Announcing the Fresno/Central Valley Annual Rally and Tailgate Picnic Sept 7th and 8th, 2007

Fresno/Central Valley Chapter ^ | August 5, 2007 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

The Fresno/Central Valley Chapter cordially invites all FReepers and Lurkers in good standing to attend our 6th Annual Free Republic Rally and Tailgate Picnic to be held on September 7th and 8th, 2007.

Our rally will begin at 5:00 pm and end at 7:00 pm Friday night, September 7th, at the corner of Blackstone and Shaw in Fresno. Afterwards, the group will retire for dinner, refreshments and good fellowship at a nearby restaurant (time and place to be announced).

Our tailgate pot-luck picnic will be at Woodward Park on Saturday, September 8th. We've reserved the "Gazebo" area for the full day. We'll probably start arriving about 1:00 pm and will dine and party till dark.

The entrance to Woodward Park is on Audubon Drive, just off Freeway 41 (Friant Road Exit) on the northern edge of Fresno. The Gazebo area is near the center of the park (see park map).

Bring your flags, banners, signs, family and children. Prepare to support your country and enjoy the company of your good FReeper friends!

Last year's: Tailgate Thread

Please RSVP by FReepmail to JustAmy or Mama_Bear today!

Thank you and hope to see you there!

Jim Robinson
(On behalf of the Fresno/Central Valley Chapter)

[freekitty]

Cool.....

Ya’ll have fun; ya hear and think about us.

[ladyinred]

You have no idea how much I hope we can be there!

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Hoping to see y’all there!

[Jim Robinson]

Ping to the Fresno/Central Valley Chapter’s 6th Annual Tailgate Picnic and Rally coming up in September!!

Hope to see you there!!

[Jim Robinson]

Hope to see you and Chads there!!

[Jim Robinson]

Grate!! Hope you can make it!!

[Enterprise]

Good deal. I think I can make both of them.

[Doctor Raoul]

Will the City of Fresno be chipping in to defray the costs again?

[Leofl]

Could you handle some Texas Freepers?

Sounds like a good time

Leo

[JustAmy]

YES!!! Most definitely.

It will be great to meet you. See you in September.

[Mama_Bear]

MamaBear and "Chef Jeff" will be there, of course! Looking forward to another grate picnic.

I decided that today I would work on the design for the name badges and went looking through my folders for some graphics to use and found this! I don't remember doing it but, after the 2006 picnic, I must have put this together using last year's official picnic photo, saved it and then forgot about it. So, unless a creative streak hits me between now and the picnic, this will be the badge design. :-)

Hope to see you all there.

[Saundra Duffy]

This is the first one we are going to miss. Hubby and I are both signed up to attend Cub Scout leader training both days. Oh, well . . . next year.

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! Great work, Mama_Bear!!

[Jim Robinson]

By all means. C’mon down to Fresno. We’d love to see you again!

[Mama_Bear]

This is the first one we are going to miss.

Well, darn. We are going to miss you guys. But, Cub Scout leader training is an excellent reason to miss it. :-)

Hugs to you both! Hope to see you at the picnic next year.

[trooprally]

Ya ALL enjoy yourselves.

Hope the weather is cooler than your Freeps. At least you can drink some cold beer or big rum ‘n cokes here.

[Mr] T

[Cool Guy]

BUMP!

[trooprally]

Sounds like a busy but very enjoyable weekend.

Enjoy and hope the weather is cooler.

[Mr] T

[afnamvet]

I think wifeofafnamvet and I can make it.

Mama_Bear does Jeff need a Sous Chef?

[Mama_Bear]

Mama_Bear does Jeff need a Sous Chef?

For sure, he does!! You two turned out some great tri-tip! Glad to hear you and wifeofafnamvet can make it again this year. :-)

[JustAmy]

HEAR YE; HEAR YE.
Come one, come all.

Announcing our annual picnic. Don't miss the great food and wonderful company.

Please let Mama_ Bear or me know that you will be there. :)

[JustAmy]

Pinging you to post #22.

[backtothestreets]

I am planning going to both the Friday rally to show support for our troops and the picnic.

Chuck

[JustAmy]

Great!!

Looking forward to seeing you on the 7th and 8th.

[RonDog]

The Fresno/Central Valley Chapter cordially invites all FReepers and Lurkers in good standing to attend our 6th Annual Free Republic Rally and Tailgate Picnic to be held on September 7th and 8th, 2007.

