larry_electricguy
05-28-2007, 07:58 PM
WOW, what a great vacation!
We left here on May 12, caravanning with new members John and Judy Melton, arriving in Branson that same Saturday. It was so wonderful getting to renew friendships from last year, and meeting alot of the new club members!
My thanks go out to all of those that were involved in putting on the 2007 Rally, it was really nice. I love not having to cook any meals, and I think over all the food we had was pretty good!!! I thought both of the Branson shows we seen, Doug Gaberial and the Magnificent 7 were really good. Our days seemed to be full of functions...although we did have more free time than last year! You can tell that the Board had been working thru the winter to see that everything was just right for us! The entertainment that was put on by ABC Campground was great also!
Did you know that we have some celebrities among our group....we have Mr Elvis Presly (Lee Benfield) at the Doug Gaberial Show, Chicken played by Barry McMasters at the entertainment at the pavillion, and then there was a contest at the pavillion along the lines of Hillbilly Attire!!! Well we had one gentleman in black cowboy duds...pretty hansome too, Everett in his totally hillbilly bibs with torn shirt and all, he is really a funny guy,....lets see Linda Webb in her hillbilly hat & toothless attire, and a new member...for got your name, with the red double billed hat...we found out that all these people are very talented in playing hillbilly instruments also, bones, washboard, spoons??? whisky jug??? They were all winners...but Everett was voted the big winner!!!
We had sponsors that provided us with a pancake breakfast, Ice Cream Social, Wine & Cheese, Pizza, Donuts & Coffee and I just wish I could remember all the donations!!!
We had some of the greatest door prize donated by our sponsors!!! Larry and I, won a set of Quad Steps...and he just got them on today...he said there was alot of work to them cause he had to drill new holes or something,...all I know is that they are on and they are beautiful!!! There were really some very nice prizes....GPS, sliding shelf for the cargo area, TV's oh my gosh, DoubleTree came in with a trailer load of really nice door prizes to share with us,...if you weren't able to be there you really missed out...it was sooo much fun.
The raffle went really well, and we had lots and lots of donations for that...I hope we have even more next year...people start collecting now...lets make 2008 even better!!! I didn't hear how much money the Raffle made...but it had to of been a bunch...there was I think $500 certificates, also some $250's, a free certificate for or the 2008 Rally Registration, it was just unbelievable. We really need more books for the book sale next year...so start saving and collecting from your friends now...and I hope they can be put on display all thur the Rally so the have more exposure and will sell more!
We sure missed the all the folks we met last year that were not able to return this year....and got to renew those friendships and even get to know some of the people better that we met last year.
It was wonderful to see Tom & Cheryl Brockman there, after the major fire that totaled out their Mobile Suites just a couple weeks before the rally. For you that are wondering they are fine...and were not in the trailer at the time of the fire, but they did loose all their belonging they had in it...I could feel the thankfulness from them that they are glad that it all turned out alright, the are well and in another Mobile Suites...and made it to the Rally,...they were so blessed!
We really missed seeing Stacy and Gail Frank! We met Stacy & Gail at the first MS rally we went with the Fun N Sun Chapter. They are a great couple and we have enjoyed the time we got to spend with them...and if you haven't gotten your RIG Weighed...you really ought to think about it. Stacy and Gail have some very valuable information to share as they weigh each tire of the Suite and your truck...and safety tips for having the safest trip. So sorry they had to leave before the Rally, I'm sure they were just as sad, and I hope that everything is going alright with them and they will get to come to the Rally in Amana!
I was so thrilled that eveyone like the 2006 Rally Scrapbook! So many people came up to me and told me how much they liked it...I will bring it again to the Amana Colonies Rally along with the Branson 2007 Rally pictures scrapbooked.
Larry enjoyed gettting a chance to talk alittle about electrical on our Suites...and also helping out what he could with a few minor problems that some of the owners were having with their suites!
Oh I'm forgetting names,...I think it was Bob Strohofer and maybe another person, went airborn to take aerial pictures of the campground with all the SUITES...the pictures are just awesome...how ever that happened, and to those involved, I thank you...I just love seeing the pictures and some of them will definately appear in the scrapbook.
It was with mixed feeling that we all said good-by to Bonnie and Lex Fogg! Well it was not really good by...but there lives have taken them into a different direction, and away from the Club that Bonnie's Labor of Love, produced the SOITC as we know it today! Thank you Bonnie for all the hard work you put in to making our Club happen....as well as everyone that helped you! I sure hope we meet up with you soon on the camping trail somewhere! We won't forget you!!!
