2018 Reunion Albuquerque

2018 Reunion, Albuquerque New Mexico

September 24 to 28, 2018

     This year's reunion was held in Albuquerque, which was chosen because of the many activities available to us.  Prime among them especially in the eyes of former "Maintenance" people, was the Nuclear Weapons Museum.

     The venue for the reunion was the "Staybridge Suites", located near the airport.  The Staybridge provided a complimentary van service which picked us up at the airport, and was available for transportation to and from different activities we engaged in during the week.  The rooms were small apartments with all the amenities.  Breakfast every day, as well as evening meals on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were also complimentary.

     We visited the Nuclear Museum, as well as various other spots such as Old Town, and the cable car to the top of the Sandia range. (10,000 feet)

     Our group has been diminished by the passage of time, but those of us who made the trip had a great time reminiscing, eating together, and enjoying the sights.

Enjoy the photos, and as usual, click a photo to enlarge it. 

2018 Attendees

Lunch at the High Noon Restaurant in Old Town

The group in Old Town

Sparkie, Barb, and Dawn in the "Hospitality Suite" (Harry and Linda's room)

Charlie and Larry

   

Harry tries his hand at piloting a small plane in the Science Museum

Worth the trip

Recreation of the Alamogordo "Trinity" test site.

Fat Man next to a B-29

The "Gadget"

A couple of  "Genie Medicine Men" with the "White Bitch"

2 Mark 28 "Broken Arrows"

Barb's birthday at the Texas Road House

Going away party at the Texas Road House

Lou and Jennie Riedl.  Lou was one of the first replacements for the original Buechel crew

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Ron and Maggie's Anniversary

Dave and Ron

One last look at Old Town

Thanks to Ron Radliff for the group photo at the top of the post.

Back to Bandera

2016 Reunion at the Flying L

The Reunion Returns to the Dude Ranch!

The Buechel group decided to return to the Flying L ranch due to it's central location, and agreeable surroundings.  Each reunion sees a small reduction in our numbers, but an increase in the enthusiasm of the attendees who do come.  Attendees thanked John, Harry and Charlie for their efforts in organizing the event, when the thanks really should be to the Buechelites who make the effort to attend.  Our family has grown closer together with the passing years, with some of us seeing our Buechel friends as often as some actual family members.

As part of the reunion, we took a bus trip to the LBJ ranch, Chester Nimitz home, The Pacific war Museum and a German restaurant in Fredricksburg. (All arranged by Charlie Trent....thanks for a great day Charlie.)  

The people at the Flying L gave us a reserved dining area for meals all week, as well as great accommodations....not to mention Buck, our very own singing cowboy.  The cowboy capital of the world was right outside the gates of the ranch, who could ask for anything more!

John and Harry would appreciate some ideas for the next reunion, possibly in one of the southern states on the east coast?

Enjoy the pictures, I'll add more as I get them from other attendees via E-mail.

John
 Thanks to Harry Ridgeway for the photos he sent for the blog, and photo disks he sent to attendees.

Grace Gramger

Don Witter and Harry Ridgeway

Charlie and Tota Trent

Dawn Mennucci, Buddy Granger and Stephanie Peebles

Lively Discussion Group!

Harry Ridgeway and Lucy Peebles Catch Up On Gossip

Jim Coburn, Ilse Scheibler, and Big T Thompson

Sparky (Joel Buntley)  We Hadn't Seen Him in 49 Years!

Stephanie and Lucy Peebles

Buck and the Kitchen Staff

Garry and Brenda Tine with Linda Ridgeway

John and Dawn Mennucci with Sparky

Don with the Tines Down by the Creek

Mike and Suzy Cox

Johnson's Summer Whitehouse

Some of the Gang Wait to Tour the Summer Whitehouse

LBJ's Transportation

The Johnson Graveyard  2 Large Stones are LBJ and Lady Bird's

B25 Bomber at the War Museum

John and Dawn at the Post Office

Luckenbach Bar.  Biker Heaven

Buck Talks About the History of the Flying L Ranch in the Old Hangar

And He Sings Too!

Guests Enjoying the History Lesson

Gerda Davis and Barb Camp Enjoy a Meal

Jerry and Kathy Bleckov

All of Us In One Place....What a Job

Still Lovers After All These Years

Just Shootin the Sh....Breeze

Mark and Gail Scheibler

Larry and Sandra Shelton

More Sittin and Shootin the .....

Don and Karen Witter

As always, click on a picture to enlarge it.