It was midnight when we dragged our exhausted, dust covered bodies
\nback into town. There was a dozen of us unloading in the parking lot
\nof “Bruno’s Country Club” in the little desert town of Gerlach, Nevada.
\nThe restaurant had been closed since 8 that evening and the nearest
\nanything was a two hour drive away. Then out from the bar comes this
\ntruly ancient and grouchy man, Bruno himself. In his broken English
\n“What the hell yous doing out
\nthere. Get in here.”<\/p>\n
He ushered us all in and then he vanished through the connecting
\ndoor to the restaurant while say something about us being damn
\nfools (I’m paraphrasing Bruno’s language was much more grand,
\nexpansive and colorful). A bit later out comes Bruno in his apron
\nwith plates of sandwiches, potato salad and coffee for the crew.<\/p>\n
Years before Bruno kept the bar open for just me till 4 in the
\nmorning while waiting for word that one of our recovery teams
\nmaking out of the desert was safe. In those wee hours I got the
\nwhole story of Bruno’s life growing up in Tuscany and exactly why
\nItalians are better at raising cattle. He wouldn’t hear of shutting
\ndown until we got the news everyone was safe.<\/p>\n
Too many stories.<\/p>\n
Bruno passes away this week at the age of 94.<\/p>\n
Since our first flight in the Black Rock desert in the early 80’s
\nBruno has taken care my team.<\/p>\n
Thank you Bruno.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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