[meteorite-list] Park Forest, Wonderland...Final Day

From: walter branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:06 2004
Message-ID: <003301c2fe12$a323e420$6601a8c0_at_l1s2m3>

Hi Rob,

>We look up by night, down by day, and eye to eye in between.

Very poetic!

Can I steal this sometime :-)

-Walter
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Wesel" <Nakhladog_at_attbi.com>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 4:52 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest, Wonderland...Final Day


> Monday
>
> The thought of leaving all this behind weighed heavily and Monday came all
> too soon. But, perhaps to offer consolation, Gaya draped the Chicago
> landscape with a blanket of snow, making the hunt impossible.
>
> A quick call to Steve Witt to deliver Roman's calendars and we met at the
> Holiday Inn. We were invited to breakfast with Steve, Rob Elliot, and
> Gregory. It came to light there that Gregory paid for last night's meal
and
> Rob wanted to cover this one. He would not accept refusal. We had a quiet
> meal and said our goodbyes yet again. As Dave and I made our way to the
> highway, we spotted Steve's car, he was taking Rob to Ohare so we followed
> them in, thankful that we didn't need to fumble with the map.
>
> Home at last, 1800 miles away from Wonderland, I get back to the daily
grind
> again.
>
> What did I get out of this? Far more than I put in. I have always put off
> Tucson saying to myself that for the cost of that trip I could add a nice
> meteorite to the collection and that's what I did every February. I didn't
> know what I was missing. This community, this list, we are all equals. We
> are hunting for the same answers, sharing the same passion. There are
those
> that make money by it and those that spend money by it but we are all
> equals. The warm welcome we received was beyond anything I expected to
> encounter, open arms, genuine comradery. The dealer side is definitely
> different from the collector side but when the two meet, there are no
> boundaries. This list will bicker, it is the nature of competition, but it
> is not, nor will it ever be, broken. We realize our commonality as
different
> as we all are. We look up by night, down by day, and eye to eye in
between.
>
> A final congratulations to Steve Witt. The keys to the kingdom are yours
my
> friend, your strewnfield is free of competition. Enjoy your lucky stars.
>
> A final word of thanks to Rob Elliot. You are a gentlemen in every sense
of
> the word. Your generosity as both a dealer and a man are unequalled.
>
> A final word to the list. Get to Tucson, there are riches beyond the
> cabinets, the collection. Riches to satiate desires both subtle and gross.
>
> I will post pictures after I catch up with the 268 emails waiting to be
> read. I have two very micro micros of the Garza stone that will hit eBay
> tonight starting at $1. I believe Rob Elliot will have some for sale as
well
> in the very near future.
>
> --
> Rob Wesel
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> Willy Wonka, 1971
>
>
>
>
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Received on Tue 08 Apr 2003 05:05:51 PM PDT