folks who I only knew by their screen names. Stan's custom 100+ mph 22 really raises the bar for fast 22 Classics in the entire world. Byron is as good a guy as you'll meet as is Tom (fishin sucks) who didn't disappoint at the auction. The 1,000 mile tow went smooth. Thanks MWDCC & DMRS.

[ITLLFLI]

Thanks from the Midwest Donzi Club for making the 15th Anniversary of AOTH one of the best!!! It was great to see long time friends and meet some new ones!! I would say we had one of the best collections of boats we have had in years! Figures I would be in the slowest boat there! Haha!! I will order better weather for Saturday next year so we can burn some more fuel!! I was really looking forward to the Fun Run and seeing some of the Horsepower put to good use!! Next year!!

Thanks to the Donzi Marine Restoration Society for sponsoring the Show N Shine dinner again!!

Thanks to those who donated and purchased items for the auction!

Thanks to Jeff for the AWESOME tshirt design!! One of the best for sure!!

Thanks to everyone for taking the efforts to get to AOTH!! I know it's a lot to pull it together in May BUT that IS what AOTH is about! AWAKENING THE HORSES!!!!

I will try to post some pics when I get back to a real computer.

Byron

[Thirdchildhood]

High-def and edited video:

[ITLLFLI]

Sweet vid