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Informal Lance Get Together at Woods Canyon Lake AZ "Aspen Campground" - June 2018

Woods Canyon Lake AZ - Aspen Campground

Woods Canyon Lake, AZ June 6-12

Jayne and I will be arriving at about 3-4pm on the 6th and will be at site #117.  If you have any questions please post it on the main discussion page for Current Rallies.  This is an "INFORMAL" Lance get together, no activities planned other than a nightly cocktail party for what ever beverage you like (BYOB)...  I'll have a ham radio set up and perches for hummingbird photography and other critters.  You are welcome to sit in or set up your camera along side mine and shoot away!!!

Rob

 

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Donna and I had a great time, even though we had to leave early. Was glad we got to meet everyone. Hope to see everyone in the near future.

Got the trailer back from Tom's today, repaired Frig.  It required a new controller board (normally takes two weeks if order (but they took one from another unit).  They also had to replace the CO/Gas detector (it kept alarming). The Generator did not work any better back here in the valley, so I used the Costco liberal return policy and got a full refund.

What an outstanding, memorable weekend!!  Rob, you hit it out of the park!  As you probably assumed, I was intrigued by your photography and the ham radio setup you had up there.  It was absolutely fascinating watching your efforts to get the best shots of the birds and the communication with folks all over the western hemisphere via your radio and wire set up in the trees!  I truly enjoyed the weekend!!!

MaricopaMike posted:

Had a great time at the Woods Canyon meet up !!!! Great to meet all of you and the cool weather and abundant wild life was awesome !!! Here are some of the pictures that Kari took .

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Mike and Kari,

thanks for making the trip.  Hope to see you guys next year, I want to go on one of your morning walk-abouts...  I think you had the right idea!  Great back lit shot Kari, love the baby elk pic, never gets old.  Our next door neighbors took their inflatable boat to the lake this morning and saw a femal go into the lake and bathe for about 20min....  i’d Kill to get photos of that!!!  Next time you guys.

Rob

Rob and Jayne,

I want to thank you both for organizing a wonderful getaway for us 595E8E82-BA1D-441F-84AC-3186B63BB4CC37EF62B2-6487-4708-8E0E-03BCE4C77C58Arizona Lance Owners. Woods Canyon Lake is now going to be a recurring trip for us. May never have found it without your invite, thanks again.

So good to meet new friends and share our love of the outdoors! The grandsons got their first fish and more! All in all a super weekend. 

And Jayne I’m looking for those thingamajigs for the top of my glasses! 

Looking forward to seeing you all again on the road!

Gene and Sherry

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Sorry been gone since Friday morning early  just now getting caught up . We will be arriving Friday June 8th site 107 staying until Sunday then moving over to Black Canyon Rim campground to hopefully see the herd of wild horses . Heading home from there on Monday . Myself my Wife and two dogs . Just got home from Carlsbad caverns New Mexico with the TT . Had a blast !!!

I think I forgot to update but I’ll be in site 118 and will be coming only with my Australian Shepherd as Catherine and the kids are probably going to be going back to visit family in Louisiana along with my son who just returned from Japan/Korea. Looking forward to a quiet weekend.

I just saw this. Was it ever posted in the discussion? Wish I could have made it but it's only a week apart from the annual SCIO.
I've been trying for the past 3 years to have someone do a GTG who lives in CO. All I got was places to camp but no one wanted to set it up. 
Thank you Rob for doing this. My U.S. map looks like it's missing a tooth and it's CO.
I'm planning on a trip there this year so I'll keep in touch, maybe we can hook up since you know the places....

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usmcshepherd posted:

Lew...are you going to have your new camper by then? That would be great...maybe we can convoy up together! When are you planning to arrive?

SLR...great pics and beautiful area? Are you camping up in the area or did you just drive up for the day?

Rob...when I checked this morning there were a couple sites left around where you mentioned. We will certainly have our two little ones with us (11 & 8) so I hope that will be ok with everyone? Are there any others with children that are going?

