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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Bump.

This event is next week. 

I'll be arriving on Thursday probably.  The campground is available to us as early as Monday. 

If you are planning to attend and planning to attend early, please drop an e-mail to Diane Law (the owner of the campground) via their web-site.  http://www.riverchaselodge.com/

Thanks.  I hope to see some of you there. 

There are likely to be some spare boats around for those who want to give paddling a try.   I know I'll have at least two spares. 

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

As much as I regret it, a couple things have come up and I don't think I'm gonna make it.

DE

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Dirty Ed wrote:

As much as I regret it, a couple things have come up and I don't think I'm gonna make it.

DE

That is a sore disappointment.  I hope you and your family are OK.

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Just back.  Very small turnout, but I had a good time playing with my old friend Garuchi.  Fished some and while I didn't catch many fish, I caught some good sized ones.  No trophies, though I did catch my largest smallmouth on a fly rod (to date).  Picked up a few picking tricks and a couple exercises to hopefully improve my playing. 

The weather was absolutely perfect.  We ought to have had a terrible storm Saturday night.  The temperature dropped quickly, my guitar kept going out of tune quickly (sure sign of a rapid drop in barometric pressure), and the wind kicked up.  My friend Roger (same Roger who shared a margarita with a raccoon at the July River Jam) checked the RADAR images on his smart phone and it looked like it was going to be bad, bad, bad.  But somehow the crazy deep hollows and gorges and the steep bluffs rising out of them directed the foul weather around us.  Where we were, just a few drops of rain during the night and a gorgeous clear blue sky by morning. 

I got a new idea for a song hook.  Not sure how to use it, but in a discussion of what we all appreciated about camping, the concept that it "embraces the opportunity for wierdness" arose.  There's a song in that idea.  It will be added to my hook book and see what comes of it. 

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Glad you had a good time Zurf. Sorry I missed it.

DE

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Dirty Ed wrote:

Glad you had a good time Zurf. Sorry I missed it.

DE

We missed you.  I know how you feel about West Virginia rivers, so I know that anything that kept you away from them had to be important.  I e-mailed you a couple photos.  Gary, Roger, and Diane all asked after you and send along their good wishes. 

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Are there any plans for get togethers this year?

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Hi Gabby,

It is discussed here: http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=18799

Roger

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

gabbysings2 wrote:

Are there any plans for get togethers this year?

I'm not doing the one on the New River in August.  We are doing one on the Shenandoah in June. 

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

Wish I could make it! I grew up in WV.   Born in Elkins and lived most the time in Huntington. was neat to see this is near Beckley.  I really miss the beauty of the mountains. 

If all goes well Ill be in Western NC (Asheville) during that time frame.  Yep still in teh mountains,,, but W(BY GOD) V holds a special place in my heart.

Is John Denver A requirement at the campfire jam?

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Re: August jam in Meadow Creek, WV

beamer wrote:

Is John Denver A requirement at the campfire jam?

Pretty much.  I don't think we'd get arrested if we didn't do Take Me Home Country Roads during the weekend, but so far we haven't risked it. 

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