Westies @ Watkins 2008 will happen October 10th, 11, & 12th.
Westies @ Watkins is a family camping event held for the past 7 years in October around Watkins Glen, New York. This may be the last good weekend to go camping for the year.
It is never too hot, not too cold and sometimes it does not rain. BUT - it can get chilly at night, be sure to pack some warm clothes! There were nearly 70 buses that came to the campout in 2007. What a great opportunity to come camping with old friends and new. We have changed the camping location for 2008, still at Watkins Glen State Park, but now in our private loop.
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WESTIES
AT WATKINS 07
Itinerary
Friday:
Friday activities will focus on finding our camp sites and getting
acquainted.
Saturday:
Saturday we will plan on taking a hike and discovering Watkins Glen State Park
in its full beauty of the glacier-carved mile-long gorge. It has rained in the
past 3 years and we still enjoy this hike, but bring rain gear. In the
afternoon, we can relax at the campsite, drive around the area, and go wine
tasting at the many wineries along Seneca Lake and other adjacent Finger
Lakes. At night time, the park rangers will probably entertain us with some
campground activity and we can retire swapping tall VW tales and be
entertained with some live music around the campfire. In past years we all
enjoyed some cool door prizes donated by some of the Vanagon List Vendors.
Let's hope they come through again this year to continue with this tradition.
As an option for Saturday, the Corning Glass Museum is just down the road in
the town of Corning and well worth the visit. Plan on spending a good part of
the day there.
Sunday
Events will be a to pack up and caravan to the racetrack about 5 miles away
(up hill) and join up with FLRVWC members caravaning down from Rochester along
with other VW club members from Syracuse and Buffalo in their VW cars. We will
then be led onto the racetrack for pictures and do laps for about an hour
before enjoying lunch.
CAMPING INFORMATION
The Park Service has reserved and opened up the Onongada Village loop just for our VW crowd. No online or phone reservations are required. Just drive on up to the ranger kiosk at the camping area, and pay for one of the avaialble sites. Two vehicles are allowed per site.
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This campground loop does not have electricity at the sites. If you need
electricity in your van, then the only camping area at WGSP with electricity
is in the Mohawk Village loop.
Pet Owner information:
DO NOT leave dogs unattended anywhere in the park.
No dogs allowed on Gorge Trail.
Pet owners must show current rabies certificate. ( for their pets ;-)
Beer drinker information:
No beer kegs allowed at the park.
Partier Information:
Quiet hours are from 10:00 pm and 7:00 am and are strictly enforced.
Age restrictions
To register for a campsite, the camper must be 18 years old and show proper
ID.
Electrically connected:
Mohawk Village / Loop B is the only loop with electric sites at Watkins
Glen.
Contact: Joel Cort for additional further details on the camping event
Home jcort@rochester.rr.com
Home (585) 377-4161
Work Joel.cort@xerox.com
Work (585) 423-3851
Cell (585) 309-5722
