Quite a night. Beautiful new facility, I think most were happy if not impressed. I certainly was. Best reception we've ever had, in my opinion. We sure gave away a ton of stuff. About 500 showed up for the reception so I'll guess at 3500 for the event tomorrow. We'll see.

I'll try to get a movie up late tomorrow, along with some footage of the exhibition hall. The Expo has always been outstanding but this raises the bar by leaps and bounds. The new venue seems to be a hit.

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I for one had lots of fun.

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Super Tight Lines......Don

Sure wish I could have made it down there this year. I really miss the show.

I wish I was able to attend this year. Wishing everyone a great time.
Count me in for next year, God willing.

The reception area was the size of a football field! lol. I had a good time, saw a lot new new faces, and a lot of old friends. Looking forward to the show today, the new showplace and hotel is really nice, as long as you can figure out where you're going, lol.

Yea reading about how nice it is from home doesnt cut it! I hope Im there next year too. Have a blast!

This is tthe first one I have missed in a long time...was supposed to be at baseball games but this weather has cancelled all that. Now II am stuck at home wishing I was there.

Health reasons kept me away this year. Only the second one I missed .. Ill be back next year with a vengeance. Trust me.

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

Got in fri. parkrd the truck didnt touch it again till i left
every thing in walking didtnce, great food everyware we ate
nice hotel convienyant,
and most of all a great show/

Curt

This was my first ICRBE and I have to say it exceeded all my expectations. Got to meet all the vendors and talk with them face to face, met a lot of the people that post here all the time, attended numerous seminars and learned a lot. Thanks to Tom for putting this all together as well as the magazine and forum. I've only been doing this for a couple of years but it makes me want to quit the day job and build rods full time. However, I haven't mentioned that to my wife just yet. All in all it was worth the trip from Texas for me.

Steve Hartzell
Lake Conroe - Willis, Texas



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