Nancy and I are at SLCInt'l airport, leaving in less than a half-hour for Ord. There we'll hang out for 2 hours or more in late afternoon (their time) and board for the 75-minute flight to Marquette Universal Aerodrome. It's a big airport -- we've got TWO gates. That's huge, hey?
So -- Jim the Texican is calling and emailing and working to get media coverage set up, and I'll be writing up a release or two to submit to said media. I'll try to get it done while riding on the plane (we've got exit row seats so I'll have a bit extra room to type) and I'll email it to Jim during our hiatus at O'Hare.
We'll do what we can from this end. Unh, maybe I should ask all of youse guys to contact your local media and ask them to scrounge some coverage. We can hope to get it on the newswires, or they can email or call me so I can give them the story. My email, I remind you, is jonwennerberg (at) nancyandjon.org.** My telephone is 906 361 6282. Spammers -- don't pay any attention to the previous line, hey?
**I'll suggest that you have them read back the email address if they take it from you -- it's very common for folks to miss the ".org" and substitute a ".com". That won't work. They'll also add an "h" in Jon. Nope -- don' do that, Desi.
Let's give 'em a big story and make them regret that they weren't there. No, maybe I shouldn't say that -- if they were there I would have had to shove through too many camera crews to do any good.
Finally (for now, at least) -- thanks to Mike Cook and all of the Land Speed Enterprises team. I'll be making up souvenir coffee mugs for them - and for the individual teams. I'll probably also do up a run opf cups for you folks. They'll be $10/each plus shipping from Marquette, Michigan. When you order -- specify red, black, green, or blue.
Ta-ta for now -- gotta go sit on the wing of the plane for three hours. At least it'll give my hair a great "doo".
