Metro Atlanta Winnies

Updated February 25, 2011

You are visitor

Metro Atlanta Winnies

Winnebago-Itasca Travelers

Continued on Page 2!

Website

Please e-mail me with any comments or suggestions for this website. You can send information or pictures to me at

Thanks, Fred Tomsett

Check out this new link!

New Format... Special announcements
and outing information
will appear ahead of
The newsletter and minutes!

2011
WEB SITE CONTEST
LOCAL CHAPTER
3RD PLACE

2n VP: Milt Burtch

770 777 5964 pgburtch@aol.com

Treasurer: Linda Tomsett

770 438 1921 tomcatt1@bellsouth.net

Secretary: Kris Polock-Yontz

770 319 8474 kris060pollock@gmail.com

President: John Cowan

770 565 0800 jonccowan11@gmail.com

1st VP: Ken Seifert

770 7227372 judyvs@bellsouth.net

Text Box: GWR May 18-20, 2012 State Meeting Outing Hosted by Gone with the Winnies. Notify JoAn Blankenship 770 489 1385 hublank@bellsouth.net Location: River Bend RV park, Hiawassee, GA

Text Box: Metro Atlanta Winnies Outing “A Miniature Railroad Adventure” June 15, 16, 17, 2012 Sweet Water Creek Campground Canton, Georgia Sweet Water Creek Campground is an Army Corp campground. That means that if you have a Golden Age Passport card or America the Beautiful Passport card, the camping fee is 50% off. Make your reservations early as this is a popular park for boaters and campers during the summer months. Contact the Corps reservation line at 877-444-6777. Try to book a site within numbers 106 to 117. There is a map on their website, www.recreation.gov. The campground is located 7 miles southwest of Canton, Georgia on GA 20. Travel south or west from Canton on GA 20, just past mile marker 6, turn left onto Fields Chapel Rd. Proceed 1.3 miles to the campground. Follow the signs to Sweet Water Creek Campground. GA 20 can also be accessed from I-75. Right turn onto Fields Chapel Rd. Friday night will be a free night to grill whatever you like. Saturday breakfast on your own. At 10:30 we will leave for the Canton, St. Paul & Pacific Railway located just east of downtown Canton. Drive East on GA 20 to Main Street. Turn right onto Main Street, pass through downtown Canton. Turn left onto N. Cristler Street. The road will turn to gravel. Go past the grave yard and turn left down the steep driveway and park. Lunch will be served at the railroad dining area. Trains will run before and after lunch. We will return to Sweet Water around 3:30 or 4 o’clock. Saturday night dinner will be at Williamson BBQ located on GA 20 near Canton. Depart Sweet Water at 5:00 PM. Sunday breakfast is on your own. Please advise your host, Dan & Margie Rankin, 678-772-9524 or dc.rankin@gmail.com that you plan to attend and the site number you have booked. For more information on the railroad, click on Fred and Dan’s railroad adventure found on the Georgia Winnie Rebel website or at www.csppry.org. Dan