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Jerry

Sun Jul 29 2012, 05:27PM

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What a great time !! It was so nice catching up with old friends & making a few new ones. This week was just too darn short!

Thank you moonies for being you!

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MadUncleDave

Sun Jul 29 2012, 06:47PM

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My lady and I arrived Friday just after noon and went pretty much nonstop until just now. It was great seeing the family again, I miss most all of you and am looking forward to our next get together. THANK YOU to Greg and Gord Potts for filming our wedding, Kim and I appreciate it greatly. Uploading it to You Tube now

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snoopy

Mon Jul 30 2012, 06:16AM

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MadUncleDave wrote ...

My lady and I arrived Friday just after noon and went pretty much nonstop until just now. It was great seeing the family again, I miss most all of you and am looking forward to our next get together. THANK YOU to Greg and Gord Potts for filming our wedding, Kim and I appreciate it greatly. Uploading it to You Tube now

Great, since we couldn't make it from the country in time.

Congratulations!!

Hokie Girl

Mon Jul 30 2012, 10:18AM

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Such a great time!! Weather was perfect, river was fun, and great catching up with everyone! Hope everyone had a safe trip home. Already counting down to next year now!

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Betsey

Mon Jul 30 2012, 03:47PM

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Had to leave early on Fri, after being there since Sun. ~ Had so much fun & met some great people ~!~ The rain was pretty intense, but the following day was awesome! ~ Putting together things for next year..it's never too early to plan ahead!!

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Japhy

Mon Jul 30 2012, 09:17PM

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That was a great campout! Great seeing ya'll and meeting in person. Thanks! Everyone made me feel very welcomed. We made it back with no problem except a hangover. haha. Looking forward to next year with my kids!!

TheBlueMax

Mon Jul 30 2012, 10:24PM

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What an awesome time! While Brad and I were only there for a few nights, we had a so much fun. Friends that we knew were already crammed in tight in the heart of the "city", so we went to find some real estate on the city's edge..and found some new Moonie Family members.....

Thanks to Andy & Ashley (Gazoo Crew) who invited us to come camp next to them..they are amazing people...as well as the other great folks around us as well- Dixie, Tom and Tammy, Nick and Karen.

Thank you to Jay and Lynn for doing the tie dye workshop...we totally enjoy our shirts...and a big thanks to Jamie for putting the event together..it was great to have all those people in golf carts running around helping out as we needed.

The highlight of the event was the kayak trip with Andy, Snoopy, Kerry, Susie Bear and Barry. Was great to put faces to the FMBC screen names/avatars. ...and a great big thanks to Tom and Tammy for carting us up to the put in site..mMy shoulders have recouped after that 4 hours trip.

I've posted a selection of photos. My favorite is of Mark Dearing and the "mushroom"

Until the next one.....

Andrea

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TN Jed

Tue Jul 31 2012, 09:55AM

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It gets better every year and we cant wait till next year!!!
Had a blast seeing old friends and meeting some new ones, it was great running into a few Ive only known online till now.

Thanks to all who helped make our campsite party central! Dont forget to wonder back in next year about "dark-thirty"!

Thanks Jamie and everyone else who made it happen!!!

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Tue Jul 31 2012, 01:10PM

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We had a remarkable time. My 20 month old daughter also had a blast floating down the 'swimmin' pool' and playing with the river rocks. The weather was great and was glad to hang with friends and meet new ones. We look forward to next year.

There was a little boy about 10 or so named Austin. They were camped in the electric city area. Is his dad on here?

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Fred

Tue Jul 31 2012, 01:32PM

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TN Jed wrote ...

It gets better every year and we cant wait till next year!!!
Had a blast seeing old friends and meeting some new ones, it was great running into a few Ive only known online till now.

Thanks to all who helped make our campsite party central! Dont forget to wonder back in next year about "dark-thirty"!

Thanks Jamie and everyone else who made it happen!!!

