KartRacer31
Flashlight Enthusiast
PF7 is the 7th edition of a flashaholic get together in Califon, NJ. It's open to anyone who would like to attend.
Well, it's that time again, another PhotonFest is upon us. It's hard to believe that this is going to be #7…..
Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 18th!
Well, those of you who were at any of the first 6 PF's know what to expect. For those of you who were not, here is a run down:
Date: Saturday November 18th
Start Time: High Noon (12:00PM)
End Time: after dark, possibly Sunday AM, or you may stay at Scott's home for the night and leave the next day (see details below)
PF7 will be at the usual place, the home of Scott (milkyspit) in Califon, NJ. Please PM Scott for exact directions.
We usually start with a casual meet and greet. Of course, the lights come out right away for a show and tell, and those who can't wait for the dark head into Scott's basement where it's dark.
Everyone is asked to bring some small snack on which to nibble: a bag of tortilla chips, a flavorful dip, potato chips, pretzels, popcorn, a bottle of soda, a six pack of soda or other beverage
, cookies, candy, fruit.....whatever!
An additional tradition has been that those who want to bring small give-aways for everyone, may do so. Popular items in the past have been keychain lights, penlights, keyrings, lanyards, etc. These little inexpensive "give-aways" are always appreciated. One year, CPF member Solstice made a cool drawing commemorating the event, and gave copies to everyone. Someone else provided blank name tags for all of us to stick on a shirt. It's better than saying "hey you!" A few guys offered flashlight mods that went bad, in the hope that a new owner could make use of them.
Additionally, many of us will have items for sale or trade. So bring some extra cash money ($$).
At some point, we usually get some food for dinner to break up the day. For the sake of simplicity, this will most probably entail ordering several pizza pies with a variety of toppings. In this way, everybody will have something that they like to eat on top of their pizza slices!
Of course, there is the mysterious Field of Darkness across from Scott's house, which contains a black hole that just eats up light before you can reach the treeline quite a distance away. Although many have tried, only a few lights have been able to illuminate the tree line. However, one year Ginseng showed up with some hyper-lights, and one of them was such a throwmonster that it almost set the treeline on fire! J
Not to be overlooked, is the annual trek (about a 3/4 mile walk) to the infamous quarry. It is an abandoned limestone rock quarry, which is used as a police shooting range.....but not when we will be there!!!
Anyway, we head into the dark reaches of the quarry, which gives an interesting backdrop for testing our lights.
In the past, some CPF members from the West Coast who could not attend, sent out some of their cool mods for us to examine. Hopefully, that will happen again.
One year PK (Paul Kim, VP of Engineering at SureFire) sent some pre-release SureFire lights (an L5, an L6, and two versions of The Beast), for us to examine and return to him with our feedback.
Of course, everyone is encouraged to bring as many lights with them as they can. What one person may think is a common light, another person may contemplate buying and will be very happy to have a personal hands-on review.
Scott has suggested that anyone who wants to sleep over, is welcome to do so. Sleeping arrangements are as follows: You may sleep on the couches or on the floor in his living room. You may bring your tent and camp out in his backyard.
I'm sure that this date will work out great for some, and not so great for others. It happens to be placed around the new moon, so it will be nice and dark out at night! I'm sorry for those who will not be able to make it. It is virtually impossible to coordinate the perfect date for everyone. For those who can't make it, hang in there for PF8 or head out into the woods for FCW-2 (Flashaholics Camping Weekend-2), which will be held the weekend of May 17-20th, 2007! Keep an eye out for a post about it.
While there isn't really any set schedule for activities, the event will have a flexible time frame in order to ensure that those who want to see the quarry can do so at a reasonable hour. Regarding our eating manners, the only request made by our host Scott is that we all clean up after ourselves, and leave his home in good condition. That way, his wife will let us keep coming back for more!!! And thanks in advance to his understanding wife Heather, and his children for letting us invade their home and turn it into our playground for a night. 🙂
Well, that's all for now. Hope to see you there!
--Tim (KartRacer31)
Well, it's that time again, another PhotonFest is upon us. It's hard to believe that this is going to be #7…..
Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 18th!
Well, those of you who were at any of the first 6 PF's know what to expect. For those of you who were not, here is a run down:
Date: Saturday November 18th
Start Time: High Noon (12:00PM)
End Time: after dark, possibly Sunday AM, or you may stay at Scott's home for the night and leave the next day (see details below)
PF7 will be at the usual place, the home of Scott (milkyspit) in Califon, NJ. Please PM Scott for exact directions.
We usually start with a casual meet and greet. Of course, the lights come out right away for a show and tell, and those who can't wait for the dark head into Scott's basement where it's dark.
At some point, we usually get some food for dinner to break up the day. For the sake of simplicity, this will most probably entail ordering several pizza pies with a variety of toppings. In this way, everybody will have something that they like to eat on top of their pizza slices!
Of course, there is the mysterious Field of Darkness across from Scott's house, which contains a black hole that just eats up light before you can reach the treeline quite a distance away. Although many have tried, only a few lights have been able to illuminate the tree line. However, one year Ginseng showed up with some hyper-lights, and one of them was such a throwmonster that it almost set the treeline on fire! J
Not to be overlooked, is the annual trek (about a 3/4 mile walk) to the infamous quarry. It is an abandoned limestone rock quarry, which is used as a police shooting range.....but not when we will be there!!!
In the past, some CPF members from the West Coast who could not attend, sent out some of their cool mods for us to examine. Hopefully, that will happen again.
Of course, everyone is encouraged to bring as many lights with them as they can. What one person may think is a common light, another person may contemplate buying and will be very happy to have a personal hands-on review.
Scott has suggested that anyone who wants to sleep over, is welcome to do so. Sleeping arrangements are as follows: You may sleep on the couches or on the floor in his living room. You may bring your tent and camp out in his backyard.
I'm sure that this date will work out great for some, and not so great for others. It happens to be placed around the new moon, so it will be nice and dark out at night! I'm sorry for those who will not be able to make it. It is virtually impossible to coordinate the perfect date for everyone. For those who can't make it, hang in there for PF8 or head out into the woods for FCW-2 (Flashaholics Camping Weekend-2), which will be held the weekend of May 17-20th, 2007! Keep an eye out for a post about it.
While there isn't really any set schedule for activities, the event will have a flexible time frame in order to ensure that those who want to see the quarry can do so at a reasonable hour. Regarding our eating manners, the only request made by our host Scott is that we all clean up after ourselves, and leave his home in good condition. That way, his wife will let us keep coming back for more!!! And thanks in advance to his understanding wife Heather, and his children for letting us invade their home and turn it into our playground for a night. 🙂
Well, that's all for now. Hope to see you there!
--Tim (KartRacer31)
