Late Summer Meetup at FEMA Camp 17 -- with a poll!!

shrek · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 4:31 am

Is there likely to be any resolution re date soon?

My trial calendar for August/September isn't fixed yet, but is likely to be filled within the next week. It would be great to make one of these meets.

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 8:24 am

LM K wrote:

Would folks consider Seattle or Portland in Aug instead of LA? The weather in the PNW is amazing in the summer; pleasantly warm in during the day and refreshingly cool at night. WA and OR are gorgeous in the summer; we have water and greenery! It doesn't rain from July-Sept ( :-$

), and both cities have tons to do in the summer. I have friends in Seattle that would allow us to take over their house. Both cities are easy to fly into and there is a number of TFB/PJ members along the Eugene, Salem, Portland and Seattle I-5 corridor. I imagine that GG would have an much easier time making it to WA or OR than LA if he can make it in Aug, but he is a pilot so I could be wrong (first time for everything!).

Sternie, I don't need to crash with you .... I need to crash with someone, but you can have boys weekend! :-*

Aug is excellent timing for me; I can visit anytime .... life of a teacher and all of that!

The left coast seems to get ignored sometimes with all the hoo-haw going on in Tennessee and Merry Land.

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 8:27 am

YESSSSSS.....Anywhere between Everett and Tualatin!

How about the bustling city of Vancouver USA (across the Columbia from Portland)?

Close to the Airport and Downtown Portland without being in the rat race.

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 8:28 am

I would be happy to volunteer to help - not in a position to lead, but would be quite available to assist. :-$

NEVER VOLUNTEER, but it can be fun...

Edit: PM me w/info

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 8:37 am

There are also several Native American Hotel/Convention/Casino Centers in the I-5 Corridor. Tacoma WA has several (Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Squaxin (Shelton), Chehalis (Rochester) and Puyallup Tribes) facilities with a huge new one going up north of Vancouver USA in BattleGround/LaCenter.

Tacoma??? Sounds like a strange name for a town, but it can be fun.

Canada is 3 hours away give or take....

OMG the HUGE Okanagon FEMA camp is just a hop, skip, and a jump on the other side of the Cascades. We should have a Birfer convention in Spokane...That way we can just bus them all from the Secure Area at Fairchild Air Force Base/AKA Spokane Interntnl Civilian Airport to the camp in an orderly and proficient military manner.

Edit: In Seattle, you can hop the fast boat to Victoria, BC for the day or a weekend...

ducktape · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 10:12 am

With all due respect to you guys in the Pacific Northwest, I think this one will be in the LA area. But you're welcome to plan one for a future date.

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 10:33 am

ducktape wrote:

With all due respect to you guys in the Pacific Northwest, I think this one will be in the LA area. But you're welcome to plan one for a future date.

You got a Detention Center like the buildings that no one talks about near the SEA-TAC Airport???

kate520 · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 3:01 pm

Quote:

Tacoma??? Sounds like a strange name for a town, but it can be fun.

In the DC metro area, there is a tiny town called Tacoma Park. We used to call it Taccy Park. It used to be something of a funky little artists' town. I always wondered if it was named after the WA Tacoma.

esseff44 · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 3:18 pm

SuEdB wrote:

There are also several Native American Hotel/Convention/Casino Centers in the I-5 Corridor. Tacoma WA has several (Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Squaxin (Shelton), Chehalis (Rochester) and Puyallup Tribes) facilities with a huge new one going up north of Vancouver USA in BattleGround/LaCenter.

Tacoma??? Sounds like a strange name for a town, but it can be fun.

Canada is 3 hours away give or take....

OMG the HUGE Okanagon FEMA camp is just a hop, skip, and a jump on the other side of the Cascades. We should have a Birfer convention in Spokane...That way we can just bus them all from the Secure Area at Fairchild Air Force Base/AKA Spokane Interntnl Civilian Airport to the camp in an orderly and proficient military manner.

Edit: In Seattle, you can hop the fast boat to Victoria, BC for the day or a weekend...

Speaking of Tacoma, there was a huge controversy (some call it a war) that went on around that name and whether or not to give it to that snow-covered peak you can see there.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/10/0 ... mount.html

Plutodog · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 3:33 pm

You start heading further north than Ptld/Vanc, you might as well be in Cali for my availability purposes.

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10672

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

August is good. It won't get too hot. (September and October are traditionally hotter.) We've also had a mild last 18 months because of a surprisingly persistent La Niña.

