Thanks for the response Julie. I just hadn't seen any discussion lately and had forgotten about your post a bit back. They say the memory is the first thing to go. And Shirley: Put me down for a spot Fri and Sat night and let me know where and how to pay you. Do you want paypal or what? Can send you a check or whatever. Now, that said: If the weather forecast is absolutely awful I probably won't be there. Some cold and wind I can stand: Freeze warnings, snow, hail etc. will probably keep me in Nacogdoches. ________________________________ From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sun, December 30, 2012 6:45:05 AM Subject: [tcb] Re: Bulli Gras Yes, it will be happening. Shirley reserved the sites. Here is the info I posted on the VW sites: Bulli Gras will be happening February 1st - 3rd at Galveston Island State Park. In case you have never been before this is a campout held during one of the Mardi Gras weekends. Some folks just hang at the beach and other go into town and enjoy the parades and the mayhem. The sites cost $25 per night plus the park has a per person day use fee as well. (I believe the day use fee is $5 per person per day unless somebody in your vehicle has a Texas State Park Pass and then this fee is waived for everyone in the vehicle.) We usually have 2 Buses per site. We have 10 sites reserved. If we have more than 20 Buses then we can add a third Bus to each site for an additional $5 per night. Traditionally many of us go out for dinner at Shrimp 'N Stuff on Friday night and on Saturday we have a shrimp boil at the campground where everyone that wants to eat chips in $5. I am not in charge of this happening this year, Shirley is. If you want to reserve a spot you must contact Shirley at vwbuslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx . Just to make this clear, most people will be camping on Friday and Saturday nights and heading home on Sunday so those are the nights we have the reservations for. A few of us may get there on Thursday and a few may stay Sunday night as well and getting sites for those nights should not be difficult. There is a gate that gets locked at night, if you will be arriving late you can call the park earlier in the day and ask for the code. The park phone number is 409-737-1222 . Or if you know somebody who is already there at the park, you can call them and get the gate code. Just a heads up, this park was devastated by Hurricane Ike years ago and has yet to completely recover. There are three camping loops on the Gulf side. Only two of these loops have restrooms and showers. We will do our best to get our sites all together in one of the loops with the restrooms and showers. If we end up at the less desirable loop then it is a medium walk or really short drive to the facilities. This gathering is renowned for its inclement weather and despite this we go back year after year and enjoy ourselves. Don't be scared. And it is called BULLI Gras and I used the words Bus and Buses in the info above but please know that our other VW friends are welcome too. On Dec 30, 2012, at 4:56 AM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Does anyone have a date for Bulli Gras this year? Or, are we going to do it? Haven't heard anyone talking about it, and it is only about 5 weeks away.