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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:41 am    Post subject: "Buses Nowhere Near The Arch" VW camping weekend, 9/2 - 5, 2022 Reply with quote

Formerly, and also known as "Buses By The Arch". A family-oriented VW camping weekend!

Held Friday, Sept 2nd through Monday Sept 5th, 2022 (The entire Labor Holiday Day weekend!)

Website for updated event info: http://www.bnnta.com

It's time again to make plans to attend the premier Midwest VW Type 2 camping event! On average, we are delighted to host roughly about 100 Buses. (Check out past event coverage in the July, 2011 issue of "Hot VWs Magazine".)

Come join us for the upcoming "Buses Nowhere Near the Arch" camping weekend. This family camping event will feature a gathering of VW Transporters of all types and eras from all over the USA. While predominantly a Type 2 event, all models of VW are welcome to camp with us! We are looking forward to seeing you and your Transporter amidst all the "Split-windshields", "Bubble-windshields", Vanagons, and EuroVans as well as any other VW types and models this Fall. All models and years of VWs are invited, and only VWs are allowed inside the BNNTA event campground.

"Buses Nowhere Near The Arch #36" will be held rain or shine over the
long Labor Day holiday weekend, Friday, Sept 2nd thru Sep 5th, 2022. We will gather again at the "group use" campground at Indian Creek Recreation Area. This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers campground is located right alongside 18,000 acre Mark Twain Lake, about 30 miles southwest of historic Hannibal, Missouri. This is a beautiful, federally-run campground with paved roads and parking pads and nice facilities. Most conveniences are available in nearby Monroe City or Hannibal.

On both Friday and Saturday evening we plan to have campfires and music along with VW and other "unusual" door prizes, and parts swapping in addition to the "site-to-site" socializing "Bus-banter" that this VW camping event is famous for. On Saturday morning we are planning another of our famous "Bus caravans" over to historic Hannibal, the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. "Mark Twain." You'll have lots of time to explore the haunts of his hometown, or tour "Injun Joe's cave." You won't want to miss it!

On Saturday evening, owners choice awards will be presented in several Type 2 classes in addition to vendor and participant-donated door prizes. If you have any neat VW-related items to donate, bring them along. On Sunday you are free to enjoy the lake or visit other regional highlights. It should prove to be a relaxed, fun weekend full of great Volkswagen experiences and new friendships.

We are tentatively planning to have a "vintage lantern walking tour" at some point during the weekend, Probably on Saturday night, so get your old and new lanterns out, dust 'em off and get them working and bring them along for a lantern-lit walking tour of the campground! We may even have a best and worst working lantern award or two, who knows!

Our private camping facilities at Indian Creek include our own large, private "Buses Nowhere Near the Arch" group area with some electric hook-ups (first come, first served), fishing, water-sports (bring your water toys), playground, a huge pavilion, toilet and shower facilities, and a nearby boat ramp. The all inclusive camping/event fee is $30 per VW for the entire weekend.

Only VW’s that are registered and camping will be admitted into the BNNTA group campground area! Now, please read that last sentence again!

Sites in the BNNTA group campground area can not be reserved in advance. The gates to our campground will be open for arrivals and site selection by about noon on Friday. If you arrive earlier, you could stay nearby in the regular campground at the Indian Creek Recreational Area. Although there should be plenty of room, the earlier you arrive the better.

We are looking forward to your arrival for a long holiday weekend full of Volkswagen fun. Please pass the word around to your VW friends about this Volkswagen camping festival held over the long Labor Day holiday weekend!

So wipe down and pack up those Transporters for the cruise over to Mark Twain Lake for the "Buses Nowhere Near The Arch #36" campout on Friday, Sept 2nd thru Monday Sept 5th, 2022 near Hannibal, Missouri. Please see the website below for lots of photos and information and a link to a mapping program to find your way to BNNTA.

"Buses Nowhere Near the Arch #36"
Indian Creek Recreation Area, Mark Twain Lake, MO

Directions:

From Monroe City, MO:
Take US Route 24 southwest approx. 6.5 miles.
Turn left (south) onto State Route "HH", (WATCH FOR "BNNTA" SIGNS)
Proceed almost 1.75 miles, turn left onto first paved road. Monroe County Road #581. There is an "Indian Creek Marina" billboard as well as a BNNTA event sign at this turn, then proceed a little over 3.5 miles into the "Indian Creek Recreational Area" and watch for BNNTA signs on the right for the turn to the "Group Use Area"; then follow the BNNTA signs into the "Group Use Area".

Welcome to "Buses Nowhere Near the Arch" ! We'll see you there!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:49 am    Post subject: Re: "Buses Nowhere Near The Arch" VW camping weekend, 9/2 - 5, 2022 Reply with quote

A small update... Due to the lingering effects of the pandemic, we will not be having a Saturday evening potluck communal dinner where folks cook and bring food for others. Just common sense, just like at last years event everyone should prepare their own meals, but feel free to gather safely to enjoy them together.

Bill
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Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:39 am    Post subject: Re: "Buses Nowhere Near The Arch" VW camping weekend, 9/2 - 5, 2022 Reply with quote

Another fun weekend campout for Volkswagens only! 104 official registered VW campers, great weather all weekend long and a lot of fun! Thanks to all our "regulars" (amazingly a few have made it to all 36 of these events!) and to a lot of "first-timers" too. We have the lakeside campground reserved again for the Labor Day holiday weekend in 2023, so mark your 2023 calendars and make plans to join us then!

Bill
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Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton

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