Lake Casitas 7th Annual Rally .. October 23 to 27, 2008.... (California)

We are again returning to Lake Casitas for our 7th Annual mini-rally. The weekend will be October 23-27 Jim and I will arrive on Thursday October 23rd and will check out on Monday the October 27. We are in Space 50....

BASS campground site map ........ http://www.lakecasitas.info/camping/bass.html

As of today (April 29) there are plenty of spaces available but book ASAP as they will fill up quick.

Phone ASAP for good spaces. … $30 a night with hookups plus a non-refundable registration fee of $7.50... (If changed or cancelled, A $5 fee will be charged). I believe it is $19/night without hookups.

To receive a refund, a 72-hour notice is required for any cancellations made to your reservation.

Check in time is 2 PM. Check out time is 12 noon.
On weekdays, the latest time you can enter the park is 9pm.
On weekends, the latest time you can check in is 10pm.


Ask for BASS campground. To reserve your space, phone (805) 649 1122......
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 3:00pm.

Please let me know if you make a reservation. You can post here or email me.

They only have one phone line - it's a problem... but the only way to reach them is to start dialing and when you get the busy signal, just hit redial, and keep redialing with no breaks - should take about 5 to 10 minutes and you will get their answer machine - hang on and someone will answer......

This will be a relaxed rally. No Potluck will be planned. Friday night, on arriving you will find a campfire where roasting hot dogs over the fire will be Friday nights dinner for anyone who would like to join in. Bring your own hot dogs, chips etc. Everyone will be on your own for dinner on Saturday. An appetizer to share before dinner and/or a dessert to share after dinner would be appreciated.

If you would like to set up something like: solar demonstration, free or for sale camp items, Dutch Oven cooking, games, etc. Please feel free to do so – I’m open to any ideas you have.

(Lake Casitas is in Southern California between Ventura and Ojai)…

From the north: Take the 101 Freeway to Highway 150 East in Carpinteria.
Continue on 150 to Lake Casitas.

From the south: Take the 33 Freeway North to Highway 150. Turn left on Highway 150 and continue to Lake Casitas. The course is on the right after Bryant Road

For more information, please see the Lake Casitas website..
http://www.lakecasitas.info/

Lake Casitas Recreation Area
11311 Santa Ana Road
Ventura, CA 93001
805-649-2233 General Information
805-649-1122 Reservations

Hi Carol,

You may now make Lake Casitas reservations online (For a nominal fee.. ain't it always the case?)

Clicky here for info and online reservation form.

At least they have stepped into the 90s.. nice if they stepped into this century tho

If you are adamant about certain sites or finding out specifically what is available if they don't have your request, you will still have to do it the old fashioned way, I guess.

Thanks Gina.. that's good to know.

Also, when you make a phone call to them they send the confirmation by email (use to be by snail mail)... I guess they are finally catching up.

By the way, it might just have been the time I phoned, (2:30 pm) but I only had to hold for about a minute and I made the reservation for our space and was done. Quick service this time.

I too got right in to make our reservations.

Lori and I are in B-49.
Thursday - Sunday (23rd-26th)

You will be our neighbors again. Fantastic.

Robert & I have reservations for space B54, Friday arrival, Sunday departure.

Nice space Fred. We look forward to seeing you at Lake Casitas.

I made reservations from my cell phone in the car on the way home from the Lake San Antonio rally. The phone went dead just as the clerk was giving me a confermation number. I figured it was okay and I thougt we had reserved #47. Got to thinking about it when we got home and called and found that because of not receiving the conform #, My reservation didn't go through! WHAT A BUMMER!

So, to get a sight big enough for the evening campfires, etc., had to take #57! If there is some one out there that would like to trade sights so we could be in 47 or 48, those sites are more centrally located and would be nicer for the evening camp fires. Or, would you mind if we just had the evening fires there anyway!?

Looking forward to another wonderful get-to-gether at Lake Casitas!

