2016 Great Lakes/Midwest Meet & Greet

**JohnB** · 01-27-2016, 08:45 PM

It is that time again to start planning our Mid-West Meet and Greet. JohnB (John) your event organizer and Vanhakke (Denny) our camp consultant welcome you to come join us.

When: Arrive Friday, June 10th – Departing Sunday, June 12th, 2016 (2 nights)

Where:
RIVER TRAIL CAMPGROUND
7712 DEEP CUT ROAD
MENDON, OH 45862

WEBSITE: River Trail Campground Google Maps Image of camp: http://goo.gl/maps/xYT28

Phone: 419-795-1400 Ask for Carol

Reservations Process: (Now Ongoing)
· Sunline Club Members are to call Carol above to reserve your site.
· Tell them you are with Sunline Club, your dates for camping, request your site number and give your contact phone number.

Members are welcome to come earlier or stay later. The official M & G will be Friday night, Saturday night and leaving Sunday.
· All campsites have water, sewer and 30 amp electric. 50 amp available if needed. (site specific)
· Please make your reservation before May 15th if possible as we need to release unused campsites back to the camp. You can still reserve after May 15th however you may not get a site next to the group.

· Please post a reply here if you make your reservation with your dates, camper year/model, first names of those attending so we can update the attendee list.

Cost: $31/night (Back in site) - $33/night (Pull through site) - See CG map below for sites.
Camp Check In: Since we are in a group, we can check in early, must be past 9:30am Friday. Check out: Sunday at 1:00pm

Campground only accepts checks or cash. Campground requires 1 night pre-paid mailed in advance to hold reservation. Make checks payable to River Trail Campground. Mail to Campground address above.

Sunline Club Campsites
We have selected overnight camping area A and have sites A11 to A21 being held by the campground for our group. Overflow if we fill this section will be sites 22 to 30 or if members have special needs. Members JohnB in site A11, group campsite A12 and vanhakke in site A13 have been reserved.

Notes: The campground has requested for back in sites to only back in on pad. They want to avoid lawn damage, soft spring soil issues pulling in the opposite direction off the pad etc. Pull through sites can come in the opposite direction, just hookups are on the opposite side of your camper.

River Trail Campground over view map (Map is corrected for North direction vrs CG website)

Aerial image - Sunline Club Area A Sites 11 to 21 - Reserved sites are in Green

Confirmed Reservation List:

Site: A11 JohnB/CindyB (2- John & Cindy) - 2004 T-310SR (FSS)
Site: A12 Group Meeting Site
Site: A13 vanhakke (2 –Dennis & Marie) - 2007 T-286SR (FSS)
Site: A14
Site: A15
Site: A16
Site: A17 J&A Lima Oh (2 - Jack & Angela) -2007 T2499) (TFS)
Site: A18 Jim44646 (2 - Jim & Darlene) - 2001 T-2553 (TFSS)
Site: A19 BenB (2 - Ben & Sarah) - 2006 T264SR (FS)
Site: A20
Site: A21 Mike71654 (3 Mike, Rose & Son) - 2000 Sunnybrook 5er

Schedule of Activates:
Friday Evening Dinner: Friday evening dinner is not a planned event at this time due to incoming arrivals. If members arrive early and would like to dine together, we can help arrange. Reply to this thread when you know and we can see if we can schedule.

All activities are at the group site A12. See reply no. 2 below for more details.

Friday Night Cracker-barrel: 8:00pm, Bring a share finger type eating food
Saturday Breakfast: start cooking at 9:30am, Eat at 10:00am - Baggie Omelets
Saturday Potluck Dinner: 5:30pm, See 2 reply for more info.
Saturday Campfire: 8:30pm, Bring any leftover finger type eating food you want to share

Camping Gear Needed:
· Canopies for over picnic tables: Jim 4464 (2), BenB (1) J & A Lima Oh (1)
· Lantern for picnic tables, Friday night Cracker-barrel, LP or liquid fuel: JohnB (1), Jim44644 (1)
· Local source for firewood: J&A Lima Oh,
. Gas burners, pots and LP gas for egg boil: JohnB
· Picnic tables: We will need to borrow some of our sites picnic tables for the group area. How many are TBD.

