tiggerdad
I don't always get distracted but whe...SQUIRREL!
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I've been away for too long. Had a lot of things going on for the last 2 years and just keeping me out of the camping world for a while but we are trying to get back in the swing of things. Been looking around here and see a lot of old names I recognize and several new ones that i need to get to know, but will work on that. I've always felt that getting into camping was one of the best things we did as a family, but also one of the best things we ever did as far as meeting new people. We have certainly met some great folks over the years and developed some great friendships that have extended outside of the camping arena.
One of the events that i remember very well was from 2015. i had been here on the boards for close to 6 years by that point, but had not really had an opportunity to meet any of the folks that i bantered with here on the boards, but that changed in May of that year. It just so happened that i was at a campground down in Gulf Shores Alabama known as Gulf State Park, and there was another Diser there at the same time. That would be none other than Bama_Ed. We met up and planned out one evening to get together and and had a shrimp boil at the campsite and just sat and chatted and it was good time. We even posted a thread for it: https://www.disboards.com/threads/a-small-dis-camping-meet-occurred-tonight.3414791/
Two years later we decided to try it again, and this time several more folks on here got on board and we had the first of several great years of annual Memorial Day meetups down there. the following are the threads for those of you new who would like to check them out, and for those of us who were there, some good memories.
https://www.disboards.com/threads/w...-at-gulf-state-park-in-may-june-2016.3462415/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/gulf-state-park-dismeet-2018-sand-sun-and-puzzles.3662354/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/the-gulf-state-park-dismeet-2017-thread-aka-the-sequel.3571999/
We had other meetups at other places including the midwest, at the Fort of course, and the last one that i got to attend was in 2021 up in Pigeon Forge, TN. Looking around it seems that the tradition has continued, but the Gulf State Park meetups were always to me the great ones. We had to bow out because at that time an annoying insect down there known as the Yellow Fly by the locals was causing my DW some grief with bite reactions and we had to start going down in July instead, but i always missed the Memorial Day meets. I missed the food. I missed the the puzzles. I missed the jokes. i missed the near death experiences. I missed the federal offences (literally true, read through the 2016 dismeet). Our youngest DD now in volleyball, prevents us from camping in July, so we are back to May/June. we are going to be back down there this year, from Memorial Day to June 1st. i was talking to the DW and she agreed, yellow flies, or no yellow flies, those trips were some of the best times we ever had camping.
Now, i know some of you who survived prior trips are probably looking at some of the scars you have from those days. Maybe even nightmares from time to time. Lord knows, I'm not sure if the locals can handle it again, but i just keep coming back to a movie quote that i just can't seem to shake. I know it's dangerous, but...
Any interests in a 2025 meet up? it would be too short notice to try to put together anything for 2024, but looking down the road to next year
If so input on possible window dates, ideas, etc. the booking for GSP opens a year out, and summer bookings go fast, so we would need to formulate a plan before this May so those that are interested can book the sites.
I'm looking for you old friends here, but as others will tell you, I'm always looking for new faces and families to join in as well.
UPDATE 11/17/2024
Here is the current lineup for the 2025 Gulf Shores Dismeet
Roughly from May 30th to June 5th, i don't have clarification on the exact dates of each booking as i know several of us were planning on trimming the dates, but here is what i have at this point.
@bama_ed site 60
@tiggerdad site 61
@SouthAlabama5er site 63
@Teamubr site 3
@tigger92662 site 2
@Stratman50th site 62
@garneska site 30
@Flametamr site 80
Jerry site 1
One of the events that i remember very well was from 2015. i had been here on the boards for close to 6 years by that point, but had not really had an opportunity to meet any of the folks that i bantered with here on the boards, but that changed in May of that year. It just so happened that i was at a campground down in Gulf Shores Alabama known as Gulf State Park, and there was another Diser there at the same time. That would be none other than Bama_Ed. We met up and planned out one evening to get together and and had a shrimp boil at the campsite and just sat and chatted and it was good time. We even posted a thread for it: https://www.disboards.com/threads/a-small-dis-camping-meet-occurred-tonight.3414791/
Two years later we decided to try it again, and this time several more folks on here got on board and we had the first of several great years of annual Memorial Day meetups down there. the following are the threads for those of you new who would like to check them out, and for those of us who were there, some good memories.
https://www.disboards.com/threads/w...-at-gulf-state-park-in-may-june-2016.3462415/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/gulf-state-park-dismeet-2018-sand-sun-and-puzzles.3662354/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/the-gulf-state-park-dismeet-2017-thread-aka-the-sequel.3571999/
We had other meetups at other places including the midwest, at the Fort of course, and the last one that i got to attend was in 2021 up in Pigeon Forge, TN. Looking around it seems that the tradition has continued, but the Gulf State Park meetups were always to me the great ones. We had to bow out because at that time an annoying insect down there known as the Yellow Fly by the locals was causing my DW some grief with bite reactions and we had to start going down in July instead, but i always missed the Memorial Day meets. I missed the food. I missed the the puzzles. I missed the jokes. i missed the near death experiences. I missed the federal offences (literally true, read through the 2016 dismeet). Our youngest DD now in volleyball, prevents us from camping in July, so we are back to May/June. we are going to be back down there this year, from Memorial Day to June 1st. i was talking to the DW and she agreed, yellow flies, or no yellow flies, those trips were some of the best times we ever had camping.
Now, i know some of you who survived prior trips are probably looking at some of the scars you have from those days. Maybe even nightmares from time to time. Lord knows, I'm not sure if the locals can handle it again, but i just keep coming back to a movie quote that i just can't seem to shake. I know it's dangerous, but...
Any interests in a 2025 meet up? it would be too short notice to try to put together anything for 2024, but looking down the road to next year
If so input on possible window dates, ideas, etc. the booking for GSP opens a year out, and summer bookings go fast, so we would need to formulate a plan before this May so those that are interested can book the sites.
I'm looking for you old friends here, but as others will tell you, I'm always looking for new faces and families to join in as well.
UPDATE 11/17/2024
Here is the current lineup for the 2025 Gulf Shores Dismeet
Roughly from May 30th to June 5th, i don't have clarification on the exact dates of each booking as i know several of us were planning on trimming the dates, but here is what i have at this point.
@bama_ed site 60
@tiggerdad site 61
@SouthAlabama5er site 63
@Teamubr site 3
@tigger92662 site 2
@Stratman50th site 62
@garneska site 30
@Flametamr site 80
Jerry site 1
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), but if I start making TOO many DISmeet trips during school when my wife and son can't go .... well, not gonna go over very well.... (I would have inserted the object being thrown at the head animation here if I could have found it).
