We will be providing a 6 foot hero, sub, hogie, grinder or sandwich depending on what part of the world your from (turkey, roast beef, salami, provolone cheese) with the lettuce tomato , onion, mustard and mayo on the side so you can fix your own. I ordered it from a local deli and will pick it up Saturday late afternoon just before dinner
For those of you that have never done a campground Illumination before, its all about being creative and showing off. You decorate your sight in some type of theme, then you also decorate up yourself as a group (more on that later).Most campers the first time around just grab a bunch of Christmas Lights and light up - and that will look nice, but is it really you. You can light up in lots of different ways and get very creative.
We will be providing Luminary Bags and Tea lights for you to outline your site edges. You will place a bag every 3 or 4 feet between you and the site next to you, so the entire path through our area will be lit. For those that want the challenge of doing something with candles, I will bring 1000 tea lights.
You want to keep what you are doing a secret as much as possible - to make a lighted reveal. Starting lighting (electric or candles) at 8:30PM, with everyone that walking as a group from site to site by 9:00pm, this way it should be nice and dark.
Here are some sample ideas.
Kids sippy cups and office trash cans
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Tea Lights in Solo Cups to draw shapes.
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I dont recommend you steal all the picnic tables, but it shows you can put Tea Lights on anything.
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Take an umbrella and tape a $1 LED flashlight to the handle
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On our site in the mountains, we have been known to light 2000 tea lights in cups
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Balloons with a glow stick inside of them.
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Pick a color Theme
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Glow Necklaces
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More random shots and ideas
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Before you start visiting the other sites, pick a lighting scheme for your body, or just like the logger jogger - costumes work.
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Its gets easier each year as you can plan. When I have done with with other campgrounds, its starts with just 10 or so sites, then after a few years, it groups to the entire campground. Lets start a new tradition.
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Illumination ideas:
*You don't have to buy lights to decorate your campsite....ask your family, friends, and neighbors if you can borrow any of their white Christmas lights. Household items like tomato cages can be used to add height to your lights.
*Don't overlook the fact that having something in front of the light, to make a silhouette can be a cool design.
Robin, Correct, I will not be there on Saturday so I will not be bringing the chicken alfredo.
Phil, Those were cool pictures. I hope we can get this illumination weekend to grow to the caliber it is at your seasonal campground.
I have an idea for an interesting box with a light in it. I hope it works out good....we'll see tonight when I finally assemble it. I'll put it up on Friday because I want to see it but I'll leave it for Saturday night.
Matt O 2006 Skyline Nomad 27' travel trailer. Previously owned 1986 Coleman Columbia / 1992 Coleman Senecca / 1989 Born Free Class C RV.
Illumination this weekend was a blast with 400-500 bags lining the road and great ideas at the sites. Glowing campfire and a lot of lights. The rain didn't come until 5:30pm on Sunday when everyone was already gone.
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Thanks Robin and Peggy for helping run this rally and all the kids games. :clappingani:
Capture the glow flag was a hit. Norm, thanks for your statistic advice to the teams.
Thanks Phil and Pete for visiting and sharing your illumination experience with us.
The campground resort was very excited and many seasonals walked and drive by in golf carts and cars.
Thanks Amy for some amazing desserts, you will be very popular here. :thumbsup:
Thank you to anyone I missed.
Congratulations Bob & Gwen, your site was amazing. :cheerleader: I hope you like your new custom made wooden bowl.
Yak, thank you for the prize donation. We missed you.
Tony & Jen, your site had to be the biggest surprise... congratulations!
It had been 7 weeks since our last trip and we really needed it. Raystown Lake in a few weeks, guaranteed many stories with the pontoon boat rental.
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