Typically, there is always someone at Shade Tree. However there are a couple of times a week we get together.

Saturday Mornings

No one really knows when the Saturday morning meetings of the Liars Club started or even why they started. Most every Saturday morning you will find Mr. Charlie at Shade Tree long before the sun comes up getting the coffee brewing for the Liars Club meeting. Seriously, it doesn't seem to matter if it rains, snows or is blazing hot, he'll be there before the rest and the coffee will be hot. The Liars Club is a group of hard core coffee drinking pilots that enjoy getting together to share coffee, donuts and stories. Some of these stories are even true. You never know who will show up, sometimes it's the core group of 5 or 6 but sometimes it may be 10 to 15. You don't have to be a pilot or even drink coffee to come. The meetings are held on "Janet's Porch" and usually start too early and break up when the flying starts.

Wednesday Evenings

Wednesday evening gatherings grew out of necessity. A few years back, Bert was rebuilding his Whitman Tailwind and Bea would bring him a bit to eat at dinnertime. This grew into a few more joining in by bringing whatever they wanted to eat and has since become a tradition. Wednesday nights are now filed with the smell of something grilling, the best potluck dinners and smoke from the fire pit. Just like Saturday mornings, a core group of 5 or 6 people will show but when the weather's good and the days long there could be as many as 20 to 25. What's different about Wednesdays is the crowd isn't made up of just pilots or even aviation enthusiast, it's a family atmosphere. You'll find us under the massive natural canopy that gave Shade Tree it's name. We are lucky to have enormous Live Oak trees that have been here long before the Wright brothers soloed . Under this canopy, years back the EAA chapter that was then at Shade Tree built permanent picnic tables and is now used almost daily to relax and get out of the sun. Dinnertime varies depending on the time of year, we meet under the Oaks earlier in the winter than summer. 

Want to join in?

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