I'll be calling to reserve the cabins tomorrow, I'll probably get 4 of them. I'll ask Tom to put up a sign up sheet soon.

There goes my "traveled the furthest to get here" award.

Done deal. We have 5 of the 2 bedroom cabins reserved for the nights of September 24-25 with checkout 11:00am Sunday morning. I'll come up with event plans at a later date.

Tom, can you make a sign up sheet?

Maybe I will make a "traveled the least to get there" award this year so maybe I could win something!

Oh, and I did buy 2 tabletop grills we can use to cook the burgers quicker this year. I might come up with some fancier too for dinner.

Between now and then I will rent a place just outside the park for a few months.

Nah, not worth it.

True, Oxford being a college town would be expensive to rent anything in.

I'm curious if it's worse than where I work.

I have to admit... the year I was there I wanted to spend more time in the town. The worldwind nature of our visit made that impossible though.

Will you have more time this year? We could go into town and walk around Sunday after breakfast. The first year we had lunch there and last year some did but I went on home.

I can't remember exactly how it went... but the year we went (Meatball Man and I) I think we left South Carolina on Friday Morning and were back in time for an 8:30 service on Sunday Morning, so time was at a premium.
This year I have the Friday off for sure and probably the Monday as well if I want it.
On another subject, this year my empeg will be installed in an Xterra with a few toys I didn't have two years ago. The last time I came Meatball Man and I had the portable empeg unit... What am I going to bring this year? I'll have to put some thought into that...

On another subject, this year my empeg will be installed in an Xterra...

This year I will come with my Subaru SVX which hasn't been seen before by empeg people (except for customsex). The install in that thing is pretty sweet. I also have a pimpin' 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham now. I may tow the SVX behind that if there is an empeg installed by then.

So... any prize for most cars brought to the meet.

And I'll have my impressive Ford Freestar so it will be a new install also!

Maybe I will make a "traveled the least to get there" award this year so maybe I could win something!

I was considering vacationing there during the week before with my family so I might only be travelling 100yds. Does that count?

I'll have consult my magic tech sphere. Strange enough it said MAKE IT SO. Darn it.

We could go into town and walk around Sunday after breakfast. The first year we had lunch there and last year some did but I went on home.

We also did some geocaching on Sunday morning last year. MLord, MCushman and myself went into town and found a few before departing. Maybe that could be a repeat with a few more people this time.

We also did some geocaching on Sunday morning last year.

I'll have my GPS and geocaching gear. Sounds like fun. I'll probably bring the Corolla, just because the gas milage is so much better than the Blazer. Hopefully will be done installing it in the next week or so.

Is anyone going to be up for paintball this year? The cost is $27.00 per person. Or they have pontoon boats, paddle boats and canoes to rent on the lake there. There is alao a large game room at the lodge with pool tables and pinball machines. I'm going to see if I can bring a portable covered firepit so we can have a mini-bonfire at the cabins.

I would definitely be up for paintball. I have always wanted to play but have never had the chance. If you remember, I mentioned something about it last year but I think it was a bit late in the game.

Or they have pontoon boots, paddle boats and canoes to rent on the lake there.

I'm not sure what pontoon boots are but I wouldn't mind some canoeing either.

pontoon boots

ummmmm, fixed now.

Ok, the sign up sheet is available at RioCar.Org now. The person that signed up on last years, could you please sign up again. The cabins will be $169 a night plus taxes (the price went up this year) which adds another $12 or so and all five of the cabins I rented are the two bedroom ones. You can let me know who wants to bunk with whom.

I have two small table top grills to bring along which will make cooking dinner easier this year. I'll be arriving Friday afternoon and setting things up and will have dinner for those that come in that evening. The price for the food will be divided up on how many attend.

I've signed up now for the meet. I'll be coming in Frday night and leaving sometime Sunday. I just wanted to bump the thread and see who the three people were who signed up before me. If anyone can possibly make the meet, its a lot of fun. Also, everyone send a certain cubicle dweller in New Jersey an email and tell him you'd like him to show up.

I haven't signed up although I hope to be there as I intend to bring my family down for a week and we'll probably camp.

I've asked him but can't get him to come You would be most welcomed if you came Paul, you could even have a cabin to yourself so you could stay hidden and retain your hermitship

I could even set up a cubicle in the living room.

Maybe that will do it.

Signed up. Roman presumably won't be there this year, I expect he'll be working in Qatar by then. I might have to go to Manhattan Friday (it's either that Friday, or a week earlier) and if I do, I'll be coming direct from Trenton after.

If not, I'm hoping to find a way to bring the electric car, assuming it's registered by then (I need to replace some batteries, so haven't had the safety inspection so I can register it yet)

(I need to replace some batteries, so haven't had the safety inspection so I can register it yet)

I seem to recall reading that there was a running joke around the time that horseless carriages first started appearing... It went something like... "Wow, you got an automobile, have you driven it anywhere yet?" "No, I'm still learning how to make my own repairs."

"No, I'm still learning how to make my own repairs."

So you're saying that the horses used to do the repairs? Makes the maths geniuses of the equine world look positively cerebral.



Wait. How did they hold the spanners?

Just mentioning that I have signed up.

I was wondering if Mark, Genixia, or someone else handy with a soldering iron would be willing to do some non-empeg soldering at the meet? It's only 8 points and the pads are pretty big. I am just a wuss.