: I think we could definitely make it worth your while if the group decides
: this is a good plan. We should get a portable toilet or two to save stress
: on your outhouse. We would have paid more than $500 for the 10 campsites;
: we should give you a couple hundred bucks to buy boatbuilding materials
: and beverages of your choice!!!

: Shawn

While I doubt I'll be able to make it, perhaps I could suggest a few campsite ideas for anyone who wishes to pursue this.

Find a local dealer and rent a fairly large RV for the weekend. This would provide the group of people camping in tents with a supply of fresh water, (hot and cold) a small shower, a second toilet (counting the outhouse as the first), a galley, and a refrigerator. such vehicles typically rent for $100 to $150 a day. Split the cost betweent the campers and they pay probably 5 to $10 a day.

The addition of toilet and fresh water alone will increase the sanitation and safety of your camping experience.

If the RV has a generator then you can light the campground with four to ten 100 watt bulbs strung on 50 to 100 foot wires from the RV to a tall pole. If you lack a tall pole, connect the grabloops on three 17 foot kayaks and stand them upright as a tall tripod. Add some guy lines to keep them up at night, and take them down at daybreak so you can paddle them. Having the lights well overhead draws most of the bugs up, and away from the tents.

The RV can be used as a group shuttle bus each day. If half the people can park their personal cars at the campsite then there would be fewer vehicles at the state park. While the RV is at the state park it can empty its holding tank and refill on fresh water. Then, after the day's activities it drives back to the camp site. Campers who have left their cars behind can carpool back to the campsite if they wish to leave the state park earlier or later than the main group. An exchange of cell phone numbers helps to avoid losing stragglers.

The refrigerator in the RV can store sandwiches or box lunches for the day. These can be prepared in the galley earlier in the day, or, store a collection of coldcuts and loaves of bread so people can make their own when desired.

Store the drinks in coolers which can be carried in the RV. Bring a few cofeepots to use on the galley stove, or electric ones.

In the event of rain, a large fly can be attached to the RV. Between that and the interior, you can probably keep 12 to 20 people protected from the weather while they meet and mingle. If you have the available tarps, you could attach a fly to each side of the RV and have the equivalent of a walk-around porch, which would hold many more people. 20 x 25 foot rolls of 6mil or 8 mil polyethylene are about $7 and would work if there were no winds. Otherwise you'ld be looking at heavier, and more expensive, tarps.

Of course the galley can be used to prepare dinners for the campers who don't have their own campstoves.

A large pot of soup or chili goes over well. Should someone happen to bring a turkey fryer, the burner can be attached to the propane tank on the RV, and the large pot can be used for 30 to 40 servings of chili, or use the oil and cook up batches of fish and chips.

Just some thoughts

PGJ