RE: Vail Lake Resort (Temecula) Mini-Rally June 6-8, 2003

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g-whiz

#60
Jun 04, 2003, 08:37 PM
 griffsmom
 
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 She lives!!!!  Welcome back to the planet.  If you come in on Thursday, will it be by dinner time?  Just wondering if we should wait.  We were thinking we d go out, but if you were going to be there, I could make some sloppy joes and have  tater salad or some such thing.  Or, we could all go out.  Let me know.  I m looking forward to meeting your Mom!
 

 You crack me up![:D]
 
 I think we re hoping to leave by mid-afternoon, and depending on how traffic is, we may get there around dinner time.  Then we ll want to get at least nominally set up, so you d be better off just doing whatever you were planning on doing for dinner.  Knowing Dave, we ll probably go get a pizza.  But it s sweet of you to think of us!  [:)]  We can hook up around the campfire after dinner. I now keep decaf coffee in the camper in your honor!
 
 My mom is looking forward to going camping.  She was supposed to have come with us to the rally, but she got sick and had to stay home.  She s very sweet and shy--I m not a bit like her. [;)]
 

 Okie dokie.  We should arrive at the campground anywhere from 1ish to 3ish.  Not because of traffic, but because I m not exactly sure when we ll leave.  At any rate, we will hook up at the campfire for decaf and Irish Cream (that way I don t name a brand)!  So, your mom is more like me... sweet and shy!!! [;)]
 

OC Campers

#61
Jun 04, 2003, 11:54 PM
 g-whizSweet and shy Georgeanne?  Hmmm I think someone dumped some manure somewhere near by.[:D]
 
 Lori, we are looking forward to meeting your mom.
 
 We will roll in sometime Friday night.  Probably leave OC around 3-3:30pm
 
 Jacqui

g-whiz

#62
Jun 05, 2003, 12:01 AM
 OC Campers
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  OC Campers
 
 Sweet and shy Georgeanne?  Hmmm I think someone dumped some manure somewhere near by.[:D]
 
 Lori, we are looking forward to meeting your mom.
 
 We will roll in sometime Friday night.  Probably leave OC around 3-3:30pm
 
 Jacqui
 

 Well, I hope you had your boots on!!!  [;)]  See you Friday evening!!!!

Ab Diver

#63
Jun 05, 2003, 10:35 AM
 g-whizHay, y all (I hear that s the proper way to enunciate down south in your part of Calif [;)] )
 
 I hope everyone has a great time this weekend. We ll drink a toast to our SoCal brethren as we Wave at da Beach in Ft. Bragg. Happy trails and safe driving!

Surfcal

#64
Jun 05, 2003, 10:50 AM
 g-whizHey folks, like Ab Diver, I just dropped down a couple of notches on the Camping Club Forums section to wish you a great time.  This is a momentous ocassion, simultaneous rallies between the two sister clubs.
 
 We ll miss your DO expertise, but if the Ab Diver gets lucky, we won t need it and we ll just drop his catch into the ol  electric fryer, actually he just bought a new one.
 
 G-Whiz, I ll do my best to document the event so that even though you re not there, maybe you can still sneak our rally in your scrapbook.  I ll be your cub reporter up north.
 
 OK, Otter and I will hug trees for you all.
 
 Surfcal

gsm x2

#65
Jun 05, 2003, 02:33 PM
 g-whizThis is truly a great and momentous occation....TWO count them TWO simu-rallies in California.  Ray--if we could just get that WebCam thing going, we could join each others at the campfires.  Please take lots of pictures.  I know that Randy and I will be doing lots of that heeere in the sssouthhh.
 
 Car is packed.  Just minutes away from hooking up the trailer and rolling away.  See you all on Sunday....unfortunately that work thing got in the way this weekend....so we ll have to come back Saturday night.
 
 gsm x2

mrflinders

#66
Jun 05, 2003, 11:46 PM
 g-whizWe are all set and ready to go..... One of the neighbor boys is dropping out so it will be Me and Kerry with 3 boys instead of 4.  The party starts when we arrive, baby!  [:D]
 
 

Camping Coxes

#67
Jun 07, 2003, 11:54 PM
 g-whizWaaaaah.  And here I am, stuck at the computer.  
 
