Gathering 8.0
The Gathering we're talking about is the summer Gathering, the ones we've come to calling x.0. It's usually been the second or third weekend in September, which is about the last full weekend of the summer. And you all thought it had something to do with Darren's birthday.
Phil, sorry you couldn't make it to 7.0.
I talked to Mary Nichols at Gold Brook Campground yesterday. It sounds like this site has everything we need for G 8.0. Their group site will handle up to 170 people and there is ample parking. There are free, hot showers and flush toilets. It's close to Stowe and about 7 miles off I--89. Mary told me the price was $6.00/person for the group site. She'll put it in writing. No surprises. Thanks bigmoose, big time.
You can pan for gold in the brook. A panner group was there not long ago.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/specialnews/outside/50.htm
Sometime after the first of the year, I will be putting down a deposit for the site, tentatively for the weekend of September 15-18 (Thur.-Sun.), 2005. Is that enough advance notice? Too much? A lot can happen between now and then.
Vermont money: A coupla' big city counterfeiters ran off some $18 dollar bills and headed up to Northern Vermont to pass them off to the unsuspecting locals. They entered a store and approached the owner, figuring him to be an easy mark.
"Hey, mister" they asked, "You got change for an $18 dollar bill?"
Thinking briefly, he responded, "Ayup, I believe I do. You want three sixes or 2 noines?"
They know their money in Vermont.
I forgot to check if the campground takes plastic but they do take sixes.
I'll have more information later, much later.
teejay
