Surveys

Gwen and Jerry summed up the results of their survey about the reunion. You might be interested in the results.

-All surveys which were turned in liked the YMCA facilities
-Everyone liked the variety of activities
-Good variety of food
-Three years for the next reunion, one said five years
-Summer would be the best time
-Everyone said that the Colo. Rockies would be the best location; but, none
were turned in by the Pabich family

These are Mike's hikers descending from their Estes Cone hike (it looks more like a "climb" to me).











Once the sun came up on the 5:00 am Saturday morning hikers, they were rewarded with beautiful vistas like this:

Here are Mike and Isaac.














And here is Mike's group to do the Bierstadt Lake Hike Friday morning at 8:00 am.

Here are the riders at the stable for the one-hour ride. Happy Memories!!!

the METZ Family Reunion Blog

63 Metz family members attended the first Metz Family Reunion at the YMCA Camp of the Rockies. It was a great success, and family members indicated they'd like to have another reunion in three years. Thanks go to Anthony and Diane Metz for the overall planning and organization of the reunion, and thanks also go to Jerry and Gwen Neff for assisting as the on-the-scene functionaries. Gwen and Jerry also solicited, organized and published information and photos about the families. They did an outstanding job. Both families put out a lot of effort during the reunion for the reception and to remedy problems and ensure everyone's needs were met. Also, thanks go to the others who organized activities...Mike Alfieri's hikes, Kathy Trenolone's historical photo display, Stephanie O'Keefe's Official Reunion Shirts.

This blog was created as a place to talk about the reunion and to exhibit your pictures. You are encouraged to do just that.

The other reason for creating the blog was to toss about ideas to plan the next reunion. Since many of the attendees were from the midwest, and because Madison, WI, was sort of the focal point or the Metzes in the midwest, I'd like to suggest that we explore the YMCA camps in Wisconsin as a site for the next reunion. The convenience, activities and facilities of the YMCA were excellent and affordable. That's why I'm suggesting we at least consider using the Y's facilities again.

-Armand Gibbons
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To everyone,thanks for a great time. It was so good to see all of you. This should help us to keep in touch. To the older ones - you all looked good. We are aging well. To the young ones , you are all beautiful and have accepted your responsibilities graciously. To the babes, how wonderful to see the new generation.
Mary Rae