WYSIWYG, I know what you mean.

In fact the FSGW people who checked out alternative camps were particularly frustrated about not being able to provide a flatter, warmer camp until next year, once we realized how many new people were hoping to come this year.

Still, every year's Getaway will become the new "Big One Everyone Should Attend" if enough Mudcatters from distant areas decide to give it a try for the first time. So maybe if we're lucky, next year's Getaway will be "The Heated, Hill-Free, Accessible, Close-In Big One Everyone Should Attend" that shall be known forever after as "The First Year WYSIWYG Came to the Getaway." :-D

I'm in favor of bringing and flaunting one's Mmario shawls. (To ANY occasion where Mudcatters can meet.) But the big Mmario shawl celebration will surely include far more people than the folks who come to the Getaway!

Rita