We were up for the day. Checking out CG, hiking trails, and sites and to let our girls (Sadie and Saffron) playing the snow. The weather was spectacular!

lewander posted:

What an outstanding, memorable weekend!!  Rob, you hit it out of the park!  As you probably assumed, I was intrigued by your photography and the ham radio setup you had up there.  It was absolutely fascinating watching your efforts to get the best shots of the birds and the communication with folks all over the western hemisphere via your radio and wire set up in the trees!  I truly enjoyed the weekend!!!

You were a welcome addition to the group Lew, you added a lot of spice to our 6pm happy hour.  Loved the shot assortment and the girls, what a hit of the gathering..  Thanks for coming Lew!

Gene&Sherry posted:

Rob and Jayne,

I want to thank you both for organizing a wonderful getaway for us 595E8E82-BA1D-441F-84AC-3186B63BB4CC37EF62B2-6487-4708-8E0E-03BCE4C77C58Arizona Lance Owners. Woods Canyon Lake is now going to be a recurring trip for us. May never have found it without your invite, thanks again.

So good to meet new friends and share our love of the outdoors! The grandsons got their first fish and more! All in all a super weekend. 

And Jayne I’m looking for those thingamajigs for the top of my glasses! 

Looking forward to seeing you all again on the road!

Gene and Sherry

Jayne says they are at Bed Bath and Beyond...  glad you guys could make it...

Rob Monsipapa posted:
MaricopaMike posted:

Had a great time at the Woods Canyon meet up !!!! Great to meet all of you and the cool weather and abundant wild life was awesome !!! Here are some of the pictures that Kari took .

IMG_5560IMG_5715IMG_5778

Mike and Kari,

thanks for making the trip.  Hope to see you guys next year, I want to go on one of your morning walk-abouts...  I think you had the right idea!  Great back lit shot Kari, love the baby elk pic, never gets old.  Our next door neighbors took their inflatable boat to the lake this morning and saw a femal go into the lake and bathe for about 20min....  i’d Kill to get photos of that!!!  Next time you guys.

Rob

Kari, remember me telling you about the female elks calling for the herd???  There is one calling for them right now, she sounds like she is right across the street from us, it’s almost 11pm...  i’ll Find tha video clip and send it to you!  Sounds sooo cool!

Gene&Sherry posted:

Rob and Jayne,

I want to thank you both for organizing a wonderful getaway for us 595E8E82-BA1D-441F-84AC-3186B63BB4CC37EF62B2-6487-4708-8E0E-03BCE4C77C58Arizona Lance Owners. Woods Canyon Lake is now going to be a recurring trip for us. May never have found it without your invite, thanks again.

So good to meet new friends and share our love of the outdoors! The grandsons got their first fish and more! All in all a super weekend. 

And Jayne I’m looking for those thingamajigs for the top of my glasses! 

Looking forward to seeing you all again on the road!

Gene and Sherry

Gene and Sherry,

Thanks for coming, you two were a great addition to the 6pm happy hour! You were a joy to have as part of the group...  hope to see you at a future gathering.

Rob & Jayne

Wow, I’m sitting here on the last night of the Woods Canyon Lake trip and thinking I don’t want to go back the the valley.  Met some truly great people, laughed a lot, got a lot of photos to be posed here.  

Thanks to everyone that made the trip.  Without all of you the memories wouldn’t  be the same.  We had a few windy days but the temps at night were great and not too hot during the day.  Loved, loved, loved the 6pm happy hour!  What a great time.  I can now put another birthday in the logbook as one of my favorite memories! Home made peanut brittle, Lew’s home Brew bar shots (that special Jack Daniels brew was soooooth), fish tails to talk about next year (got to sink that hook), lots of wildlife shots to post (was great to have another photographer in the group), never take in and house train a wild jack rabbit (the bites are painful), Tia, Marley, and Lew’s shelty are the BEST.....  There is more..  you all just have to come up and experience it for your self!

