Petit Jean 2015 - It's a wrap ..... Post(up)dates and pictures!
Petit Jean 2015 is officially over but never done! Here is the first really quick Post(up)Date! Picture posting, cleanup, reorg.... it goes on for a while but the most important thing that goes on is the memories.... and I know there were some made this weekend!
What a great bunch showed up this year. We had 151 separate aircraft attend over the 3 day weekend. Well over 100 RVs (final count is 124 RVs 10/22/15), right before lunch Saturday which is our peak period, we had nearly 120 aircraft on the ramp(s). 70% of the smiles were couples and 70% were builders ... not saying which is which :--) We had every RV in the book from 18 different states with the sole exception of the RV14 ??? Great weather, (a little cool in the early AM but perfect for hiking), and a great effort from EAA 165 and all of Jerrys group, the MidSouth RV bunch, and a host of RV'er volunteers!
Here is a link to the first short picture album.... http://kvisit.com/alN0f
Here is our "Where Y'all From ?" pinboard! We had to take a few of our locals off because the area around Petit Jean was just solid pins.
This is a two part post of 15-20 shots out of 150 just to start the flow:
1) Almost ready Thursday night ...before the registration tent blew away :--)
2) 10:45 Friday and 38 RV's on the ramp with a steady stream inbound. Bob Connor (AIR BOSS !) giving expected arrivals to the Parking Crew. He is picking them up from 70 miles out:
3) Planes are arriving in groups... just part of the OK group (and they are not just OK... they're a really fun bunch too :--)
4) This was sometime around lunch Friday... lunch was being served, folks pinning locations, getting ready for the first trails run and museum soir?es.
5) Ramp shot Friday at lunch!
6) Dinner & Games Friday night at the Rockefeller Conference Center. FUN FUN rounds of RV Tail Number Bingo with lots of women's prizes this year. Had no idea women would go crazy over getting jewelry and accessory items instead of flashlights, battery chargers, and Yetti Cups .... Hhmmmm?
We served 183 for dinner, drinks, games, and a nice presentation on Recreational Airports by David Myrick. Videos of RV trips into the mountains were played during dinner and the food was over the top good for "camp out" meal!
7) If you woke up at the campsite, this was the view... sunrise over a sea of RVs. The EAA Cook crew had breakfast going for the campers, coffee is good when it's 40'ish and breezy. (Wind died and it was sunny and calm by 10...perfect)
8) On the other hand... if you "Glamped" this is what your breakfast looked like at the RCC! "Glamping" is a new term the girls coined for this style of Petit Jean RV Camping.... something to do with a trainwreck between Glamorous and Camping and a lot of wine :--)
PS.. no pictures yet of the campground breakfast because I was "Glamping" too! :--)
9) Lunch being served under the Big Top! It wasn't a circus but it was about that much fun.
(Continued on next post)
Petit Jean 2015 is officially over but never done! Here is the first really quick Post(up)Date! Picture posting, cleanup, reorg.... it goes on for a while but the most important thing that goes on is the memories.... and I know there were some made this weekend!
What a great bunch showed up this year. We had 151 separate aircraft attend over the 3 day weekend. Well over 100 RVs (final count is 124 RVs 10/22/15), right before lunch Saturday which is our peak period, we had nearly 120 aircraft on the ramp(s). 70% of the smiles were couples and 70% were builders ... not saying which is which :--) We had every RV in the book from 18 different states with the sole exception of the RV14 ??? Great weather, (a little cool in the early AM but perfect for hiking), and a great effort from EAA 165 and all of Jerrys group, the MidSouth RV bunch, and a host of RV'er volunteers!
Here is a link to the first short picture album.... http://kvisit.com/alN0f
Here is our "Where Y'all From ?" pinboard! We had to take a few of our locals off because the area around Petit Jean was just solid pins.
? Petit Jean All Over Smiles - from start to finish .. over/above/around the ramp, tons of photos: http://kvisit.com/alN0f
? Paul Brown 2015 Arrival / Departure Pictures (200 or so) mostly Friday: http://kvisit.com/ait0f
? Sarah Works 2015 Arrival / Departure Pictures (200 or so) mostly Saturday: http://s32.photobucket.com/user/works_sara/library/2015 Petit Jean Fly-In
? Mark Burns 2015 PJ Album - ( 50 or so great shots ) : https://plus.google.com/photos/1168...s/6207899748408751441?authkey=CI_sjuCvyJ6BtQE
? Point Pictures by pro Dan Valovich (see Dans info below for professional framed wall hanger pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123406878@N02/albums/72157660151954815 Remember that Dan can take ANY of the Arrival or Departure or Ramp pictures and put it into a wonderful Petit Jean Point Background.... Dan's Contact Info ... (501) 622-0765 .. http://www.keepandshare.com/userpic...15-11/sm/img_2015_11_08_203505_02-7260609.jpg
? Paul Brown 2015 Arrival / Departure Pictures (200 or so) mostly Friday: http://kvisit.com/ait0f
? Sarah Works 2015 Arrival / Departure Pictures (200 or so) mostly Saturday: http://s32.photobucket.com/user/works_sara/library/2015 Petit Jean Fly-In
? Mark Burns 2015 PJ Album - ( 50 or so great shots ) : https://plus.google.com/photos/1168...s/6207899748408751441?authkey=CI_sjuCvyJ6BtQE
? Point Pictures by pro Dan Valovich (see Dans info below for professional framed wall hanger pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123406878@N02/albums/72157660151954815 Remember that Dan can take ANY of the Arrival or Departure or Ramp pictures and put it into a wonderful Petit Jean Point Background.... Dan's Contact Info ... (501) 622-0765 .. http://www.keepandshare.com/userpic...15-11/sm/img_2015_11_08_203505_02-7260609.jpg
This is a two part post of 15-20 shots out of 150 just to start the flow:
1) Almost ready Thursday night ...before the registration tent blew away :--)
2) 10:45 Friday and 38 RV's on the ramp with a steady stream inbound. Bob Connor (AIR BOSS !) giving expected arrivals to the Parking Crew. He is picking them up from 70 miles out:
3) Planes are arriving in groups... just part of the OK group (and they are not just OK... they're a really fun bunch too :--)
4) This was sometime around lunch Friday... lunch was being served, folks pinning locations, getting ready for the first trails run and museum soir?es.
5) Ramp shot Friday at lunch!
6) Dinner & Games Friday night at the Rockefeller Conference Center. FUN FUN rounds of RV Tail Number Bingo with lots of women's prizes this year. Had no idea women would go crazy over getting jewelry and accessory items instead of flashlights, battery chargers, and Yetti Cups .... Hhmmmm?
We served 183 for dinner, drinks, games, and a nice presentation on Recreational Airports by David Myrick. Videos of RV trips into the mountains were played during dinner and the food was over the top good for "camp out" meal!
7) If you woke up at the campsite, this was the view... sunrise over a sea of RVs. The EAA Cook crew had breakfast going for the campers, coffee is good when it's 40'ish and breezy. (Wind died and it was sunny and calm by 10...perfect)
8) On the other hand... if you "Glamped" this is what your breakfast looked like at the RCC! "Glamping" is a new term the girls coined for this style of Petit Jean RV Camping.... something to do with a trainwreck between Glamorous and Camping and a lot of wine :--)
PS.. no pictures yet of the campground breakfast because I was "Glamping" too! :--)
9) Lunch being served under the Big Top! It wasn't a circus but it was about that much fun.
(Continued on next post)
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