Don, No, actually, the name "Homecoming" refers to Stovebolters returning to the home of Stovebolt.com which is now high atop Cumberland Mountain in Skyline, AL (Jacob's Mountain, if you want to get geographically accurate about this particular high spot on the Cumberland Plateau.) Which is why, when Stovebolt HQ moved to the banks of the Potomac River in 2019 to a campus that could not support such an event, we changed the name to "Wrenchfest" -- a name that *does* belong to the ODSS. That that Stovebolt.com HQ has relocated to a sprawling campus that can easily support a gathering worthy of the name, we shall resurrect "Homecoming" and slap it on the event proudly. Of course, Bolt-O-Rama works, too.
As for seminars and workshops, having everyone run their trucks through the OR for a Jerry-supervised "Companion Cylinder" valve adjustment tops my list. We might have a 235 or 261 (or both) here for whatever use we may elect to make of them. We could even drag your dead butt over to the bench grinder to do one of your famous seminars on rehabb'ing drill bits. Who knows, maybe even Lugnutz could magically appear to do something transmission related -- that one is always a crowd pleaser. And if we haven't retrieved Jerry's 3-ton GMC by then, we could always throw in a fieldtrip to go get that truck.
But just to be clear -- Homecoming/Bolt-O-Rama is about wrenching. Its not a foodie event
attendees should come with something they need help with or something for the class.
As for hotels ... there is a very nice AirBNB very close to HQ that would support 5 or 6 folks. Its usually rented by hunters during hunting season. Our daughter stayed there when she visited in February -- its nice.
