Lower Michigan Get Together?

DaFABRICATA

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Lower Michigan Get Together JUNE 19-21!!

Is anyone interested in a Get together in Lower Michigan area (15 miles north of Ann Arbor Area) this coming Spring/Summer?-May or June?

I just moved into a new house and can probably host it.

Kensington Metro Park and Island Lake Recreation Area is a 5-10 minute ride from my location and would be a great place to try out our lights. Kensington closes at 10pm, but Island Lake has cabins available for overnight stays.
There are Cabins available that sleep 20 people available for only $80.00!...split between a bunch of people, it will be cheap, even if you don't want to stay.


There is a park-n-ride close to my house (I96 & 23 interchange) where we could meet up and either go to my house before hand for a BBQ or go to the park and do it there. I would like to put a face with some of these names and I feel the CPF community would have a good time getting to meet one another and see lights that we may otherwise not be able to check out in person. Also if there is any other gear that might be of interest, please feel free to bring it up....Multi-tools, Knives, Gear, the usual stuff the flashaholics seem to have in common.



RAFFLE: I think a raffle would be a lot of fun as well (see post #10)
If anyone has anything to donate, please feel free.
It doesn't have to be anything big or costly, just something flashlight related.

DaFABRICATA will be donating a NEW Black KL4 modded with a P7!!:party:
1wrx7-------------------TBA

PJ------------------------Camo G2





REQUESTS: McGizmo Lights, Spy Lights, SF Titan,


Food: It would be nice if everyone could maybe bring a little something....chip, drinks, ext..

Shirts: There are Shirts in the works for this to, thanks to Solscud007.
So far the Old Surefire Logo and CPF 2009 Michigan Get-Together will be printed. Cost for the shirts are $12.00-15.00...so far. Anyone interested in a shirt, please post in the thread what size you need. Suggestion welcome.

I have a decent selection of lights to bring along...Including the Surefire HELLFIGHTER..:devil:

If anyone is interested, please let me know and we'll go from here....:thumbsup:


I will update the list as people express interest....also a definate date would need to be agreed upon.


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10.seery
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You know I'm in. Of course details need to be worked out but I'm sure it can work. One thing though... make sure Natoli isn't there. He'll scare the hell out of the members:green:
 
I called Kensington today.
I spoke with the Superintendant.
Long story short, We will have to rent a cabin at Island lake, which is just on the opposite side of the highway(96) in Milford.
The cabins sleep 20 people and are $80.00 a night! THATS CHEAP!
Basically, Island lake is located between Novi & Brighton Michigan.

They are open year round, but warm weather would be best for a get-together.

I'll keep bumping this thread for the next several months to try to generate more interest.
Also if anyone has ideas, suggestion, please feel free to bring them up!

Anyone else interested?
 
Roadtrip?



baterija...You have been added!! Hope ya can make it too!!


TranquillityBase and jch79...It'd be GREAT if you guys could make it!!






I've got an idea!!!

:party:How 'bout a raffle for some lights or parts?:party:

I will donate a NEW Black KL4 modded with a P7!!!:D


Anyone else have anything to contribute?:popcorn:

Nothing is to small...just a little something to put a smile on peoples faces!!....pretty much anything useful flashlight related.:wave:


Events like this make our community stronger.
I feel we are a very lucky group of people here at CPF!!
While I don't frequent a lot of forums, I always hear EVERYONE
say what an amazing, trusting, and helpful online community we are.

Hope to hear from more people!!:popcorn::popcorn::poke::grin2:
 
Put me on the list!

I will have to think of something to donate later.

Island Lake is a great park. There are mountain bike trails there I have ridden at night a lot. Good trails.
 
Nick, hope it works out...only time will tell when the actual date will be set.

We still have months ahead.
I wanted to try to get this posted early so there is enough time for everyone to make plans and acually make it.:twothumbs
 
From the DNR website about the Island Lake shooting range :

"The Island Lake facility is one of the nation's most modern and safest shooting ranges has been expanded to include skeet, trap and sporting clays at Island Lake Recreation Area in addition to its original forty 25-yard, 50-yard, and 100- yard shooting stations. The range is fully handicap accessible."
 
From the DNR website about the Island Lake shooting range :

"The Island Lake facility is one of the nation's most modern and safest shooting ranges has been expanded to include skeet, trap and sporting clays at Island Lake Recreation Area in addition to its original forty 25-yard, 50-yard, and 100- yard shooting stations. The range is fully handicap accessible."

I've shot there several times. Overall it's great. My only complaint is it can get overcrowded at times. The workers are friendly but, don't do anything stupid. I've seen them go apes**t on people being careless... a very good thing in my opinion. I've also seen them help sight in rifles for people. If people are interested I could go for some shooting before the sun goes down.

I'm not sure what yet, but I know I'll be able to donate a few things to the raffle.

Dafabricata tried this a year or two ago and it died quickly. I've seen a lot more CPF members with a MI location lately:poke: The quicker we get more members on board the quicker we can make some of the variable's set in stone. Up to 20 people spliting $80 for a cabin is cheap.

Tim... as this progresses let me know what you need and I'll help to plan it.

For the out of state people... there's a lot to do in southern MI:wave:... roadtrips are fun:party:
 
I'm in.
I'm flexible on whatever date you guys come up with.
Shooting at Island Lake sounds fun. It's been a while since I've been there. I can bring several rifles, and lots of ammo to shoot.
I'll come up with something for the raffle also.
 
Hey guys,

Would you be interested in getting a custom shirt made for the gathering? Ive had shirts made for other events. small runs. Like 25-50. I can get a small run of however many people attend. I estimate the cost will be around 12-15 bucks a shirt. Depends on the complexity of the design, and quality of shirt. I prefer american apparel shirts and they are soft and stay soft after many washes.

Im thinking of a tshirt in olivedrab or some dark earth color. with Surefire logo, in red, on the front. I was thinking of using the OLD surefire logo. Like on my old Centurion.

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then on the back something like "CPF 2009 Michigan gathering" or something that that extent



What do you think?
 
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