28-30 Oct 2016 - Greys Pt Campground, Topping VA

The October campout was at Grey's Point Campground. The Hosts for this Campout were Sharon & Jeff Lawrence, Mem & Larry Halstead and Randy & Linda Burdette.  12 sites were reserved for ODC on Oct 28-30, 2016. The sites # were Rockfish 29 - Spadefish 40.

The cost of the 2 nights was $94.77 total. However, we had 10 people sign up so they gave us a 10% discount. For the people that went on Thursday, the cost was $40.00 and the same for adding Sunday night. The deadline for holding the sites wass Sept 15th and after that people were placed wherever there were spots available.

The contact person was: Dory and phone # for campground is: 804-758-2485.

 

The costume theme this year: a child six years or under.

 

Everyone brought candy to hand out to the kids during the costume parade.

 

Some folks brought baby pictures for the baby contest to see who could guess who was who from the pictures.

 

The menu was salad, bread and soups and cobbler for dessert.

 

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Old Dominion Cardinals

 

Meeting Minutes – October 29, 2016

 

 

The meeting was called to order by Secretary/Treasurer, Rebecca Messerle. The October campout was held at Grey’s Point in Topping, VA. Those present were: Freed, Lawrence, Messerle, Halstead, Ross, McDonald, Burdette, Tolson, and Kuhne We welcomed new members, Ron and LaVerne Usher and Larry and Nancy Omps. Sandy and Cliff Roy joined us for Saturday dinner.

Thank you to hosts: Halstead, Lawrence and Burdette.

The Secretary’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout. Report was approved as sent.

Treasurer’s report was approved as sent.

Sunshine Lady’s Report: No update on Norah. Larry Welford recovering from surgery and doing well. Jim Settles recovering from surgery and doing well. Tolsons are doing well and joined us for the weekend.

Old Business:

Club T-shirts. Linda Burdette sent an email with the Land’s end information for anyone to purchase shirts of their choice. Also, the emblem is available if other vendors would like to be used.

Remember- We voted to have navy shirts for the club to wear during Good Sam’s Rallys. Land’s end would do baseball hats but need an order of at least 24. Not enough interest at this time for the hats.

The nominating committee made the following nominations:

Steve Winder will step down as V. President and run for President.

 

Jeff Lawrence will be appointed V. President for the remainder of Steve’s term.

The Halstead’s will run for Wagonmasters.

Election was held and the nominees were elected.

Christmas Party –

Cliff and Sandra Roy have reserved the Falls Run community center for the Christmas party. The date is December 11th at 2:00. We have the room from 2-6. Everyone can bring a dish to share. We will still collect toys for tots. More information will be emailed to members.

 

If anyone has pictures of any of the Old Dominion Cardinals activities please send them to Donna

Tolson so she can put them on the club’s blog. (cdtolson@usa.net)

 

The meeting was adjourned

Respectfully,

Rebecca Messerle

 

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23-25 Sep 2016 - Fall Samboree, Rockahock Campground, Lanexa, VA

The Virginia Good SAMS Fall Samboree was held at the Rockahock Campground, Lanexa, VA.

26-28 Aug 2016 - American Heritage, Williamsburg, VA

The Hosts for this Campout are:  Jim & Peggy Settles and Leo & Nora Zerhuson.  Reservations were due by 15 July 2016.

August 26-28 American Heritage Campground, 146 Maxton Lane, Williamsburg, VA 23188.  1-888-530-2267 or 1-757-566-2133, www.americanheritagervpark.com

Registered:  For Thursday Arrival:  Settles, Winder, Halstead, Pat & Carol Gaffe (not sure of this spelling, sorry)

Friday Arrival:  Lawrence, Wilson, Welford, Messerle, McDonald, Leale, Ross, Roy, White, Freed, Bowen, Owen (guest of Messerle)

Saturday:  Burdettes joined us but without their new camper.  Which means no open house tour.  Sorry.  We do try to provide good entertainment, but some members just won't cooperate.

Friday night we had happy hour and heavy hor d'oeuvres.

Saturday Breakfast and dinner was provided by hosts.  Lunch was on your own.

Sunday Breakfast was left overs from Sat and whatever was brought to share.

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Meeting Minutes – August 27, 2016

 

The meeting was called to order by President, Kay Karstaedt. The August campout was held at American Heritage RV park in Williamsburg, VA. Those present were: Wilson/Soden, Winder, Welford, Freed, Karstaedt, White, Lawrence, Roy, Bowen, Leale, Messerle, Settles, Halstead, Ross and McDonald. We welcomed new members, Pat and Carol Geddes and guests, Jeff and Carol Owen.

