Opening Weekend of Dutch Oven Cooking and camping
April 2012
Pacific Northwest Dutch Oven Spring Rendezvous
The 18th annual Opening Weekend of Dutch Oven Cooking and Camping will be at the Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake, Washington. This is a great location with lots of space, grass, and trees. Come for all 4 days or come for a day, or just a meal.
Just come—Everyone is welcome!!!
Date: April 19, 20, 21, 22, 2012
Place: Grant County Fairgrounds
3953 Airway Drive NE
Moses Lake, WA 98837-1029
Telephone: (509) 765-3581
Website: www.gcfairgrounds.com/ [See for driving instructions]
Rates: RVs: $20.00 including tax, power and water hook-ups. The dump station is on the way out of the
fairgrounds.
Tents: $15.00 including tax.
Nancy Johnson will collect fees on site.
Reservations aren’t required.
Space: We are going to be on the north end of the fairgrounds. We will not have an enclosed area, but
we will set up a big canopy to serve food under. We have twenty sites reserved,but additional sites should be available.
Schedule: The Opening Weekend has always been a schedule-free gathering. It’s a time for people to gather. camp, cook, and enjoy other’s company.
Thursday is move in and setup day. May have grazing times to help people who come in late or still setting up camp.
Friday and Saturday nights will be for potlucks. Saturday night is the best time to show off your new or favorite recipe. So let’s see how good are with your dutch oven.
Friday night about 50 Japanese agriculture students are going to come watch cook and have dinner with us. This will be the 4th year they have joined us and what a lot of fun we have with them.
They speak very limited English so explaining what you’re doing is a fun challenge. They are very eager to learn about us and they love the dutch oven food. In addition they have huge
appetites and will clean up all the food we can cook. What a joy! To be able to cook 2 or 3 pots
and have people eat the food, plus they will help you clean your pots and cooking area.
Saturday and Sunday mornings will be “grazing times”. As people get up they start Cooking as
the mood strikes them. They give a holler when their culinary delight is finished Folks drift over with their plate and fork to sample their efforts. By the time You have sampled from several camps you will be starting to waddle. It’s relaxing, fun, and helps people get acquainted as they visit each camp site.
This event is a great to time to leisurely catch up with old friends and to discover new ones. If you
are into music, bring an instrument. If you like to read, bring a book. Moses Lake and neighboring Ephrata offer a range of shopping opportunities. On Saturday and Sunday there will be a gun, knife, coin, and collectible show on the Fairgrounds.
Please Note: This year Paul & Lynn Mantz-Powers are not sponsoring Opening Weekend because they
have retired and are visiting our great country.
The Columbia Basin Dutch Oven Society here in
Moses Lake will be the new sponsors. We want give a huge thank-you to Paul and Lynn for making this a very great event each year.
Contacts: Reservations aren’t required just pay Nancy when you come in. However it would help us to have a rough head count. You can let us know you are
coming by contacting either.
Nancy Johnson—(509)765-2286 or (509)760-0465 0r e-mail najohnson2680@aol.com
Ivan Schultz-----(509) 989-4600 or e-mail ijschultz@hotmail.com
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