Update with Registration Form
Hello Dogwood Family,
Hope all is well with all of you and that you have had a great spring.
The Dogwood Devil's Backbone Rally is coming up, so we wanted to send you the latest information on the rally. The Dogwood Devil's Backbone Rally will be held May 16-19, 2022.
Location: Devil’s Backbone Base Camp
200 Mosbys Run
Roseland, VA. 22967
540-817-9708
It is recommended that you approach the camp via Rt. 151 and then turn onto Rt. 664. Please enter the campground at the entrance WITHOUT THE OVERHANG. There are two entrances to Devil’s Backbone with overhangs – do not use either. Rather, continue a short ways up on Rt. 664. The campground has its own entrance on the left.
We have 10 sites blocked out for Dogwood, and we currently have 8 confirmed reservations that we know of; they are:
· Ed & Jean Herbert
· Jim & Susan Buelow
· Wilt & Barbara Greenwood
· Gary Hamm
· Mary Lou Dudziak
· Clint & Pat Allen
· Dave & Marla McFarlane
· Patty & Henry Kuiken
If you want to join us, please make your own reservations with the campground; their phone number is listed above and tell them you are with Dogwood. The rate is $65.00 per night plus tax. Cutoff date for reservations is May 9.
Your Hosts:
Jean & Ed Herbert (540-760-4181)
Rally Fees: Rally fees will be $15.00 per adult and $10.00 per child under 12. Note, the Swannanoa Palace tour will cost $20/person, cash, plus optional gratuity, and we will have a personal guided tour by a Docent.
Schedule of Events:
Monday 16, 2022: 6:00 p.m. Dinner, served by Jean and Ed, followed by a campfire
Tuesday 17, 2022: 9:30 a.m. Brunch served by Jean & Ed
Tour the local wineries, breweries, cideries, or go antiquing with Jean
Tuesday night 5:30 p.m. Dinner at the Devil’s Backbone Brewery Restaurant, followed by a campfire.
Wednesday, 18: 9:30 a.m. Brunch served by Jean & Ed
Tour Swannanoa Palace & Grounds from 2-4 p.pm. We will leave the campground at 1:15 p.m. for the ride up to Afton Mtn. & Swannanoa
Wednesday night early Dinner at either Heritage Restaurant or New Ming Garden (both in downtown Waynesboro). We will vote on this. And, yes, another campfire.
Thursday, 19: Pack up and depart. Maybe have coffee together in the morning?
Note: Please bring your own plates, silverware (plasticware), napkins, and drinks to Monday’s dinner and both brunches. We will have coffee and juice; beyond that, BYOB.
Registration Form for the Devil's Backbone Rally:
Cutoff Date For Registration is November 9, 2022.
Name(s) of attendees: _________
Number of adults times $15.00 = _________
Number of children times $10.00 = _________
Total enclosed = _________
Please make checks payable to: Jean Herbert (not Dogwood)
Please mail registration forms to:
Jean Herbert
3216 Cavalry Ridge Ct.
Fredericksburg VA 22408
Please join us for “FUN, FOOD, and FRIENDSHIP at this rally!
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April Update (Posted 4/8/2022)
Bookings so far are:
· Herberts, Kuikens, Hamm, Buelows, Greenwoods, Dudziack, & Allens
I talked with Taylor at the campground yesterday and there are still several campsites available; sites 7-9 still belong to us, but several others are also available. The phone number is 540-817-9708. Please consider joining us! Our plans for now are:
- Monday night (late afternoon) - supper around 6:00 pm, served by Jean and Ed
- Tuesday Brunch with Jean and Ed at 9:30 am
- Tour the local wineries, breweries, or cideries (and there’s a lot of them) OR go Antiquing with Jean
- Tuesday dinner – Devil’s Backbone Restaurant
- Wednesday Brunch with Jean and Ed at 9:30 am
- Wednesday – 2-4pm tour at Swannanoa (check this out!)
- Wednesday dinner - Heritage Restaurant , downtown Waynesboro, on Main St.; or Chinese Buffet at the New Ming Garden Restaurant. (We can vote on this at Brunch)
Event Options:
- Swannanoa, 2-4 pm guided tour on Wednesday, 18 May. $20/person, minimum 10 people. Please check it out at: http://skyline-swannanoa-inc.square.site/ Swannanoa is also on Facebook and Instagram
- In Staunton, Woodrow Wilson Museum, and Frontier Culture Museum
- Monticello
- Breweries, wineries, cideries along Nelson County Rt 151
- Antiquing with Jean
Fees:
- Camping at Devil’s Backbone – everyone pays their own
- Swannanoa - $20/person as long as there are 10 people. Pay your own way; a tip for the Docent is optional, but appreciated
- Rally fees- TBD; Jean and I are still working that.
- Restaurants - everyone pays their own
Other Notes:
· There is no rally room; we will have to make our own space with canopies and pray it doesn’t rain.
I just talked with Taylor, the campground manager, at the Devil's Backbone Campground. We have seven sites now booked and four remaining still reserved for us! Yes, he is still holding four for us. I encourage you to call them today or this weekend if you are interested. The list so far is:
· Herbert
· Kuiken
· Robison
· Dudziak
· Hamm
· Greenwood
· Buelow
Taylor set aside 10 slots for us, right together; but it is such a small campground that if you do get a slot outside the original ten, you won’t have any trouble finding us – the campground is pretty small. I have been to the campground, and it is nice, flat, cleared out and well maintained. Again, Jean and I are arriving on Monday, the 16th, and leaving on Thursday, the 19th. So, if you are still interested in joining us, I believe there is still time to make your reservation but suspect that between now and May there will probably be a few more openings in that little campground. We look forward to seeing you there.
Ed & Jean Herbert
The campground is pretty small, only 24 sites have full hookups and I reserved ten (10) of them for us; site #’s 4,5,6,7,8, and 20,21,22,23,24. If more are needed, we will cross that bridge when we get to it. Anyway, there are another 24 sites that are dry camping – sorry, nothing in between.
This is the Devil’s Backbone Base Camp in Nelson County, Virginia. The web site is www.dbbrewingcompany.com/camp-at-basecamp . The phone number is 540-817-9708, and our point-of-contact is “Taylor” - tell him that you are a Dogwood Club member and want to book in at one of the sites listed above.
They will hold these sites for us until 30 January (this Sunday) at 3:00 pm and they want payment up front. The cost is $65/night for three nights (Mon, Tues, Wed) or $208.25 including taxes.
The campground is adjacent to the Devil’s Backbone Brewery/distillery/restaurant which is a great place to eat. Jean and I are looking at a variety of day trips out to places like Staunton, Waynesboro, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Wintergreen.
More details to follow. For now, please consider joining us, as May is lovely in the mountains, and we look forward to seeing you all.
Ed and Jean Herbert, Rally Hosts
