Erie GTG 2010 is in the books

[Jerre Heyer]

Fred, you forgot to take BJ with you. He's cleaning out the shop taking parts for his rebuild shop now.

To everyone that made it thanks for coming. Hope you all had a good time. Tom and I sure did.

Scott Z hope you enjoyed the pimp mobile for a ride while you were in town.

Lou thanks for bringing over the new Meyer V for us to check out and for the goodies you brought over too.

John, That CGSI truck is going to look good with a flat bed on it. See you when you can make the trip. Thanks for Breakfast on Sunday

Todd Z and Tom, hope the ride back is rain free. Let me know if you need more tanks we can at least get them to Butchers.

John, Tell Paul thanks for sending over the old Diamond V and thanks for the fun.

Deere John, didn't know you guys were scooting out early last night. Sorry I missed telling you and Dad good bye. Hope you had a safe run back. Tell Jack thanks for the new wallet.

Dino, Hope you and Stephen survived the ride back in the Ray mobile. Look forward to you bringing a couple more with you next year. Ray thanks for taking a break and driving down. Stephen thanks for the help.

Scott, you got a good bride there don't let her get away. Steph keep him on his toes.

Everett, let us know and Tom and I will make a road trip up. Know building by yourself is not always fun but glad to hear the addition is coming along.

Fred, My Tom-Tom tells me when to pull off. Sorry that yours didn't see the closed sign. Tom, hard to ask for a better co pilot though. Thanks for coming down. The bike looks and sounds great.

Peter thanks for running command interference. Hope that your aunts project goes smoothly.

Missing others but thanks to all.

Jerre and Tom

[CGSI]

Well yet another GTG has come and gone. As always it was nice to see some old faces and meet some new ones at the same time. It was a nice time had by all as far as I could tell.

Jerre.... Thanks for taking the time to put this all together and allowing everyone to invade your business and home so that we can all get together. Thanks for the friendship and the opportunity to talk and learn from each other.

Amy.... AGAIN... thank you for letting us INVADE your wonderfull home and for sharing your husband with us.

Jacob... Keep smiling Buddy. Your smiles make you heal from the inside out and if you didn't notice they make others smile too.

Rich... Thanks for bringing the boys... We could Never afford that kind of Entertainment.

Fred.... Thanks for taking the time to talk to me. Getting to know you has been on my priority list for a while and now we have finally met. Thanks for bringing the bike. It is an AWSOME tribute and the lives that will be changed by your generosity will hopefully be many.

Dave, Thanks for Dinner on Friday night, It was great to finally meet you.

Peter... Thanks for the breakfast on Saturday Bud... thanks for hauling the FF in too. I hope things went well at your Aunts. I am sure we will speak soon enough about your "project"

John Butcher... It was nice to put a face with the voice of a customer.

And last but not least Chuck... Without you Bud ..... None of us would probably ever have met. THANK YOU

The list could go on forever but I will just say for those of you who knew me before it was great to see and talk to you again and for those of you that I met for the first time, the pleasure was all mine.

[Deere John]

Hey everyone - thanks for the good day yesterday. The Amy and Jerre's hospitality was great and it was a pleasure talking and sharing a few stories. We actually stayed the night: at 5:30 we headed out to check-in to our room, and get Ron a short nap - he was wilting.

I had heard that we were reconvening at 7:30 at Longhorn's for dinner, but by the time our beer and appetizer arrived, we figured other plans for the group had developed. A little bummed out, we had a great meal anyway, a good snooze and headed out this morning. We'll have to get clearer direction next year.

I wish I could better imitate facial expressions: I'd like to show you guys the two looks, both coming and going, at the border from the female border guards when I answered their questions.
"To meet a bunch of guys that I met on the internet".
"It's a snowplowing site"
"Yes, I said snowplowing"
"in Erie"
"Yes, Erie..... Erie PA"
"We get together, drink a few beer, tell a few stories, and go out for a big meal...."
"... same weekend as last year"
" about 30 other guys"

We had them both smiling in that "get rid of him, he's nuts" kind of way by the time they told us to get going.

Anyway, we had a good time, and hope everyone made it back OK.

[Pickering Snow]

First a Big thanks to Jerre and Amy for hosting a event for now 7 yrs sorry we had to meet just short of Erie :wink but it drives home what family is about.

To everyone who attended it was great seeing everyone again had a great time . John Cotte was great meeting you for the first time even though we have talked a ton on here and the phone your a awesome person.

John from Canada i wondered were you went i layed in bed feeling bad i didnt get to spend much time with you but not saying goodbye thank you and heather for the gifts again me and you have so much in common and have spent so much time writing each other i felt bad not seeing you off.

Scott Z Since the days even before LTS you have been a person i have always looked up too meeting you finally was a blessing from above your a awesome person and thank you for the gift and most import the prayer you shared with all of us. I hope to meet you again soon blessed to call you Friend.

[Jerre Heyer]

I have to say that it certainly is interesting to hear some as they look at the variety of license plates at the shop the GTG weekend.

