Latest Updates as of Sep 8, 2011:

Welcome to the 2012 Spring TearUp, celebrating our 8th year at Fish Creek Pond State Park June 7-10, 2012 !

Wow! Well we have just barely wound down from the 2011 TearUp, and already we are making notes, and planning for next years event.

Final attendance count for the 2011 TearUp was 54 campsites, and 112 happy campers! Visit the 2011 Participants List for the list of 2011 campers. I've added thumbnails images for some who were missing one which should be useful to remember who was who!

For those somewhat new to the TearUp, I suggest downloading the TearUp Campers Guide.

Thursday night Campfire

Kate and I will be hosted a campfire on our site (235) on Thursday just after dark to welcome all the campers.

Saturday Night Wine and Cheese

The last few years the wine and cheese on Saturday night were a HUGE success, and this year was no exception! To top it off the 120 or so campers in attendance ALL knew what Bryan was up to, except Amber! Lots of fun and excitement as Bryan proposed during the steal-a-gift-game.

Check out the TearUp 2011 movie and slideshow for all the action that night!

Supporting the Local Food Bank

Ed and Becky came up with this brilliant idea to give back to the community, and it was a huge success the last three years! This year I believe was the largest amount of food collect for the Food Drive. We were all sorry to hear Becky wasn't able to make it this year. John and Clare filled in however, and setup camp by the side of the road for collection on Saturday morning. I am sure we'll be running the food drive again in 2012 !

There are typically other impromptu get togethers including kayaking, campfires, guitar playing etc.

More About the TearUp

Visit the TearUp Campers Forum to review the TearUp 2012 discussions, connect with the group, offer suggestions or ask questions about the TearUp.

NOTE: Campers will soon be asked to reserve their campsite with Reserve America, as in the past, and then register for the TearUp itself as a member on the Camers Forum. This will greatly reduced the registration process with so many people attending. I'll have the TearUp the ADK website setup for this sometime in the fall. I'll let you know when everything is ready.

Not familiar with the area or Fish Creek? Visit our consumate guide to Fish Creek Pond for tons of info, the campsite guide with complete details and multiple photos of each campsite, hundreds of photos and loads of videos. You can even ask Ranger Jill anything you like. She'll be sure to help.

Remember EVERYONE IS WELCOME! You don't have to own a teardrop trailer to join this fun campout! Come one, come all!

Cheers

Dave