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    Posted: 23 Oct 2012 at 2:19am
Trying to get a feel of how many people would be interested in a Camping Trip to French Creek State Park outside Reading Pa.  Last year 3 Pods joined up and had a great time.  I'm looking at January 11-13, 2013 as a possible date. 
 
Edit - 10/23/12 9:53 PM - if this date is not good we can be flexible to other dates.  I pulled this one out of the air.

Edit 10/26/12 10:22 PM - Putting the date of Jan 25-27 out there to see if that would be better
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Would love to, but it's a bit too far for us to do from Charlotte in the middle of winter!
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I'll probably do it again. 
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its about the same weekend again.  trying to find some wineries up in berks county we could go visit. 
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I was hoping we could join you and meet some other podders but I have a class that weekend.  There is a winery just down the road from French Creek, J Maki Winery at French Creek Ridge Vineyard.  I was there a few years back and it was very nice.  

We are about an hour from French Creek so we may take a drive to say hello after my class is over.
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wildflowerz - is there a better date for you?  That is just a date i threw out in the air .. You just purchased from Stoltzfus correct?  What part of PA are you?  Im in Berks County Outside of Reading
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We'd be game for it! We really like the park. (And the company!)

We went to the J Maki winery last year, remember Peter--very pleasant, but very pricey!
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Don't change the weekend because of us, my husband is apprehensive about winterizing, de-winterizing, camping in the cold, and winterizing again. This is our first RV and everything is so new to us.    

We live in Montgomery county near Lansdale so we will definitely stop by when you all are there.
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wildflowerz - you do not need to de-winterize the unit. Camping at that time we keep them winterized and use the HEATED Restrooms that French Creek has.  As much as I hate to say it we also use as many paper products to keep clean up easy and for the pots and pans we (meaning my wife) used I put in the back of the truck to wash at home.  As far as heating the Pods once they are heated up they tend to keep the heat in.  Just make sure your propane bottle is full (last year mine went empty early Saturday morning - shame on me as I have 2 20 lbs on the camper) or you will have electric so you can use an electric heater also.  We carry bottled water to drink and also a 5 gallon jug for any washing that we may want to do but can also get water in the restrooms. 
 
Just throwing it out there..
 
 
Know Lansdale some as I grew up in Abington/Willow Grove area but moved to Berks 20 Years now.
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Posts: 3990 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Oct 2012 at 2:17pm
There is close by in Berks
 
Manatawny Creek Winery - http://www.manatawnycreekwinery.com/ have not been there yet but from there site "We have a tasting room in the winery that is open to the public every day where we provide complimentary tastings of our wines. The wide variety of wine styles ensures everyone will find a wine to suit his or her taste. We hope you will come visit us!"
 
Depending on how far people want to drive in the  Kutztown area there are 4 and also an interesting Micro Brew Place. 
 
Berks County also has the Berks County Wine Trail http://www.berkscountywinetrail.com/
 
 
 
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