DU Great Outdoors Festival in Memphis

[Welby]

Any of you guys planning to attend the Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoors Festival in Memphis, TN on the weekend of June 1-3?

I am trying to get a couple of guys from this site to meet there and wondered if there were any others that might possibly attend. ###Maybe we should fix up some caps with our usernames printed on them and be on the lookout for each other while there.

[quackmaster]

If you haven't been before, bring your sunscreen. The last couple of years it's been pretty darn hot!
Typical southern humidity though.
If it gets too hot, I like to go try and do a little mission work down around Tunica.
I tell my wife that those people needed to know the gospel also!

I may be over there, I'll have to check with corporate headquarters first and see if I have permission.

(Edited by quackmaster at 8:56 am on May 25, 2001)


(Edited by quackmaster at 9:04 am on May 25, 2001)

[Jon Bain]

I’ll be there. ###I’m flying into Memphis that morning and flying out that evening. ###I’ve got a press pass for the show. ###I work for Alloutdoors.com as a moderator and I am covering the DU Festival for the Chevy Events section of Alloutdoors. ###We’ll have to meet up. ###I’ll be there by myself and it would be nice to see someone I already have common ground with. ###JB

[Welby]

Jon, great to know you'll be there. ###Will you be at the Chevy display or will you be all over the place? ###Let me know where you will be (email me if you like) and I'll make it a point to stop by and say hi!.

[quackmaster]

My wife and I plan on being there on saturday. I guess I'll go snoop around the chevy area for the two of ya. I'll hold a giant homebrew cam sign up.

[Matt in MO]

I may be there, but haven't firmed up any plans yet, mch less a hotel room. ###Will there be hundreds of mfgs. displaying their wares?

Matt
matt.hull@dayco.com

[Jon Bain]

A lot of, what was it you typed, mfgs? ###Yes with hands on type deals where you get to test the product. ###If I was driving I was going to bring my dog for some fun with him up there, but oh well. ###I'll be all over the place, but will make it a point to be in the Chevy truck area around noon central time. ###I'll be the one looking lost and alone. ###JB

[Matt in MO]

I'll be the guy with a slight limp (band aid on right leg above the shin - think I have a 1/2 inch splinter!) and two twelve year old boys going wild.

Matt in MO

[quackmaster]

Ok guys
How about lurking around the chevy area about 1:00 saturday. If there is a silverado truck in the display area, hang out by the tailgate and we can have a pow wow.

[Welby]

I am going to try and be around the Chevy area at or around lunch time, 12:00 pm. ###Hope to see you guys there.

[quackmaster]

Ok I'll get there at 12:00

[Jon Bain]

Well, I waited for you guys at the Chevy Fishing Village from 12:00 Central time until 12:40. ###I then went down to the Chevy display in front of the Trap Shooting area and saw no one so I went back to the Fishing Village until about 1:00. ###After not having anyone come up to the lost looking fellow (me) I went to the Dog Village. ###Wish I could have met up with you. ###JB

(Edited by Jon Bain at 12:56 pm on June 3, 2001)

[Welby]

Well, I was hanging around the Chevy trucks display so much around 12:00 - 12:20 that I was afraid I was beginning to look suspicious. ###I was the one wagging around the black camera bag with a 35mm SLR slung around my neck but taking most of my photos with a Canon Sure Shot Owl. ###I thought maybe one of the other guys would notice and we could meet that way, but my plan didn't work.

It was a neat show and I had a good time. ###The hunting equipment on display and for sale was plentiful, but there was really nothing new and exciting. ###I must admit I am most excited about the vehicle displays when at the annual Great Outdoors Festival, and I was not disappointed this year.

There were great displays from all the major truck manufacturers, but Ford and Dodge stole the shows. ###Ford with its concept trucks and SUVs raised my eyebrows (and my SLR) a good bit, but it was Dodge that really made my heart skip a beat. ###Walking by their big display, I immediately noticed (who couldn't?) the red Viper convertible parked alongside some impressive trucks. ###That was eyecatching, but it was their second display further into the show that really got me excited. ###On display there was a white with blue stripes Viper GTS-R, an extremely fast example of American automotive engineering at its best.

Overall, I had a good time and will remember this one for a long time to come. ###Among the most funny memories will be the man whose hand I stepped on as he came crawling out from under a table at which I was viewing some turkey calls. ###(If by chance you are reading this, I am sorry, but I bet you won't do that again, will you?)

Sorry I missed you guys, but I was where I said I'd be at the the time I said. ###Maybe next time.

[quackmaster]

Sorry, I didn't get there until about 1:30. Redoing I-40 between Little Rock and Memphis.

I agree, same outdoor show as usual, just a new year to look at stuff.
Always a good time though.

[Jon Bain]

Okay Welby I may have seen you but am not sure. ###This is exactly where I was standing for 45 minutes: ###There was a blue four door Silverado and a red ZR2 Tracker next to each other. ###I stood with my right hand resting on the blue Silverado's tail gate and the Tracker was to my left. ###I felt a little funny after I noticed the Chevy Sales guys kept looking at me. ###I had on an orange shirt and a camo ball cap. ###Was there from 12:00 central time until 12:45. ###Did not move from that spot. ###Did you see me? ###I was also there from 11:00 until 11:20 just in case someone was on Eastern Time. ###JB

(Edited by Jon Bain at 11:12 pm on June 4, 2001)

[Welby]

Ha, ha....I may have seen you too, JB. ###Too bad we missed each other.

You know, when you stand there or hang around a place like that too long, it's funny how suspicious you feel, even with thousands of other folks milling around. ###Kind of like when you go in Walmart and you hear that message over the intercom "Rotate Security Cameras To Action Alley", whatever action alley is. ###You never know where that alley is and just hope it's not the one you are standing on.

[Jon Bain]

I thought I was the only one that felt that way in Wal-Mart when they announced those things. ###I also get nervus when they say, "Security code red in hardware." ###I'm in hardware and I didn't notice anything. ###Wait, are they talking about me? ###When all they are really saying is someone needs to clean up a spill before they get hit with a law suit. ###Sorry I missed ya.

Oh, I checked Wolf Camera for the Cannon Owl today. ###Yea, they sell it and are proud of it. ###$69.00. ###No thanks.

[cedar N sandy]

Jon & Welby,
###We all need to put our heads together and come up with a Jesse's Hunting Page Forum logo for caps, shirts,jackets of whatever else. This way we can recognize each other on the street or at gatherings.
Just a thought....what do ya'll think?

[Jon Bain]

I agree, kind of like the tndeer forum with their hat they have. ###It would have made it easier at the DU festival that's for sure. ###JB