Thank you for 10 great years!

[AuburnJen 777]

I know that camping gatherings are on hold until all this junk is behind us, but I still wanted to thank each and every one of you for sticking around and keeping the "dream" alive of one day getting together again.  On this day, 10 years ago, a couple of minutes after midnight, this forum began.  (I then, 10 minutes later, was unceremoniously banned from Voldemort, lol)

We recently had our Wild Womenz Weekend 2021, with COVID restrictions of course, and it was one of the best evah!  Some of our regulars couldn't make it at the last minute, but we knew they were there in spirit.  

COVID has been especially hard on teachers and being one, I have never, ever, been so swamped in my life.  We all know that life gets in the way for all of us and for anyone who is still really hurting from COVID, you are in my prayers.  

As I enter the twilight years of my education career, I am stepping up our focus on social media for FortFiends and beyond.  We will be moving forward with an Instagram and Ticktok page for FortFiends and this year renewing our trademark and applying for a logo mark (I think that is how you say it?  TCD?  help me out here) for Snarky, our mascot.   You may see in the coming weeks a tiny change to the bottom of the website.  Chris and I are merging the three businesses into one LLC.  FortFiends will be a DBA of Snarky Enterprises, along with the other two companies.  Nothing that you are used to will change, except names.  This will make things much easier come each tax season.  I will be updating the store to include our logo for the year and take out old and dated things and freshen up the look, with SuperGeek's help of course.  

Chris and I appreciate each of you and treasure the people who help behind the scenes.  They help in ways most of you will never know, but count on to keep things moving along.   Over the years, we have had many ups and downs, but all in all, I would say that my most treasured friends are fiends.  Fiends are the type of friends that just pick up where they left off, now matter how long of a time apart.  I look forward so much to WWW each year that if I dare say I am too busy to go, Chris will physically push me out of the door.  Even the girls know I am a squirrel and get distracted and call to make sure I am on the road.  You just can't find people like that in the normal universe.  They are friends you hold dear to your heart.

I challenge each of you, myself included, to make yourself get out of the house and go camping this year if you have been in hiatus. If you haven't, I challenge you to go more.   I also challenge you to invite people to this forum to discuss and share the love of camping.  We have regulars, yes.  We always need more regulars!  I plan on going camping more to just get out of the house.  We keep going virtual school then in person, then virtual and so on.  It is nice for a change and I know if I need it, so do you.  

If and when the world gets back to some kind of normal, we will be planning a 10th anniversary grand gathering.  I have no clue where or when because...COVID.  I do however seem to think it needs to be somewhere a little more affordable than the current rates at Disney.  Some of the WWW womenz have suggested a couple of new RV parks that will be opening soon around the area.  I will be checking them out for upcoming events.  I do know that WWW is expanding (hopefully) to a twice a year event.  Honestly, that makes me giddy!  Maybe the men can start to have a weekend without the women????

Please give a shout out to Monique, who is our trusted and love logo makers of all things Snarky, who designed our anniversary logo again.  We could not survive without her.

Until we meet again in person

Jen (and Chris, aka SuperGeek)

[Lou... 3,118]

Heard from a little bird that you knuckleheads were having a ten year party so I thought I'd crash it. It's not that I like any of you, well maybe a few, but what the heck, if there's free food, I'm there. No, I haven't changed. There is free food ........right? Great job Jen and Chris and I hate to admit it, but, Mo too. Who's got the apple pie and where's Snarky? 

And DIT, I still have more reputation points than you...I think.

[Grumpy and Grandma 740]

Jen, Chris & Mo.....

[dblr....Rennie 224]

Thanks for a great 10 years and also for the new friends or Fiends I have made and agree with what you said GET OUT and CAMP!!!!!!

[momof3kids-Yvonne 596]

In the last 10 years I have made some of my closest friends thanks to discovering Fort Fields one day while just browsing on my computer. 
I look forward to many GGs especially the WWWs in the future. 

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Thanks for everything!

[ThemeParkCommando 81]

Thank you for this website and all that you do!  I proudly have my snarky at home 2020 on my little kia soul.  

I have camping on my list this year, now to just find the tent!

Hey, maybe you can do a mens meet called:  MMM the Maniacal Men's Muster!

 

[BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023]

As usual these days, I'm late to the party. Huge thanks to Jen and Chris for putting this fabulous little community together ... how is it 10 years already?!?! I'm so grateful for all the FrIENDS I've made here over the last decade and I hate to admit it, but, Lou too.  😎

We're gearing up for a Nor'easter here today, which makes it the perfect time to start dreaming about camping and Fiend gatherings.

Here's to the next 10 years!!

[mmfancipher 31]

👍

 

 

[southernview -- Ray 25]

Thanks for letting me drop in occasionally.  This is still the best site to keep abreast of all things Disney and I have always enjoyed coming by.  It's nice to see Lou on here, I've missed him.

[LONE-STAR 370]

Can't believe its been 10 years.

[disneylitch......Debbie 61]

It's hard to believe it has been 10 years.  Thank you for all you do.  This is far better than any of the other groups that are floating around on facebook.