I Could Say This Is A Boat Racing Site......
How come you carried your runabouts upside down on the trailer???
They say people are publishing their own books....Damn, Wayne...this stuff you write is great!!!!
to make the recipe book complete.................
We need "Baldy's Gumbo".
I remember in the mid 70's, Ray, Baldy, Eileen and I calculated the cost of a bowl. At that time, with the ingredients he was using, it was almost 7.50 a bowl. Wonder what it would be now. Baldy also taught Eileen how to make the "rou" (sp?) Her recipe came from him, but I know it has changed some over the years. We don't always have quail and king crab to add, but there are other ingredients that make it taste great also. I remember that Gumbo was one of his contributions to your wedding reception, and very well received.
He was always very generous with the "hot stuff" when he cooked anything, but I never saw him be as careful as he was about the little HOT things he put in the gumbo. Several times I remember him counting very carefully the amount he put in, ( 6 or maybe 12, I seem to remember) and then just as carefully removing them after the gumbo was done so nobody got a whole one by mistake when they ate the gumbo. I think I remember he called them "chili pequines" or something similar?
Anyway Wayne, I agree with Ron, you need to write a book, although that is what you are really doing. For the folks that knew your Dad and can really appreciate those memories, it is a really nice trip back into the real heyday of Alky racing, and also the ones that never knew him will certainly gain some insight to one of the most fascinating folks ever to stand on the lake bank at a boat race, and who also was responsible for some of the great UIM Championship races in that time frame, and some of the rule changes he pushed for that we still run under today. And most of all the great memories for Eileen and I, and I am sure many others also.