The
4th International Teardrop Gathering is returning to Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska. This location is
equally accessible by enthusiasts from the east and west coasts.
Minden and the surrounding area has some great attractions, and Pioneer Village has suitable campgrounds with
plenty of space, and a most enthusiastic and cooperative
staff.
You need not have a teardrop trailer to attend this gathering, just a love, fascination or curiosity for teardrop trailers. It is open to all forms of campers. Car campers, tent campers, popup campers, motorcycle campers, travel trailers, housetucks, buses, motor homes. New, old, vintage, homebuilt, self built, manufactured. Drive in, bicycle in, fly in, walk in. You get the idea. All are welcome.
The main campground will be reserved for teardrop trailers first. It is after all, a teardrop gathering! Remaining space will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. The street just to the north of the campground and the primitive area across the street from the main campground will be available as well. Just FYI, your ITG host George, has camped in the primitive area for all of the previous ITG gatherings.
With this being said. Come on down! Grab a seat by the campfire and join us. We'd love to get to know you!
George
(PV) complex boasts three era-perfect motels,
providing about 85 available rooms. The Village Restaurant seats
350 people, serving "fine foods for fastidious folks at popular
prices." There is also a snack bar serving coffee, ice cream,
candy, soft drinks and sandwiches.
The street behind the campground will be reserved for the larger T@B trailers and the back street behind the Pioneer Village buildings is also available to us. Note: Bring sun shelters for this area as the afternoon sun can be quite intense! If you use "EZ-Up" type shelters, make provisions [sandbags/weight] to hold down your shelter as the street is concrete.
There will also be limited quantities of baseball caps, visors and aprons available during the gathering.
REGIONAL REPS
North America
Have a question?
Is there a caravan passing nearby?
Contact these nice folks:
NORTHWEST U.S
& WESTERN CANADA:
WEST U.S. & INTERNATIONAL:
SOUTHWEST U.S. & MEXICO:
ROCKY MOUNTAINS. U.S.:
UPPER MIDWEST U.S.& CENTRAL CANADA:
LOWER MIDWEST U.S.:
UPPER CENTRAL U.S.:
NORTHEAST U.S.& EASTERN CANADA:
EASTERN U.S.:
SOUTHEAST U.S.:
It's simple!
Download and print out a handful of these nifty tri-fold ITG4 Flyers.
ITG4 Flyer PDF or ITG4 Flyer Flip PDF
[Print them double sided at home or have them printed at your local copy shop]
Take them along to your favorite local event and pass them out.
Voila! You are a now a ** Teardrop Ambassador** !!
PDF ITG4 Pre-registration form link
4th ITG
give them your ITG Registration # No ITG Reg.# = NO PV RESERVATION -
reserve your camp space.
No Registration # = No motel discount rates.
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Updated: January 29, 20114th International Teardrop Gathering
Gathering of Teardroppers from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe,
and Australia
June 16-19, 2011
Pioneer Village - Minden, Nebraska
About Pioneer Village - Minden, Nebraska
"For thousands of years man lived quite simply. Then like a
sleeping giant our world was awakened. In a mere hundred and twenty
years...man progressed from open hearth, grease lamps and ox carts
to television, super sonic speed, and atomic power," said Harold
Warp, the founder of Pioneer Village - Minden, Nebraska, "We have endeavored to
show you the actual development of this astounding progress as it
unfolded..." And does it ever!
You can re-live America's Golden Yesterdays through the largest
private collection of Americana in existence. The Pioneer
Village complex includes 28 buildings on 20 acres housing over
50,000 irreplaceable items of historical value, re-stored to
operating order, arranged in groups and also in the chronological
order of their development.
There are 12 historic buildings around the circular "green".
There's a Frontier Fort, a real honest-to-goodness Pony Express
Station, an Iron Horse, and a home made of sod. Plus a general
store and a toy store, chock full of all the goods from yesteryear.
An original art collection including 25 Currier and Ives prints, 23
Jackson paintings, and the largest single collection of Rogers
statues.
You can ride a priceless steam carousel, see 17 historic flying
machines and marvel at 100 antique tractors. See a 1902 Cadillac
and a 1903 Ford, both designed by Henry Ford, plus 350 other
antique cars.
It's a relaxing trip into yesterday, a perfect companion to a
large gathering of teardrop trailers, themselves Americana
incarnate!
The $9.00 two-day admission for PV is good for all four days for ITG
participants!
