Event #3557

It's 5 o'clock Somewhere!! Margaritaville Comes to Tucson

Fort Lowell Park Tennis Center, 2900 N Craycroft Rd, Old Fort Lowell, AZ

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Starts	Sun February 7, 2016 10:00am
Ends	Sun February 7, 2016 4:00pm
Owner	AZJokester
Admins	AZJokester
Signups	55/∞
Location	Fort Lowell Park Tennis Center, 2900 N Craycroft Rd, Old Fort Lowell, AZ View Map
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Description

Find your salt shakers and dust off your flip flops, Margaritaville is coming to Tucson for the 12th Annual Tucson Area Letterboxers Gathering!! :) It will be held at Fort Lowell Park (corner of Glenn/Craycroft) at Ramada 7.

"Fort Lowell was a United States Army post active from 1873 to 1891 on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona. Fort Lowell was the successor to Camp Lowell, an earlier Army installation.[1] The Army chose a location just south of the confluence of the Tanque Verde and Pantano creeks, at the point where they form the Rillito River, due to the year-round supply of water during that period. The Hohokam natives had chosen the site centuries earlier, presumably for the same reason. To this day, shards of Hohokam pottery can still be found in the area. The Army claimed a military reservation that encompassed approximately eighty square miles and extended east toward the Rincon Mountains.[2]

The Post of Tucson was established May 20, 1862, after the California Column drove Confederate forces from the area. The post was abandoned in July 1864 and reestablished in July 1865. On August 29, 1866 the post was renamed Camp Lowell in honor of General Charles Russell Lowell, who died from wounds sustained during the Battle of Cedar Creek. Initially located on the east side of Sixth Avenue, between Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets, the post was moved for sanitary reasons to a location about 7 miles (11 km) east of town on March 31, 1873. The post's name was changed to Fort Lowell on April 5, 1879.[3]" (courtesy of Wikipedia)

To get to Ramada 7, you will want to continue east on Glenn to the second entrance into the park. The sign should say "Access to Ramadas 5-7". As you reach the parking lot, take a right across a small bridge to the back lot. Park here. At the north east corner of the lot, there will be a marked trail, follow this down to Ramada 7. This will be a themed party, so please be thinking "luau"/Margaritaville.

Feb 8, 2016: It's 5 o'clock somewhere event stamps FINALLY posted
Hello all once again!! :)

I just wanted to let you know that the stamps have now been FINALLY posted!! Thank you for your patience and understanding!! :)

Thank you to everyone who contributed stamps for the event!!! You made it even more special!! :)

To everyone who came, THANK YOU for making my inaugural year hosting an actual event a special one!! :)

Feb 8, 2016: It's 5 o'clock somewhere event stamps FINALLY posted
Hello all once again!! :)

I just wanted to let you know that the stamps have now been FINALLY posted!! Thank you for your patience and understanding!! :)

Thank you to everyone who contributed stamps for the event!!! You made it even more special!! :)

To everyone who came, THANK YOU for making my inaugural year hosting an actual event a special one!! :)

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