As of today (7/20) we have 23 signed up and spaces from 40 to 61 are all reserved.

I don't know the spaces that are still available, but spaces 3, 8, 11, and 20 are pull thru's. The rest are all back-ins.

Here's the list so far:

14 Nancy and Ollie Wright
15 Bob and Jackie
16 Concetta and Art
22 Joan and Doug
30 Anita and John
39 Al and Jeannie
40 Bill and Gisela
41 Jeanne and Paul
42 Bob and Cleette
43 Bonnie and Taoward
44 Chris and Ken
45 Esther and Jim
46 Dave and Elizabeth
47 Mike and Shari
49 Mike and Lori
50 Jim and Carol
53 Gil and Sandy
55 Chuck
54 Fred and Robert
57 Maggi and Wes
58 Jim and Carolyn
59 Carol
60 Chris and Clete

Please let me know your space number by email or post here when you make your reservation.

Jim and Carolyn will be in B-58 on the nights of October 24, 25 and 26.
Jim

Hello Jim and Carolyn

Thanks for signing up .. we're looking forward to seeing you both again.

Gisela and I made our reservation last week (5/22), site B40, Thursday - Sunday (23rd-26th). Your list already has B40 on it, hmmmm.


Bill

Sorry about that Bill and Gisela.. Space B40 is definitely yours (my error in posting)

Carol

Made reservations for space 41 (again) for Friday and Saturday. Looking forward to this rally! Jeanne

Hi Jeanne and Paul

I was hoping you would come again. See you soon.

Al and Jeannie Ashby are confirmed for site #39 for the weekend.

Thanks Lori for letting us know about the Ashbys.

how far is Lake Casitas from Riverside...my wife cant get off until 6 or so I was thinking about comming up fri night

Hi James

I found this on Mapquest. If you live in Riverside County.. (there were 3 choices of Riverside).
Of course I don't have you exact address- try using mapquest with your address ..

I used Ojai which is just 6 miles from Lake Casitas. ( 10 minute drive)

Riverside to Ojai
Estimated Time: 2.0 hours 31 minutes
Estimated Distance: 140.58 miles

Important Info
There are others coming up Friday night - Lake Casitas does lock the entrance gate at night - I believe they lock it at 9:00 - You can ask when you make a reservation ...

(Last year we were able to have them keep the gate open for a little longer while they did their paperwork- can't guarantee this will happen again but we will try)

I hope you are coming and please let me know by email or post here.

Hope to see you in October.

During past Oregon Gathering Rallies, I had hosted a Saturday Seminar titled "Avoiding Disasters for Newbies". Carol asked me if I might do that at Lake Casitas, and I agreed to do it.

This year in Oregon, I have decided to shift focus. I talked my company's General Manager into allowing me to bring two wheel weighing scales. I will arrive in Oregon a day early, so that I can set up a "Pit-Crew" site and axle weigh trailers and tow vehicles before people go to their campsites.
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As I won't be able to come early to Lake Casitas, I won't be able do it the same way there. But, I could bring the scales to you at your campsite on Saturday IF you don't mind the hassle of hitching up for a short time to get weighed.

Shall I stick with The "Disaster Avoidance" Seminar or bring my Scales?

As a Newbie I think BOTH of them are great ideas!

Sorry to be so wishy washy, but I just found out we'll have the time off to come to the Lake Casitas Rally, and of course we have no idea how much our trailer weighs fully loaded (hitching it up would be a minor inconvenience) and I have no idea what disasters might befall us (maybe it's better that way if I want to go on believing that our new Bigfoot and I will live "Happily Ever After"?) Naw-I think we subscribe to the 7 "P's"-"prior proper planning prevents Pss poor performance" -so bring it on!

Thanks for doing this for us-I for one really appreciate all of the effort you'll be making!! We hope we can bring some cocktails or home baked goodies or something else to show our appreciation!