Any questions, PM your camp hosts, JohnB (John) or Vanhakke (Denny) or post a reply.

Update 6-10-16

**JohnB** · 01-27-2016, 08:52 PM

Friday Night Cracker-barrel and Saturday Night Pot Luck sign up list:

Friday Night Cracker-barrel 8:00pm at Group site 12 picnic tables. A Friday night get together to meet your Sunline friends. If you can, bring a share finger food snack, please post a reply and we will add it to the list.

JohnB/CindyB: Cheese & Crackers, pepperoni
Vanhakke: Veggie Tray with Mexicali Dip
Jim44644:mini peppers & dip, potato chips
BenB: cookies
Mike71654: Beef stick and crackers
J & A Lima Oh: watermelon, hummus and scoop chips

Saturday Breakfast: Start cooking at 9:30am, Eat at 10:00am. We will be doing baggie omelets at the Group site picnic tables. Come for 9:30am to start making your omelet. For those who have never done this before, we make omelets in a bag and boil them. Your omelet bag is made by you at the group site from ingredients brought by members. The head boiler cooks the entire groups omelets all at once! 15 to 20 minutes later the entire group sits down to dine.

We ask the members from each camper to bring your own 2 eggs per/person attending and your own eating utensils and breakfast beverages. We are also asking you to bring a group share, omelet ingredient and a breakfast share food. Post a reply of what you are bringing and we will add it to the list. All cooking bags will be provided by the camp host. If eggs are not your thing, please still come and share our other breakfast foods with us. Please post a reply and we will add it to the list.

Breakfast Sign up List: (Bring enough for the members in your camper plus 2 to 5 others. Items can be repeated within reason.)

JohnB/CindyB: Crumbled sausage, zucchini bread, bacon on the side
Vanhakke: Shredded Cheeses for the Omelets & Cantaloupe and Blueberry Fruit Bowl
Jim44644: onions, green peppers, muffins
BenB: diced ham, red peppers and coffee cake
J & A Lima Oh: sausage links

Saturday Dinner Potluck: Dining to start at 5:30pm at the Group site picnic tables. Bring a share dish or desert enough for the members in your camper plus 2 to 5 others. Bring your own beverages and eating utensils. Please post a reply and we will add it to the list.

Potluck Sign up List:

JohnB/CindyB: Peppers, pasta and sausage. Mint chocolate brownies
Vanhakke: Marie's "Famous" Calico Beans. Yummy ! (Bring your Tabasco Chipolte sauce for a special, smokey treat !)
Jim44644: stuffed shells, desert
BenB: chili and corn bread
Mike71654: Brats or hot dogs
J & A Lima Oh: macaroni & beef casserole, pineapple cake, Cole slaw

Saturday Night Campfire: Starting at 8:30pm at Group site A12. Bring your own chair and gather around for a good camper folks yak session! If you have left over cracker-barrel goodies and you want to get rid of them, this is the place! Bring them.

We will update this events post as new topics or items are known.

Are we there yet!!! Camping fever is setting in….

**JohnB** · 01-27-2016, 08:54 PM

2016 Great Lakes/Midwest Meet & Greet - Additional Info – Pics from Camp

Campsites

A view from our camp site area towards the pond beach.

A view from the pond/beach area back towards our camp site area.

A view from site 18 towards the pond.

vanhakke · 02-03-2016, 11:19 AM

Hi, everyone,

A new camping year has just barely begun, and we've made it official. We just signed up with Carol for site 13, same as last year. Starting to feel like home, yes ?

We had talked about possibly coming earlier and taking tours of the surrounding area prior to our gathering on the 10th. As it turns out, we have family obligations in Florida earlier in that week, and won't be in attendance until that Friday. We will, however, stay over until Monday morning.

