CS Gamers Unite In Scotland Again!!!

[Dan Caviness]

Hey Petri:

Good to hear from you!

The group that is organizing the trip is another group of Grognards, the "Mean Old Bastards".
A wargaming clan I joined many years ago to play...don't judge me...Battlefield 1942...the old first person shooter...;)

It was my last "twitch" game...what can I say?  It emphasized teamwork, and that was the part that appealed to me.  I cannot out twitch the 13 year old kids...but as a group...we could out think them.  The map we owned, of course, was Omaha Beach.  We'd beat them in tournaments, offer to switch sides, and beat them again.

We are trying to set it up around the anniversary, June 6th, or more likely somewhere near June 6th.
I'll keep you posted as this gets narrowed down.

This group will amount to no more than 4 or 5 individuals...and we would love to have more involved.
They are an eclectic bunch with a Canadian Air Rescue helicopter pilot, an Arizonian (is that a word?) self made business man holding over 100 patents to his name, a West Virginian who is probably married to his cousin, and a couple old Nuclear Engineers.
From disparate backgrounds, we all shared one thing, we were...wait for it...Mean Old Bastards...;) 

It's only a hop, skip, and a jump for you right?
Finland to France...how hard can that be?...;)

They want to have a tour guide, and I agree that is probably the best way to go.
Not that I don't think two or three Blitzer's put together would give that tour guide a run for his money...;)
They will probably have to gag me to keep my mouth shut...doing the world a favor in the process...

I'd like to see:

1.  Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc (of course)
2.  Pegasus Bridge
3.  Hill 112
4.  Caen
5.  Remaining Atlantic Wall fortifications (if any survive)
6.  Sword Beach (I have to see where Bill Millen waded ashore...blowing his bagpipes)
7.  Arromanches and St. Miere Eglis where I believe they still have a paratrooper hanging from the eaves in the center square.  Well...a dummy at least...lol...
8.  At least two war cemeteries, one being the German one at Le Cambe'.

I'll email you Petri.
Anyone else who is seriously interested, let me know.
Obviously for our American member's...this is a significant investment in time and money.

Regards,

Dan