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Event/Show/Campout news and reviews / Westies In The Woods Stokes Forest NJ May 24-27 2013

« on: February 07, 2013, 11:01:24 AM »

Howdy,

Westies In The Woods is in its 22nd continuous year.

As many LIMBO members are aware, and if you are not I will offer a short update.

As of approx 6 years ago Stokes Forest imposed a limit on the amount of vehicles allowed on group sites. Past promoters of Westies In The Woods decided to not run the event anymore because of this issue.

I took over the event so that there was no lapse in its continuity.

This past year Stokes Forest also raised the fee for campers, with out of state residents paying a little more.

As of the date of this posting there are 10 spots available. The event fills up every year and everyone has a good time.

The fee is a PER VEHICLE fee, and is for the entire weekend.

$30 for in state residents
$40 for out of state residents

Saturday night is Pot Luck Dinner and Sunday morning is most likely going to be a waffle cook out.

As soon as you pay, your spot is reserved. There are no refunds.

Any questions please let me know.

Thanks
Kevin

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Event/Show/Campout news and reviews /

« on: May 15, 2012, 04:28:28 PM »

4 spots left.

Thanks

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Event/Show/Campout news and reviews / Westies In The Woods Stokes Forest NJ May 25-28

« on: May 15, 2012, 03:50:08 PM »

Howdy,

I know this is extremely short notice and for that I appologise but here is the deal........

Westies In The Woods has been going on for the past 4 years and I (Kevin Joyce) have been running it. Unfortunatly 5 years ago the park came up with new rules and the amout of vehicles allowed at each group site has been limited. At that time there was a bunch of complaining from VW members about the new Park Rules.

At the end of that fateful weekend 5 years ago I thought to myself, how much I enjoyed coming to Stokes, as it was so close to home. How nice the field was to camp in, and how fairly clean the showers and toilets usually were. So I asked a bunch of people that were there that fateful weekend, if I took it over, would anyone still come.

Enough people said yes for me to keep the tradition going. This year will be the 21st continuous year.

The first year I took it over it filled up with all the regulars without me having to get any word out.

The previous 2 years it would have also filled up, if the people that promised me that they were coming, actually showed up. Having saved a valuable spot for them, only to have them not show up and allow someone else to enjoy it, has forced me to run this limited space event as a first come first serve.....or in other words the people that pay me first are the ones that come.

I don't care who those people are........and I dont pick and chose who is in or not. You pay me......I still have a spot left.....your in.

In prior years I keep it on the down low as far as LIMBO was concerned as I was aware that Jon Kleckner had his campout, I cant remember where, but I know it was the same weekend, not far away. So not wanting to step on his toes, although I advertised it on other websites I never mentioned it here.

Well...low and behold....I received word just this past week that Jon wants to come to my campout.......so I checked this sites event page....and see his is not listed.

So thats the long version.

Here is the short version.

Westies In the Woods is still going on in Stokes Forest New Jersey.
It is the weekend of  the 25th to the 28th.
It is a LIMITED SPACE (Not my rules...The Parks Rules) event.
As of today 5-15-12 I have 5 spots left.
It is $15 for the whole weekend.
I need payment by the 18th.
I take Paypal.
I will need the names of the people in your party attending and the license plate number of the vehicle they are coming in (not my rules....Parks rules)
Saturday night is Pot Luck Dinner.
Sunday Morning is Waffles for everyong cooked by Ed.

I have taken it upon myself to keep this tradition going as best I can, and was just letting LIMBO members now know about it, as like I mentioned, I do not see Jon's event listed anymore, as he'll be enjoying the weekend at mine.

Sorry for any spelling errors that may have occured above.

Thanks Much
Kevin

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Bus Blog /

« on: March 28, 2009, 10:06:25 PM »

Its mine understanding that Tim could only book the site and have a maximum number of buses and people at 22.  Plus he would need to have all licence numbers of the buses coming.  The campout normally draws 60 plus buses and double that in people.

 Now, I don't know about you, but I don't mind giving my license number. But at the same time something might come up, we may not arrive, and that wouldn't be fair to someone else who wanted to come.  As a former campout promoter, I know that some people don't make definite plans until a week or so before the event.  So it just made more sense to Tim to cancel the event.  Too bad too, I was looking forward to going again this year.

Thanks MrLiMBO for the response. Although I agree with some of your assesments I still don't agree that the event should have been cancelled. Is the event going to happen next year? Or is it gone for good? I know of 6 vans that would have gladly given up their plate numbers and shown up for the event as they have been there for the last 3-4 years.

Now I agree that people wait until the last minute sometimes to come, I have done that. But in this case people would have had to plan ahead.

Now saying that I personally know a NJ State Ranger stationed up in Stokes who has been there for years. When I mentioned the issues mentioned here about the campout rules being changed he had no knowledge of that being so. Also when I asked him about changes in the Group Campsite vehicle and or people restrictions he mentioned that the information on the website is up to date and nowhere on the website does it mention the restrictions mentioned as to why the campout was cancelled. Of course he could be wrong as again I don't have the letter in front of me.

I'm familiar with the event as it is the one and only VW campout I've been going to for the last 7 years.

I have taken over an event this year that takes place up in Stokes in May. This year will be the 27th year. Please let me know if Westies will not be taking place next year as I will be more than happy to take over reserving a campsite and making sure those of us that can plan ahead and show up will have a place to spend the weekend and have a good time.

Thanks
Kevin

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Bus Blog /

« on: March 26, 2009, 10:51:34 PM »

Howdy,

Maybe its just me but would someone please include the text of this letter to Tim in full so that I could understand why it was impossible to book a group campsite.

How impossible would it have been to reserve the site and then send out a message to Limbo and also to all of the other camping group sites that you know have attended in the past to tell them all that if they plan to attend they need to supply Tim with a license plate number in advance.

Again excuse my ignorance on the matter as I don't know exactly what the letter said but maybe someone can tell me why "This is simply idiotic. It is un-doable.".

Thanks Much
Kevin