I hope you can join all of us, I don't believe we've ever had a Tristar at
the event, so you'd be a big hit!  I'seen several Tristar D.C.s in person,
and quite a bit of seat time in one of them that a buddy still owns up in
Seattle.

Hope you can cruise in from Indy, ought to be about a five hour jaunt for
you.  One of our great friends will be coming from Indy in a '73
Adventurewagen camper.

Bill Bowman
www.bnnta.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "VW Doka" <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: the 24th B.N.N.T.A. Vw camping weekend...

Hmmm... tempting since I'm still stuck in Indianapolis.  It's only 280
miles away.  Could load up the Tristar and take a little road trip.

Any other listees going?

Cheers,

Jeff

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Bill Bowman<bill@bnnta.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Come one, come all!
>
> to the upcoming B.N.N.T.A. - "Buses Nowhere Near The Arch #24"
>
> When: Friday Sept 4th thru Monday Sept 7th, the entire Labor Day holiday
> weekend.
>
> Where: in the group campground in the Indian Creek Recreational Area
> located
> right on Mark Twain Lake in NE Missouri. We have again leased the ENTIRE
> campground so we can host an all VW camping weekend. Only Volkswagen
> vehicles
> will be admitted...any year and model of VW...but it must be a VW.
>
> Our group campground is a beautiful, heavily wooded location for our
> event,
> built lakeside by the Corps of Engineers, features quite a few sites with
> access to electric, two nice buildings with restrooms (one with nice
> hot/cold
> showers), a playground, a covered pavillion, a nearby boat ramp into the
> 22
> mile long Mark Twain Lake, a nearby marina, etc. Bring your bicycle and
> water
> toys! Individuals and VW clubs from all over the Midwest will be enjoying
> each others company for the long holiday weekend.
>
> There is NO pre-registration available, just check in with us upon arrival
> and
> we'll quickly fix you up for the weekend.
>
> On Saturday we'll run a caravan over a scenic route to historic Hannibal,
> MO
> to enjoy the sights of the childhood home town of Samuel Clemens (aka,
> "Mark
> Twain"). Enjoy the towns' historic landmarks and sights and then return to
> the
> BNNTA event at your leisure. Later in the afternoon our event participants
> will stroll around the campground to visit and vote for their personal
> favorites for awards given out during our awards ceremony later that
> evening.
> On Sunday we'll relax and enjoy the lake, and most will be heading
> homeward on
> Monday.
>
> Be sure to use your creativity to decorate your VW campsite, both for the
> fun
> of it and to compete in our campsite decoration contest (both individual
> and
> group decorating).
>
> Please feel free to bring along any VW related items that you'd like to
> donate
> to the growing door prize give-away during the award ceremony on Saturday
> evening.
>
> We've kept the event and camping fee as low as we can, lower than pretty
> much
> any other similar camping weekend. The total fee per VW is only $30 for
> the
> "entire weekend" regardless of how long you stay with all of us.
>
> Visit our simple event website for basic info at http://www.bnnta.com
> where
> there is a Mapquest link with directions (Yeah, one of these days we'll
> spice
> the site up a bit more!).
>
> So there you have it! If you've been thinking about joining us, take
> advantage
> of the long holiday weekend and start packing up the Bus to join us for
> all
> the festivities. It's never too late, and there's always room for more
> around
> our VW campfire! We'll look forward to seeing you!
>
> Bill & Kathryn Bowman
>