Granny Grose's Buses IV

May 1st - 4th, 2008. Beavertown, Pennsylvania


What is Granny Grose's Buses? Well, it's just another reason to bring out the Bus or Bug and camp with the family, along with fellow Volkswagen owners. We have been camping with Granny Grose(campground owner) for 7 years. She is a very kind lady and she makes you feel right at home.

My family and I have always enjoyed camping. But never experienced the fun and absolute joy of camping in a VW Bus! On my 22nd Bday, I bought my first Bus. We started attending VW Shows. Met some of our closest friends through our love of Buses. We would camp before and after shows. And we always had talked about starting our own lil' campout.
In 2005, we attended a Bus campout in NC...EveryBus. After 4 days of camping with some of the greatest VW Bus drivers and families, we were hooked!! We had been camping at Grose's, had the Buses, and had the potluck breakfast going. But, we just hadn't made it an official FullMoonBusClub campout. So, we came home from EveryBus and three weeks later, the official Granny Grose's Buses 1 came together with just 8 Buses. In 2006, we jumped to 34 Buses! 2007, Granny Grose's saw 43 Buses from 12 States!!

So...Come Camp With Us!!


Granny's special guest for 2008.....THE BORO BOOGIE PICKERS, FROM WAYNESBORO,PA!!! Join the Pickers for a Saturday evenin git down!!




WHAT TO EXPECT:

There will be Mountain Pies by the fire, Bocce Ball, Kid's activities, Saturday Potluck breakfast, 50/50 drawing,Door Prizes, and a Bluegrass band Saturday evening. We will also have awards, including the "Long Distance Award" and the "Granny Award".

GGB4 tentative events schedule:

Thursday, 4:20am: GGB4 Officially kicks off! Woohooo! The early birds arrive

Friday, whenever we wake up: Meet and greet volks as they arrive throughout the day
7:04pm til quiet time: Bring your instruments to main fire and jam
8:01pm til bellies are full or we are out of bread: Mountain Pies!!Meet at main fire.

Saturday, 8:37am: Meet at pavilion to start breakfast
9:01am: Start serving Breakfast(hopefully)
Noonish: Meet at pavilion for FMBC Bocce Ball!!
6:07pm: Door Prizes, awards, and such...
8:03pm: Bring yer jug and meet at the pavilion!! Cause, the Boro Boogie Pickers will be gittin down!!!

Sunday, 8:32am Volks will either be gone or packing to leave...Granny Grose's will have gone another year and GGB5 will be in the planning as I drive home!


SATURDAY POTLUCK BREAKFAST LIST:

We will meet at the pavilion Saturday morning for a potluck breakfast. Last year, I believe we had about 30 volks for breakfast. You do not need to bring enough to feed 30. If everyone brings a lil' we can feed alot! Double items are fine. We just try to avoid everyone making the same item.
Email me with your info to be added to the list.

Justin&Jess: Pancakes, Syrup, Bacon, Cooker, Propane
Buddy&Nancy: Blueberry Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup
MedicTed: Eggs, Cheese, and Sausage
Collie: Bacon and boxed Cereal
Blair&Cindy: Bacon, French Toast, & Maple Syrup
Oatmeal&Bluebird: Who-Raw-Roast-Beast Corn Beef Hash
Ken&Malissa: Apple Oatmeal & Orange Juice
Bruce&Karen: Fresh Fruit
Terry&Kurt: Homemade Spicy Vegan 'Sausages' and Muffins
Bill&Edna: Taylor Ham (that NJ mystery meat)
Gerry&Anna: Muffins n Butter
Dan B: Bagels & Cream Cheese, OJ, & assorted Fruit
John&Laura: Hashbrowns
Cat&Gary: Donuts
Morgan&Donna: Fried Potatoes & Banana Bread

CAMPGROUND:
The campground is nestled along the Bald Eagle Forest. Campground facilities: bathhouse with free showers, playground, pavilion, game room/camp store, hiking, biking, and a fish pond.(no fishing)

There will be two areas of camping. Single sites and General camping. General camping area: Pack em' in! $11/Bus/night. Includes 2 adults. $4ea. extra adult. If you don't like camping hippie style, then this may not be the camping area for you. Electric will be available for a some Buses in the general camping. First come, first serve. Water will be readily available for the general camping. Single Sites: $22/night. 4 adults, $4 each extra adult. Electric outlet and water. The single sites and overflow camping are about 200 yards from the general camping.
PLEASE, NO SPACE HEATERS.
Because of the close quarters camping in the general area, there will be 2-3 fires. ONLY Single sites may have their own fires. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Email me with your info to make reservations. No deposits required. You can pay in full at the campout. FREE camping for the Bus that travels the farthest to the campout!!

 



DIRECTIONS:
Grose's Campground is located 2 miles off Route 522, in Beavertown, Pennsylvania. Beavertown is 24 miles north of Lewistown and 18 miles south of Selinsgrove. There are blue campground signs at the turn in Beavertown. You will turn left if coming from Selinsgrove. You will turn right, if coming from Lewistown. Since the address they have for the campground is a box number, mapquest gives you a general area. However, I entered the road that the campground is on. Quarry Road, 17813. That will get you onto the campground's road. The campground entrance is about 2 miles from the beginning of Quarry Road(Lr54058). In Beavertown, turn off Route 522 onto Zechman Street. At the stop sign, turn left onto Sassafras Street, then a right onto Quarry Road(Lr54058). Look for blue Grose's Campground signs.



Map of Beavertown.

OR, you can come from Middleburg...Route 104. In Middleburg, you will turn at the red star on the following map. At Paxtonville Road and 104 intersection, Grose's entrance is 5.4miles. Look for Grose's Blue signs and Campout signs. Follow Paxtonville Road approx. 4.1mi until Quarry Road on your Left. Turn Left onto Quarry Road and follow for approx. 1.3mi to Grose's Campground. Entrance will be on your Left.

Map of Middleburg.

CHAT WITH OTHER VOLKS:
Here's a forum to meet and greet volks that will be attending the campout.


WHERE'S EVERYONE FROM?:



OTHER EAST COAST VW BUS CAMPOUTS:

This link has upcoming campouts hosted by Full Moon Bus Club.

This link has upcoming campouts hosted by LIMBO.


GGB3 was an ABSOLUTE BLAST! Gorgeous weather, 43 Buses, and 1 Thing made for an memorable weekend. Buses from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachussetts, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New York,Maine, AND Florida!! Check out the video. (Click Play arrow twice)



A look back at GGB2, 2006:
GRANNY GROSE'S BUSES II WAS A GREAT CAMPOUT!! Over the weekend, there were 34 Buses, 2 Squarebacks, 1 Fastback, 1 Bug, and 1 VW Trike!





FullMoonBusClub Gallery

Messmer family photos

Scott's photos

Jay's photos

Some pictures of past campouts.



SPONSORS:
We would like to thank the following sponsors for webspace, Tshirts, stickers, memberships, etc, to be handed out as door prizes. And a HUGE THANK YOU to Greg Potts and Collie Corner for setting us up with this website.

FullMoonBusClub
SaveTheBays.org
Grose's Campground


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