Hi Toni

Have you made reservations at Lake Casitas yet? Please let me know your space number ..

We're happy to have you join us.

Thanks!

I finally managed to call while the reservations office was open. We'll be in space B-23.

Karen and I (wannabes) are planning to attend. We have reserved site B37. Will arrive on Friday afternoon. We had planned to attend last year, but had to cancel at the last minute.

I just reserved site B7 where we were last year. Looking forward to the rally!

Hi Lizbeth and Eric

Thanks for signing up again. We are having a good turnout - even with gas prices. 26 trailers so far.

Carol

Anyone who offers food and/or drink has my FULL attention!
Both is OK with me.
I will bring the scales with me. If only one person is willing to hitch up, it will still be worth it.

Fred, Count me in. I am hoping to get my Bigfoot weighed.

Hi Fred

So far I've had just a few responses... (I hope I didn't miss anyone)

Bob and Jackie ..... Weighing Casita

Lisa and Carol V. ..... Disaster Avoidance

Lake Casita October 23 to 27

As of today (7/21) we have 28 trailers.

I don't know if these spaces are reserved, but 3, 8, 11, and 20 are pull thru's.

Signed Up

7 Lizbeth and Eric
14 Nancy and Ollie
15 Bob and Jackie
16 Concetta and Art
20 John, Cathy, Madison and Ciara
21 Lisa and son Andrew
22 Joan and Doug
23 Toni, Rob and Lauren
30 Anita and John
37 Karen and Don
39 Al and Jeanne
40 Bill and Gisela
41 Jeanne and Paul
42 Bob and Cleette
43 Bonnie and Taoward
44 Chris and Ken
45 Esther and Jim
46 Dave and Elizabeth
47 Mike and Shari
49 Mike and Lori
50 Jim and Carol
53 Gil and Sandy
54 Fred and Robert
55 Chuck
57 Maggi and Wes
58 Jim and Carolyn
59 Carol
60 Chris and Clete

Hi Don and Karen

We look forward to seeing you this year. I hope you enjoy the rally. I have you down now for 2 nights in space B37.

Carol

Fred, we are still interested in weighing the Boler.

Alert the Oldtimers! Alert the Newbies! Alert the Highway Patrol!

Nancy, Ollie, Pearl the Casita, and Homer the Odyssey will be attending the Lake Casitas Rally!!!

We are registered at site 14 arriving Friday, departing Sunday, unless we can't bear to leave, then we'd stay till Monday.

Sorry we've been off the map--will fill you all in when we see you!

YEA! Good to have you.

PS Nancy: We have our spot at Park Sierra - http://www.parksierra.net/

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I just got up off the floor. What a fantastic surprise. We are really excited to see you - it's been a very long time. Space 14 is a nice pull through (if I'm remembering correctly). I'm surprised it was still available.

Thanks for joining us at Lake Casitas. You might want to stay Sunday night too. There's usually quite a few that stay until Monday.

Carol, Jim and Jerry (our camping cat)

UPDATE ON LAKE CASITAS RALLY ... BASS CAMPGROUND

Spaces still available .... checking in October 23 checking out October 27 are:

6, 17, 24 and 38.... After that, the campground will be completely filled.


Our rally has filled 29 spaces so far .... only 5 available sites left.

Lake Casita October 23 to 27, 2008

As of today (8/28) we have 32 trailers and 1 Wannabee. (33 spaces reserved).

