Announcing 16th Anniversary Party in 2017!

[Vivianna L'antreau]

Anniversary Party 2017

YMCA of the Rockies - Estes Park, Colorado
March 17-20, 2017
http://ymcarockies.org/

Venue Information:
Address:
2515 Tunnel Road
Estes Park, Colorado 80511
phone:
operator at (970) 586-3341, hit 0

Ticket Price: $185 USD
*Please remember that you will need to pay for your ticket in local currency: United States dollars!

• Registration will open 1 November 2016
• Registrations will not be valid without both having filled out the registration form and supplied a payment of either a $50 USD deposit or the full $185 USD ticket price.

What's Included?

• All meals from Friday dinner through breakfast on-site Monday morning
• 1 toast Friday night
• 3 nights accommodations
• An absolutely fabulous time at our 16th Anniversary event

There will be a cap on attendance for this event of 84 which will completely fill up both of the cabins we have reserved. I'm making sure that you all realize this well enough in advance so that you can plan accordingly! I'll put up an entire post in the forum once October hits to explain how the registration process works in much more detail, but for now this is your heads up.

We don't have a separate local liason for this event so I (Viv) will be both your event coordinator as well as onsite contact

About the Area:

Estes Park and the Rocky Mountains are gorgeous!

• Estes Park itself - http://www.visitestespark.com/
• Rocky Mountain National Park - https://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm
• City of Denver - If you have extra days to play, definitely think about heading into Denver to explore, or perhaps further south towards Colorado Springs

If you are intending to spend extra days and would like suggestions of great things to visit/see, we have quite a few Colorado members who I'm sure would be more than happy to give information and advice!


Transportation:

• 
  From the Denver Area (since most will be flying into Denver International Airport (DEN))
  
  Take I-25 North past Longmont, to HWY 66 (Exit #243, for “Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park”)
  
  Take HWY 66 west into the town of Lyons
  
  From Lyons, take HWY 36 west to Estes Park. HWY 36 will take you down the “main drag” through Estes Park called Elkhorn Avenue. HWY 36 will turn left off of Elkhorn Avenue onto Moraine Avenue at the fourth traffic light.
  
  Continue out of town on HWY 36 west.
  
  About 2 miles out of town, you will come to another traffic light, at the intersection of HWY 36, and Mary’s Lake Road. Continue straight through that intersection. Immediately past that intersection, get into the left lane, this will take you off of HWY 36 and onto HWY/Spur 66.
  
  Our entrance is on the right side of the road after 2.5 miles on Spur 66. Look for the large sign that reads: Estes Park Center, YMCA of the Rockies.

I am thrilled to welcome you all back to my state! Don't forget your green for St Pattys day, and get ready for an amazing weekend!

 

[Nymala Ingasy]

:joy

 

[Cassie Dainar]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be working outage during anni, but I'll be with you in spirit.

 

[Vivianna L'antreau]

Aww Cassie

Forgot to note that the forum should be visible to you all in the next day or so

 

[Andra Mikolan]

I am coming! Unless my school sends me to Italy... or my book is published and there's a thing.

I'll amend that to say, I plan to Attend!

 

[Vivianna L'antreau]

Excellent!

Also, also! Naomi posted a fascinating (well that might be stretching it, but *I* at least found it interesting being a part of the process!) look at how we go about setting event ticket prices in the exec blog you can find it here: https://www.tarvalon.net/content.php?1863-How-Do-We-Price-Events

 

[Kyla Sterling]

Logistics question - would it make sense to arrive by train? It looks like there's an Amtrak stop in Denver and one in Granby - would either of those be "smart" for arranging to carpool with people, or is the airport a much better bet?

 

[Adina al'Mari]

:joy :joy :joy

 

[Vivianna L'antreau]

You definitely don't want to go to granby....if you did take the train then Denver is the correct stop and then you'd just have to set up car pooling with other members to get to Estes park itself. My only caution is time since the train typically takes much longer than flying but if you have the time off and someone to pick you up then knock yourself out!

 

[Tsubasa Kamui]

I LOVE ESTES!!!!

 

[Kethaana Nia Khamara]

I'd love to go, but I cannot afford it this time :cry

 

[Nebka Galyn]

Oh my goodness... I really want to attend this. I keep trying and failing LOL

 

[Brandon Tat'vakja]

Nebka, the wife and I are planning on driving out.

 

[Nebka Galyn]

:joy

 

[Jeffan Caliarthan]

Time off has been requested.

 

[Cahalan Sothron]

I really want to go, but I'm gonna have to think out my travel plans for next year. I have many weddings out of town to attend.

 

[Qamra Daielin]

I'm starting saving now.
As long as I don't have inventory that weekend, I will be there

 

[Wil Cambrae]

Looks like another drive across Colorado for me

 

[Rhed al'Tere]

Yeeeeeeeeeah buddy.

 

[Roheryn ni Galghandhrei t'al'Djinn]

Ty and I are determined not to miss this one