Caffwagon 2010 in North New Jersey (Aug 12 - Aug 18)

[Nuwen]

Cost logistics can be ironed out after this thing gets confirmed. Feeding a horde of people isn't difficult with a grill or fire pit, if you have one.

Also, Shea loves to don an apron and cook intricate dishes. Be sure to compliment his spice palate!

[Porochaz]

Is that shorter than your "drive to your house and hurt you" radius?

Im fairly sure he has threatened me with that before, so yes, it is.

[Porochaz]

And great masses of water are no hindrance.

[Ether]

We do, in fact, have a grill.

Parking's one thing we don't have a lot of, so if you're going to get a carpool, make it count. Public transportation around here is quite good, though. I can easily pick up anyone at the Port Authority in New York, and the train station is a few blocks away from that. There's also a route to Newark Airport, which I'm not as fluent with.

[Yosarian2]

Yeah; I'd like to come, if I can. Not sure what kind of summer job I'll be getting this year, so we'll have to see. Malyss probably won't be coming this year though.

If I do come, I have the guitar hero stuff and karaoke stuff for the PS2, so I can bring that.

[dramonic]

PS. This will probably be sometime around the weekend of August 14th. Don't expect to have a say in this. It just is.

Does that mean "if it happens, it's that weekend", or are you literally saying sometime around as if it could happen during the week? 0_o
Cause you know, the latter is kind of inpracticable <<

[Ether]

I wasn't 100% clear on the schedule when I posted that, and wanted to get a date out; I've since confirmed that the 14th is indeed when it's going to be. Having said that--while it's based around that weekend, it's definitely also going to run through some of the weekdays surrounding that, if you can stay. It will be a long meet, one that is certainly appealing enough for British 'Scummers to purchase plane tickets for.

[dramonic]

hmm, we'll see how I can bend my work schedule

[SensFan]

Do you know yet if it will 'overhang' before the weekend, after the weekend, or both?

Nevermind. Just rememebered that's literally the only weekend of the summer I'm busy.

[Plum]

- Would your parents be more comfortable if we contacted them? We don't have to be a gaggle of strangers (Plum, this applies to you too - would your parents be comfortable meeting/sending a chaperone?)

Hmmm. I'd probably be covert about this but take a chaperone of some sort (a friend who's technically above 18) and make a brief appearance midday on the Sunday of the meet, maybe a couple of hours. If it happens at all.

[dramonic]

Do you know yet if it will 'overhang' before the weekend, after the weekend, or both?

Nevermind. Just rememebered that's literally the only weekend of the summer I'm busy.

[xRECKONERx]

Uhhh.

I can't come then.

That's the one weekend I have to move into my college dorm.

[dramonic]

Ether

We're losing people here...

[xRECKONERx]

Well, hold on -

I move into my dorm on the 14th, but classes don't start until the 18th. I suppose I could drive up with Ythan after I'm moved in on the 14th, then drive back on the 17th, but that's quite a long drive for just a couple of days.

Is there not a later date possible at all? Even if it's more branching into the fall and not the Summer? The weekend of the 14th is LITERALLY the only time I couldn't do it - any weekend after that, I could come Thurs through Tues.

[dramonic]

You doing something with Sens or what? XD

[xRECKONERx]

Yeah, it's the AltWagon 2010. Much cooler than the CaffWagon. >.>

[SensFan]

I'm camping in Jay, NY the weekend of the 14th.
I'm going to a cousin's wedding (and then starting school) on Labour Day weekend.

So I'm free anytime before Labour Day, other than the 14th.

[dramonic]

Well, WCS I CAN just take the greyhound, but it's longer and more costly than a carpool.
Especially costly. Carpool makes it, what, 40~50$ top?
Greyhound is 140$...

@Sens:... and where do you think the meet is? <<

[xRECKONERx]

Ythan - would you be able to leave around the afternoon of the 14th? If I get all my shit moved in early enough (god what a chaotic day that's going to be) then I forsee me being free and ready to roll around noon or 2pm. That'd put us getting to Ether's anywhere from 9pm to 11pm. Also... I only have one class on Wednesdays and am tempted to e-mail the professor and tell them that I'll definitely be in the class, but I won't be able to make it the first day so that we can drive back Wednesday.

That puts our schedule like:
~8/14, 1:00PM - Leave Wilmington
~8/14, 11:00PM - Arrive at Ether's
~8/18, 1:00PM - Leave Ether's
~8/18, 11:00PM - Arrive back at Wilmington

PS: Gas is going to be about 90 bucks each way on the trip. So Ythan and I will each be paying 90 each it seems, unless there's someone else between NC & NJ who wants to carpool and have us pick them up.

[JDodge]

And great masses of water are no hindrance.

if you get enough of a head start, you just drive over the top of the water

re:the small possibility of my attendance, aug 14 falls right during finals for my summer class so i will have to back out of this more than a month ahead of time as per my usual if the date doesn't change

[Ether]

No other weekend has as much flexible time

around

it. I'll look into what else is feasible and get back to you, but eh.

I was going to suggest Greyhound, but those Wilmington-NY trips are like 24 hours. That's insane.

[Battousai]

That date is fine for me. But, I'll only be able to attend if I can fix my turn signals by then (unlikely).

[xRECKONERx]

What kind of flexible time are we looking at AROUND the 14th? As I said, I couldn't be there ON the 14th, but if it extended into the next week it's a possibility.

[xRECKONERx]

Re: food -

If you want cheap and easy, go for a fire pit or grill and grill burgers/hot dogs. Pretty simple and cost-effective. Everyone could pitch in for sandwich supplies for lunch, and breakfast could be eggs, toast, cereal, etc.

[Ether]

I can easily extend it into next week, as well as earlier into the previous week--that's why I like the 14th so much. Other times would be tougher to stretch in both directions.