BIG THANKS to my brother TOM for all his help. You make it all come together little brother.

[CGSI]

I have to say that it certainly is interesting to hear some as they look at the variety of license plates at the shop the GTG weekend.

BIG THANKS to my brother TOM for all his help. You make it all come together little brother.

Thats why I hate putting any names down.. I knew I forgot someone who was very instrumental in putting everything together..

Tom... Thanks for all the time we got to spend together... The ride to the airport was a hoot to pick up Scott. Thanks for being such a good friend Bud.:D

[littleplows]

Huge Thanks to all

It was great seeing everyone again. You can't believe how much Jerre and I look forward to this weekend. It gives us a time to sit and chat and BS with all you guys. Discussions of family, life and work were plentiful this weekend and I know I bring back alot from the weekend. Sorry I missed seeing alot of you off on Sunday morning.

To all thanks for making the trip and hope the trip back wasn't too bad.

To Chuck - Thanks for making this all happen people around here cannot believe it when we tell them " Yea we have about 30-40 guys coming in from Maine to Colorado and Canada to North Carolina. Yea its a bunch of Guys we met online....." The looks on their faces are priceless. It's all thanks to you.

[Pickering Snow]

Huge Thanks to all

It was great seeing everyone again. You can't believe how much Jerre and I look forward to this weekend. It gives us a time to sit and chat and BS with all you guys. Discussions of family, life and work were plentiful this weekend and I know I bring back alot from the weekend. Sorry I missed seeing alot of you off on Sunday morning.

To all thanks for making the trip and hope the trip back wasn't too bad.

To Chuck - Thanks for making this all happen people around here cannot believe it when we tell them " Yea we have about 30-40 guys coming in from Maine to Colorado and Canada to North Carolina. Yea its a bunch of Guys we met online....." The looks on their faces are priceless. It's all thanks to you.

Thomas

Like John said a person always forgets things then feels bad later it was your truck you and Jerre that brought the petro , not only that but all you do to help J and Amy another little brother adopted i know we will see each other again soon since we have some plows to get moved down to Erie we can do our one on one then,, thanks for all you do.

[Jerre Heyer]

We still have a wayward transmission down here. Don't know who was suppose to get it but it's here at the shop or at Tom's place when they figure it out.
J

[Chuck Smith]

Well, as always I think everyone had a great time, and it went by too fast. The list of those to thank is long, and we all leave out many of those we would like to thank. I'll take a stab at it.

Thanks Jerre and Amy. Amy, the food was awesome!
Thanks Tom.
Thanks MEYER for sending Lou out with the goodies and the new 7.5' Super V for us to check out. Year after year, Meyer is there.

It was great to see everyone again, and LMAO for a couple of days. It was especially nice to see Scott Zorno. Chris corrected me last night, it was June 2001 when we talked face to face last... So almost 10 years.

Deere John, sorry about the dinner confusion. I thought we were going to Longhorn too until about 7:15. Was great to see you and Ron again.

Thanks to all who attended. It is like we pick up where we left off last year. I know we are on here year round, but it is great to talk face to face.

This year was a smaller group than in past years, but I think it gives us more time to catch up with each other.

Fred, words can't describe how great it felt to finally see Diamond P Chopper in person and to sit on it. THANK YOU. There is no picture that will ever do that bike justice. Thanks for dinner on Saturday, but most of all thanks for your friendship and company.

Pics to follow. Mondays are busy here, and I need to resize them. Anyone on Facebook, there are a bunch on there already, but I will put mine here too. I do have one pic resized that sums up the time we had :D

~Chuck

[Raymond]

Another great time in Erie. I hope next year Dino makes the hotel reservations so we can be closer to Erie than Buffalo! Good to see everyone again, until next year!
Ray

[jbutch83]

Another great time in Erie. I hope next year Dino makes the hotel reservations so we can be closer to Erie than Buffalo! Good to see everyone again, until next year!
Ray

Ray it was great seeing you guys again, and tell Dino he needs to get a new man card with them Shirley Temples he was drinking!!!

Great time had by all, will keep doing it again and again. BJ found out how hard it was to explain to members of the opposite sex why we were all in Erie for the weekend!

[szorno]

What a great time was had by all! Kinda tough working a snow event from Erie, but my team lived and it was snowing when I landed :o
Fred- great to meet you face to face after all these years. Thanks for what you do for ACS, and the snow industry. God bless my friend.
Jerre & Tom- Always great to hang with you. Thanks for the hospitality and tell big Jer thanks again for the use of his car. And thanks to Amy too for the extras that made the BBQ so great.
John C- same with you. Always enjoy talking and going for rides in your truck :D
Ontario John- nice to meet you face to face as well. Keep in touch.
Todd- good to see you again. I like the Todd-Scheibe body work too...:p
Peter & Dino- I get to call you friends after meeting and hanging with you. Call if you get to Colo.
Johnny D- also good to meet and hang out after many years. Take care my friend and drop me a note sometime.
Andy- great to meet you face to face as well. I know you will come again to Colo and we'll catch up for a couple runs on a mountain :eek:
And Chuck- To think that one summer in Denver started a ton of things. Thank you my friend for everything you do. You are one in a million.
To every one I missed- I enjoyed meeting and hanging out.
Good stuff Jerre- lets do it again.