I can attest to that. I spent a few weeks one August in Newport Beach taking depositions. I really, really did not want to return to Houston (except I missed my fambly). My hotel window actually opened

and the cool, crisp mornings and evenings were delightful. Plus it was hilarious to hear the Californians bitching about the "heat wave" of 85 during the day! :lol:

Maru · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 3:48 pm

kate520 wrote:

Quote:

Tacoma??? Sounds like a strange name for a town, but it can be fun.

In the DC metro area, there is a tiny town called Tacoma Park. We used to call it Taccy Park. It used to be something of a funky little artists' town. I always wondered if it was named after the WA Tacoma.

I was taught it was Tacky Park. :oops:

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 4:54 pm

esseff44 wrote:

SuEdB wrote:

There are also several Native American Hotel/Convention/Casino Centers in the I-5 Corridor. Tacoma WA has several (Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Squaxin (Shelton), Chehalis (Rochester) and Puyallup Tribes) facilities with a huge new one going up north of Vancouver USA in BattleGround/LaCenter.

Tacoma??? Sounds like a strange name for a town, but it can be fun.

Canada is 3 hours away give or take....

OMG the HUGE Okanagon FEMA camp is just a hop, skip, and a jump on the other side of the Cascades. We should have a Birfer convention in Spokane...That way we can just bus them all from the Secure Area at Fairchild Air Force Base/AKA Spokane Interntnl Civilian Airport to the camp in an orderly and proficient military manner.

Edit: In Seattle, you can hop the fast boat to Victoria, BC for the day or a weekend...

Speaking of Tacoma, there was a huge controversy (some call it a war) that went on around that name and whether or not to give it to that snow-covered peak you can see there.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/10/0 ... mount.html

Yeah, you say Rainier, and I say Tahoma and then Tacoma and then BF Mountain....

milspec · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 4:58 pm

Nobody ever wants to come to Oklahoma. :((

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 4:59 pm

milspec wrote:

Nobody ever wants to come to Oklahoma. :((

Sorry guy, but can you blame any of us...???

milspec · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 5:25 pm

SuEdB wrote:

milspec wrote:

Nobody ever wants to come to Oklahoma. :((

Sorry guy, but can you blame any of us...???

Sad to say, not a bit

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun May 15, 2011 5:27 pm

milspec wrote:

SuEdB wrote:

milspec wrote:

Nobody ever wants to come to Oklahoma. :((

Sorry guy, but can you blame any of us...???

Sad to say, not a bit

My son used to be stationed at Tinker in OKC.

Estiveo · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 12:02 am

Meanwhile, back in Los Angeles...

I've checked with my little bro/back-up caregiver :roll:

and he has firm and tentative travel plans for August. Thus, my available dates for August are 8/11 through 8/21 and 8/26 through 8/31, So I'd love it if the meet up could be squozed into one of those time frames. The dates between may be available, but I won't know for sure until mid July.

Again, keep in mind that I'd just be showing up sometime mid-day, staying overnight and bailing mid morning the next day, so If my dates don't work for the rest of youse, no harm, no foul. :((

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 8:55 am

How is August 11-14 for everyone?

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10672

milspec wrote:

Nobody ever wants to come to Oklahoma. :((

You got that right buddy! The last time we drove through Oklahoma, we wouldn't even make a rest stop there.

ducktape · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 9:46 am

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

How is August 11-14 for everyone?

Works for me.

Foggy · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 11:56 am

!	Foggy wrote:
	Added a poll; changed the title of the thread.

LM K · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 8:37 pm

ducktape wrote:

With all due respect to you guys in the Pacific Northwest, I think this one will be in the LA area. But you're welcome to plan one for a future date.

I think in the future, it would be kinda cool to discuss this more thoroughly. AZ was done a while back. LA is 5 hours from Phoenix. Seriously ..... And LA is Aug?

Just my .02.

Plutodog · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 8:42 pm

LM K wrote:

ducktape wrote:

With all due respect to you guys in the Pacific Northwest, I think this one will be in the LA area. But you're welcome to plan one for a future date.

I think in the future, it would be kinda cool to discuss this more thoroughly. AZ was done a while back. LA is 5 hours from Phoenix. Seriously ..... And LA is Aug?

Just my .02.

+1

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 8:42 pm

LM K wrote:

ducktape wrote:

With all due respect to you guys in the Pacific Northwest, I think this one will be in the LA area. But you're welcome to plan one for a future date.

I think in the future, it would be kinda cool to discuss this more thoroughly. AZ was done a while back. LA is 5 hours from Phoenix. Seriously ..... And LA is Aug?

Just my .02.

Stop bellyaching. You're staying in HQ at FEMA Camp 17. Have you forgotten so quickly?

Falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow.

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