Our rally will begin at 5:00 pm and end at 7:00 pm Friday night, September 7th, at the corner of Blackstone and Shaw in Fresno. Afterwards, the group will retire for dinner, refreshments and good fellowship at a nearby restaurant (time and place to be announced).

Our tailgate pot-luck picnic will be at Woodward Park on Saturday, September 8th. We've reserved the "Gazebo" area for the full day. We'll probably start arriving about 1:00 pm and will dine and party till dark.

ROAD TRIP!

L.A. to Fresno is only about TWO HUNDRED miles!

Let's see...

At 100 mph, it would only take TWO hours.
At 75 mph, it would only take THREE hours.
At 50 mph, it would only take FOUR hours.

From Yahoo! MAPS:

Distance: 219.2 milesTime: 3 hours 13 mins (approx.)

Southern California PING!

[Majie Purple]

Gee, how I wiish I could make it this year.

I’ll keep trying each year till I make it there...

I’m so looking forwrd to meeting You two etc... in person asap.

I’ll be thinking of Y’all!

T Y for the ping...Man,sometimes like this op I wish I lived closer to Ya!

Have fun & eat some of “Chef Jeff’s” steak for me,m’kay?
I read on a prior Thread where M B nicnamed Him that...Perfect!

[Majie Purple]

LOL!
That ping to me was on the same “prior Thread” where I saw the “Chef Jeff” ref(erence)
:)
I found it before I was pinged to it but didn’t comment then. Also didn’t realize, till now that the Thread/ping to Thread are one in the same.

[Mama_Bear]

Gee, how I wiish I could make it this year.

I wish you could come too. Mark your calendar for next year, the second Saturday in September. We'll just keep our fingers crossed that things will work out so you can join us then. :-)

[Majie Purple]

I do hope & pray next year will be the year I finally am able to make it there. Somehing always happens to prevent it!
Though I will mark it down and hope to make it.

[Saundra Duffy]

We will miss you guys this year. Lager and I had already signed up for Scout leadership training. Have fun!!

[tubebender]

I don’t think I can make it but let me bump this for y’all

[JustAmy]

Where is everyone???

I finally have a working PC (kinda) and had expected lots of “We will be there!” pings. :)

We are looking forward to seeing everyone this year; so let us hear from you!!

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Hello, helloooo,

We are back from our trip to Oregon. Yes, I will be there. The family has another event, but might drop by to say hello later in the day.

[JustAmy]

Haven’t heard from you. We are looking forward to seeing you in September!

Hope you can make it.

[Diver Dave]

We won’t be able to make it this year, Amy. Previous plans involving daughter and SIL racing at The Altamont.

[JustAmy]

We are going to miss you and Mrs DD this year.

Enjoy the races. See you next year.

[Hi Heels]

I’m coming. Need a FR booster shot.

[JustAmy]

Great!!!

It will be wwonderful to meet you. Will you be coming in on Friday for the rally or just the picnic on Saturday. Hope you can make it for both days.

[JustAmy]

I wondered why I hadn’t heard from you. Hope you had a wonderful vacation.

We spent a week in San Diego. We enjoyed everything except the traffic gridlock. We went to Sea World and The Wild Animal Park.

Hope yout family will stop by to say hi.

[JustAmy]

Hello ..... pinging you to the 6th annual picnic thread.

Hope to see all four of you in Fresno this year. :)

[JustAmy]

Hi RonDog. .......
Are you planning a road trip to the picnic? It would be wonderful if a few of the Southern California FReepers could join us.

Looking forward to meeting you and all that join the caravan. :)

[CounterCounterCulture]

I’m unlikely to make this.

[JustAmy]

Oh Darn.

We had hoped that you would be able to make this one. :(

[JustAmy]

Hi Guys!!!

Will you be able to attend our 6th Annual Rally and Tailgate Picnic?

Would love to meet all of you and your guests.

[television is just wrong]

I’d love to come up there, have car trouble right now. car is at the dealership
depends on how long they take.

[JustAmy]

Hopefully they won’t take too long.

I’ve added you to my tentative list. It will be great to met you!!

[television is just wrong]

ok

[television is just wrong]

ok

[JustAmy]

Geez

In #47 ... met should be meet