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19th Tennessee Classic
bentstick54:
Was there from Wednesday evening thru Sunday morning. Had a wonderful time. Met lots of new friends, learned alot, and enjoyed shooting with some of my new friends. I was amazed on how well things were run. My hats off to Pappy, Miss Joanie, and all the Twin Oaks crew for an exceptional job well done.
Definitely one of the best shoots I have ever attended. Twin Oaks is an amazing place, but it is the people that make it so. Not a finer bunch anywhere.
Thanks to all and with luck and God willing, I hope to be back. Brian
Pappy:
Thanks guys, glad yall enjoyed. I will have more pictures later, thanks for sharing yours and thanks for all the new friendships made this year. :) :) That's is what it is all about. ;)
Pappy
Parnell:
I got home safely at 2 in the morning Monday. Always a really long drive home, but well worth it.
It was, as always, lots of fun and great to see everyone. I'll get some of my pictures up!
Thanks Pappy and crew!
H Rhodes:
Pappy and the Twin Oaks folks put on another fantastic shoot. The course was truly amazing and getting better every year. One stage let you walk out of the woods into a field filled with caribou - they brought Alaska to Tennessee! ;D Great job guys!!
Forest_Farmer:
Even though I didn't get there until Friday night, I made the most of the time I had. Thanks to Dan for saving me a spot for my hammock, and to Greg and Sharron for feeding just after pulling in, it made me feel at home again.
Pappy, the place has never looked better and your team did a hell of a job, can't thank you enough!
I met up with many old friends, and met some of my virtual PA friends like Outback Bob. We even got to twist out a hand drill fire, thx Bob. It was also great meeting RT and James, Pat B and a bunch more of the PA brethren.
For me the highlight of this year's classic was being able to pass on friction fire knowledge. It started Saturday night with James Parker doing a great job of showing a group the finer points on making hand drill fires "in really most conditions". Then we broke out the bow drill and had seven or eight people make their first friction fires. Matt Wirwicki built his first friction fire that night, which was special to me because Matt helped me make my first bow.
What I really enjoyed most was helping Robin "RT" make his first friction fire. After several attempts Saturday night, we went back at it Sunday morning and Robin turned out a nice ember and blue it into flames. The look on his face was priceless.
I didn't get any pics of that, but I know some were taken, so if sometime could post them that would be great.
So now the countdown begins for the 20th TN Classic, only about 362 days :'(
Cheers,
Ed "Forest Farmer"
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