FCW-11 Flashaholics Camping Weekend 11 Set for 9/25-28/2014 at Voorhees State Park NJ

[Stan671]

I brought wood and bought some more at the park office and Brian scavenged a bunch from the woods so we have plenty to keep a small fire going all day.

 

[Roger Sully]

On my way in a few. What should I bring? Hot dogs, burgers, cookies?

 

[Stan671]

It was good to see Tim stopping by on Friday. Roger came by for a visit on Saturday. BIll came by on Saturday and spent the night

 

[Stan671]

A bunch of us walked up to the Observatory for a very interesting talk and slide show about Mars and the nuclear powered rover named Curiosity.

 

[Kid9P]

Wish I could have made it, sounds like a good time !

 

[Stan671]

I was the last one to get out of bed again this morning. Mike and I made 2 pounds of bacon to share with everyone. Then we cooked up a dozen scrambled eggs for us along with cinnamon raisin English muffins.

 

[Stan671]

Later thus morning Anna and David got log sawing and log splitting lessons. Both did very well!

 

[Stan671]

Yes, Kid. The weather is gorgeous, the food is plentiful and the people are lots of fun

 

[Lighthouse one]

THe weather was just amazing...no bugs, perfect temp...clear night sky. It was easily worth a quick drive to stay the night! I tried out my new Subaru tent.

Works great..just a tad expensive though.....

 

[Stan671]

Tim and his wife stopped by for a quick visit in the afternoon. Carrot, Dave and Anna left around 5. Brian and Jessica left a little earlier. Everyone left me all alone for the night. Do I am keeping the campfire roaring while I work on assembling my LEGO Unimog.

 

[Stan671]

The main chassis, cab, and bed of the Unimog are done. So it is a fully finished 4WD truck with air compressor and both mechanical and pneumatic power take-offs in front and rear. The next steps are the add-ons which are the fully articulated crane with gripper at the rear and a power winch up front. But those will have to wait until I get home. Goodnight.

 

[Stan671]

My car us packed and I am headed home. It was a great camping weekend!! Thanks to all of those who visited and who stayed ... that's why it was so much fun.

 

[blah9]

Thank you for the updates! One of these times I am going to make the trip, but things have just been way too hectic lately. I'm glad that you guys had fun!

 

[Lighthouse one]

Stan, thanks for filling it for Tim. I'd hate to go another year without a CPF camp out. Bill

 

[nein166]

Stan we had a great time and hope we get together again in the spring
I remembered a Lego Curiosity set #21104

 

[Stan671]

I have the LEGO 21104 (295 pieces) of Curiosity, the 3rd generation rover. But the one I was telling you about is LEGO #7471 (870 pieces, issued in 2003) modeled after Spirit and Opportunity, the second generation rovers.

 

[KartRacer31]

I'm really glad I got to at least stop buy for a while on Friday night, and then again on Sunday. It was great to catch up with everyone, and get to enjoy some food cooked over the fire - thanks everyone

Again - thanks Stan for securing a site for everyone, and I really appreciated your updates throughout the weekend - they helped make me feel like I was there more than I was.

I'll be sure to give everyone advanced notice as to when FCW-12 will be. --Tim