 BUT..... Emily pitched a no-hitter in her first game, got a triple with two RBIs and a double with two more RBIs.  Then her next game (15 minute break between) was not a no-hitter, but she did strike out 15 batters.  The last two innings she pitched exactly 9 pitches each inning.  She got to her eighth pitch and I said, " Give ya $5 if you make it an even 9 pitches."   And she did it.  Then the next inning she asked me if I wanted to do it again.  I thought, what are the chances of her doing it twice?  I ll be darned if she didn t do it again!  So I m out $10 and she got the game ball!
 
 I hope you all are having a great time.

gsm x2

#68
Jun 08, 2003, 07:55 AM
 Camping Coxes
QuoteBUT..... Emily pitched a no-hitter in her first game, got a triple with two RBIs and a double with two more RBIs. Then her next game (15 minute break between) was not a no-hitter, but she did strike out 15 batters. The last two innings she pitched exactly 9 pitches each inning. She got to her eighth pitch and I said, " Give ya $5 if you make it an even 9 pitches."  And she did it. Then the next inning she asked me if I wanted to do it again. I thought, what are the chances of her doing it twice? I ll be darned if she didn t do it again! So I m out $10 and she got the game ball!

 Wow--very impressive Emily.  I had some fears that the tournement would be a flop.  Very glad to see it was anything but.
 
 We had to come home last night because I work this morning and couldn t get out of it.  Everyone had a great time.  Weather was perfect.  Even hot enough for most of the kids to get into the non-heated pool.  Not hot enough for too many adults to do the same.
 
 Have to run off to get the camper washed on the way to work so it will be dry and ready to be put away clean before the Central California bugs splat on it on the way to Gold Coast in less than two weeks.
 
 Scott

g-whiz

#69
Jun 08, 2003, 04:51 PM
 g-whizWe sure had fun down in them thar hills of Temecula and could not have asked for better weather.  Although the early morning was a bit overcast, the sun soon broke through with the temperature at about 80.  In my book, that is perfect!  Even the fact that Scott and I had to leave last night after the potluck instead of today, couldn t spoil our good time.  We were home and in bed by 11:30 p.m.
 
 It was fun meeting Lori s mom, Winn, and we all finally got to meet Randy s (MrFlinders) wife, Kerry.  The Dutch Oven cooking was fantastic, and boy, would Old Moose and Moosette have been proud of their students.  I give them all an A+!  It will be interesting to see what NNC does after the DO seminar at the Gold Rush Rally in a couple of weeks since down South it is SCC Gone Wild!!!
 
 Scott and I haven t invested in the DO s (yet), but I m proud to say that my Rice Krispie treats got rave reviews!  I kid you not!!!  I had kids (and Griffsdad) coming up to me saying things like, " These Rice Krispie treats are to die for!"   And, " Those are the best Rice Krispie treats I ever tasted!"   So now I can add another specialty to my list of things to bring to the potlucks... shrimp & Rice Krispie Treats!
 
 With less than two weeks to go until Gold Rush, the excitement is rising!  Talking about it at our mini rally made us feel like kids waiting for Christmas to arrive.  Then there is the fact that OC Campers might have to change their name soon to Sac Campers!  How exciting is that?!  
 
 I ll get the photos up later when Scott gets home from work.  Can t wait to hear the rest of the weekend adventures!

OC Campers

#70
Jun 08, 2003, 07:10 PM
 g-whizWe made it home safe and sound.  Traffic was pretty good.  
 
 We had a really fun time at Vail Lake.  It is so wonderful to watch the kids interact together.  The 2 monkey boys Griffin and Matthew were hilarious together.  It took Matthew awhile to get used to being hugged by Griffy.
 
 The food was amazing.  I agree with Georgeanne, I think we did Moose and Young Moosette proud.  We had so much food, I think there was enough left over for another potluck.  Lori, I copied a bunch of recipes out of your cookbooks and can t wait to try them out.  Since the Nick Neffs haven t had their seminar yet, I can t wait to try a new recipe for thier potluck.  With having 36 families signed up, I think we will be able to feed them no problem with our 12"  DO.  
 
