MODESTO:

Arrived right at 3pm, had Bill all to myself for 10 minutes, he signed my Coquille River LE in black pen, the bases to my 3 lenses with that neat gold pin (which makes them look even nicer), and spent some time explaining to me that the bottom of my Coquille was covered in a type of flocking and not felt like the later models; I gave some grief to his rep about the proliferation of open edition giftware and how I felt it was diminishing the value and enjoyment of the LE's, bought the Mark Twain piece (which is much nicer than the pics), and split...I have no idea who won the gold piece...I doubt I was even entered into the contest...