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WV WWW VI GTG April 11-13 2008

GoldBowTie

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Anybody up for the next Wild n Wonderful Weekend?

April 11-13 2008, Blackwater Falls -  Davis, WV
http://www.blackwaterfalls.com/

WVAvalanche has cabin #3. - bunking with WISE AV, WVBubba
Hugz has cabin #14. - bunking with CodeBlue's, Shels Land, Bee Sting
Moddess has cabin #8. - bunking with Jstbad, ChevyThunder/Lightning, Skyview/Tequila Rose
hubcap has cabin #7.
BigBlockBirch has cabin #2.
N1NCZ has reserved a cabin.
avarchitect has reserved a cabin.

Attendees:
1 GoldBowTie & Toots - LODGE
2 WVAvalanche & Mrs - CABIN
3 ohiobellboy & Mrs - LODGE
4 WISE AV +? - CABIN
5 hubcap & mrshubcap - CABIN
    MrsBubba & WVBubba +2 - CABIN
6 RCHeliguy & Sandy - LODGE
7 Moddess & PokerGuy +2 - CABIN
8 Jstbad + Ernie - CABIN
9 ChevyThunder & ChevyLightning - CABIN
10 Hugz & Baby_doll - CABIN
11 CodeBlue'sWife & CodeBlueEMT & Corbin - CABIN
12 BigBlockBirch & Mrs. +2 - CABIN
13 Shels Land +? - CABIN
     Bee Sting - CABIN
14 N1NCZ +2 - CABIN
15 bonesaw & Willyorca - CABIN
16 moosc - LODGE
17 02 Z71 +1 - LODGE
18 avarchitect +3 - CABIN
19 Skyview & Tequila Rose - CABIN
20 Stagecoach and Mrs. - LODGE
21 Trey - LODGE
22 ShapeShifter - CAMPING

And one "Mystery Guest."
Don't ask who it is, because I can't tell you.  :p

Saturday itinerary:

Pick and choose the option(s) you want.
You may choose all, some, or none of the options.

Option #1:
Group breakfast at the lodge - 8:30-10:00.

Option #2:
Depart from the lodge parking lot at 10:00.
Visit the Blackwater Falls at the state park - 10:30-11:30.

Option #3:
Cruise to Seneca Rocks - 11:30-12:30.
Photo op in the parking lot?
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/senrcks_txt.html

Option #4:
Walk or ride up Seneca Rocks - 1:00-2:30.
http://www.yokums-stables.com/info.htm
Horseback sign-up here

Option #5:
Visit Smokehole Caverns - 3:00-4:30.
http://www.smokehole.com/caverns.html
You may come along and not do the tour.
In for the tour:
GoldBowTie - 2 adults
moosc - 1 adult
ohiobellboy & Twiggy - 2 adults
N1NCZ - 3 adults
ShapeShifter - 2 adults
WVAvalanche - 2 adults
BigBlockBirch - 4 adults
02 Z71 - 2 adults
CodeBlueEMT - 3 adults
RCHeliguy - 2 adults
Bee Sting - 1 adult
Shels Land - 1 adult
Skyview - 2 adults
bonesaw - 2 adults
WVBubba - 3 adults, 1 child

What you choose to do is entirely up to you.
If you want to mod in the morning and cruise in the afternoon, that's OK.
If you want to cruise in the morning and mod in the afternoon, that's OK.
If you want to cruise all day, that's OK.
If you want to mod all day, that's OK.
If you want to do nothing all day, or do something different, that's OK too.
The only requirement is that you have fun no matter what you do.

Lunch will be "fend for yourself."
I suggest having a big breakfast, packing a small lunch and saving up for dinner.

We can set a time to meet at the cabins Saturday evening to begin the cooking/eating/modding/etc.
I'm thinking 5:30/6:00pm?

Please CLICK HERE regarding food and drink assignments.
Everyone is welcome to bring what they want and MrsBubba is getting the list established there.

Sunday itinerary  :dunno:
Sunday morning cruise to Thomas to check out the windmills?
Maybe drive up Backbone mountain?
Say goodbyes and depart for home.

Misc reminders:
Bring folding chairs.
FRS radios on channel 8.
Also, please gas up on Friday - I don't know the availability of gas on our planned cruising for Saturday.

Final edit:
Attendees:
1 GoldBowTie and Toots
2 RCHeliguy
3 ohiobellboy and twiggy
4 BigBlockBirch
5 N1NCZ
    Bee Sting
6 bonesaw and Willyorca
7 Hugz and Baby_doll
8 CodeBlueEMT and CodeBlue'sWife
9 moosc
10 Moddess and pokerGUY
11 Shels Land
12 hubcap and mrshubcap
13 WVAvalanche
14 WISE AV
     WVBubba and MrsBubba
15 avarchitect
16 02 Z71
17 Jstbad
18 Skyview and Tequila Rose
19 Spork_Driver
20 Stagecoach
21 Trey
22 ShapeShifter
23 JohnBchef
 
You know we're in!!! (y) Blackwater Falls sounds good. April 12th is Taney's b-day and I can't think of a better way to spend then with our AV "family".  :love:

Mrs WVAV
 
Been though and stayed in WV many times..  Havent had a GTG there yet....!!!!
 