I want to say this tactfully in a friendly way:

The next time (It would be the 4th) I drive 350+ miles to Twin Rivers I hope to find improved, sanitary toilet facilities. After a lot of beer and under-refridgerated food there could be a public health problem with that many people.

Other than that, I enjoyed my 2 nite stay. Had to get back to civilization though and my internet connection. Thanks to the owners for the hand-written directions to Wal-Mart.

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nash

Tue Jul 31 2012, 01:32PM

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1221 total miles there and back without major problems....worth every mile.had a great time with friends and family. bella had a blast with paw paw nash .
it was cool to have our own mini carabus with japhy following great neighbors at the camp site
salve queen anita posted a few pix on facebook check um out

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spinman

Wed Aug 01 2012, 08:02AM

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We had a great time!!! Enjoyed jammin' with everybody round the grounds....and seeing everyone....little lesson learned from the trip home...if your generator light goes out, or falls out (bad ground) the alternator does not charge your battery.....I'm sure most of you know this, but it was a puzzler to figure out...Had fun partying on I-26 though....Thanks for stopping to hang with us Denise and Paul!!! We'll see everybody soon......

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SusieBear

Wed Aug 01 2012, 08:00PM

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Another great campout! It's hard to believe it's only been a year since we met you awesome moonies! What a long strange trip it's been. Thanks for the pics Andrea! I have a bunch on FMBC Facebook, too many to post here. See you all soon!

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Zeitgeist

Sat Aug 04 2012, 08:18PM

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Awesome location, just beautiful! Enjoyed meeting everyone.

Will get Zeitgeist up the hill next year.

'Spirit of TIME'

snoopy

Sun Aug 05 2012, 08:51AM

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Pardon if this is a double post. I didn't see Jamie post it here yet. The video Jamie put together from this years pics.

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SusieBear

Sun Aug 05 2012, 03:04PM

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Another awesome video, Jamie and music to go with it! Thanks again for everything!

mrcamp

Sun Aug 05 2012, 07:34PM

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Thanks to one and all for the pics and video.
As I have mentioned before I live in Northeast Ar up on the Mo. line and VW'S are few and far between.
To see so many in one place makes me smile.
To put it mildly I am jealous that I couldn't attend.

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Gazoocrew

Tue Aug 07 2012, 07:08PM

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we had a great week. Ashley and I made lots of new friends and got to hang out with some we have known for a little longer.We are looking forward to seeing everybody again at some point in time....until then happy camping...love the pics...hopefully we can make it to Fire on the Mountain

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Dixie

Tue Aug 07 2012, 07:36PM

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OK, need some help. One of our newest members (1st campout) had
a blue cap disappear from her campsite at HCBF. She never wears it
when she camps but keeps it on the table in honor of her husband..who is no longer here to camp with her. It has a metal "Pin"
on it & that belonged to him. Could everyone PLEASE check around &
see if you maybe have it in all your stuff. She was camped not far down from Jamie & a little boy named Austin..about 9 or 10 yrs. Hate to see a first timer get the wrong feelig about our group. Thanks for all your help. dixie

markdearing

Wed Aug 08 2012, 07:28AM

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hey dixie there was a blue baseball cap left in our site . I will look to see if we have it. had some logo on it , I kept asking whose it was but nobody knew later md

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Dixie

Wed Aug 08 2012, 08:31AM

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Mark, it had the #27 on it & an eagle pin. thanks....see yall at BOTR.

markdearing

Wed Aug 08 2012, 12:43PM

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yep I hope it is still in the vannie I will look Tell her that nobody took it she left it behind and we had no idea whose it was still in the air about BOTR later md

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Dixie

Wed Aug 08 2012, 05:26PM

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Thanks dear friend...can't believe U might not make it? I haven't been in 4 yrs...not as big a crowd last year so thought I'd give it a try.
Shoot me a note if U have it.


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