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On Wednesday, 54 people filled five buses for a trip to Crater
Lake National Park, about two hours away. The guided excursion
included lunch and snowshoeing near the lake’s rim, and got
rave reviews. Other folks used that day to relax at Sunriver or
skied again at the mountain. Wednesday evening was Bend
Night #2. Buses again ferried people downtown to dine, listen to
music at McMenamin’s Old St Francis School or enjoy libations
at the Dogwood Cocktail Cabin, our new “local” bar.

Thursday night was the culmination of our Volcanic Confluence.
Everyone flaunted colorful Hawaiian garb at the Great Lodge for
the Dinner Banquet. The evening’s entertainment started with
slack key guitar music followed by a fantastic Polynesian floor The bus trip to Crater Lake National Park included a snowshoeing trek.
show featuring a traditional native Hawaiian band, more than 20
dancers and numerous costume changes. In addition, there were Botkin; and the dedicated club trip leaders—Cal Nykanen
the usual door prizes, slide show of the week’s activities and a (Club 400); Peggy Simonsen (Chicagoland Club 50); Cindy
preview of the next Chicago Week (Whistler in 2016). Kwallek, Janice Shifley-Gordon, Ed Gordon and Dwayne Kwallek
(Duneland); Bill Gleason (Fleetwind); Scott Schmid & Irene Zaura
On Friday, Mt. Bachelor got 6-8 inches of new snow, a nice treat (Hustlers); Larry Douglas (Inland); Barb Lewanowski (Joliet);
for our last day. That evening was a final opportunity for Sunriver Heather Seger (Nomad); Teri Hammon (Omaha); Dennis Starr
Village dining and the CW Hospitality Suite. (Piccadilly); Lori Kushar (Sitzmark); and Don “Blaze” Blazowski
(Skunk Hollow). Plus a big thanks to all 124 participants for their
Many thanks are due to: Assistant Trip Leader Vicki Schutz; Fun good spirits that made Chicago Week 2015 such a fun event.
Race Coordinator Ed Gordon; CW Photographer Rick Drew; CW
“Door Men” Gary Kaufman, Michael Pogar and Ray Piwowarczyk; If you missed this one, plan on joining us for Chicago Week 2016
Scott Appleman of tour operator AppleCore Sports; Mt. Bachelor at Whistler or on another CW to come.
Resort, especially our groups manager Ann Cook, as well as Julia
Carr, Theresa Jarvis, and Calvin John; Sunriver Resort, especially Mary Kreinbring
events manager Melissa Dimeo, as well as Morgan Damon- Chicago Week Trip Leader 2015

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