Hello family,

It’s not too early to get things going for family camp this year, as suddenly our summer calendar is looking pretty busy. We are sure that your calendar is the same, so a bit of early planning is probably for the better.

Our dates this year are from Sunday, July 21 through Wednesday, July 24th. This is not ideal for everyone, but it is what we could get. Ideally we wanted about a week later. We tried during the “race for reservations” on March 1st. But we were competing with another group that had been using that site during that first week of August for 5 years or so and they had eight people working to get it again. There are some positive points though as the above dates does include some birthdays. Also, the tree cutting operations near the campsite are not scheduled to start until August 1st.

Our two biggest challenges to consider at this point in the game is the number of RV’s and getting a head start on meal planning.

RV Planning

We can only have four RV’s in the group campground and looking ahead we could end up with five.

• Ann & Mark van ✅
• Drew & Lauren Casita ✅
• Danny & Tessa RV ✅
• Luke & Sarah RV ✅
• Adam & Jami van ✅ Sunday Only

As mentioned last year, the hosts have zero flexibility on this. It’s not that they are not nice people, we have gotten to know them pretty well. It’s just that if they give an inch, people will push a mile. Not that we will, but if other people see us with 5 RV’s in the group camp, they will want 6 or 7 when they book the group site next year. An RV gets defined as any vehicle that someone could sleep in, so a van with a bed would be counted.

The proposed solution here is that we rent one extra campground space to accommodate one RV. Update: Site #30 on the north shore booked for Sunday night to accommodate an extra RV. It makes sense to put one of the two vans there for the night.

The group site is limited to 20 people, same as last season. Here’s a list of possible attendees: 1. Mark 2. Ann 3. Tessa 4. Danny 5. Eddy 6. Reagan 7. Patty 8. Randy 9. Orea 10. Luke 11. Sarah. 12. James 13. Garrett 14. Drew 15. Lauren 16. Adam 17. Jami 18. Marley 19. Iylee 20. Braysen 21. Tiare 22. Katie 23. Tanya 24. Melchior 25. Saskia We might lose a couple to Jr Lifeguards, but you can otherwise see we are at the limit. This is not the camp to invite friends and neighbors.

Directions To Webber

In case last year was all a blur and you need a refresher how to find the group camp at Webber Lake, here are some specifics directions. It might be worth printing them out as there is not much phone service once you leave Highway 89.

The Directions Post

Food Planning

Last year was a bit shorter so it was easy for Ann & I to take on the two dinners and let others fill in the breakfasts. This year we have an additional day to cover and potentially more people than last summer. There’s 6 major meals to cover, assuming we do lunches on our own.

• Saturday Dinner at Casa De Pescador – Adam & Jami: menu TBA
• Sunday Breakfast at Casa De Pescador – Mark & Ann: Bagels and stuff
• Sunday Dinner – Luke & Sara: Chicken & Beef Tacos (Trish adds margaritas)
• Monday Breakfast – Mark & Ann: Breakfast Burritos
• Monday Dinner – Drew & Lauren: menu TBA
• Tuesday Breakfast: Luke & Sara: Eggy breakfast sandwiches
• Tuesday Dinner – Danny Tessa collaboration with Tanya & Melchior: menu TBA
• Wednesday Breakfast – Trish & Randy: Pancakes, Fruit, Bacon

Hopefully we can get each family unit to cover one of those meals. Again use the comments below to suggest what you want to take on, and I will summarize it above. I am not expecting Tanya and Melchior to take on anything, we are just happy if they can make it! Assuming I can get Drew and Lauren to haul it out there, we will bring the big Blackstone griddle.

Early Arrivals & Late Departures

Just like last summer, you are welcome to arrive early at Casa De Fisher before the camping begins, or to stay an extra day or two after the campout. The only caveat is there are some limitations for parking space. Between ourselves and Drew and Lauren we have 6 vehicles on property through the summer, only two of those fitting in the garage. If you’re wanting to do either an early or late thing, you should declare that in the comments below so others will know and can gauge space availability.

Current Info: Katie arriving Friday; Tanya et al arriving Saturday; Trish & Randy arriving Saturday and staying Wednesday too

Family Camp was absolutely the best part of the summer for many of us last summer so we hope you are all still game. Thanks for helping get things a bit more organized sooner rather than later. Before family camp we have a Central Coast van trip, a Mexico trip and a trip to SoCal around July 4th plus a trip to Europe after Family Camp and a van trip to Utah in the fall. There is much planning and coordination to be done.

Thanks!

Your Family Camp Coordinator Mark

Comments posted below will not appear until I moderate them, so don’t panic on that.