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Hi Heads. Just got back from Shady Lane. It is the camp that belongs to my uncle John Pat, where we will have a Letterhead Meet next August 19-20-21. Here is John Pat Himself. If you take I-80 to Emlenton PA, then get onto Route 208, you end up at a place called Lisbon. It's off the beaten path. The gate opens onto a lovely little camp. A gazebo would make a perfect place for Joe Chips to teach cool carving stuff! Whaddaya say, Joe? The pavillion would be a great panel jam area. There's even a stage for an impropmtu Letterhead speech or concert! ....to be continued....
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Here is the bunkhouse which can sleep up to 14. This tank supplies the water for the flush toilets (I painted it a few years ago) We can all get a shower too (not together tho) The porch is where the meals are cooked. Around the camp is plenty of room for camping and RVs.There is a whole nuther field for tenting out in too! ......to be continued....
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We can all jump on the trailer.... take a ride down this road.... to the banks of the Mighty Allegheny. You can take the pause that refreshes at the spring on the one-mile trek back up the hill... Sound like fun? More details will follow. I think my sister June must have been sneaking around the camp....she left a little calling card. Love....Jill
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I dunno, Kissy....maybe in June's pup-tent? I'll let you choose where. Doesn't this look like a place with potential? Love....Jill
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wow, that's looks like a awesome place to have big party I mean Letterhead Meet. I love it already.
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Not only does it look like a great place for a meet...it looks like a great place to bring my horses and trail ride in my spare time!? Anyone ever brought horses to a letterhead meet?
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Like the Pittsburgh accent Stevo. Laura, I'd have to ask if it's OK to bring horses. There are a lot of people who ride ATVs in the area...do they spook horses? I know it's OK to bring kids and dogs. Love.....Jill
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Definitely looks like a great location for a meet Jill!!!
Does this mean I will have to agonize over another panel??? LOL
I'll be there when it all comes together Jill.
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yins!!!! Woohoo, he's starting to speak like he belongs here even.
Grundy, you mean I finally get to meet ya?
What is 'spare time' at a letterhead meet? Is that what those 4 hours a day, every day of the meet, that I waste on sleeping & showering are really called?
The edge will be here in about 2 weeks & maybe I'm getting a bit excited about it (just don't let Rick Bicycle or Ro know that) so I already volunteered to print the official meet deckles.
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I think anyone considering bringing horses to a meet might think about the poor souls (like me) that are deathly allergic to them...
As far as that free time goes... at a meet? Huh? I never seem to have any but, hey, that's me. Too busy yacking, painting, bs'ing, painting, smoking, drinking, painting, eating, etc.
I am really looking forward to going to this meet. I doubt the Vega will be roadworthy by then so maybe we will have to camp out in the Cruiser. Sounds like a plan to me!
Yins are great to be having this meet. Thank you!
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It looks like where I live and ride my horses. Right now I can't take them anyway. I have a 28' 3 horse slant trailer with room for living quarters. Unfortunately no truck right now to pull it.
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jill captured the spirit of this place. i spent the weekend there,also. first time camping for 13 years. i packed up my "body wagon" and hauled 0/2 tanks.this is a place to recapture the song that was lost from my heart/soul for these past years.if this place isn't heaven, i don't know what is. come share a little piece of heaven with jillbeans, you will never forget it...
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What a beautiful spot!! I think it would make a lovely little setting for a letterhead wedding...the gazebo, and the perfect spot for the dance...heck we've got enough musicians for a band!!!
Hmmmmmm, wonder were we could round up a coupla lovebirds..........
heehee hee
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Do we get to have open mike night for joke telling? ....and I have sang at quite a few weddings.... (Well, Suelynn started it!)
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There is a distinct possibilty that we could be living in Cincinnati by then so we would DEFINITELY come then!!!
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Suelynn, you're evil. But that is a great idea....
I can't wait to meet Jane & Bill. Suelynn, you in? We'll have to initiate Jane & hopefully Kimberly into the rountable. And Kimberly, how awesome would that be if you could make it. Man, I'm getting excited over this already.
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I hope you can too, Deb! We could have one heck of a Bachelorette party (with Stevo's permission o'course) and he could have his own bachelor party at the "Body Shop", a strip club about 8 miles away. I'd rather have the Mayor of Letterville do the honors. Yes, my brother is a magistrate. At the picnic I just attended they brought in a priest and he said Mass in the gazebo. But that is totally up to Stevo and I don't wanna push him into anything he's not ready for. Just in case...Jane, can you sing "O Promise Me?" Talked to my uncle and horses are a no-no. I have Wade Swormstedt sending me the Letterville Creed via fax so that we can induct Newbies. Catherine is planning on coming over from Scotland. Bill Berberich is considering leading a dry-brush mural on the back of the T-111 stage. We have a Karaoke dude lined up too. It will be great to hang out with old friends and meet others I've always wanted to be with like Kimberly and the Diaz's. It will be a HUGE honkin panel jam. I'm already excited! Love....Jill
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Well, thanks you guys! If I'm even somewhere close I'll do my darndest to be there!
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Gene, certainly you can. Take the turnpike to the Butler exit, get on Route 8, the go thru Butler to Route 38, then onto 208. It will take you about 4 hours. Linnie...I'm hopin' to see you there too! Love....Jill
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Brooce, I'm sure that you have some idea about my point. Kimberly, if memory serves, when I went to my 1st meet at the Zoo in Cincy in 1994, it was about 6 hours away. Come on over! It's gonna be fun. I promise to be more relaxed than I was at Mars. Love....jill
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That stage looks like it ought to have a boy with a banjo pickin a little duelin banjos.
I hope there ain't no hillbillies hangin out down by the creek. Whoever hears "You shore do got a pretty mouth" first had better be able to beat me back to camp. I ain't got to beat all of ya back jus one of ya.
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Yay! yay! Glad to see so many interested folks. Randy, if memory serves, I live about 4 hours from Lake Erie. I will look up directions for you because I can't remember if you need I-79 or Route 422 to get to I-80. By next summer I will have a map and everything. I am looking for someone who would be willing to bring and use a heat press so we could have folks buy their own T-Shirts and bring them to be printed. I am trying to keep the entry costs as low as possible. This is an all-family-run place, with unpaid volunteers. The money will go for food and extra port-o-pots and electricity. We are gonna have such fun. Can't wait. Love....Jill
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Just come to my house and we will caravan down together. I know how to get there.
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