In spite of the fact that I can no longer sing, this was the best getaway of all I have attended. There were too many high spots for me to mention, and I don't want to leave anyone out, so suffice to say, I enjoyed every one of you!

As far as the food goes, well, I've had worse. Anyone who has been in the military has. Just because there was a faint spot of blue paint from a Ford escort on the chicken doesn't mean it was road kill. Give the cook the benefit of the doubt. (Actually, I hear the cook got the beef and the chicken from a different supplier this year, the Maryland highway department)

Last evening, Jacqui and I went to Bugaboo Creek steakhouse here in South Portland. The noise level was just short of painful, and my split roated half chicken was no where near hot when it arrived, and by the time I was finished, it was cold as a dead man's tongue. Then, in the middle of the night, I had the most painful belly ache ever!. All that after they raised their prices by 20%! Compared to the chicken at the getaway, that chicken was a bargain.