Can we bring a camper to this place? I have checked the website but it doesn't show.
I would be more than happy to bring my camper if we can park it there.. Rp On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Bill Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > and for those who are confussed....I pay for my own room. The paypal is > for BVARC expence of the events :-} > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bill Stone <[email protected]> > *To:* WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> ; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO > CLUB<[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 03, 2014 1:25 PM > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Museum Ship Week End > > Norma and I will attend MSWE Saturday is for sure. If I book a room per my > medical needs we will help on Fri setup and part of Sunday. > > THE BVARC WEBSITE bvarc.org NOW HAS TWO PAY PAL DONATION OPTIONS FOR MSWE > AND FIELD DAY. So if you can go to the events or perhaps you can't and want > to be of support please make a donation > > 73 Bill WS5H > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, May 03, 2014 12:51 PM > *Subject:* [BVARC] Museum Ship Week End > > I have formally requested from Julie Diaz, interim director of the > Galveston County Park Board that we be allowed to observe MSWE at Fort > Travis on the Bolivar Peninsula. My tentative time table is that we erect > antennas Friday afternoon and take them down on Sunday afternoon in time to > be out of the Park before it closes at Sundown. Details about Fort Travis > may be found on the web at Fort Travis Seashore Park, Bolivar Peninsula, > Galveston County, Texas <http://www.crystalbeach.com/travis.htm> for your > preliminary viewing. If you select the pictures page, the Cabana area can > be seen in the fourth and fifth pictures. These photographs were taken > before Hurricane Ike and their condition is that they have not been > restored completely, but the restoration is under way and the condition > that will be available June 6 thru 8 is not known. Exactly were we will be > allowed to set up and exactly when (or if) will be decided by the Galveston > County Commissioner's Court on or about May 13, 2014. I have asked for the > area behind the Cabanas and as a second choice the grassy area seen to the > right (west) of the building shown with the Cabana's (restrooms and > showers). Seawolf Park cannot be seen in any of the pictures, but the > Cavalla and Stewart can be seen to the right of the picnic area shown on > the bank of the ship channel in pictures 7 and 10. The light house can be > seen at the end of the Cabanas and the Boliver Ferry Landing is behind the > buildings about 1/3 mile. More pictures can be found with a Google Search. > [image: image] <http://www.crystalbeach.com/travis.htm> > Fort Travis Seashore Park, Bolivar Peninsula, > Galveston...<http://www.crystalbeach.com/travis.htm> > The Bolivar Peninsula has a long history of fortifications. Many of them > were built on the site of the present Fort Travis Seashore Park. > View on www.crystalbeach.com <http://www.crystalbeach.com/travis.htm> > Preview by Yahoo > > My tentative plan is to set up antennas and a camping area on Friday or > Saturday morning. I am thinking that we will use one of the tri-banders, > probably the one recently donated by River Oaks Stereo, a forty and eighty > meter dual band dipole and a VHF antenna. I own an Alpha-Delta 40/80 > dipole and several military surplus fiber glass masts we can use. I also > have a dual band Mag mount 144/440 antenna on my van and one on a mast that > I can bring. The 40/80 should work well on 15 and possibly ten. The > tri-bander should be workable by three rigs with the tri-plexer owned by > BVARC. Bill's worm burner vertical is also available. Suggestions are > welcome. > > I have four operators that have mentioned staying the night one or both > nights. We will need to firm up whether the Cabanas will be available or > not and what we will set up for tents to operate and sleep in. The > current thinking is that we would prefer Fort Travis to Seawolf Park if > both are available. I have also requested permission to set up at Seawolf, > but the consensus at this time is that members would prefer Fort Travis > because of better restroom facilities, availability of overnight camping > and a better chance of approval. Approval for Seawolf will need to come > from the Cavalla Board of Directors, as well as conditions and location > within the park. The Galveston Seawolf Park Director has deferred to the > Cavalla Board for approval and conditions. Also, Fort Travis did not suffer > any damage from the Oil Spill, so our feeling is that we would be more > comfortable at Fort Travis. Fort Travis is on the Bolivar Peninsula so > will require a Ferry ride both directions. The Bolivar Ferry is provided > at no cost to the public by the Texas Highway Department. It will add to > the time required, but is a quite pleasant trip. > > We will require food and drink for the members who will erect the antennas > and set up the tents as well as tear down. This will require possibly > lunch Friday, supper and breakfast for the night crew, lunch on Saturday, > supper and breakfast for the Saturday night crew and possibly lunch on > Sunday. I understand that the BVARC BOD discussed funding for these meals > as well as ice and drinks for general hydration during the period. I would > like comments from the members so that I can plan how to procure and fund > these items. I also need a head count of members that plan to attend on > Friday, Saturday and Sunday and those who plan to stay the night Friday and > Saturday for operation and securing the antennas and other property. > > The Park will probably not charge us, as camping there is part of the > County Senior Services, but that is not firm yet. We will need to provide > all our own equipment, food and drink. If there will be donations by the > members, I need to plan that. The park opens at 0730 each day and closes > at sundown, so those who do not plan to stay the night need to plan on > leaving before sundown. There is a convenience store within walking > distance, but I am not sure if the rules allow coming and going by foot > during the night. The abandoned military facilities may be inspected from > outside of the fenced area. The area inside the fences are not considered > safe for the public as there is a lot of broken concrete and probably > snakes and other harmful wildlife. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman > BVARC MSWE Chairman > K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4577 / Virus Database: 3931/7435 - Release Date: 05/03/14 > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4577 / Virus Database: 3931/7435 - Release Date: 05/03/14 > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > -- 010100100111000000100000010101110110100001101001011101000110010100100000010010010100100101001001 KF5VLM [email protected] blog.rpzkingdom.com www.twitter.com/rpwhite3 (follow me on twitter) plus.google.com/111836967600994390441 (Follow me on google+)
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