Santa Dave Memories

Car gassed up. Memory book and the two newspapers for the family in the car. We are set to roll in the morning.

Still don't know which way we'll go - but we we'll figure that out in the morning.

wish everyone my best and send my condolences.

If anyone sees Scott Hansen (he's pretty hard to miss) say hello!

Hope everyone has a SAFE trip tomorrow!

thanks peeps - tv - thinking of going interstate :

TV-

I will pm you my cell # in case you have any problems or break down

Yahoo maps gives the directions through Mankato and says only 3 hours. That would be a shorter distance in the same time.

Sometimes having a crystal ball would be good.

Thanks for the cell number. Hopefully we won't need it.

I know Mom has a cell that she'll have, but I usually call her house number and she has it forwarded to her cell. Being tomorrow will be a different situation, that might change, but do I know her real cell number? No.

Thank you Dave, I owe you one. Enjoy the medallion, it was my honor. And thanks for the kind wishes, she did say yes.

-The soon to be Mr. Mrs. Bear.

Y'all will be in my thoughts and prayers tomorrow. I wish I could be there with you.

Me too, Eags. You will be there in spirit though.

Yes, I will be there in spirit.

I'll be thinking of you all tomorrow too ....Please extend my sympathy to the family.

Hope you all have a great weekend ...talk to you next week ... yup Kitch, another 5 days with no internet :smile:

Nothing but walleye, campfires, loons, northern lights, eagles, crappies, and ahhhhhh........ :smile: :smile:

I don't think we'll be fishing this weekend, but the loons, eagles and campfire and with any luck northern lights is on our agenda for the weekend too.

gps...says freeway..

but what does it know..

<----- Looking forward to being a back seat driver for a change :smile:

I am anxious to get there and meet his family. Thankfully the sun will be at our backs both ways. It has always been one of the nice things about going out to see Inks folks...we go west in the morning and east in the evening.

I wish we had more time. I'd scoot up to Willmar and see my father-in-law.

Have a safe trip everyone. Send my thoughts to his family and tell them I wish I could be there.

Will do OTiS.

Heading out in a sec. We'll try and do the Crew well.

Joe

Did anyone happen to print this thread or show any of Dave's family how to get in here? I know TV was going to copy off some of the memories but I also know that I found it very interesting to read through the thread about my wife. You guys are the greatest to say the least!

CM - out.

For those of us who are with the Cooler Crew in spirit today - if you can - at 1:30PM CDT let's just take a moment of silence. I will light a candle at that time - please join me in doing that if you can.

done eags. my office smells like a fresh rain (thanks to the candle)

Love all of you!

Love to all the Cooler Crew, from me, too!

The candle I've got burning has Santa on the candle holder.

Maybe whoever is online tonight - we can do candles then too.

We just got back. Awesome day. Laughter, chuckles, tears and time spent with super people.

We will be heading north as soon as I can think about driving again...in about 15 minutes.

FYI - Scot Hanson was not there, but had left a message with DDYs cousin Margie about some roast they are planning to do sometime this coming week. He was going to get more information to her. She has my email and she will contact us.

Heading north now. I truly wish you could have all been there. It was an awesome day and experience.

Have fun!

it was a very good day to be with friends. I enjoyed my time with fellow CC members and the camraderie of that - DAves family - sister and cousins were all gracious and happy we showed up for Daves Day :smile:

It was like terry said both Happy and Sad.

Dave was a special guy who will be missed - cherish and embrace other coolers in here and out on the hunts - they are all unique, special and important in their own way.

I am proud to have hung out with all (many) of you and the other 10 people (cooler crew members) i got to know better today in worthington and on the drive.

Thanks for being the cooolest.....

Rest in poeace and laughter Dave :smile:

RR

And some special thanks for the shoulders and the hugs today. You all are so very special and awesome people.

And Eags and Vino - thank you so much for the candle lighting. How appropriate. It brings tears to my eyes to think of it.

Some say love it is a river

that drowns the tender reed

Some say love it is a razer

that leaves your soul to blead

Some say love it is a hunger

an endless aching need

I say love it is a flower

and you it's only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking

that never learns to dance

It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken

who cannot seem to give

and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely

and the road has been too long

and you think that love is only

for the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows

lies the seed

that with the sun's love

in the spring

becomes the rose.

