CANCELED!!! Kelsey Bass Ranch June 4th

I know I said we might have restrictions on this one at the beginning,

 But I think were good with whoever wants to come...

                                         just be sure, and I now you all are...

  To anyone that wants to come, This is about the Vets first....

  Thanks

There's a lot to keep up with.

Barbless, and no Senkos, good to know.  Check!

Not to meddle, obviously you guys know what you're doing here, but if I may be so bold, why not simplify?  = focus on finger foods, burritos, actual fruit, things that can be eaten while otw.  And if people must be civilized, I can bring extra camp plates if anyone needs em, who needs paper plates and trash?

Just a thought.

Still in for an extra yak+gear+big cooler full of ice and drinks+pies

Anything else needed???  I will donate if we're coming up short anywhere.

Yeah, my wife was telling me the same thing - 40% chance of rain and 15mph winds.  A little rain will be ok - but I sure hope the wind stays down. Last time we were there the wind blew and blew and it was really difficult for the vets to fish in that.

It was really windy at home over the Memorial day weekend, hope it settles down by this weekend.

Friday just looks awesome... 

 but the different weather sites are showing some sort of low moving in on Saturday...

I'm going to check and get a better understanding of what the VA is bringing us in the way of wounded warriors.

 This will be mostly patients of VA Therapist of the different clinics with in the VA, ... all wars, TBI, PTSD, Poly Trauma Unit, amputees...

 we also are looking at a few from the Warrior Transition Unit, and these guys are strong walking wounded and possibly camping with us...  but the majority are coming from the VA on Saturday after a long bus ride from Santa Clara County,

  If we were to have rain, wind and cold, ( Saturdays Forecast showing lower 60's, showers... 10k to 15k wind )

 That's a bad mix...

  I'll get back to ya guys...

  We are Kayakfishermen,  they are war Veterans,,,

 We Fish...

 We have at least 7 coming from the WTU with a few of those camping with us,

that is enough right there to make a very comfortable and worthy outing...

we'll see about the VA...

stayed tuned as things are changing and we may not have as many vets to serve on this one...

It looks as thought the VA is backing out of this one...

 That lightens the load considerably as now it looks as though we are going to have 7 or so active duty wounded soldiers and at least one with his son...

Kinda brings this down to the type of outing we should be doing in the first place as to make these more of a intimate, peaceful outing...

anyway, that makes the food thing much more manageable and we do not need as many kayaks...

 were still not %100 confirm on all the VA logistics canceling, but that is the way it's looking right  now. They are in meetings all day so were having trouble communicating...

so keep tuned and we will be able to figure out what we need by tonight and tomorrow...

  Thanks Guys

hey Guys, ohh man!  This is going to be awesome... Just wondering what is the earliest we can show up on Friday?

hey Guys, ohh man!  This is going to be awesome... Just wondering what is the earliest we can show up on Friday?

not till late afternoon/early evening...  we have to respect the members that will be using the lake that day....

hmmm......late after noon huh?....... 3:30-400? thinking  work til noon, 3.5-4 hr drive, arrive, relax, set up camp, /rig up the yak.. relax... maybe a lil recon...round 7:00 or when most people are off the lake.. dinner, bed, and an early start at pre-dawn.... Hardcore stormtroopers!? I would consider anything after 4:30 early early evening.   giddy up!

Well,

 That's it...

 The General feeling is we should cancel....

 I have to agree,  it's a huge effort to bring this stuff out there, have a low turn out and or worse, get someone sick or injured...

  so spread the word!!!

 I have tons to contact besides this site and reverse the train....

please chime in that ya got the message we are canceling!!!

  got it! if you need me to contact anyone let me know. We need to sit down and get a phone list of all the agency's?

got it.

Well,

 That's it...

 The General feeling is we should cancel....

 I have to agree,  it's a huge effort to bring this stuff out there, have a low turn out and or worse, get someone sick or injured...

  so spread the word!!!

 I have tons to contact besides this site and reverse the train....

please chime in that ya got the message we are canceling!!!

Bummer dude,
Don thanks for all your hard work on this, I'm super sad to see that its not happening. I was looking forward to hanging with you guys. Let's plan the next one. I would be happy to help tackle another event if and when the opportunity arises.

dan

message received and passed on to piski. we'll get em next time.

Roger that.  Thanks for the notice, and for everything you do, Fellas.  Next time.

Too bad we couldn't get the word out to the interested vets to just show up at any NCKA event and we'll have yaks for em.  I'd sit out, if I had to to get a vet OTW with the crew.  It would be an honor.

Like Earth Day, HOW is a great idea, but it really should be every day.  Hope that makes sense.