The 2017 Waite family reunion - Sept. 29th and 30th 2017

This year we had annual Waite family reunion in a different location than we have had many years in the past. For many years, we have held the annual reunion at Tower Park in Lodi California. That location had been selected because it was centrally located between the sierra foothills and the bay area.

Because of changes that have been enacted at Tower Park, we tried a location in Pine Grove in the Sierra foothills. This years location was at Gold Country RV park and campground. The park has had a checkered history. In the early 2000's the park was overrun by full time residents and was poorly maintained. The park was then bought and turned into a Jelly stone park. The Jelly Stone park name only lasted a couple years and the park went into bankruptcy and soon fell into disrepair again.  The park was bought by a new owner and it is obvious that they are putting in work into the infrastructure to the park and trying to turn it around. 

 Prior to the family reunion, a number of family members went on an Alaska cruise. Though many enjoyed the cruise, most of those who went on that trip came home sick with a really bad cold or flu. The family reunion had a good turn out this year despite the change in location. Sandy and Bill Ealy who normally head up the event, attended the event, but were both under the weather because of the flu bug. So, most of the games did not place as they have in the past. The Horseshoe tournament did however take place as always. The winning team being Russell Gallette and Kevin McCann.

There was another pot luck on Saturday night as always, and it was well attended and the food was delicious as always. 

One of the concerns about the park here in Pine Grove was the fact that the cabins and motel rooms were pretty run down. The park has said that they will be doing a lot of repairs to the Cabins over the fall and winter. One of the attractive aspects of this park is the fact that they allow dogs in the cabins, but it remains to be seen if we will be allowed to have dogs in the cabins after the remodel is complete.

Safe Travels all! 

Eric and Carol Anderson