Hi There, Lohring is at Leg Lake in Californ...

July 09, 2004 by Lohring in Lohring

Hi There,
Lohring is at Leg Lake in California for the NAMBA Nationals. He called tonight to say that he made it there and is hanging out with his boathead buddies, chewing the fat and getting ready to race his boats all next week. He won't be back until July 23! When he leaves California he'll go straight to work and then home to Eugene.

I had an amazing and wonderful time at the Tule Lake pilgrimage this last weekend, where we visited the infamous internment camp in northern California that previously housed up to 16,000+ people during the war!

There were 330+ pilgrimage attendees but they were not all Japanese nor were they all internees. Family members, friends, and others, e.g.,film makers, psychologists, a Eugene judge, etc. came along to learn more about what happened during the internment of 120,000 Japanese from the west coast who were placed in 10 concentration camps throughout the United States.

Attendees came from Japan, the east and west coast and other states. We traveled together in deluxe chartered buses and stayed at the Oregon Institue of Technology dorms in Klamath Falls. The weekend was filled with activities, speakers, group and panel discussions, documentaries on the internment experience, a visit to the internment camp and a wonderful evening of entertainment. The master of ceremony of the entertainment program was Mr. Sulu from Star Trek! Honest! His real name is George Takei, who was interned in Arkansas. During the day he was wearing a purple Star Trek baseball cap that said,"beam me up Scotty."

Next week Monday and Tuesday I'll be in Lincoln City hiking with a friend and exploring the outlet stores! Sorry I missed the fourth of July bash at Jennys...Hope we can get together for more family stuff!