Lake Clinton, IL Reunion

Count the Hunters in Clinton is one of my favorite lakes

So we're pretty set on the dates then? That might be a CCF record.

Rob

Sorry my friends... Looks like that is a bad weekend for us. Carrie is running a half marathon downtown that Sat. Staying down there for the night in support... Looks like my record will stay in tact. GL-4, Labor day Il Reunion-0

Moj'

quinner wrote: Joel, How long of a drive is it from our area? RJ and Steve, You guy's planning on a Thursday PM or Friday AM departure? Bringing your kids?? Camping???

Super easy drive. About a 2 hour run down to Bloomington (which I've done a million times going to ISU), then about a 35 minute jaunt over on 74 to Clinton. Piece of cake.

4 hours for me.

Friday AM, most likely. I might not rule out a Thursday run though. I'll need to see how things go. I've been pushing the family pretty hard by squeezing in a extra day here and there.

Wife and kids - yes.
Camping - don't know. Might come down to the weather. The only positive about Shelbyville is they had a camper/RV rental joint near by. I pop-up would be great if it starts to rain.

RainDog wrote: . The only positive about Shelbyville is they had a camper/RV rental joint near by. .

Steve,

Thats a plus and one could argue there is better skiing at Shelbyville if you know the lake but everything else makes Clinton a great place for this large a get together.

As for having to lodge away from the lake don't worry about missing too much as you can hang at the campground for a while. This is the type of get together where everyone pitches in and takes care of those that don't have lake houses and have learned to rough it all summer.

Now seriously, to everybody coming out especialy first timers(Quinner, RJ, nautique Hunter, Groovin,etc, just stock your cooler with your burgers or steaks or whatever and show up at the campground after a day in the water. All I charge is one beer per person and I'll cook all night. Heck, last year we had ton's of food and feed a whole bunch of weary(half in the bag) and hungry boaters. Anything in our motorhome except my bed is there for sharing. We also have a 3 room tent from the good old days I can bring along if anyone needs it.

You won't miss much by having to drive back to the hotel because I think we were all dead by 10pm after 12 hours of sun and fun.

quinner wrote: RJ and Steve, You guy's planning on a Thursday PM or Friday AM departure? Bringing your kids?? Camping???

I would like to head down on thursday, but Friday (early) works better for me. For sure bringing the kids, and more than likely we will crash at a hotel this time. I'd rather camp out but Im waiting one more year until my little guy will be 2.

RJ....bring some large bottles of the Babes!!! Don't know who to buy it from around here yet...so I will buy a supply from you! I an hooked!

RJ, I'd like to try the Spot Solver.
Please bring a 12 to 16 oz bottle for me to buy.

Edit- and a small bottle of Collinite wax.

Just ordered a set of Midland GXT1000VP4 50-Channel 30-Mile Waterproof 2-Way GMRS Radios. These will be key in Clinton! Lots of water.

RJ, did you pick a hotel/motel yet?

Steve

Holiday Inn sounds good, it is not as far as some of the others. We drove 24 miles (a lot on back roads) to my wifes folks cottage up at GL and it took about an hour each way. That got old quick. There are also a couple of places in Clinton, I was hoping someone local could give us traveling in a heads up. I am okay with anything as long as it is clean. These newer Holiday Inns are usually pretty good.

I am looking at making this a guys weekend, so I was going to indoctrine a couple of friends into the Correct Craft experience (maybe we can convince them to buy a couple of correct crafts - oh crap I gave them this link...)

Steve

P.S. I bought a Babes kit with my boat - I am sold, that stuff is awesome!

Steve,

Most will use the ramp in the Mascoutin campgrounds. That's what I'd recommend that way you can pull out and join the gang for a while on land at the end of the day, bring burgers or something to cook there will be everything you need to cook on/with available.

LeRoy is exactly 20 miles from the campground, not sure about Decatur.

We're gonna have a great weekend gang, we camped this past weekend with Mike & Gail Hunter and a few of their friends and had a great time. Got us all up on the surf boards and had a ball.

We found an ideal cove with a nice sandy beach that will hold 20 or so boats. Depending on wind and temps this would make a great spot as it's nice to get out of the boats for a bit. It's about mid-point on the lake so it won't be the hottest water around but might still be nice if the air is warm.

I'm most likely out for this trip. I completely forgot that my neighbor does his back yard concert thing that weekend, which I perform at every year with my other neighbor. Unfortunately, it's too big of a commitment to skip although I'd much rather be boating.

We decided last minute friday to head down for another weekend at Clinton. Got some great skking in and scoped out some great campsites. Also made friends with a gang down there that has a 98 Air and will be joining us. Nautique people are awesome.

Can we get a count on how many will be camping, the sites we liked are reservable so we may mail in for them just so we are all together. Otherwise we'll get in as early as possible and try to hold a group of sites together.