Facilities
The Pioneer Village - Minden, Nebraska
The Campground
is a part of the Pioneer Village complex in Minden, Nebraska and
includes 50 compact developed sites,
each capable of snugly supporting two
teardrops. (Yes, we'll all know our neighbors
well by the time we leave!) If we double up, more people can enjoy
this lovely grassy, treed campground. (Sharing is
highly encouraged.)
All sites in the main campground have water and power. There are limited restrooms and
showers, so the Village is also opening several
motel rooms for restroom and shower
use only to ITG
participants. Additional portable toilets will be brought in.
Across the street from the main campground is the Primitive camping
area with several "community" water spigots available, limited electrical access, some trees, no designated sites, but
capable of supporting 50 or more
teardrops/trailers.
We have reserved the large meeting room under the motel on Friday and Saturday for potlucks, presentations, workshops, and other planned
activities. If you have any good ideas, or wish to run an activity,
contact George.
Minden, Nebraska
is a small Midwestern
town - a quiet, lovely place - that can truly evoke
memories of times past. These folks understand "Teardrop Time"! The Pioneer Village complex lies
within the Minden city limits, and therefore NO OPEN FIRES will be allowed at
any time for any reason. Barbecues are okay, as are Dutch Ovens, as long as a fire pan is used
to contain the charcoal
briquettes.
For those people who really like to sit around a camp fire in the evening, even when it's not cold... You Can! Just make sure to bring a fully enclosed patio fire pit something like this:
This event is being PLANNED AROUND
an EARLY PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE.
There are only 50 (100 if everyone
doubles up) camp sites in the Main
Campground. PV will reserve a half or whole space in
your name.
When the main Campground is full, PV
will reserve spaces in the Primitive
Area (limited electricity). You will
choose your space as you arrive (i.e. first-come,
first-served).
If you can't register by May 31, but think you'll probably be
attending, call us at 1-308-832-2211 before June 7. It's important
that we have as accurate a count of attendees as possible by that
date, to help George with his preparations. Late registrations will
begin at the event in Minden on June 16th.
ITG Event T-Shirts, Ball Caps, Visors and Aprons
The T-shirts are stylish ash-colored short-sleeved Henleys with a
full-color logo on the back and a one-color logo on the left front.
Pre-order all shirts with your
Pre-Registration. A very few T-shirts of various sizes
will be available at the event for late registrants. You'd better
grab 'em fast, while they last.
Regional TD Tours to ITG!
Several ITG teardrop tours/caravans are already being
planned. Contact your Regional Rep for the
closest one to your area. Some will be fast-paced and some will be
slow-paced, but they all will be a blast! Nothing compares to
traveling with a group of teardroppers!
Regional Representatives
Regional representatives have volunteered to field questions and
help you locate tours, so please make good use of them. This way we
can let George concentrate on organizing the event itself!
Kelsey Farrell, 509 947-9069
dzlboater@charter.net
WA, OR, ID, MT, AK, Western Canada
Grant Whipp, 530-242-6452
info@teardrops.net
No CA, NV, UT, HI
Gage Enoch, 661-285-6781
gage100@sbcglobal.net
So CA, AZ, Mexico
Pam Wright, 720-227-8945
pamela.wright68@yahoo.co
CO, NM, WY, ND, SD, NE
Betsey Edevold, 608-374-2408
betseyede@yahoo.com
WI, MN, IA, Central Canada
Darrel Swenson, 402-330-3010
teardrop148@cox.net
KS, MO, OK, AR, TX, LA
Kurt Schlesselman, 765-661-2779
mustang@indy.rr.com
MI, IN, OH, IL, KY
Bob Frank, 201-767-8549 (eve)
201 768-1613 (day)
Bpfrank@aol.com
ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, Eastern Canada
Bill McNeely, 304-855-7610
lovebugtab@yahoo.com
PA, NY, NJ, MD, DE, VA, WV
Pam Wright, 720-227-8945
pamela.wright68@yahoo.com
TN, NC,SC,GA,AL,MS,FL
Would you like to be like to be an International Teardrop Gathering Ambassador?
ITG INFO IN A NUTSHELL:
by method of your choice (phone, e-mail, snail-mail)
YOU HAVE FIRST REGISTERED AND HAVE YOUR ITG
REGISTRATION #
(let them know if you want to
share a space with a buddy)
After 05/31/11, you can't do anything until you arrive in Minden. Registration during the event starts Thursday morning 6/16/11. Go right to the ITG Registration in room #119 on Colorado Avenue. Pay the Late
Registration fee of $25, get your ITG Reg. #, then go to the PV
office to Reserve your camp space.
WEATHER - They say, "expect it to be hot!