See you all there, and talk very soon.

vanhakke
(Dennis & Marie)

jim44646 · 02-07-2016, 11:32 PM

Denny, I'll sign up if you promise to leave your rain dance shoes at home

vanhakke · 02-08-2016, 05:12 AM

Hi, Jim, Hi, Darlene,

Well, yes, you should sign up. Last year someone really WAS doing a rain dance. This year, I'm going to find out who the Indian deity of DRAUGHT is, and make an offering. What to join me ? And I will leave the shoes home, just in case. If it's any consolation, we won't arrive before Friday, so that might give you a couple of dry days. (???)

Looking forward to seeing you there. Hey, by the way, bring your scope. I've got a job for you !

vanhakke
Denny

mike71654 · 02-08-2016, 01:59 PM

Hey All...It has been a while since I was on. As you know we are now SOB's but we still miss our Sunline. We have a really nice 2000 Sunnybrook fifth wheel and are still doing a lot of camping. We would like to attend the meet and greet in Mendon if no one has any objections. We always enjoyed the Sunline group and would like to meet some of you.

jim44646 · 02-08-2016, 05:32 PM

No problem here. We're all campers

vanhakke · 02-08-2016, 06:54 PM

Mike,

By all means, come on over. The more the merrier. Always good to compare notes from other brands. A learning experience, yes ?

Let us know if you need further info. All the sign up info should be up near the top of this post.

See you there.

vanhakke
(Denny)

**JohnB** · 02-08-2016, 08:24 PM

Hi Mike and Rose,

We would be glad to have you with us. Please come if you can.

Hope you can make it. Let us know what site you request when you call Carol to make the reservation.

John

**JohnB** · 02-08-2016, 08:37 PM

Hi Jim,

Now that Denny is going to do the "Draught" dance... (this should be a site to see

) let us know what site you get.

Cindy and I are working towards able to stay over on Sunday night this year leaving Monday. So if all works right, we will have an extra night.

We are supposed to get get down in the teens this weekend down here. This past Sunday it was over 50F.... Come on spring, hurry up and get here...

Thanks

John

vanhakke · 02-08-2016, 08:57 PM

Hey, Everybody,

So you want to see a "Draught Dance"? It turns out that a "Draught'' dance apparently has something to do with beer ! Viewing a "Draught" dance might get you more than you expected.

Turns out that people who know how to spell would do a "Drought Dance", which has something to do with a lack of rain. LOL.

Glad I could clear that up !

vanhakke

**JohnB** · 02-08-2016, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanhakke

Turns out that people who know how to spell would do a "Drought Dance", which has something to do with a lack of rain. LOL.

Glad I could clear that up !

vanhakke

Ahhh, is this dance rigged from the get go??? Or is this a "new and improved" version with and escape clause...

vanhakke · 02-08-2016, 09:24 PM

Well,

If it's a "Draught Dance" you may NEED an escape clause. Who knows where it would end up? However, if it's a "Drought Dance" you'll need Chap Stick, cause it'll be pretty dry.

Sort of like this post. LOL.

vanhakke

jim44646 · 02-09-2016, 06:43 AM

Site 18 reserved June 9-13. See u then.

mike71654 · 02-09-2016, 01:42 PM

We are all confirmed for lot 21...Looking forward to seeing all of you.

jim44646 · 02-09-2016, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike71654

We are all confirmed for lot 21...Looking forward to seeing all of you.

Just a little advice. I've had lot 21 and it's hard to back into. It's 90° to the road and the road is narrow. That's why I moved to 18.
Jim

**JohnB** · 02-09-2016, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike71654

We are all confirmed for lot 21...Looking forward to seeing all of you.

Mike, Great!!! I have you marked down. Which nights are you attending?

Is your camper a "Titian" model? That was Sunnybrooks high end 5er back during that time frame if I remember correclty. Be interested in seeing it. I have a camping buddy with a 2004 Sunnbrook Titian TT. 04 was the last year they made the high end TT's Very nice unit.

Thanks

John