We’re exhausted after another full day here at HowdyCon 2017. So we’re going to post some of the photos taken by Observer and Eivol Ekdal and try to recuperate for the big show tonight.
From Observer:
Kim O’Brien (who organized the event) is reading trivia questions submitted by Jimmy3 about Underground Bunker history. Hey, these questions weren’t easy. Even we didn’t know some of the answers!
Kim had us stumped on this one, apparently…
Photos by Eivol Ekdal…
Australian journalist Steve Cannane arrived from London.
And for dessert, a gift from Johnny Tank, delivered by Pete Griffiths…
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Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 4,791 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 2,548 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 1,894 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 2,388 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 1,428 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy in 1,140 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 666 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 4,755 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 1,895 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 2,215 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 2,190 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 546 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin in 4,848 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 955 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis for 1,357 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 1,230 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 811 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike in 1,316 days.
Mary Jane Sterne has not seen her daughter Samantha in 1,560 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 12,669 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 24, 2017 at 07:00
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