1st Annual Great Plains Gathering

Jackalope posted:

Timing was perfect as we're on our way to California from Chicago. Just reserved a site. Below is our info. Looking forward to seeing everyone in a couple of weeks. 

Campground: Ponca SP

Site: 043

Site Type: STANDARD

Loop: Oak Bluff Sites 37-73

 

Arrival Date: Tue Sep 19 2017

Departure Date: Sun Sep 24 2017

Jackalope,

Please accept my apology for not seeing your post earlier.  I have watched the 1st Annual Great Plains Gathering thread daily, but have forgotten to watch this one.  Most of the activity is on that thread.  Anyway, I am glad you were able to snag that spot, and I'm looking forward to seeing you there.  You may want to read what is on that thread if you have the time.  It is quite lengthy.

Here is a recap of the events and instructions.  It's fairly loosely organized.

 

Don't forget that Nebraska requires a state permit to camp, fish, and hunt. Permits are valid through 12/31/2017.  I purchased mine at:

https://ngpc-permits.ne.gov/NG...faces/public/welcome

Permit prices are lower for Nebraska plated vehicles.

 

Earthwatcher -

Location of the event is included in the discussion thread and can also be
found at http://outdoornebraska.gov/ponca/
which is the site I used to reserve my spot. It looks like there are quite
a few nice camp grounds along the Missouri River that I also searched on.
I suspect I'll be headed back again to this general area for additional
discoveries.

Jackalope

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:56 AM, Lance Owners of America <alerts@hoop.la>
wrote:

I have been wanting to go to Nebraska for a while.  Looking forward to finding out where this is going to be!  My rig is a 2013 Ford Explorer pulling our 2017 1575. 

 

Jackalope, if the process below worked for you, then you have beaten the world to newly available Site 43!   Isn't that cool?  Glad it worked out for you.  We hope to see you there.

Timing was perfect as we're on our way to California from Chicago. Just reserved a site. Below is our info. Looking forward to seeing everyone in a couple of weeks. 

Campground: Ponca SP

Site: 043

Site Type: STANDARD

Loop: Oak Bluff Sites 37-73

 

Arrival Date: Tue Sep 19 2017

Departure Date: Sun Sep 24 2017

if I may try to help people attend the rally, be advised that the loop is full, and there is no longer a waiting list being held by the organizer.   From this point on, it is up to individuals to act quickly if and when a site comes available because of a cancellation.  

Fortunately, there is a feature on ReserveAmerica where they will notify by email, all who request to be so advised if there is a cancellation.  

ReserveAmerica will email simultaneously, all who have asked for this to happen.  It's up to you to act as soon as you see the notification for you are competing with the rest of the world for the newly available slot.

Below is an illustration with the steps by which you can sign up to be notified if a site comes available.   Realize it is for the specific dates and in the specific loop in which we will gather.  Arriving September 21 and staying for 3 nights afterwards, in Oak Bluff Loop

First, log on to ReserveAmerica's site and find Ponca State Park, Nebraska
Second, go through the process of filling out the boxes 2 through 5, as if you were going to expect one to be available.  You will get a screen that says there are no sites available.

IT IS AT THIS TIME THAT YOU SELECT THE LINK AT #6 on the illustration.  Fill in your email address and if an opening occurs, you (and everyone else) will be sent an email saying there is an available site.
  

We would be interested in attending. Please let us know if a site comes up.   We are new to this group and are looking to find this type of events. 

The response for this gathering has been great!  We now have 26 participants, and we are full.  If there are people who would like to attend but have not yet registered let me know by posting on the discussion thread.  I will start a waiting list, and then if someone who has reserved a space cannot attend for some reason, you can take that party's campsite.  Click HERE to go to the discussion thread.

Doug n Bonnie posted:

You might want to amend your post to reflect the Sept "2017" date....

Thanks.  I'm looking at how to fix it, and I'm not getting anywhere.  I'll keep tinkering.

NEW INFORMATION:

The 1st Annual Great Plains Gathering will meet in the Oak Bluff Campground at Ponca State Park in northeast Nebraska.  This is a beautiful area of rolling hills, forest, and cropland along the Missouri River. 

The Oak Bluff Campground is well shaded and protected from wind.  The sites are relatively close together, so we will be able to go between them easily.  I will try to figure out how to insert a link to Reserve America to make it easy to reserve a site, but in the mean time, if you Google Ponca State Park Campsite Reservation you will get ReserveAmerica. 

I suggest you reserve a site soon if you would like to come, as there are already some sites in the campground reserved for that weekend.  Nancy and I are in site 47.  If you look at the Reserve America map, draw a line along sites 45, 47, 64, and 63, and reserve sites along that line and to the right of it, we will be able to set up a good community area and walk between sites easily.  The shower house and a play ground are in the loop to the left of that on the map.

Added 12/29/16:

The response for this gathering has been great!  We now have 26 participants, and we are full.  If there are people who would like to attend but have not yet registered let me know by posting on the discussion thread.  I will start a waiting list, and then if someone who has reserved a space cannot attend for some reason, you can take that party's campsite.  Click HERE to go to the discussion thread.

 

 

You might want to amend your post to reflect the Sept "2017" date....