Mid-Atlantic

Let's get this thing going. What'd say Reid? Others?

Where and when?

Looks like it's gonna be a busy summer. So where do we start if we want to do something for the east coast? Those GL guys have raised the bar and gotten the rest of us so inspired with all their great work and resulting fun quotient to the point where I guess we can't sit back and watch them have all the fun.

I read up on Green Lake and what that quaint little village has to offer, it's easy to see why Mojo swears by it, and why everyone's going back. Those type places unfortunately don't abound everywhere else in the U.S., so let's see what we can do.

And then there is issue of dates. Jbear and myself discussed this and at one point we thought it would be really neat to have corresponding events going on it different parts of the country, but dates conflicted, plus several of us zealots would like to hit both, so then we looked at possibly the first weekend in August. As for Lake Norman and big dates, the best is the ACBS (Antique and Cla$$ic Boat Society) yearly cla$$ic boat show which is always the weekend after Labor Day. But guess what, that's the FL CC owner's reunion date this year. So I guess it would be totally off-base to conflict with that reunion, however the ACBS is a large event that openly welcomes vintage gla$$ boats.

While I'm totally open for the best venue, here's what we have to offer here if we hosted at our place:
We have a large adjacent open lot with guest cottage and boat garage apartment next to our home. We hosted our family reunion with JMurph and 20 others in beds this past summer. Those spots will be open for us if needed. We have a boat ramp on site and with two docks, dockage for about 20 boats prior to rafting them double-file, plus room for more boat trailers. We have hookups for 2 campers/motor homes, and room for a dozen tents. 3 charcoal grills and one gas. There are several marinas, bars, and restaurants on the water. There is of course the typical lake "sandbar" hangout and the beachable "Island" gathering spot very close by. There are plenty of national hotels within about 7 miles along I-77, along with a plethora of restaurants including Hooters, Hooter, Hooters, Cracker Barrel, Lonestar, among others including 200 BBQ joints. The closest to the property is Uncle Milf's Lake Norman Tavern(yes, you read correctly) and it's 3 miles away. I partook tonite.

What we don't have: A commercial restaurant/bar within walking distance. A fueling marina within 3 miles by water, but a convenience store is just down the road by trailer or 6 gallon tank. We're just off the main channel, so we also don't have a quiet, calm lake, esp on weekend afternoons. But early in the morn or late in the evening you can legally barefoot right in front of the dock.

Waterdog, Murph, Tim, MM, jbear and hopefully many others: thanks in advance for your coordination support, and the floor is yours so start throwing your preferences and ideas out there. I'm very mobile and can go anywhere where we determine the best event can be hosted.

Mark, I will gladly provide a couple kegs of free beer, as I don't think Augustus, Peter, or Sam could adequately support your habit by themselves.   

That's the second time you've mentioned the dream boat. What is it?

Hey Reid,

I'm trying to mapquest Lake Norman and not coming up with anything. What's the nearest city or zip code?

Chuck

Thanks Murph. Skicat, the best thing you can do is complete and bring that awesome red Skier, packed full of beer of course. Chuck, we're just north of Charlotte and only about 35 miles from the airport, hint, hint. If there are any Nascar fans out there, Mooresville is known as Race City, and home to a majority of the biggest Nextel Cup teams and drivers, such as DEI, (Dale Jr.) Roush, Penske, Yates, etc.. All are open for tours.

Waterdog, I will try to call you on Monday.
Obviously we love dogs, so yours are certainly welcome. We're just 15 miles south of I-40 off I-77.   

Fish Nautiques don't really fit in on lakes do they?

Freshly repowered...Insurance paid most of the costs and then promptly dropped me

Oh yeah, new motor, rebuilt tranny, new batteries, new bilge pump. Some fibergla$$ work and I'd have a new boat.

I'll try my best to make it down there and bring the boat. I've never wakeboarded behind anything but big center consoles nor have I ever been taught to wakeboard by anyone at all, so I'd like to learn what I'm supposed to be doing...and of course drink a beer or two (mention a few free kegs and you can get a lot of attendance where I'm from )

redneck7
Jmurph & I are at Lake Gaston @ the Va.NC state line not far off I-95 if all the stars line up we could have us a convoy.
ReidP
Good talkin to ya the other night.Hopefully I'll be back from picking up the dream boat by Sunday morning so I can nap throu the
Daytona 500. The 1st 50 laps - nap,nap,nap the 25 lap shoot out at the end. That's a good race ! Anybody BUT the bush brothers.

Lake Norman

Wow Tim, that's crazy. I guess you already had my address, as we're right about in the middle on each photo at the end of Stepaside Ln, which you can read well on the bottom view.

Leave it to Mark to search out the drinking bars. And we do have sand bars as well, but not as prevalent in the summer when the water is high. Plus they're typically marked well also. The main channel is the Catawba river with lit/lighted channel markers. It was flooded by Duke power in the very early 60's. +/-25 miles long with 500 miles of shore line. Similar to many other man-made lakes with lots of islands and easy to get lost prior to becoming familiar.

Waterdog, enjoyed the phone time also. That's the way I typically watch the race also, except when I'm there, then the nap,nap,nap is replaced with beer, beer, beer.   

I got news for you Chuck. Those Arneys are STILL roaming the hills, the valleys, and the shopping malls of Lincoln Co and the surrounding area. I just did a SuperPages query and found quite an allegiance. Fortunately for the rest of us, all of the Arneys that could swim and ride a horse moved West with you, as I only found one that had made it across the river/lake to the East side near us in Mooresville. He probably had an early model RafTique.

Man thats a wierd shaped lake, kinda looks like tree branches with leaves.
But it shure looks like it provides allot of lake front property.
If you were to get the distance of the whole lake around all those turns and bends it has to be a big number...

Same shape as Lake Norris in Tennessee. All that shoreline makes for alot of coves to 'foot in.

I believe that Norman is lots more busy than Norris. Must be 'cause ReidP lives there.

john