Devil's Hopyard CT Meet
 

Alright let's do this!!!

When: ???

Where: Devil's Hopyard State park in East Haddam CT

Info/Directions:http://www.ct.gov/dEP/cwp/view.asp?a...188#facilities

Park Map: http://ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/stateparks...ilshopyard.pdf

I will get out to the park and scope out a good spot for wiffle ball and what not and see the condition of park grills to see if we need to bring our own. I also have a washer toss game I can bring out (please aim washers at appropriate target). Beer is authorized in this park but it'll be BYOB.

This should be a good time everyone so plan on coming out eating and chasing pizza with a plastic bat.

EDIT:
Some useful info

Park address:
366 Hopyard Road
East Haddam, CT 06423
It's roughly 2 hours from the greater Boston area depending on where you are.

Camping info:
Devil's Hopyard Campground is open for the season from April 16 through September 30 (daily).
366 Hopyard Road, East Haddam
21 wooded sites near scenic waterfall. Stream fishing, no swimming. No pets. Reservations accepted April 20 through Labor Day.
$14/night/campsite for CT residents. There is a Processing Fee for reservations.
$24/night/campsite for non-CT residents. There is a Processing Fee for reservations.
Campsite Reservations
Office (860) 526-2336
Campground Map: (PDF)

I'm down if it's the 19th...

i say 19th and camp over till the 20th!!!!

Sorry but I cant do the 19th. Have my friends wedding to go to that day.

Sounds good.

There is a charge to use the campgrounds. Before you guys complain about that look at it this way. No charge=no toilets in state park.
I'd rather be able to go without having to wipe with a pine cone.

:qft:!!!!

I have no idea what that smiley sign means pizza. I'm computarded remember

i love the washer toss game!!! i have played like three different versions and suck at all of them cuz i have zero hand eye coridination but still fun

I actually picked the thing up for this group. It was on a clearance rack and I figured this would be a good home for it.

nothing ever happens near my area....i gotta move, i love playing some wiff!!!

Hell yeah!!! WIFFLE BALL FOR THE WIN!!!! we have a meet coming up for a wiffle ball tourny need to fine tune the meet itself. BUT maybe we can do it at this place Feather????!!!

sweet name....im scared hahahahaha

It means Quoted For Truth


I've actually been to this place years ago, I don't remember it that well but I think it was pretty nice there. There is a castle not too far from there actually, I was down there seeing the castle at the time.

Gillette castle Alex? It's a nice place.

Pizza I think I'll chip in on some cheapo base bags if you want. It'll be a little easier to do a tourney in a large park that way.

Here is the story behind the name Devil's Hopyard:

At some time prior to 1800, there was a malt house near a small tributary of the Eightmile River called Malt House Brook, on George Griffin’s farm. Although the malt house was abandoned prior to 1814, during the period of its operation, Griffin grew hops in a small clearing—the "hopyard" -- beside the road running through the area now called Devil's Hopyard. But the Devil's presence in this hopyard is not so easily explained. The “devil” part focuses on the potholes near the falls, which are some of the finest examples of pothole stone formations in this section of the United States. Perfectly cylindrical, they range from inches to several feet in diameter and depth. These potholes were formed by stones moved downstream by the current and trapped in an eddy where the stone was spun around and around, wearing a depression in the rock. When the rock wore itself down, another would catch in the same hole and enlarge it. We know this now, but to the early settlers the potholes were a great mystery that they tried to explain with references to the supernatural. They thought that the Devil had passed by the falls, accidentally getting his tail wet. This made him so mad he burned holes in the stones with his hooves as he bounded away.

wiffle ball doesnt include base running. haha well atleast the way i play. this way you dont have to have like 5 guys per team you can just do doubles or triples and you assume base runners per hit distance.


3000th post FYI!

Well soooooooooooooooooorry :)

thats an interesting story...NOT! lol i was hoping for some scary shit! lol

Mark, did you forget about that serial rapist/axe murderer from that area that was never caught?

He's probably down in FL now. For some reason that's where this countries serial killers end up. Still trying to figure that one out.

for real??? lol

Bwahahahahaha noooooo... :haha: Just fuckin with ya

I wasn't ;)

damn i got all excited lol

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this will be ironed out and planned for around 2 weeks after track day. i want to get the big meets about 2 weeks apart. all the side stuff is whatever. what do you think?

26/27th Will work We step any further out and we hit 4th of July and I wont be able to make it.

yeah 4th of july week is BADDDDD no go for me. so thats exactly what i was thinking!

OP edited for new date.

Damn it, I have my niece's 2nd B-day party on the 26th!!!

I'm down!!! if I don't have to work...

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Ok, so since the track day that was rained out has been re-scheduled for the 27th and the next weekend is fourth of July weekend lets see if we can make this happen the weekend of the 10th/11th. How does that sound to everyone?

I have duty the 11th (if I'm not in 12hr shift work that weekend).

id say 10/11th is PERFECT and just what i was thinking!!!

Even if Mark can't make it? The meet was his idea after all...

At minimum I'll make an appearance. If I can the whole meet.

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OP updated with more details and new date for this meet. Of course anyone is welcome to come for all or part of the meet as they wish, camping overnight will be optional, so if some people just want to come and hang out Saturday afternoon/evening that's fine too.

how many people are going to go? was thinking of going to the track but I forgot about this...

I'm still up for this.

I plan on going Saturday, not sure if I will camp out or not.

Im ALMOST a deffinate!

I cant go that weekend. Ive got a family event to attend.