Fall Mtg. 10/18/14

[Dave K]

2014 Fall Rendezvous

When:
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Place:
Grove Hill Community Center for the gathering & pig roast (help is needed - see below) is on Route 340, 5 miles north of Shenandoah, VA.

Campgrounds:
Camping (make your own reservations) at Kites Store (a.k.a. Riverside) 540-652-8174 Or Lee Keller’s BIG yard on the Shenandoah (20 min North of put-in, has bath house and fire pit) – contact Lee Keller or Barb Franko.

Paddling:
Saturday: 10:30 AM - Newport to White House Landing on South Fork of the Shenandoah. The putin is at Newport Landing - about four miles north of Grove Hill. (lat/long: 38.583054, -78.594373).
Sunday: 9 AM - Newport to White House Landing, and, if there is interest, Compton section of the Shenandoah (water permitting)

Saturday Evening Schedule:
4:00 p.m. Board Meeting
5:30 p.m. Dinner: Slow-cooked pork and taters; additionally, bring, if you wish, your favorite barbeque sauce, and, if your last name ends with A-F dessert; G-N appetizer; O-S side dish; T-Z salad.
6:45 p.m. Annual meeting, election of Board members
7:00 p.m. Program - James R. Vonesh, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University will give a presentation on “Footprints on the James: The Human and Natural History of the James River Watershed”.

Want to help with Dinner?:
Tom McCloud will continue the tradition of slow-cooking pork starting Friday night. He welcomes volunteers to help. Contact Tom at 301-473-4546. Andrea Jones (540-320-6595, rowashredder2@gmail.com) could also use help in the kitchen Saturday.
Mark Jones (540-392-6766) REALLY needs help managing the dutch ovens. In addition to that, you would get a crash course on dutch oven cooking. Anytime after 10 AM, if you want to help for an hour or so please call/email Andrea.

Hope you decide to come.

[Hobby]

I'm planning on being there Saturday and maybe for Sunday. Bringing some new folks who may want to join. The farm where I have my alpacas is just a short distance down the road if anyone wants to camp nearby with facilities. You're welcome to stop by and see the alpacas and the horses. Looking forward to my first trip in a LONG LONG time. Hope to see some of your shining faces. Looking forward to Footprints on the James. ~Hobby

[David]

Looks like another fine annual gathering coming up. I too look forward to Professor Vonesh's presentation. Just called Andrea and I will be up mid-day to help the cooks.

[Alicia]

This is always a lovely event - great food, relaxing & beautiful river, old & new friends.

Hey there to Hobby! Long time to see! Will be wonderful to catch up.

Ken & I will be pulling out his 40+ year old aluminum canoe for its annual run.

Hope to see a good crowd!

[AndreaJ]

We've got three people to help out in the kitchen. Thank you, David, Caroline, and Sally! We wouldn't mind having a couple more. Do you want to learn some Dutch oven cooking? Mark will certainly be willing to instruct. Please let us know.

Does anyone have a Dutch oven? I am talking about the ones that have three legs underneath and a lid that allows charcoal briquettes to sit on top. If you do, please LET ME KNOW for planning purposes and bring it by the hall on Saturday AM. If it hasn't been used in a while (rusty, dry, etc), please pre-season it for us as we won't have the time to do that on Saturday. We promise that we will return the DO to you cleaned and dried from our efforts. An additional DO or two would really help us out.

If you can help out on Friday night to get the pig on the grill and cover shifts to keep an eye on it, please let us know or just come by the hall. If we are asleep when you get there, just pull up, park, and catch a few winks yourself. We will likely be up about 11:30 - midnight to work on the pig. You can leave a note on the door of Tom's camper if you want to let us know you are here and which car to wake you up in, but please don't wake Tom up too soon. Be sure to bring a clean pair of leather or cotton gloves for handling the pig and warm clothing as it gets chilly in the wee hours of the morning and the cooker only puts off so much heat. . . . .

AJ
contact info in initial posting above.

[Amphibious]

I can bring a 12 inch Dutch Oven if needed. I'll plan to bring it. I am not sure of my way around, but I think I can drop in SAT am on way to put in.