The HICS Reunion at Denver 2017
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| The whole group minus a few. |
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| The guys who spent years in Air Force for the freedoms of our country. |
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| The women who support our men. |
Friday evening started as all registered as we came into the Hotel "meet and greet " event. It was fun to meet new people and get reacquainted with old friends from the years in Air Force.
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| The appetizer food was great and presented so beautifully. |
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| Who knows what memories were being discussed at this table but everyone was intent on listening. |
Everyone enjoyed watching old videos of the Air Force working days some 40 years ago.
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| Great music was playing so some fun dancing had to happen. |
More talking and reminiscing.
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The Red/White/Blue made for a
very patriotic hall. |
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Rick and Diane French looking rather serious.
Take a good look because that does not happen often. |
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| TALK, TALK AND TALK SOME MORE! |
Saturday morning we split into 2 groups. One group, the one my husband and I choose, went on a beautiful drive to the mountains and a few small towns. Below you can see we were all in this van with Dale Fairbanks as our driving escort.
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| Beautiful mountains. I was thankful the windows were clean for taking scenic pictures. |
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| Loved these little quint towns and the outdoor markets, especially all the flowers. |
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| Beautiful lake! |
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| We took a 45 minute bathroom break and time to look around or have a snack/drink. |
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| Pretty sure this was in the town of Nederland,Co |
I wish I had taken notes along with taking many pictures so I could remember the names of some of these places. All I remember is the amazing beauty of this area.
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| My husband Jeff Falin , just had to check out this coffin. |
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| I however loved the walking covered bridge. |
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| Everyone meeting to continue our science drive. |
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| Old Town Hall of Nederland. 1874! |
Mountains and more mountains.
We had a nice noon lunch and arrived back at the hotel safe and sound.
Dale, Thank You for the safe trip and wonderful tour. I know it was enjoyed by all.
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Dale the tour guide and driver.
THANKS A BUNCH! |
Group 2 enjoyed an afternoon of Tea tasting, a museum and who knows what all took place.
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| Tasting the TEA! |
LEANIN ONE WAY
AND LEANIN THE OTHER WAY!
SILLY GIRLS!
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| It doesn't get much more fun then this! |
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| This was a Wine Tasting at Balisteri Vineyards. Looks like a great time. Thinking this took place Friday Aug 11th during the day. |
Saturday evening banquet and program.
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Saturday evening Banquet,
Pastor Pam Ciulla led the opening prayer and the blessing for the food. |
The Saturday night Banquet was a great patriotic event. One of the very first things was listening to Red Skeleton recite the Pledge to the Flag, one word at a time with full explanation. When you have a room full of dedicated, retired military veterans, there is not a single person who would even consider "taking the knee"! All were standing firm, hand over heart and I would guess most even had a few tears in their eyes.
If you want to listen to Red Skeleton and his version of The Pledge Allegiance to the Flag, you can google this site below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMErHrinwFU
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| Master of ceremonies, Dale Fairbanks |
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| Special speaker for the night. |
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| RED, WHITE AND BLUE! Very fitting colors for a United States Air Force retirement reunion. |
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| So happy that Jasper and Helen Green could make it to the reunion. |
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| What a unique way to sell raffle tickets. There were many great prizes. The extra raffle money will help defray cost of the next HICS REUNION which will be 3 years from now in Utah. |
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| Selling more raffle tickets. So many good prizes, I think everyone left with something. |
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| Great food and guess who led the way? |
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| FOOD LINE FOR THE WONDERFUL BUFFET! |
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| Sorry Pam, caught you with a mouth full of that delicious food but just look at the nice smile on Sal's face! |
Picture time is always a fun time. A special "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE" to all these wonderful men who gave for the freedoms of our country.
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| Thank You to all these women who support, encourage and love their military men! |
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| The HICS Reunion group! A big thank you to all who came to the 2017 reunion. |
There was plenty of time for visiting, catching up and getting reacquainted!
Sunday was a beautiful day to meet at a very beautiful park for a picnic.
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| This was such a beautiful park with very unique sculptures. It was wonderful that it was walking distance from the Hotel. |
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| It was fun walking over this walk bridge to get to the picnic area. It was actually closer to walk around by why not use such a lovely bridge. |
What better way to end this blog. Our friend, Harry Miniken giving the "PEACE" sign with a "I will see you all in 3 years at the next HICS reunion"
