Hi Stephen and Shirley-
Thanks so much for the update and reserving the camp for us. You guys have taken care of the hard part...securing the location!
Last year, we kept it to just Camp-inn folks for this gathering (i.e. people who are either on the forum (trailers, tents, etc were all welcome), or Camp-inn people who are not on our forum were advised and made plans). This was pretty fun to have all of the camp-inn trailers in a group. People parked where they wanted, but all in a general area. Those of us with younger kids parked closer to each other, while folks with no kids tended to park a bit further away (no offense was taken, as we know we can be a little louder than others, but try to be respectful). Evan was especially good at keeping the kids busy cleaning up our area, and Frank brought a fun science experiment for everyone to enjoy one night (soda and mentos!).
We didn't plan day trips as a group, just said each night around 5-5:30 (or earlier, if folks felt inclined) we would gather round the fire and have drinks and everyone bring something nibbly to share with the group (folks brought their own beverages, although some brought some amazing bevvies to share...I am thinking Mudslides and sangria as well as Franks marvelous mixing machines!). This usually resulted in leaving no room in your belly for the dinner you had planned (and to my newish obsession with Delice de Bourgogne cheese...I love cheese!). It was a nice social time to bring everyone together (and Evan and Lena were especially gracious in their Dutch oven cooking!). Days were left up to each person to plan how they wanted to. If someone was going somewhere, they might invite folks, or not, but we all just met back up at night. We kept things simple, and that worked really well, especially since some of us travel at different speeds. I am good with that still, although I do plan on taking the lad over to St. Helen's, but we will likely just hang tight around the lake and play a lot too.
Just my 2 cents. How do others feel about that? Do they want more structure this year or more free form?