[The boys]

Ray it was great seeing you guys again, and tell Dino he needs to get a new man card with them Shirley Temples he was drinking!!!

Great time had by all, will keep doing it again and again. BJ found out how hard it was to explain to members of the opposite sex why we were all in Erie for the weekend!

Dino even the girls were making fun of the shirley tempel. And Johnny after cruising my face book page yesterday i think they now understand its more then a job more like a passion. The brunette even messanged the blonde and said you have to send him an invite the whole snowplowing thing was real he even has snowplows in his avaitar

[Chuck Smith]

Rather than sitting here posting 41 pics, here is a link to my album on Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=57146&id=1082559965&l=35276171b4

~Chuck

[GMC Driver]

Haven't had the time to post since the weekend - paying for the time off dearly this week!

Another GTG in the books and of course I just want to make a few mentions. I know I won't get everyone, but I do want to mention general thank you to all who came out and made it what it was. There were a few familiar faces missing this time - and you guys were missed, but realize that there's always next year.

Jerre & Amy - thanks for your hospitality, for opening your home to a bunch of internet guys, and for all you do to make the GTG a huge success year after year.

Tom - the silent partner, working hard behind the scenes. Good luck with the pit this summer - I've got to make it back when things are kicking over there.

Peter - thanks again for the supplies. The wife seems to have a little more bounce in her step after the first cup of Mission.

Fred - great to see you again. The bike is unbelievable - a work of art. Pictures do not do it justice! But equally amazing is that you are here, able to bring your fight to so many more with a jewel like the Diamond P.

Scott Z - we met briefly, and in the whirlwind that is a GTG, didn't get a chance to chat. Your prayer was enough of a window to show what and who you are - hopefully our paths will cross again.

For all the others - thanks for another GTG filled with laughs and memories. I always leave feeling refreshed. Had a great time dining on Friday and Saturday (our waitress was more than a good sport) - Tom had us all in stitches. Todd - make sure you drag him out again, even if he might be one of ten!

Alot happens in a year - this past year especially. But these Erie GTGs have a way of reminding us how important friendships are - even if it is just a bunch of guys off the interenet.

Best part is the Fluid Film stayed in the case for the return trip into Canada!

[EIB]

Just like Dave I paying for the little time off, trying to catch up.
It was well worth it.

First the thanks

Amy and Jerre for letting us invade your home and shop.

Tom for the work you do for the GTG.

For the people that bought dinners, Jerre, Jerre's father, ( sorry his name slips my mind ) and BJ
For the people that bought breakfast Fred and John (CSGI)

Scott it was nice to meet you and talk, wish that I had more time with you and the rest of the guys to chat. Never seems long enough.

BJ thanks for the laughs saturday night I haven't laugh that hard in a long time.

And to the rest of the crew for the good time.

[Pickering Snow]

GMC Dave , first it was good seeing you again, second and it meant so much to me was seeing you and your brother together again.

This past year brought so much loss to your family and when we talk about the bike you always are on my mind, Sadly the storys of those who have passed outweigh the ones who have made it and it becomes very emtional for me knowing what i have been threw. A Tribute to those who have went before us to this deadly killer , Even at a rest area in OH a man came to me and told me his recent exper with his Mother no matter were we go its like that i feel lucky to be here to get to fullfill the awareness and tribute end of this bike, will it cure Cancer NO does it make us aware of those we lost yes and many tears have been shed since the tour began. Again a heartfelt prayer to your whole family for all they have endured this past year.

[Chuck Smith]

Although Polar Edge is no longer a Sponsor here, Gregg Blair came to Jerre's just in time for the giveaway, and he brought a Polar Edge 8' Urethane cutting edge for a lucky attendee to win. Congratulations to EIB, he won the edge! Luckily he didn't want to try and stuff it in the trunk of the Honda to take it home! :D

I also want to say THANKS again to Fred for bringing the Diamond P Chopper to the GTG and for giving all of us free Diamond P Chopper t shirts. :notworthy

~Chuck

[cat320]

sounds like you guys had a blast

[EIB]

Although Polar Edge is no longer a Sponsor here, Gregg Blair came to Jerre's just in time for the giveaway, and he brought a Polar Edge 8' Urethane cutting edge for a lucky attendee to win. Congratulations to EIB, he won the edge! Luckily he didn't want to try and stuff it in the trunk of the Honda to take it home! :D

I also want to say THANKS again to Fred for bringing the Diamond P Chopper to the GTG and for giving all of us free Diamond P Chopper t shirts. :notworthy

~Chuck

See I always forget someone. Thanks to Gregg for coming and the edge.

Also to Fred for bringing the chopper and the shirts.