Northern Oregon Coast. It's the fifth year for this popular midwinter event. In whatever weather, from sunshine to snow, the WetWesties always have a good time.

Register: call 1-800-452-5687 to reserve spots on the A Loop (main VW loop from previous Nehalem campouts), or just show up and get what's available. The park does not fill up during "discovery season" so, there should be a lot of room for
everybody. It will be 16$ per night for camping (which includes electrical hookups), better than the 20$ summer rate.

The Meeting Hall has been reserved, and we need folks to kick in $10 to cover the cost. Email Jeremy.

You can also log on to oregonstateparks.org to register for A Loop campsites (note that A49 is closest to meeting hall)

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Host: Jeremy Norris

Campout at Fort Stevens state park on the Oregon Coast. No reservations required. Contact Jason if you plan to go, or for more info.

Campout saturday night at Dash Point State Park, then carabus to the show on sunday. Reservations for camping are not needed, just show up and self-pay! Potluck saturday night. Spring meet is on Sunday. Entrance is $10. More Spring Meet info here. Note: Parking at Spring Meet this year is in the Orange Lot only (Blue gate is closed). Here is a map.

Host: Josh
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Get acquainted; talk VWs and camping, general BS and food and drink.
Tides Tavern in Gig Harbor, 2925 Harborview Dr. Gig Harbor; (253) 858-3982; http://www.tidestavern.com/
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This will be a cruise from Franklin's in Kent, up to Snoqualmie summit, then back down to Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah. There will be a car show at the park, with food, music, door prizes, etc. Throughout the day they will be accepting cash/check donations, which will be given to The ALS Association Evergreen Chapter serving the local ALS Community (aka Lou Gehrigs Disease). Last year the Cruise raised over $3200 for Children's Hospital HIV-AIDS Research. Have fun and support a worthy cause! We will leave Franklin's VW Werks no later than 12:00 Noon. Please be at the Shop before 11am (preferably by 10am) so we can arrange everyone for a smooth departure.

Hosted by Franklin's VW Werks
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Group RV site has been reserved. Plan on $8.50 per bus. Check-in time on Saturday is 4:00 PM.  However, if you arrive at 1:00
or later, then you do NOT need to purchase a day-pass. Arrive before 1:00 PM Saturday...you must purchase a $3.00 day use permit. PotLuck at 7:00 PM Saturday Night.  Bring chairs and Bicycles. RSVP to coordinator: commodore97210@yahoo.com
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"Camano Island State Park is a 134-acre camping park with 6,700 feet of rocky shoreline and beach. The park provides sweeping views of the surrounding mountains and offers opportunities for shellfish harvesting. "

Camano Island is about 40 miles north of Seattle and then 20 miles west of I-5.

http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Camano+Island&pageno=1

Host: Josh
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Presented by Rose City Volksters and Good Times VW Club, plus Jr. Dragsters. This event features a car show, swap meet and drag racing. Gates open 8 a.m., time trials begin at 9 a.m. Racer $25, Jr. Dragster $25, Car Show $20, Swap Meet Space $20, Adult $10, Kid 6-14 $5, under 6 Free. For more info on the dragstrip: http://www.woodburndragstrip.com/
Camping is available for $10, but there may be drag racing going on friday night - in which case we will meet at the Wal Mart parking lot (across I5) and come up with an alternative.

You can also reserve a site online through www.pccamping.ca . This is the only campsite in the park, and it will fill up quickly. Contact Katherine if you plan to go, or for more info.

Friday - Burger Meet: Eat burgers, checkout hot VDubs. Starts at 5:00 pm at the University Burgermaster - 3042 NE 45th Street, Seattle. A show and shine for all VWs. Get there early for a good spot.

Saturday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Shoreline Community College is the Vintage VW Show and Swap Meet. Admission is $7 per person with a $7 per car fee to show your Volkswagen. Buses, bugs, ghias, Things - we even had Snow Cats and Kübelwagens! You never know who will show up. Maybe you'll even see a Hebmüller at this year's NW Vintage VW Meet.

Sunday - BugNationals VW Drag Racing at Pacific Raceways. See some wickedfast VW's scream down the track. Or get some friends and start your own class!!! '68-'71 Stock Westfalia class anyone???

More info or Pre-Register your show car: http://www.cascadekombis.org/vintagemeet.shtml

I hereby declare there to be a brew cruise at Jake's Ales in Federal Way on July 24 at 2pm. There's more beers on
tap than would be safe to try in a week, and the burgers are pretty good too. Lots of parking, so lets get a crowd going.

For directions and such: http://users.owt.com/rpeto/jakes/
More info: Steve & Liz

EORenew presents the seventh annual SolWest Renewable Energy Fair. Admission includes 50 free workshops on both off-grid and grid-intertied renewable energy (RE) and sustainable living topics. Over fifty exhibitors show tools for energy and lifestyle self-reliance, including solar, wind and agricultural resources. Keynote speakers John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist emphasize the limitless possibilities for powering “the good life” with renewable energy. An Electrathon race highlights efficient, lightweight vehicle technology. Cost is $5 per adult per day, with weekend, youth, and senior discounts, volunteers and children under 12 free. Camping is available (free for volunteers).

**Update** The planners of Solwest have granted us an exclusive Wetwesties only area for camping. Space is limited, so you need to make "reservations" by sending email to Jon. Thanks to Jon Kenneke and Jean Gritter for being the camp hosts!

