The Fall clampout of Peter Lebeck Chapter #1866 of E Clampus Vitus at Camp Okihi near Bakersfield is now history. It was an enjoyable weekend of fun and friviolity (despite having one of my camp chairs stolen following last night's initiation ceremonies). It had been years since I last attended a Peter Lebeck clampout.
There were about 80 Clampers and 4 PBCs in attendance.
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| Above, the Kern River flows alongside of Camp Okihi. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The weather was nice and the clamp-site, Camp Okihi, was perfect. It was on the north shore of the Kern River.
Someone asked me if there are fish in the river and the answer is yes. I was with a Clamper who decided to try his luck at a little fishing and within five minutes after his casting his hook into the river, he caught himself a small bass. He tossed it back in. But the catch is recorded in a photo below.
Friday night was enjoyable with a Oktoberfest-themed dinner. Most everybody, including XSNGH Glenn Thornhill and myself, arrived on this day.
Saturday began with breakfast provided by the chaper's cook crew (with some food donations by the membership). Relaxation and the PBC interrogation took place with a hot dog lunch (by the chapter taking place at noon).
The evening events were the PBC initiation and raffle.
As I had mentioned, Camp Okihi was a perfect location for the clampout. It is rumored that Kern County is putting it up for sale. This would be unfortunate (besides being stupid) for future generations. The politicians are rumored to be saying that it is "too expensive" to keep up. Naturally, all they are interested in is the money from some greedy developer to blow on something dumb. The people of Kern County should try to get the politicians (if the rumor is true) to retain the camp.
Here are a bunch of photos from the clampout (since a picture is worth a thousand words):
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| Above, relaxation, conversation and adult beverages. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, The Beast. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, XSNGH Glenn Thornhill. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, the Peter Lebeck Chapter store. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, some of the goods for sale at the store. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, the Catch of the Day. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, the gathering for the PBC interrogation. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, XNGH Gary Julian and XSNGH Glenn Thornhill at the interrogation. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, enjoying some German beer. |
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| Above, the official chapter bar sign. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, one of the Friday night raffle items. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, yours truly at the interrogation. Photo by Glenn Thornhill. |
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| Above, the Saturday night dinner chow line. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, the Saturday night chow. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, the bar. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
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| Above, the area of Camp Okihi where our camp was located. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Glenn and I will be doing all this again in two weeks when Platrix Chapter #2 holds its Fall clampout in Tehachapi.
SATISFACTORY!
4 comments:
Sorry Brother,
I doubt anyone from our crew would have stolen your chair. You just have to make it to our next doin's to claim it.
MGM
It was folded and sitting at the benches during the initiation between XSNGH Glenn Thornhill and XNGH Gary Julian. Glenn was going to use it until he saw that we were sitting at the benches. It was purloined sometime during the raffle. - A.
A most satisfactory event. Good photos
There was a folding camp chair, that was loaded in the trailer on Sunday morning, it was the last item loaded in the trailer. It was found in the area of the bbq pit, behind the trailer.
Mark 'Scoop' Mutz
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