The Secretary’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout. Report was approved with

correction of adding Messerle to list of attending. Treasurer’s report was approved as sent.

Thank you to hosts: Settles, Halstead and Winder.

President’s news-

Good Sam’s Fall Rally: Deadline for discount rate is September 1. Please get in reservation as soon as possible because State is looking for attendance totals. Right now Winders and Roys might be attending. The Rally is still in need of many volunteers.

December 10th is the President’s meeting at Misty Mountain campground. Kay will be attending.

The nominating committee has a potential candidate for President, Jeff Lawrence. Still looking for a
Wagon Master candidate. The election will be held at the October campout.

Christmas Party –

Cliff and Sandra Roy have reserved the Falls Run community center for the Christmas party. The date is December 11th at 2:00. We have the room from 2-6. Roys will provide a ham and Winders will

provide a turkey breast. Everyone can bring a dish to share. We will still collect toys for tots. More information will be emailed to members.

Future campouts:

Sept. 23-25. Samboree at Rockahock campground.

Oct. 28 – 30. Grey’s Point Campground. Reservations deadline is September 15th. Hosts are

Lawrences. Theme for costumes this year will be: Little kids under 6.

Sunshine Lady’s report:

The following Old Dominion Cardinals need our special prayers as they deal with health issues:

Donna Tolson, Norah Zerhusen, Kay Karstaedt, and Mem Halstead.

The meeting was adjourned

Respectfully,

Rebecca Messerle

22-24 July 2016 - Misty Mountain Campground, Crozet, VA

The July campout was at Misty Mountain, 56 Misty Mt Rd, Greenwood, VA. The hosts for this campout were:  Phyllis Wilson & Craig Soden & Patricia & Steve Winder.  Reservations were due by 22 June 2016. The cost per night was $55.00 with a 10 percent discount. We had sites 14 thru 23, and reservations needed to be made 30 days ahead or we would lose these 10 sites.

12 rigs were confirmed for this campout. We had Simmons, Wilson, Bowen, Freed, Lawrence, Welford, Messerle, Roy, Karstaedt, White, Winder and Leale for a total of 21 people.

Friday night we had heavy hors d'oeurves provided by the group.    

Patricia  and Steve Winder did breakfast on Saturday.

Saturday lunch was on your own.

Dinner Saturday evening was corn beef and cabbage, potatoes, carrots, bread and chicken casserole. 

Sunday breakfast was leftovers from Saturday and whatever anyone contributed.

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Old Dominion Cardinals

Meeting Minutes – July 23, 2016

 

The meeting was called to order by President, Kay Karstaedt. The July campout was held at Misty Mountain, Greenwood, VA. Those present were: Wilson/Soden, Winder, Welford, Freed, Karstaedt, White, Simmons, Lawrence, Roy, Bowen, Leale. We welcomed guests: Craig and Phyllis’s granddaughter, Kinsley, and Wayne’s daughter and her friend, Pam and Krista.

The Secretary’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout. Report was approved as sent.

People are still having issues opening the email, so will try to send in PDF format.

President’s news-

VA Good Sam’s is still looking for candidates for State President. If anyone is interested in the position, let Kay know.

Old Business:

Shirts for Club-

Linda emailed the logo to some members, but not everyone received it. She will try to send it to

everyone. Nothing else has been done at this time.

New Business –

Volunteers for nominating committee: We picked a nominating committee. The members are:

Sharon Lawrence

John Leale
Sandra Roy

The positions up for elections are President and Wagon Master. If you are interested in one of these positions, please contact a member of the nominating committee.

Christmas Party –

Cliff and Sandra have a club house available at their subdivision for the Christmas Party. The tentative date will be December 11. It is $150 to rent the room. The Roys will look into more details and let us know.

Future campouts:

August 26 – 28. American Heritage Williamsburg, VA. Information has been sent. Hosts are Settles

and Winders.

Sept. 23-25. Samboree at Rockahock campground. Please let Kay know if you are attending. According to emails from State, reservations have been slow.

Oct. 28 – 30. Grey’s Point Campground. Hosts are Lawrences. Theme for costumes this year will be:

Little kids under 6. (if this is too young for you, costumes as teenagers will also work).

Welfords wanted to know if there is any interest in a 4 day weekend next year to Smith Mountain lake. Many people were interested, so Larry and Carol will get more information.

The meeting was adjourned

Respectfully,

Rebecca Messerle

 

17-19 June 2016 - Belle Isle State Park, Lancaster, VA

The hosts for this campout are:  Brad & Rebecca Messerle, Kay Karstedt and Sandy Freed.  The Campground website is http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/belleisle.shtml#general_information. The sites are very large.  Reservations are due ASAP to get a site.

