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Lots of people attending. Yay!

We have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday booked so we could actually stay until 11AM on Monday.  Checkin starts at 1pm Friday.

Some info:

Park website: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/pitt.htm

Map of site: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/images/pittCampMap.gif

The site is a field so it’s like the first place we camped.  There are only 5 parking spaces at the site so we will have to shuttle gear.  There are some picnic tables and fire rings.

I’ll update the blog post but if people would prefer to use google docs go here:  Google Spreadsheet

Who’s coming : Count = 31 (16 adults, 16 kids!!)

Eva, Chris, Maya, Max (2a 2k)- Arriving late afternoon

Brett, Barb, Skye, Ian (2a 2k)- Arriving Friday evening

Simona, Jon, Madeline, Nicholas (2a 2k)- Arriving ??

Ted, Juliana, Cora (2a 1k)- Arriving ??

Ken, Renee, Forest, Elodie, Kate (2a 3k)- Arriving ??

Amy, Jay, Ella, Henry, Julian (2a 3k) – Arriving??

Alex, Eliza, ??(sorry) (1a 2k)- Arriving ??

Jess, Josh, Aidan (2a 1k) – Arriving??

Sabrina (1a) – Arriving??

Food:

Community food again?  Stake your claim in a post.

menu:

Friday dinner: spaghetti & meaballs + salad – Jess & Josh

Saturday Breakfast: pancakes & sausage – Eva and Chris

Saturday Lunch: Sandwiches – Ken & Renee

Saturday Dinner: Moroccan Chicken – Brett & Barb

Sunday Breakfast: French Toast & Sausage – Amy & Jay

Sunday Lunch / Snack: Ken & Renee + Leftovers

Gear

4 Propane stoves – Ken , Brett, Alex, Josh

1 25# propane tank and splitter – Chris

1 Propane grill – Ted

1 Kitchen sink – Ted

1 propane hibachi – Chris

some firewood – Chris

1 10′x10′ shade structure – Chris

1-3 large tarps – Brett

1 large griddle – Chris

1 wagon – Chris

Kitchen utensils – Lymans, Murnicks

Stock pots – Lymans, municks

Wash tubs – Lymans

Lanterns = Alex(1), ?

Need: more lanterns

I downloaded the Wordpress app for my phone and managed to totally bollocks up this post.

Hopefully I can roll it back when i get to a real computer. Expect to see more posts than edits to this post. The app doesn’t seen to like editing much

I’m on the red hook ferry to st John. It’s hot hot hot. So keep that in mind. Although it does get cool and buggy at night. Lightweight pants are a good thing.

So not much to report after visiting the site. Totally regretting not suggesting we get enough rental cars for everyone. Getting to cinn bay is easy enough but getting away is a real pain.

Also note there’s road work on st Thomas. I’m sitting in a queue at a work site. So as usual. Don’t expect to get anywhere fast.

Here’s the plan

Leg 1 – Brett & Barb     (check-in 8:30)

Leg 2 – Ralph & Doug     (check-in 10:00)

Leg 3 – Mike & Morse     (check-in 11:00)

Leg 4 – Carrie & Trish     (check-in 11:30)

Leg 5 – Amy & Jay     (check-in 12:30)

We’re in Brett and Barb’s awesome kevlar canoe.  They have 3 PFDs but it would be nice to have a few more to make swaps easier.

The post-race plan is to BBQ at the finish line bandit style.  In the unlikely event we get kicked out we’ll bail to Trish’s house.

If everyone fills out this ROTC Waiver (click link) and faxes it to Classic Communications @ 508-698-6811 it would avoid all the race day hassle of filling it out.  Our team name is FauxHoc and I submitted the registration.  It would be a good idea to put that info on the cover sheet.

Everyone’s welcome to come over to our place on Saturday for some carbo loading.  We’ll probably be around most of the afternoon but the official party time is 5:00 and we’ll shoot to be eating around 6:00.

The cost this year is $40 per person.  Please have it on Saturday night if possible.

The usual info

PDF Map

Google Map

PDF Directions

Brett reserved 5 sites in Group C.  for 2/13 thru 2/19, 2010.  If you would like one of
these sites, please call Mary @ 800-539-9998 and have her remove one from the
Anderson reservation and put in your own name.  I think she will charge your card
for 50%.  Let me know when you have done this.

I asked her about renting camping stuff like stove, cooking and eating gear and she
said that it may, or may not, be available.  If it is available it would be 3 or
4$/night.

Trip Advisor Reviews

Here’s the final list
Ormsbys
Murnicks
Morse’s

We should have lunch together with the suffering souls we left behind.
How about Wednesday at 11:45 to avoid the rush? I suggest Bamboo because they’re big enough to handle the crowd. Comment here and I’ll make the reservation when we has a consensus.

So a bunch of us at iRobot got some unusual news today. If you want to kibitz or send out updated contact info you can post a comment.  I also put a page up on my wiki for people to put up new ideas, contact info etc.

http://cmorse.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=iRobot+Expats

Good luck all!!

Chris

Leave Friday night.  Hike Sat & Sun morning.

Possible locations

Grafton Notch 17mi loop

Bald Face Circle

Mahoosuc Notch

Who’s in (so far 15)

Mike

Trapani

Brett

Chris

Ken

Forrest?

Tighe

Steve D

Wiers

Alex

Doug

Ted

Ralph

Matt D.

Matt W.

Ben S.

This weekend is going to be fun!  Lots of people attending.

Some info:

It’s in Winchendon, MA.  About an 1.5 hours from Boston.

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/lden.htm

http://www0.epinions.com/content_189231238788

Who’s coming :

Eva, Chris, Maya, Max – Hopefully arriving around noon

Brett, Barb, Skye, Ian – Plan to arrive in the morning

Simona, Jon, Madeline, Nicholas

Ted, Juliana, Cora

Sabrina

Ken, Renee, Forest, Elodie, Kate – Arriving around dinner time on Friday or maybe Saturday morning

Amy, Jay, Ella, Henry, Julian

Matt (Jr), Shannon, Jake, Sam

Trish

Food:

Some of us talked and we propose that we do community breakfast and dinner.  A group (family) will sign up to bring and prepare a meal.  Lunch will be fend for yourselves although I’m sure there will be plenty of sharing.

Proposed menu: (if it’s in red it’s locked in.  That’s what we’re having and that’s who’s bringing it)

Friday dinner: Brett & Barb – Moroccan Chicken

Saturday Breakfast: Ken & Renee – Breakfast burritos and French Toast

Saturday Dinner: Jr & Shannon – spaghetti & meatballs

Sunday Breakfast: Chris & Eva – Eggs & bacon (we’re doing this unless someone expresses a desire for something else)

Sunday Lunch / Snack: Eva & Chris will bring some burgers & hot dogs but not enough for everyone

Gear

3 Propane stoves – Ken , Brett, Chris

3 lanterns – Ken, Brett, Chris

1 propane hibachi – Chris

some firewood – Brett

1 10′x10′ shade structure – Chris

1-2 tarps – Brett

1 big stock pot – Chris

1 large griddle – Chris

1 wagon – Chris

Could use – propane bulk tank adapter, splitter, & hoses; Another big pot.