Pre-Camping E-mails

There are a lot of places in the second link. Among them the first one looked interesting. I just researched camping and in the beautiful state of VA *smiles*. If you want me to look for other activities and/or other places you will need to motivate me *turns around rubbing his hands in glee with a wicked grin*.

http://www.americampslakegaston.com/index.htm

http://www.virginiacampgrounds.org/

This is 20 mins from our home. Kind of a short one afty trip. http://dixiecaverns.com/

Styly



Sasmo,

With my whole formatting thingy, I do not have my address book. Send a mail to all the relevant people of this trip so that I can add their names to my address book and send future mails to the group.

Now that the ranting is over, here’s a preliminary list of places I found.



http://www.koa.com/where/VA/46109.htm.

Its on Virginia beach. Couple of things to do and very close to the beach in case you want to go there. But I'm not sure if it has cabin's or should we have our own RV.



http://www.cherrystoneva.com/index.html.

This one definitely has a cabin, close to Virginia beach and looks good.



http://www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/smithmtn.htm.

This is abt 1:30 from Blacksburg. Friend of a friend went there couple of days ago and said its okay. They stayed there for one night/two days probably what we are planning. The website looks good too.



People with time, have a look and give me suggestions if I missed out things, or there’s something else I should be looking for etc. In fact if people with knowledge can send me a list of areas that are good to go, I can look for cabins/camp grounds there. So far I have searched in Virginia beach.



Your friendly neighborhood slave *grins wickedly*

Styly


I found this site that lets you check the availability of sites at different VA state parks. I checked First Landing and False Cape state parks and all the camping sites are already booked. Anyway, may be we should divide the search area among us and see what's available first.


http://www.reserveamerica.com/client/client_va.jsp

Shamir

http://ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/haro/home.html


This place is 70 Miles from VT. There's no cabins left. But I really like this place after all the places, I've been thru. What U guys say about roughing it out a bit.

Can swim.
Can rent a canoe.. etc.

I'll look at other stuff too.

sasmo


http://ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/haro/home.html

They have 73 camping sites. First come first serve basis.. Mite have some ppl from Friday (booking for two or 3 days). If this camping ground gets filled up, there's one more camping ground bout 2 miles away -- Pilot Mtn State Park. They take the overflow.

Its $15 a nite for setting up a tent. And They have grills and picnic tables etc. They dont take reservations. Have to go there and get the spot.
If everyone likes this place, I would recommend Micro to go down there on Friday and try to get one spot for a couple of days. We waste a $15 and a lot of Micro's valuable time (3hrs buddy .. Half a PhD thesis) but I am sure he is nice enuf to do it.

Guys please let me know. Need to figure out logistics and inventory.

sasmo

Sasmo

The place looks good. I am for it. We may not be able to get anything if we show up in Saturday so if Micro can get there early friday before rest of the world gets there, it would be great.

Thanks
Shamir


what about booze ??? - that place is no alcohol place according to styly... if thats where we are going - fine i will go on friday morning and book some spot but are we sure we want to spend two weekend nights without a drop of alcohol???? (esp while camping)

micro



Hi,
Called up the campus thingy for the tents, then found out they are open only on Th and Fr 12-6. Will call them tomorrow. In the meantime, send me a list of things we need from them and I'll call up/go there to reserve/get the stuff. And are we decided on going to the Hangin Rock place?
http://www.uusa.vt.edu/recreation/Ventout/gear.htm
Styly


Styly

What's going on?

We should probably get at least a 4 man tent, ground mat. And sleeping bags if we don't have them yet. We also need a lantern.

I have a cooler that I am bringing but we could use one more to put food and stuff (beer). I am thinking we should grill the first night but we will figure out the details later. So as for a list, lets see

Tent (4 person)
Ground Mat for that tent
Sleeping Bags
Lantern
Cooler

Let me know if you need anything else.

Shamir

noddy might come for the trip - he is leaving monday morning and if pramod is comming he might leave with them on saturday - he hasnt confirmed yet - this brings the need to have a larger tent and more stuff... i think

micro


Cup called me and said he mite want to go too.
Will let U know.

sasmo


Hi,
Just went and reserved a 6 man tent for the weekend. That's the max size I could get. Right now we have 4 people. The guy renting stuff out said the 6 man is cool for 5 people but a little crowded for 6. So Shamir if you can, try to get your tent just in case we have more people. I'll find out abt people here in B'Burg. Sasmo find out travel plans of Cup and mail/call me. Also based on the mails I have made a list of all the stuff I shall be renting out tomorrow (around 1 o'clock). So have a look at it and tell me of anything else we need or more of something.

Tent (6 people)
Sleeping bag + pad - 4. (Unless you tell me before tomorrow if someone else is coming/ someone already has one.)
Lantern - 1

Other undecided stuff
GroundPad - All the bags come with pads. So do we need these? If so qty/dimensions would help.
Cooler - We have one.
Stove - Do we need one?
Cook Set - Any clue what this is? I'll ask the rental tomorrow anyway.
Tarp - Any clue if we need this???

Here's a list of all the available stuff for rent.
http://www.uusa.vt.edu/recreation/Ventout/gear.htm
Have a look and if you find something that's needed mail me what and how many by tomorrow so that I can rent them out.

Styly

PS - Sasmo. If you can make a Voice Activated Camping Inventory System(VACIS) on your blog so that everyone can update it, that would be cool rather than me trying to figure things out and update it periodically using my miniscule brain and unreliable memory *looks with wide eyes pleadingly*. In fact what would be even better is if you can make a Camping Equipment Dummies System (CEDS) for dummies where I can just enter the no. of people coming and it gives me equipment qtys, where to get them, when to get them etc.(for dummies duh).



Styly

I am bringing my tent so we would have an extra one. I think we would need one just to have a cushion between the ground and the sleeping bags since the bottom of the tent is usually a very thin one. But double check with the people at the renting place. I have a inflatable bed and I am bringing a blanket so I don't need a sleeping bag.

I don't think we need any cooking stuff unless we want to cook a meal but we would need paper plates and plastic cups forks etc. I think the camp site would have a place to grill so I was thinking we should grill for saturday night. We might have to think of something else if there are any vegetarians in the group. I am planning to bring beers and chips

See you guys tomorrow night.

Shamir


Guys,

Well, Its finally hit me. We are goin campin. Slept enuf to last the weekend now..Almost started to dream bout it before I woke up. Its a beautiful day today and I hope it lasts the whole weekend.

Back to Bussiness. Please send me an e-mail

Things I have already packed,
Beer
Chips and Salsa
Skewers
Guitar
Basky, foot balls, Frisbee

Things I wud recommend we bring / take care of
Extra pair of shoes and T-s (Recommended --> Shoes with some tread for hiking)
Enuf ground pads for all.
sweat pants / wind cheater pants.
Bug Spray
Lantern and -- OIL for it
Book to read. (I am not interesting enuf for U guys to spend a whole weekend without TV ;-) and I am not letting U de-construct me)
SunBlock
TP (Tissue and Toilet Paper)
Basic First aid stuff --> After-shave to prevent a cut from being septic.
Large Water container. (Wud recommend we carry our own water. Je prefer')
Life jackets (if can rent) for canoeing... (non-swimmers --> Styly .. Please dont drown again)
Renting the Volleyball set or horshoe set or both wud be a very good idea. Cud have lots of fun playing horse shoes.. Especially when inebrious. Its more fun than darts !!!!
Please let me know who's going to take care of what

sasmo