Just returned home from a fabulous weekend in Unionville, Nevada, a tiny little hamlet in northern NV off I-80. For those that made the trek, it was a blast. It was a small gathering with plenty of time to talk to everyone, get more tear related ideas, and just plain relax. I have not laughed that much in I don't know how long!
Thanks to everyone that made the weekend great.
Dave and Lisa (mccam)
Sam and Kat (desertMOOSE)
Leslie and Joe, all the way from Pengrove, CA- Thanks for making the lOONNNGGG trip!
From Idaho, Randy (wolffarmer) and Norma and Lee (leesenn)
Our new friends from Reno, Wendy and Stuart.
and the Dan and Angie Lott family came up to visit Friday night, but couldn't stay, busy family weekend (Dan-Josh left two sock and Vanessa one! we have them
It was hot, in the mid 90's, but comfortable because of the grassy park and deep tree shade. And we learned we can keep an ice chest cold in the heat of the desert! (more in another post) We had manly men, with help from their better halves, take a good deal of time putting up "Big Ed" the shade, but a better time could not be had. And of course, great food. Be sure and check out the giant wok of Sam's over the portable firepit. Yummy Fajitas!
Thanks to Dave for the balloon visual I can't get out of my head. And everyone went home with a wonderful parting gift of an emergency teardrop survival kit I have been told is worth the price of admission and the travel. I am not spilling the beans, you'll have to get the details from an attendee.
We did a light up in honor of Randy's dad who recently passed. Along with some Moose Drool And most of all, some hilarious, cleansing, rejuvenating campfire talk. No deer eating apples this year, but a few harmless bull snakes to liven up the day.
We did make some major decisions, however. We are going to go to a biannual "Twain and Tears" on the off years of IRG, therefore there will not be one next year, but we will be back in 2015, same date, June 5-7th. We also decided we need a northern NV section of Tearjerkers, and Johnny and Terri Dye, we elected you Director in absentia! Congratulations!
We know you will do a fabulous job. And Johnny, we are not kidding, we really think you guys should do this. It isn't much, just talk to Todd over on the Tearjerker site.
Pictures here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lmjnifrmxahp45z/F15nSZiVOR You can also go the Leslie's blog over at Vacations in a can to see how the weekend went through her eyes. They still have a drive, so it will not be today that her blog is updated. (no cell service, no wifi, no phones at Unionville-imagine that!)
http://vacations-in-a-can.com/blog/Those that didn't make it, you missed a great time