Reservations needed to be made through Reserve America.  Please make them early as it is Father's day weekend. (I googled Belle Isle state park and was able to get to the website).

Kay and the Messerle's had the buddy sites of 4 and 5 (these are site specific).  There are a few other sites that are considered site specific, but for the most part, all the sites are close.

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Old Dominion Cardinals

Meeting Minutes – May 21, 2016

The meeting was called to order by Vice President, Steve Winder. May was the Good Sam Rally at Meadow Event Park.  ODC had 6 rigs present: Winder, Freed, Bowen, Burdette, Zerhusen, and Messerle.  Norah and Leo’s daughter, Cristy joined in the fun.

The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports was emailed to everyone before the campout.  Reports were approved as sent.

Old Business:

Shirts for Club-

Still working on getting an emblem that can be used on the shirts.  Linda and Randy found an emblem at the Rally they think will work.   Linda will contact Lands End to see if it will work.  Pat has a friend that can do embroidery work on shirts, if Lands End doesn’t work out.

Steve attended the President’s meeting at the Rally.  Everyone in attendance wants to have the Rally at Meadow Event park next spring.  VA Good Sam will be making the deposit for next year and start working on the contract the day after the Rally ends.  The building is a big draw for us.  There were 21 vendors in attendance this year, up from 6 the previous year.  There was a lot of discussion on 1 vs 2 Rallys a year.   Good Sam’s is in the process of changing the name from Samboree to Rally.  There will be a State Director election this year as David is stepping down.  Still in need of staff.   The President’s meeting will be held in December at Misty Mountain.

 

New Business –

June Campout will be at Belle Isle State Park.  The dates are June 17-19.  This is Father’s Day weekend.  Reservations need to be made online.  There is no deadline as long as the park as sites available.  Please let Rebecca, Kay or Sandy know when you make your reservation.  We cannot get the information from the park.  Further plans for the weekend will be sent at a later time.

July Campout is July 22-24 at Misty Mountain.  August campout is August 26-28 at American Hertiage in Williamsburg.  October campout is October 28-30 at Grey’s Point. Information has been sent out by the hosts.

The meeting was adjourned

Respectfully,

Rebecca Messerle

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18-22 May 2016 - Virginia Spring Samboree

The Virginia Spring Samboree will be held at the Meadow Event Park, Doswell, Virginia.  Reservations are due by May 1st to be parked with the chapter.

To get the Spring Samboree signup info, you can find it on the http://vagoodsam.com under applications/members  . If you sign up for the Samboree , please let Carol Welford know so she can plan a count for our group to do Saturday night dinner together.

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Old Dominion Cardinals

Meeting Minutes – May 21, 2016

 

The meeting was called to order by Vice President, Steve Winder. May was the Good Sam Rally at Meadow Event Park.  ODC had 6 rigs present: Winder, Freed, Bowen, Burdette, Zerhusen, and Messerle.  Norah and Leo’s daughter, Cristy joined in the fun.

The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout.  Reports were approved as sent.

 

Old Business:

Shirts for Club-

Still working on getting an emblem that can be used on the shirts.  Linda and Randy found an emblem at the Rally they think will work.   Linda will contact Lands End to see if it will work.  Pat has a friend that can do embroidery work on shirts, if Lands End doesn’t work out.

Steve attended the President’s meeting at the Rally.  Everyone in attendance wants to have the Rally at Meadow Event park next spring.  VA Good Sam will be making the deposit for next year and start working on the contract the day after the Rally ends.  The building is a big draw for us.  There were 21 vendors in attendance this year, up from 6 the previous year.  There was a lot of discussion on 1 vs 2 Rallys a year.   Good Sam’s is in the process of changing the name from Samboree to Rally.  There will be a State Director election this year as David is stepping down.  Still in need of staff.   The President’s meeting will be held in December at Misty Mountain.

New Business –

June Campout will be at Belle Isle State Park.  The dates are June 17-19.  This is Father’s Day weekend.  Reservations need to be made online.  There is no deadline as long as the park as sites available.  Please let Rebecca, Kay or Sandy know when you make your reservation.  We cannot get the information from the park.  Further plans for the weekend will be sent at a later time.

July Campout is July 22-24 at Misty Mountain.  August campout is August 26-28 at American Hertiage in Williamsburg.  October campout is October 28-30 at Grey’s Point. Information has been sent out by the hosts.

The meeting was adjourned

Respectfully,

Rebecca Messerle

 

 

 

 

 

 

22-24 April 2016 - Holiday Travel Park, VA Beach

The Hosts for this Campout were:  Randy & Linda Burdette, Dale & Judy Ross and Larry & Carol Welford. The Campout was held at the Holiday Travel Park in Virginia Beach.  Reservations were due by March 1st.