Info Host: Jennifer Barker
SolWest/EORenew
PO Box 485
Canyon City, OR 97820
phone 541-575-3633
Email: info@solwest.org Web: www.solwest.org

"Bay View State Park is a 25-acre camping park with 1,285 feet of saltwater shoreline on Padilla Bay. Over 11,000 acres of Padilla Bay are designated as National Estuarine Sanctuary. Breazeale Padilla Bay Interpretive Center is located a half mile north of the park". Located seven miles west of Burlington, Wash., and 14 miles east of Anacortes, Wash.
Potluck and Bus Tour saturday night. Reservations recommended.
Host: Andrew & Josh

Extending an invite to join me in my back yard for an August camp out.
A week end of good food, great company, & river rafting. Bring your kayaks, bikes, kids, & dogs.
Mt Hood is 45 minutes from Maupin if anyone wants to ski.

http://www.highdesertriver.com/maupin-oregon.htm

I have no affiliation with the rafting outfitter mentioned in the link.

More info: Terry

"Northwest MogFest, a gathering for enthusiasts and owners of Unimogs and other odd vehicles of european ancestry. " Pleanty of VW synchros, double cabs, etc will be there. Great camping onsite. Very cool event!

http://www.northwestmogfest.com/

Jeremy Norris will be flying the WetWesties banner, so look for him if you attend.

Join some members of the Seattle Astronomical Society for a star gazing campout, and share the view through our telescopes. We have reserved the group camp.  Water and vault toilets, no power available.  Showers across the road in the main camp ground.
The cost usually comes to about $10 a night per vehicle. This is a shared cost to cover the reservation of the group camp.   In the past some people have gone down to the Goldendale Observatory (~12 miles) in the evening to take in the program and viewing through the large telescope there.
Info: Loren

A WetWesties tradition. You don't want to miss this one! See previous years for pictures.
Hosts: Jim & Lisa
'United we camp' article from the 9/19/03 La Grande Observer
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The Apple Valley Volkswagen Association is proud to host "Volksfest 2005" at Applewood Park in Naches Washington, with a Show & Shine, Swap Meet, BBQ Lunch, Valve Cover Racing, and our unique hand-crafted trophies. Bring the family, as there is a nice playground for the kids.

The fun actually begins the day before with all kinds of VW activities – beginning with a Cruise-In and ending with Drag Racing!

Website: http://www.avva.us/

Anticipated per-bus cost is $10. The Group RV loop is already booked for someone else for the Friday night before, and all weekends are taken from June through to the first available Saturday night, 9-17-05. As always, plan upon a Pot-Luck @ 7:00 PM.

Please RSVP to commodore97210@yahoo.com. This is needed because of the fee structure, and the 20 RV limit.

We can hold **50** VW busses, and 100 people.

The whole campground was 75$/night, so we'll figure
out how much folks owe once there.

Email me if you are going and I'll start a list.

Host: Matthew

Join us for a fun overnighter at Dash Point State park. Potluck dinner around 6:30 PM. Sunday morning we will take a nice scenic drive over to Titlow Park (Tacoma) for the VolksTag VW show. No reservations needed, just show up. A little info on the show from Franklin's VW Werks (a shop in Kent that is putting on the show):

Why: No Octobugfest this year so we're taking matters into our own hands and putting on a show directed towards the daily drivers. Although all VW's are welcome and encouraged to enter, we are looking to see as many dailys as possible.

Many of us know that in recent years the show in the parking lot has been almost as inspiring as the show inside. Our goal is to bridge that gap and have ONE show with EVERYONE involved.

Fees:
$20 Entry Fee (Participation Judging, Lots of Trophys, Lots of Classes)
$20 Swap Spaces
$20 To Sell Your Car in the show
$5 To Park your car in the show with everyone else without being judged.

This campground is one of the best, with views, weather protection, and good showers. There are no hookups, but there is water,
and good company. :-) The beach is a short walk from away.

There are no reservations required, and you pay when you get there. Latest word from the county is that the nightly cost is $16.00.

As usual, we will have the traditional Saturday night potluck, and other fun goings on.

Boice Cope Park is a Curry County campground with 34 sites, 22 of which
are paved spaces with water, no hookups. Sites are $16.00/nt - $5.00
for an extra vehicle ~ only one extra vehicle is allowed per campsite .
There are men's and women's restrooms and two showers.

There is not a phone number for information for the park, nor do they
take reservations ~ it works on a first come, first served basis.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

HEADING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 101:

About 15 miles south of BANDON, you'll go through the little town of
Langlois.
*Go 1/4 mile past Langlois and turn RIGHT at small brown metal sign
that reads Floras Lake - Boice Cope Park (this road is Floras Lake
Loop).
*Go about 1 mile and take RIGHT on Floras Lake Road,
*Go about 1-1/2 miles ~after road bends sharply to the left~ take first
RIGHT at Boice Cope Road.
The campground is at the end of Boice Cope road, bordering the lake.

HEADING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 101:

About 9 miles north of PORT ORFORD, look for yellow KOA sign on left
side of road~ 1-1/2 miles further, look for double passing lane (stay
in left lane) and small brown metal sign on right side of road that
says "Floras Lake..."
*Go LEFT there on Floras Lake Loop
*Go about 1 mile and take LEFT on Floras Lake Road
*Go about 1-1/2 miles ~ after road bends sharply to the left~ take
first RIGHT at Boice Cope Road.
The campground is at the end of Boice Cope road, bordering the lake.

Info: Jon

Its official, another wetwesties campout, october 28-30th, Colgate Licks Campground, Jerry Johnson and Weir Hot Springs along Highway 12 in the scenic northern idaho mountains.

The campground is nestled between highway 12 and the river. If traveling FROM lewiston ID, if you past the colgate licks rest stop, you missed the campground by 1/4 mile. AND if you are traveling from Lolo, the campground is ~1/4 mile past Colgate Lick rest stop, on the river side coming from either direction. It is around mile-marker 147.   Bring firewood!

I'll be driving up friday after work and won't be there until ~8 pm or later.

Please email me if you are going so we have an idea of # of spots to hold, etc etc.