Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:00:45 -0400
Reply-To: Todd Olson <thatbusguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Todd Olson <thatbusguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Buses By the Beach - Schedule of events
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Hello Fellow Volks Folks,
It’s almost time for everyone to be together again at Buses By the Beach in
Grand Rapids, MI! It looks like we are in for another great turn out of Bus
Pilots and VW lovers from all over the country this weekend. If you have not
made reservations for the May 21,22 campout please call the campground so we
can plan for food and camping space. Call Grand Rogue at 1-616-361-1053
located at 6400 West River Drive, Belmont, MI 49306. Make sure you tell them
that you are with Buses By the Beach group so they can group us all
together. http://www.grandrogue.com/
Helpful tips for those coming this weekend:
1. Plan for all of your meals except for Saturday night. We are having a
BBQ Rib dinner. The dinner comes with potato salad so bring beverages and
other items you might want.
2. Alcohol is permitted, Drunks are not.
3. If you are going to participate in the Cara-bus (caravan) to the
Michigan Vintage Volkswagen in Ypsilanti on Sunday it might be useful to
bring a Motorola Talk-About type walkie talkie to communicate with others.
4. Max speed for the Cara-bus will be 55 mph. Vintage vehicles will be able
to catch up and stay together with the group.
5. Please bring firewood to share with the community fire ring.
6. Kids are welcome. Grand Rogue Campground is a very kid friendly
campground so feel free to bring bikes or toys for them to play with.
7. There will be lots of activities on Saturday at the Burn Survivor Car
Show. They will be holding an auction with lots of great merchandise that
has been donated by local retailers. And there is an activity area for kids.
More info at http://www.burnsurvivorcarshow.com/flyer/
8. AJ’s Family Fun Center is within walking distance of the car show on
Saturday. They have go-carts, mini-golf, large video arcade, and other games
to keep the family entertained. More info at http://www.ajsfamilyfun.com/
9. There are grocery stores, restaurants and many other retail shops close
to the campground in case you need supplies.
Schedule of Events:
Friday:
12:00noon – 8:30pm: Check in and set up. Then join everyone around the
campfire for conversations. Say hi to old friends and meet some new ones.
8:30pm-10pm: Live Acoustic Music by Ralston Bulls. He is a local artist with
International distribution. Ralston is an incredible singer songwriter and
as been described by All Music.com as, "A mature, thoughtful portrait of
age, youth, and the place 'where dreams and truth collide." He has been
compared to Lyle Lovett and Greg Brown but with his own unique style and
sound. He is on his way to great things and you will be able to say you saw
him first at Buses By the Beach. He will have CD’s for sale and I would
recommend picking one up. Very Good Stuff! More info at
http://www.ralstonbowles.com/
Saturday:
8:15am: Line up for the Burn Survivor Car Show. We will be driving six miles
down the road to the 5/3rd Ball Park. Plainfield Fire Dept. is coming to
give us an escort with a fire truck to the car show.
8:30am: Leave for Car Show
9:00am-3:00pm: Burn Survivors Car Show at 5/3rd Ball Park
5:00pm-6:00pm: BBQ Rib Dinner
7:30pm: Train Ride through the campground and in the woods.
8:00pm: Buses By the Beach VW stuff Raffle. Be sure to buy your tickets
early.
Sunday:
7:00am: Leave for Michigan Vintage Volkswagen Show in Ypsilanti, MI.
9:00am-3:00pm: MVVC Car Show http://www.mvvc.net/festival/index.html
11:00am: For those that do not wish to go to the car show there will be a
canoe and kayak trip leaving from the campground.
Wishing you many miles of smiles as you travel in!
The Volks Folks at Buses By the Beach.com
www.busesbythebeach.com
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