Good morning! I head out for WV two weeks from today. I've got reservations at Statts Mills RV park for 10 & 11 June. Looking forward to seeing some of you there before the kick-off on 12 June.
Ok... What to expect on the morning of 12 June:
I will get to Walmart by 0800. Be looking for my Jeep and trailer. I'll be in one of the far corners of the parking lot.
We'll start lining up at 0800 (I'll be directing where to park). I'll be assigning convoy position numbers at this time. I'll be giving you a small post-it note with your convoy # on it for you to stick on your dash for the first day till you have it memorized (I know I would forget mine if I didn't have it in front of me).
This is the time to meet-and-greet, start congregating, check out everyone else's rigs and gear, run into Walmart for last minute items, radio check, bathroom run, etc. So get there in plenty of time to meet your new friends and get vehicles positioned.
At
exactly 0900, we will have our first "Driver's Meeting" (drivers required to attend, passengers optional but strongly suggested on this first day). I will briefly go over convoy etiquette, convoy radio procedures, we'll answer any questions, and then we'll get into our vehicles. If anyone wants to swap convoy position numbers, now's the time (before we head to our vehicles) if you haven't done so already before 0900.
Once in our vehicles, we will start our convoy radio check (essentially "number one ready to roll... number two ready...etc. all the way to Zombie our tailgater saying "Tailgunner ready to roll"). Then we'll start moving out! And we're not stopping for a while.
So if everyone gets there early, our driver's meeting could be as short as a few minutes, and then we're rolling. I don't plan on dragging out the driver's meeting any longer than necessary. I want to hit the trail!
Any questions?
