Some people brought bikes, as there are some bike trails in the area, some brought kayaks as we are on a lake and you can swim as well. Hiking trails in the area and 3 other lakes are nearby. Board games, and field type games IE ladder ball and a bean bag toss game are always available to use how you want. Last year, one attendee brought up a load of the balsa wood gliders and many of us had a great time reliving some of the activities we did as a kid, but then I never really grew up. Several of us will cook a "group" breakfast for anyone who is up and wants to come by for eats. This year it was Mt. man breakfast, waffles, and biscuits and gravy breakfasts.
What's nice is that the general public isn't in our site and I put up a sign at the entrance that says it's a private group only, this year, we only had 1 person drive through the site. We don't have to give tours, or stage a lot of stuff around your trailer to put on a show unless you want to. It's really a relaxed type of camp out. If you want to get up late, read a book, work on a hobby or take a nap, you can do it.
Whether or not it's every ones cup of tea is up for debate, but we always manage to sell it out every year, and next year sold out this morning before I left the campsite. From what I was told, this camp out is the highlight of many of the attendees trips for the year. If someone wants to do a seminar on anything, they are more than welcome to set it up and do it, but I don't organize it for them, at this years, Delores was showing Penny how to bind a book, and we've had baby showers in the past, Dean has done dutch oven demonstrations and filmed for his outdoor cast iron cooking program. Again, if you want to organize and do it, then you are free to do whatever you want. Many of us will sit down and tear down a Coleman product and work to get it running again....that happened this year with the Coleman 527 dental sterilizer stove that Dave A had given me.
If the Forest Service were to bust us for too many vehicles, then we would have a problem but we could move some trucks to the outside parking nearby, but so far, we've done it for 8 years with no issues, but I also slip the campground host some extra $$ so none have complained so far, and when our normal host is there, I will clean the pit toilets for him so it's like a vacation for him as well. This years guy was pretty lazy, but we left the campsite cleaner than when we moved in as always.
I don't know if this is what you were looking for Slow, but this is what we've been doing and it has been very successful.
Happy Camping...........Doug