Signed Up

7 Lizbeth and Eric
12 Tom and Sharon
14 Nancy and Ollie
15 Bob and Jackie
16 Concetta and Art
17 Philip and Helen
20 John, Cathy, Madison and Ciara
21 Lisa and son Andrew
22 Joan and Doug
23 Toni, Rob and Lauren
30 Anita and John
35 Harvey and Gwen
37 Karen and Don
39 Al and Jeanne
40 Bill and Gisela
41 Jeanne and Paul
42 Bob and Cleette
43 Bonnie and Taoward
44 Chris and Ken
45 Esther and Jim
46 Dave and Elizabeth
47 Mike and Shari
48 Gary and Joyce
49 Mike and Lori
50 Jim and Carol
53 Gil and Sandy
54 Fred and Robert
55 Chuck
56 Ted and Priscilla
57 Maggi and Wes
58 Jim and Carolyn
59 Carol
60 Chris and Clete

We still remember the night that Nancy was our first caller, our Casita was brand new on its first trip, camped in the redwoods just down the road from Nancy and Ollie's home. Who could be knocking on our door?
Sorry we probably won't be at Lake Casitas this year, although we hope to be in Idyllwild by that time.

Just bringing this up-to-date.

32 spaces now reserved for the rally.

If you have made a reservation and you are not listed above, please email or post your name and space.

I will be bringing the Wheelweighers and will be happy to weigh anyone at their site. You must hitch up the trailer and pull it up onto the scales. This will only move it forward a foot or so. Then you back it off the scales into your original position. Then we can weigh the tongue.

Thanks for bringing all of your equipment to the rally.

Count us in Fred.. We want our Casita weighed, fully loaded .

Carol and Jim

Anyone interested in an ICE CREAM SOCIAL at the rally?

We are planning on having it at 1:30 on Saturday and we need volunteers to set tables up, and to help dish up the ice cream, as each person describes his desired treat to you.

Also and most important ... WE NEED ICE CREAM - 1/2 gallons of ice cream, probably vanilla would be best - we need sauces, and toppings ... maybe cans of crushed pineapple, strawberries (cleaned and cut), bananas, etc. Cans of Whipped cream too.

A few people could bring cookies or brownies - Yum.

We should have about 70 people or so, we need to have plenty to go around.

If you know what you would like to bring, please email me.... I'll try to watch so we don't have more sauces than we need, and not enough ice cream etc.

We will have bowls, spoons, napkins, for everyone.

How does this sound to all of you? . We are hoping everyone will participate... :clap:

(Please let me know ASAP - I have two out of state trips planned and will be gone from Sept 8-27, and again Oct 10-20. I am trying my best to get the rally in great shape before I leave for my trip).

Thanks to all, and we look forward to seeing that you all have a great time at the rally.

Carol and Jim

We're unable to make the trip this year. Space 21 will be available Friday and Saturday nights. Would anyone like it before I cancel it? Please PM me. Thanks!

CarolJim,

Add us to the list! With Esther and Jim's (B45) help, I was able to coordinate a reservation. They cancelled, and I called just after to get the spot. woo hoo!

Cliff and Vanessa

Hi, Do you still have your space available? If so, I would like to purchase it from you.

Yes, still available. If you'll PM me we can make arrangements. Thanks!

Hi! Newbie here! Hoping to get our egg ready to attend the Lake Casitas Rally but there aren't any sites left in the Bass Area. Anyone have to cancel or ???? We did find hookup sites across the way at Egret. Doesn't look too far from Bass but not sure. Thanks for any info. Eve

Hi! Hoping to get our rig ready to attend the Lake Casitas Rally but there aren't any sites left in the Bass Area. Anyone have to cancel or ???? We did find hookup sites across the way at Egret. Doesn't look too far from Bass but not sure. Thanks for any info. Eve

Hi Cliff, I did send her a PM today & waiting for reply. I believe Carol and Jim are on the road, at least that's what I read. Thanks for your reply.

Oh good Eve, you saw my post about the Lake Casitas Rally, I know you wanted a beach Rally. But I think you will enjoy this rally as well. I sure wish I could go, I will be in Ojai a couple weeks before for my class reunion and visit, But can't stay long enough to catch the rally. Have a great time! It's been years since I have camped at the Lake, but I think you would be ok in the other loop if you can't get a site with the others. Enjoy! Robin