2006 Rec Schedule

March 31-April 1 Beautification Rain Date Weekend

April 7-9 Once Upon a Fairytale
Dress as your favorite fairytale character or superhero and join us Saturday nite for Karaoke Saturday nite. Make your own crown or tiara. We don’t have a hot air balloon but write a note to a new pen pal and we’ll have a balloon launch and send your balloons over the rainbow.

April 14-16 EGGspecially fun Easter Weekend
Here comes Peter Cottontail just in time for Pin the Tail on Peter Rabbit. We’re planning another EGGciting weekend with Egg Coloring, Egg Rolling, an Easter Egg Hunt, Egg Toss, It will be an Easter EGGstrazaganza!

April 21- 23 3rd Annual Amazing Chase Weekend
Courageous Teams Needed to compete in the 3rd Annual Amazing Chase at Camp Jellystone Park. We’ll have clues, detours, puzzles enough to challenge even the most seasoned participants in your quest to win the Amazing Chase Yogi Style.

April 28-30 Club Yogi Special/Flea Market Weekend
Call ahead and reserve your campsite for our 1st Annual Yard Sale Weekend. You have the goods, we have the space. Clean out your closets and attics, gather your crafts and hobbies and set up at your site.. Join Club Yogi this weekend and receive 20% discount. If you’re already a Club Yogi member, you too will get a 20% discount.

May 5-7 National Grouch Weekend
Time to shake off that winter “Grouchiness. Kids get even with the parents all weekend! Write warrants to have your parents arrested for “Crimes Against Their Children” We’ll have Oscar the Grouch™ on hand to help decide the punishment. The rest of the weekend will pit kids against parents in fun and games. Parents, bring your kids (6-15) and they camp for free. Kids only Glow Stick Hay Ride. Kids bring your favorite CD’s for the DJ ’cause that’s all he’ll be playing.

May 12-14 Mom is Queen Weekend
Treat mom like royalty this weekend. We’ll start her off with a flower at check-in. Kid crafts for Mom. Free mini-golf for Mom with a paying child, scrapbooking ($) Mom don’t forget to bring some pictures. Free continental breakfast for Mom when
accompanied by her family.

May 19-21 Pajama Weekend & Wake Up the Bears
Help us wake up the bears. Wear your PJ's all weekend and help us wake up the Bears with our pots, pans and cans parade. Color time pillowcases ($) movie "Sleep Over". Join Yogi for our 1st Ice Cream Social of the year. Pancake Breakfast ($)

May 26-30 Memorial Day Weekend (3 night minimum)
Come help us Honor all our Service Men and Women. POOL OPENS and we’ll have Red White and Blue crafts, Red, White & Blue Scrapbooking ($) Red, White & Blue scavenger hunt plus a live band, Soul Survivor.

June 2-4 VW Bus Rally/Retro Weekend
VW Buses, poodle skirts, hip huggers, disco. You get the idea. Dress as you were. We’ll have a DJ on the beach, dancers, hoola hoop contests and as always the VW Bus Rallies “Hill Billy Mini Golf Special’ with proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House.

June 9-11 Shiver Me Timbers: It's Yogi's Pirate Weekend
Ahoy Mates! Will Yogi Walk the Plank Can you find the buried treasure?. Wear your best pirate clothes. Don’t forget your eye patch. There’ll be pirate arts and crafts, pool games, face painting and more. Family campfire on the beach.

June 16-18 Father’s Day/Weird Contest
Bring your “weird Dad”. We’ll all be a little weird this weekend. Father/child weird relays, spitting contest, crab racing, weird trivia contest, father’s only hula hoop contest worm eating, mud eating contest. Karaoke Saturday night. Pancake breakfast ($) Dad’s eat free when joined by their family.

June 23- 25 Got Magic Weekend
That’s right we’ve got magic right here at Jellystone Park. Enjoy magic movie with stars like David Copperfield and Lance Burton. Come to our “Magic Shop” and learn a few tricks of the trade. This weekend we’ll feature Yogi's famous magician, Stache.

July 6-9 Belated 4th of July - Happy Birthday America
Yogi loves America. Celebrate our Nations birthday with Yogi & friends. Join us for family games, Uncle Sam arts & crafts, water games. Decorate your bicycle, wagon, golf cart and join our parade. Prize for best parade entry. Horseshoe tournament, Ice Cream social and our famous “Fireworks”.