I’ll get photos posted in my smugmug site and post the link here as soon as I can.

safe travels everyone.

Rob & Jayne Monsipapa

I just got off of the phone with the lady in charge of campgrounds on the rim . I was moving Sunday night over to Black Canyon rim campground for my wife to hopefully see the wild horse herd that lives near there . She called to let me know that its now closed and was able to get me into another campground for Sunday . Anyway I asked about Aspen campground and she said they do not foresee having to close it . There is currently no fires threatening that area . 

We are weeks outta Az, Utah & Co. Presently outside Santa Fe NM till Sunday morning when we head east. Thanks for the notifications! 

Fire warning here too in NM. Not even supposed to be smoking outdoors. Guess those hand rolled Dominicans in my "travel humidor" will have to wait!

 http://www.paysonroundup.com/n...2b-5a7c6a793fe5.html

 Woods canyon and willow lakes area remains open.  Enforcement is strict on fire restrictions. 

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OK, here are the attendees as far as I can determine from the postings here.  I'll attempt to make a chart out of it with screen names, REAL names, site #, and dates attending:

SITE    Screen name               REAL name                          Dates attending

60       SNJNAZ                       Steve & Julie                         June

107     MaricopaMike              Mike Noeltner                        June 8-10

110     AZLuddy                      Kris & Jack                            June 6-7

(110) Gene&Sherry                Gene & Sherry                       June 8-10

114    Lewander                       Lew Anderson                      June 6-10

115    Bucky                           Brian, Rochelle, & Chrissy      June 9-12

116    JoeD                              Joe DeVita                              June 7-13

117   Rob & Jane Monsipapa  Ron & Jane Monsipapa          June 6-12

118   USMCSHEPHARD         Tim Gerdes                             June 8-11

119   AZCampers                   Leann & Richey w/Marlee        June 5-13

No site reserved, but planning on coming:

        Mustang03                       Bryan & Susan

 

    I hope I got all of you listed!!  If not, let me know.  I'm sure Rob will have some simple stick-on name tags for all of us to keep track of each other!!   

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Gene&Sherry posted:
 

Gene and I have Site #110 from the 8th to the 11th. You have another name on that spot. Should we be worried? I just checked my confirmation and it’s correct. 

Gene & Sherry,

No, don't worry!  You'll be coming up after AZLuddy leaves the site - or as they posted earlier:

Site #110 Weds/Thurs June 6th and 7th   We'll be in the Aliner....I am looking forward to meeting some Lance owners!  I'm hoping to get my own Lance in the next couple of years.  See you soon.

Kris and Jack the Boxer

lewander posted:

OK, here are the locations of those that have responded SO FAR!  If needed, I can add a printed list of sites and names, but for now it's just a updateable map...

Woods Canyon Lake campsites

Gene and I have Site #110 from the 8th to the 11th. You have another name on that spot. Should we be worried? I just checked my confirmation and it’s correct. 

AZCamp posted:
Rob Monsipapa posted:
AZCamp posted:
Rob Monsipapa posted:

OK Everyone, if you are going to this “informal gathering” sound off with name and site number. Lew has kindly offered to put a list of attendees together.  I’ll start, but just tag onto this thread so we get everyone...

Rob & Jayne Monsipapa  SITE 117 Arrive  (3 dogs Dillion, Mason and Emma)

It will be great to be in 108!  This will be the first time towing by myself and parking by myself.  Fun times.  

Let me know when you will be getting there and I’ll help out, what ever you need... Rob

Thank you Rob!  I will be coming up probably after work on the 8th.  

If you need any help we will be there in the late morning neighbor !!!! Glad to help out !!!!

Hey, y'all, I'd be glad to do a better drawing of all the campers and where they have their reservation,  BUT I only have nine that have checked in.  If you aren't listed on the map I posted, let me know where your campsite is and I'll get you drawn in!

And, remember there are some "first come-first served" still available.  Let me know if you're thinking about coming even if you don't have a reservation.  That would count for ten more rigs!!!!!

Thanks!!!

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