This is a fun place. We go up every year. This is close to alot of neat places. Here are a few links.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/senrcks_txt.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/dolly_scenic.html
http://www.canaanvalley.org/activities.cfm
http://www.smokehole.com/caverns.html
http://www.senecacaverns.com/
There is also a mom and pops place to eat called the 4U Restaruant.  About 30 minutes away just south of seneca rocks.
There is a little know military museum we've seen....
http://www.topkicksmilitarymuseum.com/

This is about an hour away but very nice with free tours
http://www.gb.nrao.edu/
These are just some ideas for ya to think about. I have been to all of these places.  So its up to you guys what you want to do.
I hope im off for this. But if not, i'll take vaction time.

 
I wanna goooooo  its beautiful...hmmmm only 6.5 hours away..have to convince the hubby  >:D
 
CodeBlue'sWife said:
I wanna goooooo? its beautiful...hmmmm only 6.5 hours away..have to convince the hubby? >:D
I think Hugz and you and silverbudman too!
Y'all should come.? :welcome:

hubcap said:
Here are a few links.
Thank you.? :yourock:

Typically MrsBubba gets the ball rolling on the WVWWW GTG's.
I sure hope she knows that I am not trying to jump in and take over.
It's just that these spring GTG's are some of my favorites and most memorable ones, so I'm a little anxious to get some plans together.

Lotsa positive response so far.? (y)
 
I think we could get the NC crew to come up...  Just have to figure out when and where...  (y)
 
HMMMMMM....the wife and I were talking about a weekend away this spring...I'll bookmark this and watch it.
 
I have a few pictures...Not sure how to link them.

http://www.chevyavalanchefanclub.com/coppermine/index.php?cat=35105

This is on OUR way....maybe not everyones way.  Exit 99 off Interstate 79 and follow State Route 33 east approximately 12 miles to Buckhannon and turn south on State Route 20

http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/wildlifecenter.shtm
 
GoldBowTie said:
Typically MrsBubba gets the ball rolling on the WVWWW GTG's.
I sure hope she knows that I am not trying to jump in and take over.
It's just that these spring GTG's are some of my favorites and most memorable ones, so I'm a little anxious to get some plans together.

Lotsa positive response so far.? (y)
I don't think Mrs. Bubba will mind. She didn't mind at all last year when I took the lead. She has been so busy since she started working. I don't think she even has much time to get on here.... and I miss her. :needhug:

Mrs WVAV
 
Hugz said:
I think we could get the NC crew to come up...? Just have to figure out when and where...? ?(y)
Oh... that would be great!!! :woohoo: This annual GTG is always so much fun... and I know if you all came up that would make it even better. (y)

Mrs WVAV
 
Sounds like a great time...

If you push it into May...I could bring the Camper down for the weekend...

We could all meet there... :rolleyes: ... around the campfire...
 
Count us in for this.  Always a good time.  Let us know when dates are firm so we can make reservations. 

  --OldVMer
 
OldVMer said:
Count us in for this.? Always a good time.? Let us know when dates are firm so we can make reservations.?

? --OldVMer

I think we will stick with the weekend of April 12.


To everyone, are there any objections to Blackwater Falls?
If not, I'll call later this week to get more info and to make sure they have availability.
 
Never been there so I dont know..  But there is a first time for everything...
Once a date is locked in I will be my vacation down  :woot:
 
hubcap said:
Weekend of April 12, 2008..Works great for me and Melissa. :D

(y) As far as I am concerned, that clinches the date.  It's so hard to hit a hole in your schedules.

  --OldVMer 
 
Hello ALL!! 
As MrsWVAV said, my life is a bit more hectic then it was and I just don't have time to get on the computer much! 
My shirt might say Cruise Coordinator on it, but without all of you, there would be no GTGs!  I appreciate ANY and ALL help with getting things sorted out, planned and enjoyed!
Since it seemed like April 12 was a sure-thing, tonight, after our impromptu Bubba's Birthday Dinner, we went ahead and called Black Water (from the parking lot!) and reserved the 4 bedroom cabin!  The Bubba Bunch, WiseAV's and WVAV's will split the bill and host the party there!
Now, I have not talked to them about blocking off rooms for the lodge or seeing about special pricing. 
If we do get the 10 rooms booked and have the confrence room available, maybe we can use that as a meeting place as everyone arrives.  At North Bend and Pipestem, if we used the confrence room for our "party", we also had to use their catering service, we were not aloud to bring in any food or drinks. Using the cabins allows us a bit more freedom! 
If you want me to call and see about blocking off rooms, I can probably do that Tuesday after school.  If someone can get to it sooner, that would be fine too!  You might also tell them that the cabin, booked by MrsWVAV, is also part of the group....it should count towards the total. 
I will try to check in more often since this is on a roll now!  I don't have time during the day, but will look during the evening hours!
I am SO glad to see that some of our NC friends might be joining us!
We miss all ya'll and can't wait to see you!!
 
Well ?Mrs Bubba beat me to it... thats what I got on here to post. :p I hope that date works well for everyone and we have no objections to getting a cabin again this year. It has always worked well in the past getting a cabin and we just felt it would be comfortable and as Mrs B said " we'd have more freedom".

So the Bubba's, WiseAV, and WVAV have their room reserved who's next? This is one of my favorite GTG's every year and I am SO looking forward to seeing everyone! :love: Is it April yet?

Mrs WVAV

BTW... GBT thanks for getting this GTG rolling this year! :yourock:
 
ohiobellboy said:
OK, we're in. Make that oHIobellboy and Mrs.
:woot: That's great oHIobellboy.... looking forward to meeting you and the Mrs.? Who's next now that a date is confirmed?

Mrs WVAV
 
OK, have to check a few things..  Found out at my bday party this weekend, I might be going on a cruise in April... 
So once I get that locked in we will be making the final plans..

Hugz
 
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