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JIBE 2017 Countdown!

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TEDWESLEY - 5-5-2017 at 05:36 AM

Count Holly and I and $20 in your calculations

acampbell - 5-5-2017 at 06:49 AM

Quote: Originally posted by 3shot  
Man it's almost time!! We should be rolling into Jekyll sometime around 3-4pm Sunday afternoon. Can't wait to see y'all again, and meet the new faces as well.


Right on! Today I roll the car into to Cat Cave and made the full transformation to JIBE configuration: Buggy/ bike rack, tools, tent, cooler, permits... Oh, and a kite or two.

Tomorrow we move into the Gritz Carlton and become Jekyll Island residents for the week...

D Cheek - 5-5-2017 at 06:28 PM

All right, the brunch is a go! Please let us know about how many to plan for, please.

Angus says "Wednesday is usually a peak attendance day and the tide is late enough that time of the late morning the beach will not be a distraction."

We'll try to get at the park early enough to glom the picnic pavilion we've used in the past.

Should be a great time for all. Bring the wife's, kids, dogs & cats we'll feed them all. This will also give us a Kodak moment for group pictures. Also have your buggys there for the shots.

We really want to make this a better kite buggy event that you just happen to bring your family along and not the opposite. Let's keep JIBE alive for 50+ years or more!:D

soliver - 5-5-2017 at 09:49 PM

Thanks Davis for taking over the big meal, this brunch sounds like it'll be fun!... I'll be there at brunch with my gaggle... wifey and all 4 girls!

Spent much of today loading up both cars, leaving Marietta 1st thing in the morning and should be there around lunch hopefully or shortly after! 2 cars, 2 buggies, 4 bikes, 1 stroller, lotsa clothes and some kites.

Right now it's 1/2 after midnight and I'm sitting in my 3 yr old's room trying to get her back to sleep... hopefully I get some sleep myself..... coffee will be a necessity!

See some of you Saturday, and others of you later!

3shot - 6-5-2017 at 06:09 AM

Count us in too Davis. Me, wifey, and two little girlies. We'll chip in the penny jar as well.

acampbell - 6-5-2017 at 12:20 PM

Well we completed the tretchorous 12 mile trip from home to the Gritz Carlton on Jekyll. On the way we ran into - or next to - Errol and Anna, on their way to JI from Chicago. They must have come east on rt 82 in order to see us where they did. They made the trip straight through in 15 hours. We both checked in at the same time with our respective realtors in the Beach Village on Jekyll to get our house keys.

Weather is severe clear and a cool 70 F, but with winds from NW at 3 -21, which are remnants of the front that just passed through from the west. The front brought much needed rain last week but not enough to dowse the huge Okeefenokee swamp fire just to the west of us. Temps are supposed to climb to the high 80's in the next day or two and we expect to sniff a good sea breeze soon.

Ted and Holly McKibben from Maine have been in town for a week and we had a nice dinner with them earlier this week.

We ate at the new Zachry's River House, located at the marina near the bridge over the intacoastal waterway. This is the site that used to be Sea Jays, and manager DJ Zachry has done a great job expanding the kitchen, the bar and updated the dining areas. The menu and food is great but I miss the steaks I enjoy at their mainland restaurant (Zachry's Seafood and Steak). JIBE historians may recall that Zachry's got their start as a family run eatery on Jekyll before the building they were in was torn down for the new convention center and Beach Village shops.

Tonight Joan has a Board of Directors dinner for the Coastal Animal Rescue Society right here on Jekyll at Tortuga Jacks Baja Mexican. For JIBE newcomers, it's the restaurant that overlooks the sandbar area on the beach that serves as the staging are for JIBE. If anyone is out there tonight, swing by and say hi; we'll be at the large table of 15 +.

As this "JIBE countdown" thread has just about successfully counted down to the 2017 edition, I'll start a new thread tomorrow as we get ready to open up the week. I'll actually be missing for the first few hours on Monday afternoon, but I'll leave word how to find Joan and the dogs and the "JIBE-in-a-box-kit" with necessary waivers and such.

See you on the beach soon!

3shot - 6-5-2017 at 03:42 PM



4am departure!!!

soliver - 6-5-2017 at 08:34 PM

LOOKIN GOOD JASON!!!

We are here gang!!!! Got here about 3:30 after a Walmart grocery shopping layover.

Spent the afternoon getting the house in order and beds made... then a quick walk down to the beach behind the holiday inn and back home to get the girls cleaned up and in bed. Spent a fair amount of the evening getting my gear all tuned up and boy am I stoked!

We'll be down to the beach tomorrow,.... I never tried riding on the weekend, how are Sundays?... too busy for riding?

We may not bother with kiting much tomorrow anyhow... my 8 yo is turning 9 tomorrow so we will be doing what she wants.

Angus will you have any waivers printed and with you? I'd like to sign my daughter as a guest pilot like Rich mentioned somewhere else... she is claiming she wants to learn to ride.

acampbell - 7-5-2017 at 05:21 AM

Quote: Originally posted by soliver  

We'll be down to the beach tomorrow,.... I never tried riding on the weekend, how are Sundays?... too busy for riding?

We may not bother with kiting much tomorrow anyhow... my 8 yo is turning 9 tomorrow so we will be doing what she wants.

Angus will you have any waivers printed and with you? I'd like to sign my daughter as a guest pilot like Rich mentioned somewhere else... she is claiming she wants to learn to ride.


Welcome Oliver clan! Happy birthday to the little girl!
We'll be exploring the beach today with various substandard canine units. It may be busy today with people. It has been observed that Jekyll has been a victim of its own success with growing traffic, but still nothing like St Simons. There is still a lot of space here.

Spencer I'll have the JIBE-in-a-box kit with me now in the car and on the beach anytime we plop a blanket or tent down. In the meantime I'll keep a JIBE-in-a-pocket kit with me at all times with waivers. Great to hear about the new young rider!

See y'all soon.

soliver - 7-5-2017 at 05:30 AM

Thanks Angus,... I am probably just going to get her started with Kite flying fundamentals on my 2 line trainer today, so no rush... I likely may not ride today in light of the mini person birthday.

acampbell - 7-5-2017 at 06:28 AM

I also have a 4-line sting 1.7 in my car if the time comes...

Morrie Williams - 8-5-2017 at 06:38 AM

Quote: Originally posted by acampbell  

Spencer I'll have the JIBE-in-a-box kit with me now in the car and on the beach anytime we plop a blanket or tent down. In the meantime I'll keep a JIBE-in-a-pocket kit with me at all times with waivers.


Hi Angus, what all do you have in your JIBE-in-a box kit?

acampbell - 8-5-2017 at 10:18 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Morrie Williams  

Hi Angus, what all do you have in your JIBE-in-a box kit?


Govt. permits. Insurance cert.
Blank and completed waivers
Supplies for making basic rider # signage
First aid kit for mammals
First aid kit for kites
Bug juice
Sunscreen

Morrie Williams - 8-5-2017 at 10:45 AM

Thanks Angus! Need anything from NAPKA?
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