The HERO...and the Palmer Team 77 reunion in Newport
...the people!
First, a couple of group pictures, then some other stuff...
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![the crowd the crowd](everybody2.jpg) The entire group of attendees, including honorary me:
Back row: Bill Spindler, Fred Dorffeld, Ed Born
Second row: Ed Schwalenberg, Kay Williams (Shane's mother), Gary Cullen, Daren Laine, John Lohr, Pat Moriarty
Front: Brian Glass |
![Team 77 Team 77](team772.jpg) ...and most of the official team members:
Gary Cullen, Daren Laine, Fred Dorffeld, Pat Moriarty, Ed Born |
![Palmerite Palmerite](galley2.jpg)
Brian Glass in the galley... |
![fruit bowl fruit bowl](otherfolks2.jpg) A few other folks at a table in the galley. Looks like Fred Dorffeld on the left, Ed Schwalenberg on the right, and ?? in the middle. Geesh, it has been awhile since we did this! |
![penguin penguin](penguin2.jpg)
Another guy lounging in the lounge...Shane's brother Bob perhaps? |
![Team 77? Team 77?](folks2.jpg)
...and Gary Cullen. |
![dockside dockside](bbq2.jpg) The dockside BBQ, I brought one of the grills from Nevada. |
![piers like we are doing well piers like we are doing well](otherway2.jpg) Looking the other way at the dockside barbecue scene. |
![HERO crewman HERO crewman](john2.jpg)
John Lohr...HERO comms officer in the late 1970s. |
![the owner the owner](billw2.jpg)
Bill Wechter, the owner of the Hero. He and wife Amy were very gracious hosts. |
![eats eats](spread2.jpg)
A view of the spread. |
![cerveza cerveza](penguinbeer2.jpg)
Pat Moriarty brewed a few cases of Cerveza Pinguino beer on station during the winter...well, it seems that Gary Cullen saved a bottle from all these years. Until this night. Aahh. |
So what happened next?
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