Ryan,
if it will help, I can do a poll for you guys so you have a more accurate count on who is camping. Let me know
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Ryan,
I'll check on th BBQ thing. I was actually thinking of bringing a small one just in case because i didn't plan on eating at resturants every night myself.
I'm not exactly sure on the number of people. At last count i knew of 11 that are planning on camping that i know of. There may be others that i just havn't talked to.
I think the camping idea sounds really cool and I'd love to swing by to hang out a bit but... I already got my room reserved so I'm not gonna cancel it now.
It might be cool if the poll showed which hotel people were staying at but... not a big deal. I was just trying to pull up the web site for the Dodge House (dodgehousehotel.com) and it just has a message: "HACKED BY ISKORPION SALDIRI.NET" WTF???
I'm planning to stay at LaQuinta because the Dodge house only had smoking rooms available when I called.
btw - I called LaQuinta to verify my reservation and they told me $114 for a non-smoking room w/ 2 queen sized beds. Ouch. Dodge House had quoted me $84 but it's a smoking room (all they had left). I figure I'll check with La Quinta when I get there about a rate adjustment to the group discount if one is negotiated by then... I thought Chris mentioned his room rate was going to be $90 so I'll keep my fingers crossed. I figured I wanted to be in one of these 2 hotels so I can walk/crawl to and from the hotel bar as needed.
Last I heard, the other hotels would match the room rate if you mentioned you were with the falconers. You might want to call them back. Let me know if you have problems and I will give Kevin another heads up.
no problem didnt mean to step on anyones toes about the dinner .. seems a little petty to me .. but it is just the whole comeradery thing and looking forward to getting in the field seein some folks etc and getting the hell away from work for a while. .. . .
Super 8 for me. I'd stay at the meet hotel except the pet fee is outrageous.
oh and they only had smoking rooms left.
guy whatta ya saying ... I take my work with me... i dont know how to get away from it .. hope we are on a job that is one of the real easy ones. or hope we are wrapped up for the year and not working at all.
you act like I am on the phone all the time and carry one with me and am alway . I doubt it we just keep getting work and in todays econ that is not a bad thing.. . .
Ryan,
Sorry I forgot to come back to this. I did confirm with the campground that the area they are putting us in has two free standing BBQ grills. The camp manager said that we would be allowed a fire ring based on the weather. So if there has been some snow or rain she said we would be good with the fire ring at night if not then just the BBQ grills.
So really all we are missing with this place is a warm room LOL. It has the hot showers, general store, laundry facility, indoor restrooms hell it even has a bait shop so we could do some fishing in our down time if we wanted to.
I confirmed the group for the 20th through the 26th. She said its fine if we end up with more or less people and the dates are very flexible for when people come and go. Everyone will just need to check in whenever they get there and let them know they are with the NAFA group to make sure we all end up in the same spot. I told her i knew of at least 15 as of today.
I'm excited, this should be fun.
Just found out my roomie for a hotel is out for the week, so maybe i'll be camping afterall. Wonder how many dogs I should bring to keep warm!
Jeff
no you just need to get some meat on your bones ... it is insulation ..
and so tell me this where is the camp grounds at ..?
Thanks Chad! I'll take you up on that! I don't have a cot, so it'll just be a sleeping bag for me.
David,
Here's the website for the campground: http://www.campingfriend.com/watersportscampgroundandrvpark/
It's got the location and everything. It's really close to the hotel.
Hey Slip,..we will take him up the Flyin J,.(hmm..i can taste the cornbeef hash already!!)
that will sort him out mate;)..
The camp grounds are off 2nd Ave...
You know we went to the co-op,and behind was the truck lot where you looked at that f350?...the railtracks at the junction where you 'invited' the morons,..sorry,i meant to say localsnoidea.. to kindly get there head outta there asses and move a bit quicker :mad:...well that is 2nd ave....apparentley the road is off of that..by the water...:D
Ryan thanks i was just trying to ge perspective as to where it was in relation to town etc.. I just dont remember seeing it anywhere when I was there..
David,
On Google maps it looks like it is about 1 Mile east and 1 mile South of the meet hotel.
For those that have been to the dodge city meet, how is getting permission to hunt? Are the land owners welcoming to falconers? I do not have a problem with knocking on doors to get some land to hunt.
Does NAFA secure any land for the meet?
Where are you all finding rabbits there? Is it best to go industrial or to a farm? Inside the city or how far out the city?
How about the ducks? what types or water do you find them on. Do they have stock tanks in dodge city?
I'm trying to get a game plan of where to hunt there.