 Congratulations Emily on your tournament pitching.  It definately sounds like you had a wonderful day.  We missed the Cox family anyway.
 
 Randy and Kerry, we found a grey and red sweatshirt in the back of our van, does it belong to one of your boys?   If so, if you e-mail me your address, I can mail it to you.
 
 Scott and Georgeanne, sorry you had to leave so early but we are looking forward to caravaning up to Gold Rush.  It will be here before you know it.
 
 Randy and I were talking about having to change our screen name if we move.  Anybody have any ideas?  We are open to suggestions.  Anything with the work traitor won t work[:D][;)].
 
 Thanks everyone for a great weekend.
 
 Jacqui

g-whiz

#71
Jun 08, 2003, 07:24 PM
 OC Campers
QuoteRandy and I were talking about having to change our screen name if we move. Anybody have any ideas? We are open to suggestions. Anything with the work traitor won t work

 Glad you made it home safe and sound!  We are already excited about Gold Rush!  As for your name, I think Sac Campers would be right up your alley!

SimiRich

#72
Jun 08, 2003, 09:15 PM
 g-whizHi - we re back home & unpacked. We had a great time and FINALLY great weather [:D]. What a cool little mini rally and what a tremedous ammount of food. Man was it all great.[8D]
 
 I called Jalama Beach reservations to inquire about the end of July and the recording said that group reservations were booked through November - ouch. I guess we re too slow. I m going to call tomorrow anyways to talk to a live person & get the facts about the reservations. I ll post what I find out.
 
 Thanks all for a great time & I hope all made it back safely.[:)]

Surfcal

#73
Jun 09, 2003, 12:07 AM
 g-whizHey guys:
 
 Glad you had a great time.  As you know, up north, the NNCers were having a simultaneous rally called Wave n at Da Beach.  Here s some photos.
 
 http://community.webshots.com/album/76209546EPVhaM
 
 Surfcal

mrflinders

#74
Jun 09, 2003, 12:14 AM
 g-whizWell,
 
 We made it home safe, too, with little traffic and smooth sailing. We all had a great time! Kerry s first rally, and she really enjoyed herself. Lots of fun!
 
 The Saturday morning breakfast was absolutely wonderful - I can still taste Randy s biscuits and gravy.  And SimiRich - can you ask Tamara to email Kerry ( Kerry@flindersfamily.com) - she is dying to get ahold of that potato recipe!
 
 Our boys had a blast, getting in some swimming, mini-golf, arcade games, and two potluck meals all in one day.  We all ate so much great food... It makes coming home to regular meals seem, well, ...... boring. We don t have a DO yet, but I don t think it ll be long. . .
 
 I will have to say that I really missed the Camping Coxes, I pulled out one of our little electric heaters on Saturday night - and I thought of you guys! [:D]
 
 I sure hope that Griffsmom made it home OK.  When we left Lori and Dave were arguing with the hitch of the trailer, which was not in the mood to link up with the Trooper.  Popups get cranky sometimes.  (hey cranky - thats kind of like a play on words.....[8D]).  We really enjoyed meeting Winn, who has probably been in line at the grocery store in front of us before, being in that she lives around the corner from us!  
 
 
QuoteRandy and Kerry, we found a grey and red sweatshirt in the back of our van, does it belong to one of your boys? If so, if you e-mail me your address, I can mail it to you.
 

 It doesn t belong to my two, but I ll check with Dillon the neighbor boy, it may be his.  It could belong to SimiLuke - I think he spent some time in your trailer playing with Matt.
 
 Scott and Georgeanne, we missed you aroung the campfire on Saturday night - but we sure were glad to have your company for the rest of the trip.  The shrimp was a great addition to the experience - thanks Georgeanne!
 
 Great weather, great company, lots of fun, enough food to feed an arny - I d say it was a successful trip!  I ve got my conference to put on this week, but after it s over I ll get my photos posted so that we can relive the weekend - over.....and over....and over...[8D]
 
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