I hope to attend and see everyone just depends on health but I really want to come as I need it and after this year of camping my van is going up for sale my phone number is 805 550 2375 and hope to be there this year 

I don't do Face book  just email or text 

I can't wait for the fondue party! 

Hey all - I am trying my best to be there for at least part of this weekend. I just did a big move and have been pulling a lot of overtime at my job. Unfortunately, I will not have magnets this year unless some amazing graphic artist shows up and orders them in the next week. Hope to at least spend two nights with all my favorite people! ❤️

Hello friends,

Is there anybody who wants to share a spot? For a quicker response, here's my cell. Please text me at 707.704.9744.

Thank you~

Diana Harvey

Laura May - hope to see you. 

Jeff G - Oh yeah, absolutely looking forward to fondue. 

Diana - It's rare that there is someone who doesn't share a site!  My daughter & I will have 2 people, 2 cars (Eurovan & an Element), and a dog, hopefully in one of the electric sites so I can run my ice maker.  ;-)   Last time (2023) we had a huge space.  If it's the same this time you're welcome to join us.  

OMG, I wrote the wrong date on my calendar. I thought the date was Memorial Weekend, not May 15-18! I'm so bummed. I had a commitment on the 16th and 17th. I'm so sorry to miss this event!!!:(

I'm bringing a lot of packaged bread rolls from a local bakery to give away.  Like 25+ packages of 12-15 rolls.  Please take this bread from me.  

Will also host morning breakfast shots Friday because it's my BD and my 10 year vanniversary with Beulah.  

Well, the streak is over. So far, I have attended every Bus City, but I'll have to mis this year because my wife needs fairly constant attention due to some medical stuff she's going through. I don't feel good about being this far away from home. But as I told Jane, it would be nice for you to raise a glass of whatever and let me be there in spirit(s). 

We need pics or it didn’t happen.

Themz da rulz

Picture are on the FB Golden Gate Chapter, CA - Vintage Volkswagen Club of America https://www.facebook.com/groups/bayareavwclub

Nice pics.  Thanks for sharing.  Did anyone get a headcount, er I mean a Bus count ?

someone indicated about 70, about 1/3 splities, 1/3 Bay and the rest later models.

Thank you to all who have attended Bus City for the last 16 years. 

While I have tried to keep this event going after it was passed on by two previous hosts, one being the creator of this event, it is no longer viable at the location we have been at. I have become aware that Schoolhouse Canyon Campground is no longer interested in hosting a smaller event. 

I, as are many others grateful for Schoolhouse hosting us for so many years, I am now looking to find a campground that is suitable for our needs. We can no longer meet their requirements for more campers and that is not what we are about. We want to continue to provide a space where we are all happy and whoever shows up is welcome. 

I am currently looking at a private farm that also does catering in Lake County, and I am open to other suggestions. 

Many thanks to Brett “Big Blue” and Allison who kept this going for so many years. The memories are amazing and we will be forever grateful to Schoolhouse for making those memories. 

I plan to keep this event going. It will be Bus City just at a new location. Please note this is a VW Camper Family event that has been going on for 16 years. This will not be our first change of location. We have never been about how many VWs show up, just they you keep the VW passion going. I will keep everyone updated about a new location and hope to see you there in 2026. I will still be hosting this event and will let you know of a new location soon.  

If you are interested in starting a new event, please post on VW Camper Family or many of the amazing VW groups out there. Peace and love and fun travels to all my fellow VW Family. 

We camp to have fun and to enjoy one another. Love you all. 

See what happens when I don't show up?

On a more serious note, I'm sorry that the Schoolhouse Canyon owners no longer wish to host us. If we're going to be continuing this, let's get an estimate (or "guesstimate") of what we could expect in the way of attendance, or what amenities we might consider necessary. I have contacts in the Sonoma/Napa/Marin area who have held weekend campouts for large groups for the past fifty years.Maybe we can talk about it, or I could come visit you when my schedule is more certain.

Plan for failure, as we used to say in the construction world.  Need an exit plan.  Adapt and move on.  That said, maybe a meeting with Schoolhouse might come to a compromise.  It was a soft opening for them.  I would think the attendance number isn't  important.  Something has chapped his hide.  As for another venue, maybe put Finnon Lake on the list.  While there are many places to camp, finding an exclusive place for fifty plus vehicles with amenities seems limiting.  Had we just bought that ten acres a few years back....

Finnon Lake is certainly an option. Another one is in Colfax, where a group I'm with used to reserve a large area in a campground by Rolins Lake, certainly capable of holding sixty buses or more, in early May before the summer tourist season began. But if we're looking for something closer to the coast, those wouldn't do.

Something we might have to consider is using more primitive areas, where we'd have to bring in porta-potties. Again, that group I mentioned earlier has been doing this routinely for years, and have all the necessary contacts.

All great ideas. I am willing to find the right spot for our group. Unfortunately, I have had so much pressure from Schoolhouse to produce numbers that my personal camping experience is no longer enjoyable. 

I will be looking at a private farm here in Lake County shortly. The bonus is one of the owners is a chef and we could have an amazing dinner (like a crawfish boil) for one of the nights. I still need to work out details. The other option is we use a park where people have to make reservations. It has always been lovely to just show up at Schoolhouse but the downside is the owner wants more attendees. He has stopped communicating with me so I see no other way to go than to find a new location. 

If all this groovy kinda love keeps growing, ‘ol Rege here might have to buy himself a Bus

Would love to have you back Regis but you know you are always welcome in whatever vehicle you drive. 

John LaTorre, you were very much missed.  Both you & Laura absent was just unnerving. 

I was there. Not a dream.

Thanks.

See everyone next year.

Chris

Laura wrote, *Would love to have you back Regis but you know you are always welcome in whatever vehicle you drive. *

Thanks for the kind words.  Regarding I turned the last VW into college money, I'm not sure I can jump back into the market.  It's pretty heavy at the moment.  That said, I drive an american van with a slipshod camper interior.  I will show up our more casual GTG's.  But draw the line at the big events.  Peace,