John Redmond Reservoir Kansas - June 3 - 5 2011 Riverside W.

[Darren]

WOOHOO! I'm going camping. You all be safe on your way and I'm looking forward to seeing you all again. I've been asked about the turnoff to the lake from Highway 75 so here is a photo of Coffee County Honda. It's ATV's not cars.

The sign for the turn off is typical of parks in this region, 8 by 10 inches and placed 10 yards before the exit. Just look for the Honda dealer and to the north of it is a Casey's General Store. Darren

[WarPony]

Well, another gathering is in the books. What a great turnout, food and fun!!! The weather was hot as hell but the breeze made it alright, as we had plenty of shade to sit under. I caught one Channel Catfish and lost, it seems, half of my fishing tackle to all the brush and logs in the river but oh well.

The only "casualty" was Donna Neely. She sprained her right ankle Saturday afternoon during her skydiving excursion......... Yes, I said skydiving!! Several of the group drove to Osage City and tempted death jumping out of an airplane.

Skydiving, home brew, good food, fishing, swap meet, glass melting........ we had it all. Thanks Darren for setting this up and doing the leg work finding this campground.

Jeff

[2old2tent]

We made it home OK. A grueling drive but not much traffic at least.


Jack and Linda

[FireLion]

I'm home also and I must say that highways in Johnson county, KS are atrocious! Thanks all for making this weekend a totally pleasureable event. It was great to see old friends and make some new ones. A word of caution, if'n y'all keep cooking like ya did for the potluck, you're gonna make me fat! Thanks to Darren for another memorable outing.

[KE0MD]

While not part of you guy's group, we were lucky enough to be there with you guys this weekend, and you all made it a LOT of fun. Many thanks to Darren, Mark, and Ginger for introducing themselves to us, inviting us to come take part in your potluck, and showing us the things of beauty that you guys have created. It's definately given us some food for thought for possibly building a small trailer of our own! We enjoyed ourselves greatly!

Jeremy & Robin
KE0MD & WA6CML
The tenters at site 13

[WarPony]

While not part of you guy's group, we were lucky enough to be there with you guys this weekend, and you all made it a LOT of fun. Many thanks to Darren, Mark, and Ginger for introducing themselves to us, inviting us to come take part in your potluck, and showing us the things of beauty that you guys have created. It's definately given us some food for thought for possibly building a small trailer of our own! We enjoyed ourselves greatly!

Jeremy & Robin
KE0MD & WA6CML
The tenters at site 13

Were you the guys with the little Corgie dog?

Jeff

[Darren]

Thank you all for coming this weekend. I had a great time.

Nice to meet you Jeremy and Robin and Molly and also Chuck and Christie. We'll let you know when we're camping in the area again. Crawford State Park is in September.

[2old2tent]

Donna told us we would need to post the lyrics to the song we played for her and Kathy. With our apologies to Bobby Mcfarren, here they are. Best when performed with harmonica and ukulele.

Harmonica intro

Here's a little song we wrote
You might want to learn it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life you gotta grab some fun
You'll be happy when it's done
Don't worry, be happy

Harmonica chorus

So you want to jump out of a plane
All your friends think you're insane
Don't worry, be happy
When you jump we've always found
You'll end up back on the ground
Don't worry, be happy

Harmonica chorus

Here's a little song we wrote
You might want to learn it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
And now you're back on the ground
Everybody's safe and sound
Don't worry, be happy

Harmonica outro

Don't worry, be happy!

Sorry about you ankle Donna but proud that you and Kathy stepped up...and out!

Jack and Linda

[Darren]

I got a short piece of video from Jack and Linda's performance.

http://photos.victorygraphix.com/Galler ... deo&ci=009

The rest of my photos are here.
http://photos.victorygraphix.com/Galler ... o&ci=42240

[KE0MD]

Jeremy & Robin
KE0MD & WA6CML
The tenters at site 13

Were you the guys with the little Corgie dog?

Jeff

That was us, Jeff. Molly wanted me to make sure and say she enjoyed meeting all your dogs too!

Jeremy & Robin
KE0MD & WA6CML

[djayh]

Link to my pictures

http://s629.photobucket.com/albums/uu11 ... %206-4-11/

Thanks to everyone for such a good time.

[Mrs. Rickxr2]

Wow .... what a great time we had !
Our first caravan to and from the campground.
Met some new friends and learned how to play ladder golf ... thanks Bob!!

Rick will have to post our pics .... I'll get him right on that!!
lol

[Nathan N]

Donna told us we would need to post the lyrics to the song we played for her and Kathy. With our apologies to Bobby Mcfarren, here they are. Best when performed with harmonica and ukulele.

Harmonica intro

Here's a little song we wrote
You might want to learn it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life you gotta grab some fun
You'll be happy when it's done
Don't worry, be happy

Harmonica chorus

So you want to jump out of a plane
All your friends think you're insane
Don't worry, be happy
When you jump we've always found
You'll end up back on the ground
Don't worry, be happy

Harmonica chorus

Here's a little song we wrote
You might want to learn it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
And now you're back on the ground
Everybody's safe and sound
Don't worry, be happy

Harmonica outro

Don't worry, be happy!

Sorry about you ankle Donna but proud that you and Kathy stepped up...and out!

Jack and Linda

Hey guys,
I can't thank you enough for the performance. It was a great pick-me-up for DJ.. She says to give you a big thank you from her as well.

Nathan

[Nathan N]

Had a great time! Here are a few of my photos with a link to the rest.

A wheelin and dealin:


Decorating:


Our fearless lasses:


A final wave goodbye:


She did it!


They both did:






KAMO was hanging out:


All of my photos:
Redmond Rendezvous

Nathan

[Darren]

A great gathering. Little on the warm side but the shade and breeze made it bearable. I really like the layout of JRR.

Start thinking about next year. We can go back to JRR or move to Big Hill.

Thanks again to everyone that came out.

Darren