Mormon Lake, AZ
June 15 – 18th, 2009
Come to the pines of Northern Arizona, just 30 minutes southeast of Flagstaff, to Mormon Lake Lodge. Mormon Lake was a jumping off point for Zane Grey for his Arizona adventures. His party would congregate at Mormon Lake, then head off to the Rim country.
Mormon Lake Lodge is a historic lodge located at Mormon Lake and will be our host for the convention. We will be staying in their cabins and having our business meetings in their authentic western town.
The tentative agenda is as follows:
| Date | Time | Event/Activity | |
| Monday, June 15 | Afternoon | Check-in and Registration. | |
| Evening | Opening BBQ Dinner (Wagon Ride to dinner location) | ||
| Tuesday, June 16 | Early Morning | Memorial Breakfast. | |
| Morning | Morning – opening meetings, Keynote address by Dr. Joe Wheeler | ||
| Afternoon | Annual Auction to benefit the Society | ||
| Evening | Member’s Book Fair | ||
| Wednesday, June 17 | All-day | Before the tour, a presentation on Collecting Zane Grey Movie posters. Tour to Flagstaff. Lunch in the Zane Grey Room at the Weatherford Hotel. Bus to Meteor Crater, then back to Mormon Lake Lodge. Evening – Ice Cream social, then a Zane Grey movie (probably White Death starring Zane Grey himself) | |
| Thursday, June 18 | Morning | Annual Business meeting, Dr. Charles Pfeiffer’s famous slide shows on Grey’s travels | |
| Afternoon | On your own. | ||
| Evening | Closing Banquet |
As many of you who have attended a convention know, we have a tradition of having an after convention trip. This typically is to a location that might be less appropriate for a convention, but of great interest to the members, especially those who want to get outdoors to hike or see the scenery. For example, past After Convention Trips have included Trapper’s Lake in Colorado, Crater Lake in Oregon, Rainbow Bridge in Utah, the Grey family home in Altadena, CA, Monument Valley in Arizona, and Moab, Utah. This year our plan for an after convention trip is to visit Canyon de Chelley in Northeastern Arizona.
Contact Terry Bolinger at tbolin3194@aol.com if you need any more information.
So, come to Arizona in 2009- you won’t be sorry!
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Future conventions:
The 2010 ZGWS Annual Convention will be held in Gold Beach, OR.