Breakfast Club
An Affiliate of the
The Knife & Fork
Breakfast Club Meets in Holbrook
14 Jun 2008
by Warren McIlvoy
The June Breakfast
Club event took us to the northeast part
of
Denny's is about a 3-block walk with Jerry's about 2-blocks
further north from Denny's. This time we choose Jerry's as we have been
to Denny's each time that we have been here in the past. Other than the
seating arrangements, you could not tell which of the two choices that you
ended-up in. The food is about the same as are the prices. The bottom line here
is, except for the additional exercise of walking the two additional blocks
each way, you might just as well save the time a make Denny's your first
choice. The highway in front of both establishments is part of the old,
historic Route 66 often called "America's Highway".
Holbrook (pop 5150), like many small, northern
The one really unique thing about
Holbrook, or more specifically, the airport, is the refueling routine. More
often than not, the manager is away from the airport attending to other duties.
To get fuel, you retrieve the key from along side the computer keyboard and
open the lockbox that houses the power switch to the fuel pump. After
refueling, lock the lockbox and replace the key by the keyboard. There is a
phone message pad on the desk where you list your name, the amount of fuel that
you loaded, and your phone number. Some time during the next 24-48 hours, you
should receive a phone call from the manager to get your credit card number.
Where else have you experienced this kind of trust? I spoke with the manager on
Monday to give him my credit card number and I asked him if he had a situation
where fuel was taken but no contact information was given. He replied that he
had never had that happen. I think that this speaks volumes about the aviation
community.
The Holbrook Gang
What's Next?
The July Breakfast
Club event will have us traveling east to Globe
and the Apache Gold Casino and in August, we will be heading south to
Click on the Holbrook link to view some photos of this fly-in event.