 

We reserved two types of sites. The cost is a 15% discount across the board for everyone.

      Super Sites:  These sites are larger by being longer and wider than most other sites.  They feature a concrete parking pad 60'x12' or larger with a concrete patio measuring 15'x25'. The sites have copper fire pits in which to build a campfire, deluxe picnic tables (rubber coated with backs on the benches), attractive landscaping, a lit services pedestal if you arrive late at night and cable television (bring a cable to connect from the pedestal to your unit).  There are asphalt aprons on both ends so that most sites offer at least 100' of solid surface for you to park on.  We reserved 10 of these sites at a cost of $52.70 +tax per night.  The reserved sites are sites #835-839 and 824-828.

Regular Sites: We also reserved 5 regular sites, Sites #30-34.  These are full hook-up 50 amp pull-throughs between Maryland Trail and Beechtree Street.  The cost is $35.70 per night +tax. If we need to add regular sites, that should be possible – there were a number of vacant slots on that row.

 

It is a short walk between the regular sites and the super sites.  Randy and I plan to take our golf cart so if anyone has problems making the trek, I will gladly offer Randy’s Chauffeur Services.

 

To make reservations, please call 866-849-8860 or 757-425-0249 and ask for June.  Be sure to tell her that you are with the Old Dominion Cardinals. Reservations must be made by March 1 or she will release the sites for other campers. You can make reservations after that time, but there is no guarantee that you will be placed with the others in the club or that you will get the discount rate. She has also extended the discount rate to Thursday and Sunday nights if anyone wants to arrive early or stay later. 

We reserved the "Café" for our meals. This is not the upstairs at the Tally-Ho Club. This is a room on the ground floor beside the main pool (which won't be open) in the large club house across the street from the check-in office. 

The campground is hosting a Barbecue Cook-off that weekend, but it's not a huge event like the Sertoma one or the Bike Fest the following weekend. I forgot to ask about the cost of the tickets, but June said that we could enter the barbecue contest if we wanted and apparently all the attendees get to judge the barbecue.

 

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo (May 5^th) with Mexican themed meals. 

 Brad Messerle

 

 

Randy Burdette & Larry Welford

 Rebecca & Brad Messerle

 

Leo & Nora Zerhusen

 

 

 

Sandy Freed, Steve & Patricia Winder & Sandy Roy

 

Judy & Dale Ross

 

 

 Lynn & Randy Nagoette (Guests of Burdettes)

Betsy & John Leale (Guests of Kay; Joined)

Carol Welford & Sandy Freed

 

Pat Geddes (Guest of Kay)

 

Bob & Connie McDonald

  Carol Geddes (Guest) & Kay

 

 

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Old Dominion Cardinals

Meeting Minutes - April 23, 2016

 

The meeting was called to order by President Kay Karstaedt during Saturday happy hour.  The April trip had 10 rigs present: Messerle, Freed, Matheny, Karstaedt, Burdette, Zerhusen, Roy, Winder, Ross. and Welford.  We had 3 guest rigs: Betsy and John, Carol and Pat, and Lynn and Randy. It was held at Holiday Trav-L park in Virginia Beach, VA.

The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s report was emailed to everyone before the campout.  Reports were approved as sent.

Thanks to the Trip Captains: Burdette, Ross and Welford.

Welcome to the guests.  Betsy and John Leale have joined our group.

Old Business:

Shirts for Club-

Still working on getting an emblem that can be used on the shirts.  Linda Matheny is going to work with Peggy to try to convert the emblem to a usable format.

Samboree Plans -

Samboree will be held May 18-22, 2016 at The Meadow Event Park in Doswell, VA.  Applications are available at virginiagoodsam.org. Must be registered by May 5 in order to get the reduced rate.  Kay let us know she had received an email from David Clark concerning the 30/50 amp sites available.  There are few 50 amps sites available.  Make sure you bring a conversion plug from 50 to 30 amp.  There are a few ODC members going.   No fundraisers have been planned for ODC.

 

New Business –

June Campout will be at Belle Isle State Park.  The dates are June 17-19.  This is Father’s Day weekend.  Reservations need to be made online.  There is no deadline as long as the park as sites available.  Please let Rebecca, Kay or Sandy know when you make your reservation.  We cannot get the information from the park.  Further plans for the weekend will be sent at a later time.

July Campout is July 22-24 at Misty Mountain.  August campout is August 26-28 at American Hertiage in Williamsburg.  October campout is October 28-30 at Grey’s Point. Information has been sent out by the hosts.

The meeting was adjourned

Respectfully,

Rebecca Messerle