Club wide camping trip in July

I'm up for pretty much any weekend!  I'll be parking the camper there for the weekend and sitting in my chair sipping on something cool and refreshing!  /site/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/_default/emoticons/cool.gif
Just a thought, state parks are almost easier to make sure you get a spot to camp.  They have a reservation system and you can reserve your spot up to 3 months in advance.  Not sure how many people will be camping though.  Maybe if we got enough people in we could talk to the ranger at the park and still possibly reserve some spots?  Either way I'm in for one site with electrical! /site/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

I'll probably be detasseling those 3 weekends, I would still stop by for a little while though.

 

count me in

 

i have a few cents to chip in.
camping is usually best in early june. there are less bugs and less heat.
not to say i wouldn't come if it is in july.

 

I'd probably be up for some camping.

 

Posted By calebjk on 02/23/2008 8:41 PM
i have a few cents to chip in.
camping is usually best in early june. there are less bugs and less heat.
not to say i wouldn't come if it is in july.
We pretty much camp from the first week in May until October!  We're diehards though and love camping.  I figured there would be a lot more people jumping on this one.

 

i dont know if i will be able to convince nick to stay the night, but we would hang out with everyone

 

Just thought I'd throw this out there just in case anyones interested.

I can probably round up a couple tents for people to use if they want to go and don't have one.

 

I agree, and especially with little ones and pets.  We probably won't go because if it gets too hot, there's no where we could go with our then one year old.  But I suppose there will always be somebody who can't go.......
Posted By calebjk on 02/23/2008 8:41 PM
i have a few cents to chip in.
camping is usually best in early june. there are less bugs and less heat.
not to say i wouldn't come if it is in july.

 

i will most likely be able to go and i have a tent that will comfortably fit my wife and i and another couple.

 

I would say I vote for June as well, possibly around the 13th or 14th. With July heat and bugs it's not going to be any fun. People are going to want to be out chating it up and if the bugs are eatting them up and the heat is cooking them it's going to be hard. Also I can see fawns point, there's going to be alot of people with younger kids and quite a few of us with newborns, bugs and heat with babies isn't cool. I'll most likely be bringing the in-laws 5th wheel pending we make it, it sleeps 8 to 10 depending incase people don't have tents. I'm also with matt on reserving the spots, people should give a head count within 2 or 3 weeks and we should get the spots as soon as we can, getting a bunch of side by side spots as going to be a challenge anyway, or at least it is at our campgrounds.

 

I've never camped at Hickory Hills so I don't know how busy it usually is. If we go to a park that doesn't have a way we can reserve it we usually pull down on Wed. night to make sure we get a spot with the group of people we're camping with. Seeing as Hickory Hills is a County Park they probably won't allow you to reserve spots so we'll probably have to snag some a couple days early if everyones willing to foot the extra cost of a couple nights camping. If we get enough people committed it may be worth it to talk to the park ranger and see if he'd let us reserve some spots. This is where George Wyth would be nice as we could reserve up to 90 days in advance to guarantee our spots.

Overall though I personally would rather camp at Hickory Hills. It's a really nice park, there's lots to do there, and it's not as busy. Do they still have all the animals there? It's been a long time since I've been there.

 

Just out of curiosity, was this still going to happen or did it get canceled do to all of the flooding?

-JB