The Particulars:

• Where: Cass Lake, Norway Beach:  Chippewa Loop and Norway Loop
• Date: August, 7th, 8th and 9th, 2009
• Time: Whenever you arrive.
• Who: You and yours!  Or is that us and ours? As I find out who is attending this year I will post a list on this site and point you to the link.

Regarding Chippewa Loop:

As many of you know with the slump in the economy, camping is at an all time high this year.  All national camp sites are booking up at record speeds.   I apologize for not getting on top of this a little sooner, but I assure you I’m doing everything I can to help make the event worthwhile!

Chippewa Loop is booked full.  Today I reserved the last 4 campsites under my name at $56 each for the weekend–That’s two nights for Fri and Sat at $28 including cancellation fees.  I know some of the family has already booked reservations at this site.  I do not know who.  For those of you who must have a Chippewa Loop camp site you should contact me as soon as possible to get one.  I am not taking any of the spots for myself so there are currently four available.

• These campsites are RV equipped.
• 10 Persons per site are allowed.
• You may have either 1 RV and 1 Tent or 2 tents per site.

Regarding the Norway Loop:

This is the larger loop.   There are 30 available sites as  I type this.  I expect by the end of today or tomorrow to have the Chippewa spots that I reserved booked for family members.   If you don’t mind where you are on Norway Beach and are active and able to move about easily I suggest you book here.

Picnic Shelter & Activities:

I have reserved the Picnic Shelter at Norway Beach for the entire day Saturday.  Some suggested activities that include the use of this shelter have been:

• A picnic.  (How novel!)
• A large game of Uno! (Bring a deck or two–we’ll use ‘em!)
• Cribbage tournament!
• Bring a Board game…
• Other card games!
• A party in the evening? Formal attire is a must:  Swimsuits, flannels, sweats and jeans are accepted.

Non-Picnic Shelter Activities might include:

• A Fishing outing
• Golfing
• Water sports (though I don’t know if we’ll have a volunteer for a boat)  Maybe you could run real fast and skip across the water.
• Volleyball
• Horse Shoes!
• Lawn Games!
• Scavenger Hunt?
• Other suggestions?

Book Now!

As you read above, things are booking fast.  To give you an idea of just how fast National Forest Reservations are occurring let me share this:  While I was on the phone with the representative, the reservation number jumped 550+ in ten minutes.  That’s 550 reservations nationally every ten minutes.   That’s about 55 reservations per minute.  Or almost 1 a second!  Granted, those are not all Minnesota reservations but if you intend on camping, I suggest you book now and book often.

Just wanted to let you know that the Cass Lake campground Chippewa
Loop is now open for reservations. The reunion is Aug 11-13, 2006.
The website to make your campsite reservation is www.reserveusa.com.
I just made mine for site #98. There were already a couple of sites
reserved, so I would recommend making your reservation as soon as
possible. Please pass on the information.

Hope to see you all at the Kooyer Reunion 2006!

Sandy

P.S. This information was also posted under the Reunions tab at the top of this page.