July 9-15 Jolly Jingling Jellystone Park Christmas
Jingle Bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way to ….Jellystone Park. Bring your Christmas decorations for our annual site decorating contest and you could win a free weekend of camping. We’ll have Ice Skating, Snow Ball Fights Christmas arts & crafts to decorate the tree, glow stick Christmas caroling and of course Santa. Please bring a small wrapped gift (no more then $5, please) for Santa to give out at our Christmas party.

July 16-22 Island Beach Week
Bring your most colorful duds for this fun-filled Jellystone Park Island Beach Party. Make arts & crafts, lei making, island scavenger hunt, pineapple ring toss. “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” lunch. Live DJ on the beach featuring the music of Jimmy Buffett. A must see, our first “hip flip” contest to see who can flip their hips the fastest.

July 23-29 Country Western Week
Our first ever Flat Footing Contest!! Hog calling, pie eating, seed spitting. Bring your 6 shooter for an all out water pistol shoot out, tug o war, horseshoe tournament. Chicken BBQ ($) reservations required. Square dancing and flat footing to the sound of the Maury River Blue Grass Band

July 30-Aug 5 Battle of the Sexes Week
It’s the Girls vs. the Boys. Trivia Games, tug a war, kickball, jump rope, hula hoop, blind folded picture drawing, pin the tail on the donkey. Scrapbooking ($) Bring some of your favorite camping pictures. We’ll keep a tally and announce the winner after our Ice Cream Social at Karaoke.

Aug 6-12 Love those Bears
We’ll celebrate all the Bears Birthdays his weekend. Cake decorating, Yogi Cartoons, Draw a picture of your favorite Bear contest, Bear Trivia, Bear scavenger hunt, Bubbles with Boo Boo. Special appearance by Cindy Bear. Birthday Cake and Ice Cream. Enjoy the music of the Maury River Blue Grass Band.

Aug 18-20 Hawaiian Get Away Week
Get out those grass skirts and wildest Hawaiian shirts. Musical beach towels, tie dye ($), fruit relays, sand castle building contest. Pig Pickin ($) reservations required. Join us on the beach Saturday nite with DJ Dennis.

Aug 25- 27 Wet and Wild Rampage
Water you waiting for? Bring your bathing suit and join in with wet and wild kickball, water balloon toss, slip and slide, pool games, big splash contest, super soaker wagon ride with Yogi. Live music by Soul Survivor.

Sept 1-4 Labor Day Weekend (3 night minimum)
Join us for the last big fling of the summer. Yogi and Boo Boo will be on hand to judge some of the contests. We’ll have Site vs. Site kickball, horseshoes, obstacle course. Ice cream Social and music by the Dog Boys.

Sept 8-10 Chocolate Lovers Weekend
It’s a chocolate challenge with Chocolate wrestling, Chocolate pudding eating, Chocolatier treasure hunt, Chocolate Bar Bingo. Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a Giant Marshmallow Roast on the Beach.

Sept 22- 24 5th Annual Chili Cook Off and Tailgate Weekend
It’s a Tailgate Weekend. Yogi’s Flag football, Cindy’s Cheerleading contest, Learn to Pass and Punt. Don’t forget to bring your favorite chili recipe for our chili cook off. If you aren’t a chili aficionado, bring a side dish or dessert and we’ll all enjoy a good meal.

October 21-31 Fall Foliage

HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS
Trick or treating, site decorating contest - you could win a free weekend of camping, pumpkin carving/painting contest, Haunted hayrides ($) Karaoke.
Oct. 6-8 Halloween I
Oct. 13-15 Halloween II
Oct. 20-22 Halloween III
Oct. 27-29 Halloween IV

Nov 1-30 Hunting Enthusiasts or Not

Enjoy a 25% discount off regular price if you stay 4 or more consecutive nights.

Nov 10-12 5th Annual Early Thanksgiving Celebration
We’ll supply the turkey, gravy, ham, stuffing, salad and rolls. We ask our guests to bring either a side dish or dessert, enough to feed everyone in your party 2 helpings. Reservations a must by Nov 4.

Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Natural Bridge
PO Box 266, Natural Bridge Station, VA 24579
1-800-258-9532 phone (540) 291-1942 fax