Rendezvous ’19

30 Jan Rendezvous ’19

Date: May 16-19 2019
Location: Lake Fort Smith State Park
Description: Join us May 16-19 2019 at Lake Fort Smith State Park for Rendezvous ’19. Free camping, food, music, hiking, fun!  Bring your canoe or kayak if you’d like to float.

We’ve got camp sites #26-30 reserved Thursday-Sunday and #21-25 reserved Friday-Sunday.  They will be shared by all – first-come first-serve.  We can have 8 people & 2 tents at each site. All vehicles must be on the asphalt. Extra vehicles can park at the bath house and in the lot across from the bath house.

In addition we’ve got the pavilion reserved Thursday-Sunday with many things happening there.  The Black Bear Dining Hall is reserved Saturday for the Annual Meeting, entertainment, and dinner.

OHTA is providing breakfast Saturday & Sunday and dinner Saturday. In order to make sure we have enough food please let Rendezvous organizer Dave Richard know if you intend to partake.

Thursday/16th

Friday/17th

• Moderate-length hike on OHT (Dockerys Gap to west end?).  Meet at 9AM at the pavilion. Bring water shoes in case we need to wade Frog Bayou.  Leader: Michael Reed.
• Dinner: Brats & Burgers @ pavilion

Saturday/18th

• 7:30-9:00: Breakfast @ pavilion
• 9:00?: Short hike (Shepherd Springs Loop?)
• 11:00-noon: Leave No Trace for Kids!  Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers Erin & Brice will be at the pavilion, offering family-friendly Leave No Trace games and activities focused on minimizing our impacts and enjoying the outdoors responsibly.  Open to the public.
• 1:30-3:30 PM: Subaru/Leave No Trace Traveling Trainers Erin & Brice will lead a LNT Awareness Workshop at the pavilion.  Open to the public.
• 4:30 PM: Annual Meeting @ Black Bear Dining Hall
• Music (Bear Chasers) & social hour @ Black Bear Dining Hall
• 6:00 PM: Dinner @ Black Bear Dining Hall

Sunday/19th

• 7:30-9:00: Breakfast @ pavilion