Is it going to happen?
I hate to say it, but the response has been a bit underwhelming… Dealing with real estate agents at Tahoe has not been exactly productive, either. They tend to deal in higher-end properties and condos. NOT what we’re looking for.
It’s still a year away, but I’m not as optimistic as I once was.
It seems everyone wants a reunion – in theory – but when it actually comes down to planning or going, there’s something else that gets in the way.
The concept behind a Tahoe Reunion came about because we rented a house from a friend of my brother-in-law, Mike, over my 50th birthday. (I’m going to be 57 in a few weeks, so you can see it’s been a while.) Anyway – our whole extended family was there, the house slept a bazillion people, and was cheap.
There just wasn’t enough support to return to Fort Robinson for a 4th time. The battle cry was “we can get three or four houses like the one we rented” and have the reunion at Tahoe.
Works for me… I love Tahoe. I lived there for almost 5 years (May 1976 – October 1980). I have a lot of really good (and a lot of really vague) memories of the place spanning most of my life. My email address is TahoeT, my business website is TahoeT.com. Tahoe?!? I’m there.
Except…..
Over a year after announcing a Tahoe Reunion, we still don’t have any information.
No one has been able to get a hold of the guy we originally rented from. No idea of where, no idea of costs, no idea of who really wants to go.
We’ve been in contact with a couple of real estate agents, but, as stated above, $400-$500/night condo’s at Northstar that sleep 8 people each (3 br with a sofa bed) aren’t really conducive to the type of gathering we’re looking for.
I’m not quite ready to throw in the towel – again – but if folks are serious about having a Family Reunion, we need to start working a bit harder at getting information. The last blast email I sent out asking for feedback netted exactly one response.
So…
I’m thinking a September 1st deadline to have something more-or-less concrete in place. If we can’t get it together by then, we probably aren’t going to get it together, at all.
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