

| Subject: | Volkswagen camping festivities at the 27th BNNTA |
| From: | Jim Arnott |
| Date: | Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:36:37 -0700 |
Done. Jim Arnott List Admin vanagon@gerry Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Bowman" <bill@bnnta.com> > Date: August 26, 2012 1:25:12 PM PDT > To: "List - Type 2" <type2@type2.com> > Subject: [T2] A little help please! > > I'm not currently on the "Vanagon List". Could someone, anyone here > who is > also on the Vanagon List please send the following message over to > that > participants on that List, some of whom will be attending this > event. Thanks > for any assistance you can provide! > > Bill Bowman > www.bnnta.com > > > Hi all, > > We are just under a week away from the Volkswagen camping > festivities at the > 27th BNNTA event! We have most of our personal and event gear ready > to go, > the > trophies and dash plaques have arrived and the t-shirts are on the > way, and > I'm packing up our three Transporters for the adventure. I'm > getting lots of > eagar messages from attendees, and a few questions. So here are > some updates > for next weekends "27th Buses Nowhere Near The Arch" VW camping > weekend. > > As always, we do not offer pre--registration for the event. Don't > worry! I > lease the entire "group" campground for the entire long holiday > weekend and > there is plenty of room for everyone at BNNTA! All you have to do > is pack up > your VW with family, friends, camping and recreational goodies, good > "vittles" > and the beverages of your choice! Then have a safe and fun drive > over to > Mark > Twain Lake. Follow the directions and map link at our website www.bnnta.com > and upon your arrival in the Indian Creek Recreation Area "group" > campground > we will take all of a minute or two to get your registered! Real > easy! All > types and models of Volkswagens are welcomed to register and attend > inside > the > campground! > > Although the event begins on Friday, Aug 31st at noon, we usually > get a few > eagar folks who arrive in the area early and usually need to camp at > the > nearby "main" campground until the gates to the "group" campground > are opened > on Friday at noon. The Rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of > Engineers have > once again graciously offered to open the gates to our venue a day > early at > some point on Thursday for anyone arriving early. This helps those > participants from having to set up camp at the "main" campground and > then > break down and move to the "group" campground on Friday. For those > of you > taking advantage of this offer, all you'll have to do is visit the > entrance > gate over at the at the "main" campground, tell 'em you're camping > at the VW > event in the "group" campground, then pay the daily fee for > "Thursday night > only", receive your camping receipt and then head over to the "group" > campground and set-up your campsite for the festivities. Please do > this, so > that I don't get "in Dutch" with the Rangers! They will check and > do a count > of cars. Also, remember that campsites 11, 12, and 13 are reserved > for our > event registration area. Otherwise there is no pre-registration > available, > you'll register with us for the weekend when we arrive and set > ourselves up > on > Friday. > > One slight inconvienence for the weekend, courtesy of Mother Nature > and this > past summers hot weather and drought, there is a ban on any open > fires during > our stay, so to cook, bring your camping stoves as most do anyway. > See the > Rangers note below, and thank you for your co-operation and > understanding! > > It's not too late to plan to join us during the long Labor Day > weekend! > Please have a safe and enjoyable ride to the BNNTA camping weekend! > We'll > see > you soon! > > Bill Bowman > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > > Mr. Bowman, > > Unfortunately due to the heat and lack of rainfall since early > spring, the > Corps of Engineers has implemented a fire ban which states no > firewood or > charcoal fires are permitted. You can have gas grills and stove top > cookers > as long as they are attended to at all times. > > Thanks, > > Chris Coe > U.S. Army Corps of Engineers > Natural Resource Specialist > Clarence Cannon Dam and Mark Twain Lake > 20642 Highway J > Monroe City, MO 63456 > phone 573-735-4097 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: type2-unsubscribe@type2.com > To email the admin for list help only: type2-admin@type2.com > For additional commands send any e-mail to: type2-help@type2.com > Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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