Thank you Kitch. That was a beautiful song and lovingly sung yesterday. Margie has a beautiful singing voice.

what a great bunch of friends and family of "THE HITMAN's"...I can't believe how lucky we all are to have recieved a chance to meet some of them....

I truely do hope that his neice does indeed come up and hunt with us.....I'm sure she will ....you can see that same twinkle in her eye that dave had...it was there...

KCOGRN - Do you have pictures you printed out for me saved?

There is a possibility that we could put all the memory book into a bound paperback. Eags will have that information sometime in the next couple or few days. It would be nice to include the photos.

I think that twinkle is exactly why DDY loved her and loved being with her.

omg...I found it...I found it...

now if only i had the video....

LL, me2 & Icesis2 just danced with santa dave to "I want your sex"! Whoooooooooo!

That photo of Santa Dave at Ma Press is just the best!

huh??

from peoplesforum.com

(Invitational) 2005 St Paul Winter Carnival Medallion #8247 - Diggin'4_it_Again Feb 2, 2005 07:49 pm

"Slogging through these posts today and just read where Santa Dave(post 8053) was in the Movie Untamed Heart.....Diggin' Daughter was the cute little girl on line with Santa!!! She has her hands in her pockets looks at the camera and then goes over to Santa.....wow - cool. "

found it...

he said "And I had some more groupies who recognized me in the movie Untamed Heart, a 1993 movie made here in the twin cities by MGM with Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, and Rosie Perez."

and

"It was down by the river some place in

Minneapolis. I don't remember the exact

location. I was in scene 7 if you get the DVD."

he also said---

 "Groupies? What a concept! Actually I had groupies

several years ago after I did a commercial for

10,000 Auto Parts..."

  

  I'm just having fun looking at some old posts  Â

like the HTML touch too :smile:

nice

My best memory of Santa Dave... Or memory of the character of Santa Dave...

After Jake had found the medallion, waaaay late into the night, a few of us DDY included went out with Jake to see where the medallion was hidden.

 Jake had mentioned that it was pretty far into the park, and a rough walk. Dave still came along. He was a little (a lot) slower than the rest of us, so I slowed down to walk with him for a while. We talked for a while, stopping about three times so he could rest a bit. Me2 was on the phone behind us and finally caught up with me and Dave. Assuring me he would be alright, we sped ahead a bit since we were out of visual and verbal contact with Jake and crew. We got to the spot, took some pictures, looked back and there was Dave, a good 1/8 mile or so back, sitting and waiting for us on our way back. We got back and walked back up that long, steep and slippery road back up to the cars.

He was old, and got tired easily, I just never really thought about it at the time. But looking back (funny how this stuff comes to you) he wasn't coming along for the medallion... He came along for Jake. From the top of the hill looking down, it did look dangerous. I thought for sure I was going to slip at least once. Still he came.

An amazing man... I can't say I have ever met anyone so genuinely caring as him, nor do I think I ever will again. He was is one in a million.

Thanks Dave. For being you.

I'll haveta get that DVD.

I've been trying to collect any movies made in the twin cities anyway, but it wouldbecool tofind Dave in one.

http://www.wgtn.net/Turkeyday/events.htm

hopefully i can make this hunt.

you and CM just want to hang with margie :wink:

thanks for posting this through your eyes-

It will be one of my fond memories with all of you who were there - Jessie, Jake, Santa Dave, Zeph and the mystery man.

I'm glad I came with too

Its moments like these that make me stay til barclose and try to come to every event and every gettogether - memories and love and friends and family and laughs and cries and support and inspiration and geniune care.

ty

I think Turkey days calls for another road trip

that pic with ddy in the pp lobby is wonderful!!! and he's holding the paper that he's in!! I love it!

He talked about that with Inks and I later. He said it was a very, very loooonnnnngggggg way and then laughed his famous laugh.

Thanks for sharing that Zephy.

So does anyone know the cemetary Dave is at? I just figure if I'm ever in the area I'd like to stop by and visit.

It's the Worthington Cemetary - and he is buried at the Young family plot - signified with a Young family stone.