August Members Only Camping Trip

Western Sonoma County - Coast Camping trip for REME Members Only.

Date: Friday, August 5 - Sunday, August 7, 2005.
Location: Duncans Mills Camping Club
(Private Camping Resort)
25387 Steelhead Blvd.
Duncans Mills, CA 95430
(707) 865-2024

Checkin time is anytime after 12 noon on Friday.
Checkout time is 12 noon on Sunday.

Friday night REME social with hors devoures, drinks and a campfire.

Saturday morning breakfast provided by the Camping Club from 9am until 10am.

Campsites (either tent or RV) are approximately $33 per night (but 2 MINIs and 2 tents will fit at each campsite). A limited number of camping trailers are available for about $41 per night and 1 fully furnished cabin is available for $82 per night.

THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 10 CARS TENT CAMPING plus trailers and cabin if available. RSVP ASAP if you want a trailer or cabin. Email me for details.

When: Friday, August 5, 2005 at 3:00 PM Where: Duncans Mills Camping Club
25387 Steelhead Blvd.
Duncans Mills, CA 95430
(707) 865-2024

Event fee: $5.00 per person plus nightly campsite fee. Bring your camping gear! Plan on cooking on charcoal or an open flame, or plan on eating at one of the wonderful nearby restaurants.

Plan on sitting around the campfire looking at stars until late night or early morning if everyone stays relatively quiet.

Bring food and drinks to share with your MINI friends on Friday and Saturday.

The Camping Club is one of the best maintained and beautiful private campgrounds in all of the Western US. The bathrooms are clean enough to eat off the counters. There are clean shower and laundry facilities.

There is basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, canoeing, and two recreation buildings with satelite television and pool tables.

The $5 per person Event Fee is to help defray costs of hors devoures and drinks on Friday night. Dinner and all meals will be on your own or shared with other MINI members.

There will be a few small runs planned (wineries, redwoods, and Fort Ross are close by) but this will mainly be just a relaxing weekend.

THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 10 CARS TENT CAMPING plus trailers and cabin if available. RSVP ASAP if you want a trailer or cabin. Email me for details.

I belong to this club and I want to return. Therefore keep the grounds and facilities clean and orderly. Quiet time is 10pm, although quiet conversation is acceptable around a campfire until early morning.
RSVP at http://minicooper.meetup.com/2/events/

 

Updated information above.

 

Vicki and I just came back yesterday from Duncans Mills Campground. We were invited guests. Let me tell you that it was awesome! We don't have a trailer so we rented one there. We really did not know what to expect. Well, we were put into a brand new 30 something foot travel trailer!!! It was awesome. There is tons to do, kayak, volleyball go out to the coast. You guys will have an awesome time. We are considering buying a membership. Unfortunately we will be on vacation during the REME camp out. If we could we would have cancelled our trip but we cant. I hope you will reconsider going after reading this, you won't regret it. It is so relaxing and peaceful.

Rob

Zied, you may post this on the other forums if you like.

 

This is going to be a great trip. Thanks Rob for your input.

If you decide to join the Camping Club, you won't be disappointed. We have been members for 4 years and don't regret our decission at all. Maybe I"ll see you there soon.

For all REME members who ordered tee shirts or sweatshirts, we should have them by the camping trip and I will deliver them to you in Duncan's Mills unless you want them sooner. For those of you who did not pre-order any shirts or sweatshirts, I ordered a few extra in a variety of sizes and styles. I expect that most of them will be sold quickly because they are absolutely beautiful.

Non-members can view the tee shirt graphics at: http://www.redwoodempiremini.com/mbb...egory-view.asp (look at the REME Online Store) towards the bottom of the page.

You have to be registered on the REME MegaBBS and a member of REME to actually see the available shirt styles and what sizes are available.

 

I just thought I would update everyone on activities planned. For those of you who will be joining us on Friday, plan on reaching Duncan’s Mills Camping Club by early in the afternoon (anytime after 12 noon) to setup up your campsite. If there is interest, we will leave Duncan’s Mills at 3pm and drive to Armstrong Grove and take a 1 hour hike through the redwoods.

By 5 pm we will share drinks and hors-devours at the campground and by 8pm we will sit around the campfire, roasting marshmallows, star gazing, river walking, and maybe a game or two of pool. Bring your swim suits if you plan on spending time in the hot tub, river, or canoeing.

Saturday morning at 9am meet for breakfast provided by the Camping Club. After breakfast at 10am we will meet non-camping REME members and interested others at Gold Coast Coffee & Bakery right outside of the gates to Duncan’s Mills Camping Club. By 10:30am we will depart, drive through Jenner, north on highway 1 to Fort Ross. This is a state park and does charge $5-$6 for parking. After touring the old Russian colony, we will have a picnic lunch (remember to pack a lunch). After lunch we will return to the Camping Club via Old Fort Ross Road through Cazadero. The road is narrow and twisty, but a little rough. I don't anticipate seeing any bikes on this road, but we will need to take it a little slow due to the road's surface (not many pot holes, just a little rough).

We will return to Duncan’s Mills Camping Club (both those camping and those joining us for the day) and rest, socialize or visit the Village of Duncan’s Mills. At 3pm we will leave for Korbel Winery, for wine tasting and possible tour. At 5pm, campers will return to the Camping Club and all other participants will be on their own to explore the river area and its eclectic night life, or to return home.

Campers are on their own for dinner Saturday night, but we will still be sharing a campfire, marshmallows, drinks, and the stars.

The Village of Duncan’s Mills offers boutique shops, wine tasting, two restaurants with night life and live music. Jenner is about 5 miles away and offers at least two more restaurants and salt water taffy. Guerneville is 9 miles away, has gas stations and a Safeway if you want to make food purchases when enroot to the camping club.

Sunday, breakfast and activities are on your own. Check out time is 12 noon, although you can park in the common area and still enjoy the grounds as long as your site is vacated. On the way home, there are many wineries in the Guerneville, Forestville, Sebastopol, and Healdsburg areas. If you want some recommendations, email me or talk to me over the weekend.

Please RSVP on the calendar if you intend to join us only for the run. A separate calendar event for the runs only is shown at http://www.redwoodempiremini.com/mbb...endar-list.asp.

 

Heres a link to a pdf file detailing Fort Ross : http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/449/files/FORTROSS2.pdf and a map to Duncan's Mills. Those traveling from Sacramento and San Francisco may want to take Hwy 116 from Cotati on 101 through Sebastopol.