Exceptional People & Firms

Milton Thomas III, CCIM, SIOR (Anchor Commercial/CORFAC International – Charleston, SC) flew his Columbia 400 with his wife Lisa Thomas. Flight time: 50 minutes.John Homsher, CCIM (Podolsky Northstar CORFAC International – Chicago, IL), rode his Harley 2007 Road King Classic all the way to the conference and back in 8 days. He left Chicago at 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday, taking the Interstate through Indiana, south of Louisville to Elizabethtown, KY. John then hopped off the highway and took back roads all the way to Jacksonville. Day 1: rode 740 miles in 13 hours and stayed in Cleveland, TN just east of Chattanooga.Day 2: Wednesday rode 450 miles and meet Charlie King at this park in Reedsville Ga. http://gastateparks.org/GordoniaAlatamaha. Thursday: Day 3 left Reedsville and rode 150 miles to Amelia Island, arriving at 11 a.m. On the way home he went to Savannah on Saturday night and then headed towards Athens, GA for Sunday night but needed to stop 90 miles out due to torrential rain. On Monday John stayed in Bryson City, NC and next day drove over the Smokey Mountains to Pigeon Forge, where he had some work done on the bike and then to Lexington KY for the night (just in time for the World Equestrian Championships). He made it back to Chicago Wednesday night about 8:30 p.m. “The total trip was about 2700 miles and I was tired,” said John, describing his first long distance trip on the Harley.Charlie King (King Industrial Realty/CORFAC International) drove his Winebego with his two dogs (L&R Duke & Major) while Owen Rouse, Jr. (Manekin/CORFAC International – Columbia, MD) hopped on a railroad in Baltimore… then jumped off and decided to fly commercially. A history buff, Owen reports that the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) was one of the oldest railroads in the United States (circa 1886) and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal (which served New York City) and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which would have connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The B&O Warehouse at the Camden Yards rail junction in Baltimore now dominates the view over the right-field wall at the Baltimore Orioles' current home, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The photo of Owen was taken at the B&O Museum Roundhouse a few blocks away from the original rail line.