Omaha or Fort Robinson?
WOW! This is the most response I’ve gotten since first proposing this thing! Way to go!!! I’m really enjoying the stories and posts. Remember that the vacation time and such are all valid reasons but they work both ways – California has to make it to the Midwest if the Midwest doesn’t make it to California.
Okay… The Omaha Ballot-Box-Stuffers are in the lead! A big lead. I’m thinking that it would be difficult to top it at this point.
So…
Time to throw another wrench into the works.
Tom and Barb have offered to work on a reunion in… OMAHA! Yes, Omaha… where it all began.
Personally, I *really* like this idea! I haven’t been to Omaha in years – and years – and it would be a lot of fun to see the family on their home turf. Omaha hosts the reunion for the rest of the family. Kids can get pawned off on their cousins, we can picnic and BBQ and really have a fun time. We do Costco runs and split the tab. I’d love to revisit the place and maybe Victor and I could slip over to Council Bluffs and get married. (Always thinking ahead…) Omaha is doable. Really doable.
The payback would be that in 2013, the reunion would be in San Francisco – with the California branch hosting the Omahans! All of you Midwesterners would get to see the Big City. Same deal. Farm out the kids and take over Golden Gate Park or The Presidio for massive picnics.
So what say you folk?
It’s already too late to get Fort Robinson in July.
Again, post responses on the website! This has been GREAT hearing from you!!!
I’m really psyched, because I now really feel this is going to happen! YEAH!!!
What a great compromise…..Tahoe would have been nice, but thanks to Tom and Barb for thinking of Omaha. Will be happy to help them and be a part of the Omaha hosting crowd…Maybe I could even get more of our kids to come. Love the website Tim…..Thanks.
That is a great compromise and now it is just a matter of Fort Robinson or Omaha. I still vote for Fort Robinson because I think it is the only place that we will ever find that will be able to accomodate EVERYONE that will be there. Also, traveling there was part of the fun in addition to the recreational activities that they have all within walking distance. Regardless though Chris and I will be able to attend either place and really look forward to it!!
Hey guys, We can throw a great party herein Omaha. I think you would all be surprised. We are already talking about the possibilities. Would anyone like to see the house our parents grew up in and made beer for the neighbors during the prohibition days. That is just a start. We have several good ideas and haven’t even talked to any siblings yet. I guarantee a good time. there are several new and reasonable hotels downtown. One has a waterpark for the kids.
I’m with ya, Tom! I think a reunion in Omaha would be perfect. Fort Robinson’s easy to get to from Omaha, but it sure as hell ain’t from anywhere else!
We would have to fly into Denver and rent a car and then drive for 300 miles.
I understand how reasonable Fort Robinson sounds for someone in Nebraska, but it’s not cheap coming in from anywhere else.
The beauty of Omaha IS seeing the house where grandpa made beer during prohibition, I’d love to see where Grandma grew up (3026 Charles Street) or at least lived there during the 1910 census!
And really, if enough folks opened their homes, lodging would be next to nothing – and there could be a payback in California in a few years! (Please note how generous I am with other people’s homes – I live in Pennsylvania!)
Keep voting!
Kevin & I like the Omaha option, however we can’t commit to attending until Octoberish – they’re voting on closing a school in our district for next year, and it will probably be the one I work at, so until they announce it and let us know what the game plan is, I can’t finalize any vacation plans for a few months. We’re sorry to be so wishy washy, and thank you Tim from the bottom of our hearts for all the work you have put into this. We will keep checking your website, and will hope for the best.
Margie already responded for us, but wanted to add a few comments – don’t want her to get the last word.
First – I wish she used a phrase other than “we’re sorry to be so wishy washy” and picked something more professsional like “we can’t make a decision until all factors have been considered”…. but… ok… we’re wishy washy.
Seriously – our leaning is to Omaha or to a group site somewhere between Neb and Cal (but not Ft. Robinson). We’ll do our best to make it (at least Margie and I).
Finally – Tim, I wanted to echo Margie’s comment regarding our appreciation for the work you and others have put into this. No matter the end result, thank you.
Kevin
Tim, I don’t know why Omaha is not that feasable. The new hotels dow town would be reasonable. I think they would be around $100 a night for rooms at the most. There would be some of us willing toput up people. Barb and I could handle two couples. We don’t have much for kids but we are also 60. We would really like to as the Irish say ” have a go at it”.
Thomas, me lad… Omaha is totally feasible IF the Omaha relations are willing to put folks up.
The same financial restrictions that the Omaha folks have stated about going west apply to the westerners going east. (or us going anywhere).
My personal first choice for a reunion would be in Omaha. Second choice still isn’t Fort Robinson.
Family Picnic out in California today. Let’s see what the folks out there have to say later on…
In the meantime, I saved some CD’s for ya. I’ll get ‘em in the mail on Monday!