June(ish) Jam in Bentonville, Virginia

Count me in! As long as we get to play guitar, I'm in.
I don't ask for much through the year so I don't think the wife would begrudge me attending this event.
In fact...I'll start saving change up right now so she can't say we don't have the money either.

We'll talk more when the details are posted.

thanks!!

=]
Dm

As soon as I have a date, I'll let you know.  If floats around year to year based on a number of variables.  Last year it was in mid-July.  It has been in mid-June, and just about every weekend in between.  So just keep your eyes peeled. 

If there's enough interest, I identified a group camping location in Pennsylvania at Raystown Lake.  There's a huge campground there managed by the Army Corps of Engineers.  I don't think I'll be able to pull off an event there this year, but perhaps in a future year.  The group campsite comes with a huge pavilion with electricity and a huge fireplace at one end.  It might be fun to get that and push some picnic tables together for a stage and do an open mic thing.  Or not.  I'm getting ahead of myself.  Anywaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, we'll see how these first two events go and consider others for the future.  I like the idea of the big group camping thing because there's a big lake for swimming and boating and fishing, and there's playgrounds, and trails, and hot showers, and all sorts of fun things to do.  Well, I guess hot showers aren't exactly FUN.  I'd love to have one that's family friendly where kids and grandparents and everyone can come and have a good time.

ahhh... July might be even more doable for us than June, so I'm glad to hear that.  You had me going there for a group camping experience in PA... sounds good, but that's for another time.  LOL!  And um, hot showers can be "fun" if you save water and... errr... never mind. 

Sounds like a blast, hopefully things will improve for me by then as Virginia is a piece of country I've always wanted to visit. With the bonus of jamming with Chordie friends it'll be worth the trip.
Keep us posted

Kenny

Sounds great Zurf! I plan on attending and I may lengthen my stay to a week or so to coordinate some more events  

By chance do you know any public 4x trails that are close by?  I'm currently putting a new lift on my '93 xj (along with some more mods) and would love to do some trail riding while I'm in that area I know of a couple of national parks fairly close by that have great orv programs but thought you may know of a few less popular trails I'm not aware of being so familiar with the area....

Bump.

Some folks are going to have to request their vacation soon, so I am reviving this thread as a reminder for the dates.

- Zurf

Checked my 2011 shift calendar and I'm off work July 15-20.  If "She who must be obeyed"  doesn't have plans, I may be heading east with yaks on roof and guitar and camping gear in back of the Subaru.

DE

Bump.  There's been some recent discussions.  Here's hoping folks can make it out.  There's professional music usually on the night with the barbeque.   I talked to Jeff Kelble and he's excited about some campfire tunage on off nights or after the pro music.

To Guitarpix - It seems that there aren't many open-to-the-public 4x4 trails that I've been able to find.  I was able to find evidence of some clubs in Northern Virginia, and also there are some public trails in the National Forests. 

I suspect that if the 4x4 community is anything like the river community, that if you get on a forum for Northern Virginia (NOVA) and explain your situation you'll have a number of invitations.  The campground is in the Shenandoah Valley, so search for NOVA and Shenandoah Valley and ShenVal.  Some towns are Luray, Winchester, Bentonville, and if you're up for a little further drive Harrisonburg.