Wow! Where to start... At the beginning I guess
Gummi - thanks for the idea and for providing us an excuse to get together with the Spring (or whenever we want to) West Coast WKC meet. I vote for "whenever we want to" from now on. It sounds like the local Weber folks want to get involved - I sent you an email to that effect. Good job.
It was an honor to ride herd with Buckie and Mirkwood in the "kettle train" from Sac to Napa. To be honest, I am going to need a bigger trailer as we left the VAST majority of Buckies collection behind. That said, it was a great trip up and back with no kettle casualties along the way. I would ride with these guys any day.
What a great time we had with all the members we had not yet met. Because of the time spent on this forum, it seemed like we had known each other for a long time and were simply reuniting. Everyone contributed to the food, conversation, and fun. We educated a few visitors as well, and hopefully created some new Weber customers. I know we all left with new, deeper friendships.
For the record - Argentflame and I won 3 out of 3 corn hole matches and each took home a bag of KBB as a prize. We will happily defend our crown at the next meet.
Speaking of Argentflame - that ranch kettle was one of the most impressive sights of the day. It was the first time I have seen one in person - what an amazing cooking beast it is. You can literally have 3 people cooking on it at the same time very comfortably. Awesome!
The food was incredible. I ate so much that I had to lay down in my recliner from time to time. I am in awe of the cooking skills of this group.
Gummi - the pictures are, as always, the best! In case I have not told you lately, you have skills. Thank you my friend for capturing the moment.
Cheers,
Winz