2008 Calendar of Events

Christmas in July
July 11th- 13th
Celebrate Christmas at Revelles Campground with a site decorating contest, holiday themed crafts, tree decorating, and a gift exchange. You furnish the gifts and Santa will pass them out! (Please keep gifts under $5.00)

Flashback to the 50’s and 60’s
July 18th –July 20th
Get in your attics and dig out your clothes from the 50’s and 60’s for our annual dance. All ages are welcome, our ole’ timers will show these youngsters how dancing is really done! Snacks and drinks will be provided, but all are welcome to bring some warm appetizers.

Cook-Off Contest
July 25th – 27th
Join us for our cook-off contest this weekend. There will be four different divisions: meat, vegetable, dessert, and drinks. All ages are welcome to enter! In the past the kids have produced some winners! $$$ prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

Wild West Week
August 1st – 3rd
Get ready for our stick horse rodeo and the water gun shoot-out in the center field of the campground. We will have one heck of a hayride when you load up your guns while you prepare to be ambushed by our stick rodeo guys. Bring your biggest water guns, your gonna get wet!

Go to the Market
August 8th – 10th
Come and join us for an entire day Market Basket Class taught by Elaine Sinclair from Salem, WV. Ages 8 and above are welcome, and there is a $35.00 fee due by 08/04/08.
The dimensions are (12L X 8W X 7H) with a handle, and there are two choices of walnut or oak stain. Bring a bag lunch and prepare to make a day of it…

Day at the Beach
August 15th-17th
Grab your beach towel, flip flops, and food for our Beach Party at the volleyball court. This is a covered dish event, and Poor Richard will be playing Beach Boy music so we can dance the night away.

Back to School
August 22nd – 24th
Most of our young campers are gearing up for school to start, so we will be doing a scrap booking project about one of our most memorable summer events. All ages are invited, just bring 5 to 10 memorable photo’s and let us help you create a page for your scrapbook.

Labor Day Weekend
August 29th-September1st
The end of the summer is near, relax and enjoy this Labor Day weekend with your friends and staff at Revelles. We have lots of activities, tournaments, Longaberger Bingo, Boot Scoot and Boogie Dance, ole fashion bingo, and a professional firework production by the “Little Big Shots”. Three night minimum stay.

Hairy Scary Weekend
September 5th -7th
Try some events that are guaranteed to make the hair on your neck stand up. Fish eating, pickle juice chugging, and green slime relays. Oh, just wait for the barefoot sack race filled with creepy-crawlies…

Chili Cook-Off
September 12th -14th
Turn on your slow cookers and get ready for our chili cook-off. There is a $5.00 entry fee which will be given back to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Revelle’s will provide the drinks. You will not want to miss this yummy event!

Chocolate Lovers Weekend
September 19th – 21st
Yum! This is the weekend for all the chocolate lovers. Our crafts will be centered on chocolate; we will have a chocolate pudding relay, chocolate pudding eating contest, and a chocolate sundae social.

Down on the Prairie
September 26th – 28th
Show your pride and help us make American themed crafts, have your hair beaded in red, white and blue, and share in an ole’ fashioned barbeque. Bring your meat and we will have a variety of marinades for you to pick from. We will provide the side dishes and drinks.

Forest Festival
October 3rd – 5th
Enjoy the Forest Festival in downtown Elkins this weekend. There is much to see and do including: wood chopping event, carnival, games, food, parade, and lots of crafters. Sunday morning will be our annual permanent/seasonal breakfast meeting starting at 9:30 A.M. at the pavilion.

Pumpkin Patch Weekend
October 10th – 12th
This is a non-scary Halloween weekend. We will be having a pumpkin carving contest, Halloween craft activities, and a glow stick hunt for candy at night. All fun and friendly!
Bring a pumpkin to carve.

Halloween Weekend I
October 17th – 19th
Join in a site decorating contest while you try to win a night of free camping when you visit next year. Also, be sure to bring your costumes and get ready to trick-or-treat through the park just before dark. Oh, I forgot to mention to look over your shoulder because you never know what could be lurking behind one of our trees as you trick-or- treat.

Halloween Weekend II
October 24th – 26th
Don’t miss our last event of the year because it is truly a good one. This is our annual Halloween Theme Party. Dress up, bring a covered dish, and join us for children’s crafts, food, dance and a great time! We will also be having an end of year sale in our camp store.

Pajama Party Weekend
October 31st – November 2nd
This is our last weekend of the season! It has been a fun filled camping season, but it is now time to put our campground down to bed. After this weekend we will have limited sites with water and power, along with a limited selection of cabin rentals. Anyone that shops in our store in their pajamas will get a deep discount on assorted gifts and items.

Full Camping Season
April 1st – November 1st

Off -Camping Season
November 2nd – March 31st
During our non-holiday times enjoy a 30% discount on our mid-week cabin rentals.
Have a great winter!