On Saturday morning after breakfast we drove out to Centralia, PA, the town tat’ shad the underground mine fire going on since 1962. Very interesting place and a great story.

I wish all PPPs were that nice and warm and pleasant. Unfortunately I KNOW from experience that they aren’t (as do you, since you were at the Rainfest in ’05).

MARK

Actually the stand is called Cesari’s, not Vincent’s.

Did you go back to the parkk on Sunday? It was warm and overcast but a t least it was dry. I ran into Todd Long walking through the craft show and we went with another enthusiast (can’t remember his name) to ride the Phoenix. Got my last three rides of the year in.

I don’t mind cool, as long as its’ dry. Back in 2003 it rained on Friday night and most of the day Satuday, but then stopped around 4 PM. It was cold but clear and dry in the evening which was ok.

The warmest PPP I can remember was back in 1997. It was around 70 degrees at night and just great weather. My first PPP in 1995 was also a warm evening. I think it was in the low 60′s. I rememebr wearing a light jacket and a t-shirt.

Are you a Monty Python fan. I’m thinking of doing a Python costume with my family for this year’s PPP based on the Holy Grail. If I can work it out, it should go over big.

I really hope this year is nice enough to camp, I really wanted to stay after and hang out at the bon fire, but we were so sick of being so wet that we just went back to the hotel room.

Thanks for the response! Maybe we will see you there this year.

On the RRC newsgroup a few days prior to the event Bill Buckley talked about a earlier Phunfest that was held in a driving downpour and what a blast it was. His final comment was LET’S GET SOAKED! His post was so grea tthat I decided not to let a little thing like rain ruin my phun!

Did you make it back to the park in time for the 20th anniversary ceremonies? It was great to see Moyer back playing Yellow Rose of Texas and Pennsylvania Polka on the trumpet. Also Ed Juncolous was on hand from the Herschell Parts Company which is located here in North Tonawanda, NY (about two miles from my house). I knew Ed slightly from my volunteer work for the Herschell Carousel Factory Museum, but had never had any real conversation with him except in passing. Anyway I had an in-depth conversation with he and John Fetterman about the Looper project. Fetterman told me that Ed was the one who put the park on to the Looper being available for sale. They were considering buy a highly modified version of the Looper before Ed told them about the unmodified Looper that the park eventually bought.

Anyway, thanks for your post regarding the 2005 Phoenix Phall Rainfest (LOL) Hopefully 2006 will be dry and sunny.