The 20th Dam Gathering of the tears, May 1-5, 2013 ...!

[Phooey]

Thank you Grant and Kay for a fabulous gathering. It was really great to see "Miss Piggy" and the "Atma Traveleer" after following the builds. They are both really beautiful. Sad to be home and missing all our old and new friends. Hope to see y'all next year.

[GuitarPhotog]

Whew! What a great time.

Special thanks to Grant, Kay, Dean and all the others who organized and put on such a fun event.

I haven't had this much fun with my clothes on, since last year's DAM Gathering.

Pictures when I get a chance to process and organize them.

<Chas>

[Reddiver]

Thank you all had a great time.. I really didnt know when I started building La Tortuga that I would meet so many good people as a result.

[piefoot]

Thank you all had a great time.. I really didnt know when I started building La Tortuga that I would meet so many good people as a result.

Steve, thank you so much for showing me your trailer. It was my favorite. My friends and family were impressed with La Tortuga and appreciated you letting me show it to them. I enjoyed meeting you and as a result, my wife is asking me when I am going to start building one for us, LOL. Perhaps our paths will cross again. maybe at the 21st Dam Gathering of the Tears!

[piefoot]

I am grateful to have been a part of the 20th Dam gathering of the Tears. My son and i had a great time and met some fantastic people. I don't have a teardrop yet but have been following the forums for some time now looking for ideas and considering options. It was great to see so many teardrops up close and personal. I drove home with some new ideas and my wife decided she would like one after seeing several great home built trailers. My son won the people's choice in the Dutch Oven cook off. He is still beaming about that too. Looking forward to next year already.

Thanks all.

[robfisher]

Made it back to Idaho with pinball intact. Had a great time. Thanks to all who did the work. Great job!

[campmaster-k]

Super good time. Thanks to everyone. Special thank to Kay and Grant for trusting us noobs to pull off the pinewood derby. Thanks to young Finn and everyone who made the effort to make cars and race or just come to watch. It was a huge success. And super fun.

[campmaster-k]

I will post a bunch of pic later but aI just wanted to say that Kevins cookies were excellent as usual Thanks Kevin for sharing.

[_Ryan_]

It sounds like you all had a great time, I can't wait to see pictures!

I wasn't able to make it this year, but I'm looking forward to next year when I will have my teardrop completed and will be able to join you!

By the way the forum was practically dead over the weekend, I wonder why...

[desertmoose]

Super good time. Thanks to everyone. Special thank to Kay and Grant for trusting us noobs to pull off the pinewood derby. Thanks to young Finn and everyone who made the effort to make cars and race or just come to watch. It was a huge success. And super fun.

Kirk: thanks for a great event. I had a wonderful time, even though Kat beat me in the trailer towing race....

Sam

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

Thanks to Grant & Kay for hosting the Best Dam Gathering ever and Thanks to All for making Our Dam Wedding so special!!!

[Reddiver]

Thank you all had a great time.. I really didnt know when I started building La Tortuga that I would meet so many good people as a result.

Steve, thank you so much for showing me your trailer. It was my favorite. My friends and family were impressed with La Tortuga and appreciated you letting me show it to them. I enjoyed meeting you and as a result, my wife is asking me when I am going to start building one for us, LOL. Perhaps our paths will cross again. maybe at the 21st Dam Gathering of the Tears!

Thanks for checking it out! I am Happy to show it off . There are truly some amazing trailers at the Dam Gathering, It was great time just time flew by to fast.

[DougH]

Thanks to Grant & Kay for hosting the Best Dam Gathering ever and Thanks to All for making Our Dam Wedding so special!!!

Sorry I missed all the fun and the wedding. I had planned on attending as I rebuilt my trailer over the winter and this had been planned as the first outing Things came up as we just switched the live in care provider for my Dad and I leave for two weeks on an Alaskan cruise next Sunday.

Guess I'll have to look forward to the IRG next year even more

Best wished to both of you

[SuperShady1]

Dawn and I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Grant, Kay, Dean and all the others who organized and put on such a grand event.

Being our first Dam Gathering we were so impressed with how much fun there was. Kay was so kind and wanted us to get as cozy as possible as soon as possible. We got to say hello and thank you to Grant right as we were pulling out. But Grant and I have yaked on the phone many times so no love lost there. Congrats to Lee on the Grand Prize!! He was very kind to me and my Coleman Lantern that I inherited from my step dad and gave me a tutorial on how to get her back in shape. Lee now that you got another project let me know what in store for that old Teadrop, maybe my son and I can do a project together??

When it was getting toasty during the peak part of the day we went over to the Shasta Dam Tour(Free) too cool off and the next day to the Shasta Caverns for the boat ride and the caves!! For some reason I do not remember there being buses back when I was in scouts 35 years ago going up to the Caverns?? Back then the Scout masters would march us everywhere...March or Die! Does anyone remember them not having the buses?

There were so many nice people to visit with, only hope next time to meet more new friends at the next one.

Dawn and Dave

[S. Heisley]

Thank you, Grant and Kay and everyone who helped make the Dam Gathering such a success. For it's huge size, everything went exceptionally well and that could only be attributed to you, you, you! I know that you, Grant and Kay, are probably exhausted and still recuperating in your cute Kayve camper and are hopefully basking in the afterglow of a wonderful 20th anniversary Dam Gathering celebration. Ya done good. Be happy!

PS. NOBODY went hungry, unless they wanted to!