Readers will remember that at the end of March Anthony hosted a small dinner for the moderation staff and writers at a restaurant in San Francisco and posted about it here. A number of us couldn’t make it, so I proposed a summer-time get-together for those of us on the East Coast at my home on the Connecticut shore.
I am pleased to announce that the WUWT East Coasters Picnic will take place on Saturday, August 18 from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Several of the East Coast moderators and contributors plan to come and Anthony rearranged his schedule to be able to attend.
We would like to extend an invitation to our commenters to join us as well. I can accommodate an additional twenty or so guests. If you would like to attend and put a face to some of the names, just post your request and I will send you an e-mail. I’ll look forward to meeting you.
– Bob Phelan
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Hmmm….How is the weather going to be?
Will this gathering result in an Anti-Gore effect?
[REPLY: Joe Bastardi did offer to try to arrange a hurricane to make it interesting, but I think I persuaded him not to. -REP]
What a generous and filial post. I can’t think that I’ve ever seen such an invitation before. I foresee that that is going to be a remarkable gathering. (I’ve modelled it already so it must be true). Would that I could attend.
A bit far for me & I’m sure there’s other more regular commenters who should really get the space instead. But, expanding on the idea, it might be fun to see some of the Tarheels at some point – I gather there’s a good number of commenters from NC.
Nice invitation. I’ll be at the other end of the country, holding it down so everyone doesn’t slide into the Atlantic. ‘Grets and then some.
Don’t know if I can attend, but taking duncan binks suggestion at least I can model it. Beautiful day following good rain on the 15th, not too warm, good company plentiful and no trolls expected. Perfectly accurate I’m sure… stole the core projection logic from the GCMs. ☺ OTOH, maybe you should also have a shelter just in case.
Oh wouldn’t I love to get to such a gathering! But my life requires several Months’ notice… 🙁
Oh hey, btw- Crazy Horse beer. 42 ounce bottle, Alc content similar to two six-packs.
And may I recommend Scallop Corn Bacon burgers http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipes/recipe.html?dishid=10017
Take lots of pics!
[REPLY: Now THAT is a recipe! -REP]
ROTFLMAO jorgekafkazar:
” I’ll be at the other end of the country, holding it down so everyone doesn’t slide into the Atlantic.”
Ditto to what TonyG said.
-Dave (Cary, NC)
daveburton – worst case, I’m buying some land around the beginning of the year & would be happy to host. We can usher in next Spring with a proper pig-pickin’ 🙂
That would have been a wonderful opportunity, and close enough to drive, but alas, will be away that week.
Have a great time
Cheers
I would give anything to attend. But I don’t have anything. Have a great time! Maybe one of these days you all could come to one of the remotest places on the mainland in the far corner of NE Oregon. You would be driving by one of the coldest places along the 45th parallel (Meachum, Oregon) on your way to Wallowa County to a large cabin (my Aunt and Uncle’s getaway) tucked away in South Fork and I’ll cook up a mess of trout for ya. If I get lucky and bag an elk and deer this year, we’ll have that too. There’s room for 10 or so at the cabin, more if we need our good neighbor’s facilities.
I’m very sorry I can’t be with you for your excellent gathering on August 18: I’ll be at the World Federation of Scientists’ annual seminar on planetary emergencies at Erice, Sicily. But I do want to congratulate the unseen but marvelous moderators on their tact, good taste, and sense of proportion and balance. You all do a stellar job, and I just wanted to say “Thank you”.
[REPLY: That’s very kind of you. If the Sicily thing gets canceled, do feel free to reconsider. -REP]
@ur momisugly Pamela Gray,
Only if I can bring my flyrod! I hear there are some big Dollies in the Wallowa. 😉
I have some Miles to spare for a worthy cause.
Bookable on Star Alliance carriers.
(AC UA US LH…)
Now where is that Mileage Jar?
The invitation is appreciated, but a previous obligation on that date obliges me to decline.
Please hoist a Solo cup for me in absentia, though, and “Confusion to the Enemy!”
Andrew Newberg says at 1:38 , Hey I can vouch for the dollies , the fish that is . There are places in Pamelas’ area where you catch a fish every cast . You just have to be willing to hike to get to them. Fantastic fishing and I can say that without having to worry about the holes being fished out . If rep had his party there they could fill up on fish , and a little beer.
Looks like I can attend.
Would love to be there but I have become a climate refugee, going to Italy to escape the “heat” of the English summer.
To get to Southfork in the Wallowa Mountains you have to fly into Portland and then hop a prop to Pendleton (noisy things and they smell like gasoline). I don’t think Greyhound has a route to NE Oregon anymore and the train stopped passenger service decades ago. Anyway, from there you might be able to rent a car from a local dealership and drive to LaGrande. There used to be a mail truck that took passengers from the bus or train station in LaGrande to Wallowa County but you had to sit on sacks of mail and there is only room for maybe two or three people (that’s how I traveled to and from Oregon State in the 70’s). Anyway, if you can somehow get to Wallowa County you’re nearly there. Sort of. Once you get to Lostine (just stay on the main road through Wallowa County cuz there is only one main road), stop along the way for directions. The nice thing about the county is that you don’t have to wait for the light to change. There are no stop lights. Anywhere. Anyway, it’s about 7 miles up one of the canyons and then along a logging dirt road for a couple miles that is kinda one way most of the way. If you meet another vehicle, you will have to pull off into the forest. And the bridge that says “Cross at your own risk”? Never mind the sign. It’s safe.
Leave your cell at home. No service. And if you don’t like my cooking, the nearest restaurant is back down the logging road and over the “Cross at your own risk” bridge.
It would be a great adventure, but my hunch is that it is a helluvalot easier to fly to Connecticut and get to that shore than it is to get to Lostine, drive up a canyon, and then along a dirt logging road to a cabin with no cell service in NE Oregon.
But on the other hand, I do have access to miles of private land along both the Wallowa AND Lostine rivers.
Sixteen party-poopers and one acceptance. I would like to come if there are some knowledgeable people there. Tell me more. Arno
Sorry, a bit far for me, but have a nice gathering there! If anyone of the moderators or Anthony himself comes in the neighbourhood of Brussels/Antwerp/Amsterdam, I like to offer a visit to my (near) home town Antwerp with a dinner and some local specialties (we have some 300 kinds of beer here, Steve Mc does already tasted a few of them… and our world famous chocolates), as thanks for the tremendous amount of work done by you all.
This seems a very gracious and open hearted invitation. I’m sure that many Europeans would love to come, but the distance……
I shall be with you in spirit on 18 August.
I’m hoping to visit Dr Graeff again in Germany to get more details on his experiments to ensure successful replication of them and informed, likely workable variations. I regard this work as being the most important for me to work with – only because very few others here seems to see its huge importance for Climate Science, and Science in general, as yet.
But ah, I had to take time off to celebrate and support the “protestant reformation” in Science emerging with the historic nailing to the blog door of Watts et al 2012.
arnoarrak says:
“Sixteen party-poopers and one acceptance. I would like to come if there are some knowledgeable people there. Tell me more. Arno”
Arno, there are a lot of acceptances already. Bob has graciously offered to invite others if they’re interested. Rest assured that there will be plenty of knowledgeable folks there.
TonyG says:
August 2, 2012 at 12:36 pm
…. But, expanding on the idea, it might be fun to see some of the Tarheels at some point – I gather there’s a good number of commenters from NC.
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Oh yes, I can think of at least five besides you and I.