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We would like to thank Burreson's, as they allowed us to use their driveway to send out our Rally people, and then to have to stop there again to get their next clue and purchase beef ramen noodles, which we donated to the food pantry! We also want to thank Edelweiss for letting us make that the 2nd stop, pick up the 2nd clue station!! After that, it was a long but absolutely gorgeous ride to get to the Cork Down Saloon, which is right at the entrance to Yellowstone Lake Park. We enjoyed their hospitality as by the time we got there, we were starving!! The food was delicious! From there we crossed the county and ended up at Marcine's, located in Mount Vernon. Thank you so much Marcine for having us back and handing out clue 5. We ended up at the Dam Bar which was fun and the burgers are yummy!!!

Thanks to all of you for putting up with the crowd of anxious, excited and fun loving Road Rally cars full of people!! Lots of stories were being shared there and the bar had to have done some great business that afternoon into the night. We deeply appreciate these establishments for allowing us to interrupt their already busy bars for some fun loving, die hard, excited, fans of the annual Belleville Road Rally. We could not do this without their help.

We also want to thank some people who let us use their yards; for instance, the Hellenbrand family for having the most wonderful giant wooden figurines that happened to be bibbed, also Kathy Gobel for letting us plant the orangutan in her yard, to Kathy Johnson, who so patiently listened to each car sing their assigned Christmas carol, bless her heart, to Jo Tourdot for doing the check ride, which takes a lot of time and makes for a long day.

We want to thank Carol Eberhard for running copies for us, Roger Hillebrand for the same thing, Jon Funseth, along with Greg Johnson for helping Barb retrieve all the game pieces and UFOs. The rain storm pretty much destroyed many UFOs and game pieces so we will be on the hunt for new stuff...

We especially want to thank Sue Moen for taking pics of each car full of people. She is always there early and does such a great job; we are very appreciative to have her there!! Team photos may be viewed on http://www.suepics.com.

We want to thank Tex and Connie Urfer for going on the ride with us as well as Nancy Butts who rode and typed the clues this year. It takes a village to put this on. One more - Marlin Wahl who let us use his yard to plant a stuffed animal, with a UFO stapled to it. And also, Marlin Wahl, thank you so much for getting us going in the right direction, after being lost three different times!! You were a lifesaver!!! I want to also mention that Jon Funseth went along with us to staple all UFOs and game pieces as we would been working in the dark if it had been the two of us!! And last, but not least, thank you so much Rick Funseth for doing all the figuring, and counting and tallying of the scores!!! You are all much appreciated and very important to us!!

We donated a turkey dinner for a family, during the Turkey Drop! The rest of the profits will go towards the Belleville Library Fund!

And last but not least, THANK YOU to all the cars full of people that joined us on November 3rd for our annual Road Rally. We do this because we love it; and we know you LOVE it!! We hope to see you all next year, and bring more friends with you! We would love to get 34 cars again, like we did two years ago!! Help us reach our goal.

Signing off,

The BBCs - Barb, Barb and Connie