FAQs
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What should I wear?
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Think campground fancy: dresses with booties and leggings or jeans with a button-down shirt. Plaid and/or flannel are encouraged. Clothes should suitable for volleyball, bonfires, dancing and games - if you feel inspired to look fancy, we suggest bringing a campground-friendly outfit change lest your fancy clothes get muddy, smokey, etc. We recommend bringing an insulating jacket (like a puffy or thick fleece), rain jacket, and leggings in case the weather is cool or wet. If you might want to swim in the adjacent cold & salmon-filled Kenai Lake, bring a bathing suit or shorts to jump in the lake with. We may also have some portable wood-fired saunas on the beach. :)
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Do I have to camp?
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Nope! Camping at Trail River Campground is the cheapest option for staying in the area, and you'll be right where the wedding festivities are. Campsites in Eagle Loop (sites 62-91) are right next to the group site & festivities. The campsites are car-camping friendly, so if you want to drive down a camper van or motor home, you can have your camp and your amenities too. There are airbnb homes available in Seward and Cooper Landing.
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Will this be kid-friendly?
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For sure! We'll do our best to make it as easy as possible for our parent friends (and their kiddos) to enjoy the celebration. Renting/borrowing an RV would be a great way for parents to get some space, privacy, and/or quiet time. We'll have about a half-dozen RV spots booked inside the Group Site, and there's a bunch more reserve-able RV spots elsewhere at Trail River Campground. Some parents have success car-camping with a baby monitor so they can keep having fun whilst their young'uns sleep. There's also a kids' play structure on site, so parents might be able to work out how to share group supervision in shifts. The campground has many gravel roads, so bikes and wheeled toys might be a good fit for older kids. We'll have our ceremony on Kenai Lake, so water-loving kids might be tempted by the cold lake. The dinner and games will be at the group site, out of the view of the lake. We're planning to have a cooler of baby friendly snacks like bananas, string cheese, and yogurt on-site and a tent set up for quiet time and naps. If you want to contribute any ideas or help in making the weekend as seamless for parents of young kids as possible (such as loaning of outdoor toys), please let us know!
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Can I bring my dog?
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Yes! As long as your dog will do OK with all the wedding hullabaloo, with small children running around, and with other dogs (including Prusik) cavorting around off-leash. You may want to keep your dog at your campsite or in your vehicle during the ceremony and dinner, but there'll be time to retrieve (ha) your doggo between events.
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What are the toilets like in the campground?
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They are fully enclosed pit toilets, like outhouses with permanent walls. We'll have hand-washing stations and hand-sanitizer.
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Will it be too noisy to sleep in a campground?
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If you want peace and quiet, reserve a campground away from the group site - Spruce Loop sites 37-51 might be your best bet. It's a large campground, so there's lots of space!
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What can I bring?
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Yourself, some warm clothes and raingear (just in case!) and your dancing shoes. If you plan on camping, bring a tent, a sleeping bag, and any other accessories you might want. If you have little ones, many friends like camping with a baby monitor. Kids would have fun biking around the campground loops, so feel free to bring some wheels along!
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I have dietary restrictions.
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Us too. Shoot us an email, because we sincerely want every belly to be happy!
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I don't have camping gear...
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We do! We're happy to lend out extra tents, sleeping bags, and the like. Contact Sarah for more details about what there are extras of.
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Are there bears?
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Yes! Bears are not usually a danger (and have never attacked a group of more than four people) but we like to practice good stewardship of the land by not leaving food out in the open. Watch out for moose, too, they can be ornery.
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What if I didn't reserve a campspot in time?
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We have some extras that came with the group site! Contact Sarah and she can set you up.