some thoughts on Hara Arena, and the Hamvention`s new home.
I just got to thinkin` about the closing of Hara Arena, and ya know it`s kinda funny to me, i can still remember riding to Dayton & laughing at all the folksies on places like Facebook yapping on about how Hara Arena was going to go away someday and even having a snicker about it on the train with some folks i know that work for Amtrak, we used to have a good laugh about the arena too but i`ll digress for now
. Anyway, as i rode to Dayton last may we again were kinda making fun of the arena during a conversation about a kinda funny "what-if" senario of the power failing at the arena during the show (made for a good chuckle and made the miles fly past a bit faster too
). I never dreamed that i`d be seeing the day that place would close & ride off into the sunset, but it has. I kinda thought that like my brother-in-law Hara would go another few years till something really gnarly happened and THEN it would go away (we use to joke about it toppling over too). I can remember sitting on the #51 Cardinal running bck to this state literally snickering myself to sleep after another totally funny chat about that old nag known as Hara Arena
. Now it`s really happening. Thanx Hara for the fun memories, and may you rest in peace. Now we look forward to the new home of Dayton Hamvention and see what crops up going forward. I will again board a bus & train come May with wonder and excitement about what the new venue will look like as the trains carry me to meet my brother in Cincinnati. And i`m sure y`all feel the same way i do too...or mabey not
, but we all will still have a great time at Hamvention, just like we do every year, and that`s what matters folks. N9NRA