We would like to get a Kansas City Metropolitan Area, SOITC chapter started...So far we have the Webbs, Meltons, Zollers, Oehlschlaeger, Earls, Nances. If you know of anyone else that would be interested in this Chapter, please have them contact me! I need to talk to Linda Webb after things settle down here...to get together on forming this group...depending on how busy everyone is...I'm hoping we can at least get together for a meeting this summer to talk about what we would like to do in our chapter...and of course any SOITC member would be welcome to come to our chapter outings!
We left Branson on Monday May 21, and headed to Eureka Spring, Arkansas to meet up with Lee and Mary Benfield. We spent 3 days there and it was fun getting to visit more with Lee and Mary. After Eureka Springs we went to Bartlesville, Oklahoma....Larry and I were so excited to see another Mobile Suites there in the park that as soon as we got set up Larry went over there to hand out our first SOITC Brochure....well guess it what, it was the Smith's, Jack and Sandy....that was so funny,...they had came straight from the Rally to Bartlesville!!! It was sure great getting to know them better also...gosh....having a Mobile Suites, has been so wonderful for us...we have met so many fantastic people, made some wonderful friendships...and we do feel truly blessed!
We can't wait till the next Rally we have planned to go to in the Central area, in September.
Well, so now we are home...life is still good...even if Larry does have to go back to work tomorrow...after 2 weeks off, I'm not sure we will even be able to hear an alarm when it goes off at 4:30 in the morning!!! LOL!!!
Sorry for talking so much, but gosh I had a lot to say!!! Larry says "Hello" and Camp Doggie Dog says BOW WOW too!!!
We left here on May 12, caravanning with new members John and Judy Melton, arriving in Branson that same Saturday. It was so wonderful getting to renew friendships from last year, and meeting alot of the new club members!
My thanks go out to all of those that were involved in putting on the 2007 Rally, it was really nice. I love not having to cook any meals, and I think over all the food we had was pretty good!!! I thought both of the Branson shows we seen, Doug Gaberial and the Magnificent 7 were really good. Our days seemed to be full of functions...although we did have more free time than last year! You can tell that the Board had been working thru the winter to see that everything was just right for us! The entertainment that was put on by ABC Campground was great also!
Did you know that we have some celebrities among our group....we have Mr Elvis Presly (Lee Benfield) at the Doug Gaberial Show, Chicken played by Barry McMasters at the entertainment at the pavillion, and then there was a contest at the pavillion along the lines of Hillbilly Attire!!! Well we had one gentleman in black cowboy duds...pretty hansome too, Everett in his totally hillbilly bibs with torn shirt and all, he is really a funny guy,....lets see Linda Webb in her hillbilly hat & toothless attire, and a new member...for got your name, with the red double billed hat...we found out that all these people are very talented in playing hillbilly instruments also, bones, washboard, spoons??? whisky jug??? They were all winners...but Everett was voted the big winner!!!
We had sponsors that provided us with a pancake breakfast, Ice Cream Social, Wine & Cheese, Pizza, Donuts & Coffee and I just wish I could remember all the donations!!!
We had some of the greatest door prize donated by our sponsors!!! Larry and I, won a set of Quad Steps...and he just got them on today...he said there was alot of work to them cause he had to drill new holes or something,...all I know is that they are on and they are beautiful!!! There were really some very nice prizes....GPS, sliding shelf for the cargo area, TV's oh my gosh, DoubleTree came in with a trailer load of really nice door prizes to share with us,...if you weren't able to be there you really missed out...it was sooo much fun.
The raffle went really well, and we had lots and lots of donations for that...I hope we have even more next year...people start collecting now...lets make 2008 even better!!! I didn't hear how much money the Raffle made...but it had to of been a bunch...there was I think $500 certificates, also some $250's, a free certificate for or the 2008 Rally Registration, it was just unbelievable. We really need more books for the book sale next year...so start saving and collecting from your friends now...and I hope they can be put on display all thur the Rally so the have more exposure and will sell more!
We sure missed the all the folks we met last year that were not able to return this year....and got to renew those friendships and even get to know some of the people better that we met last year.
It was wonderful to see Tom & Cheryl Brockman there, after the major fire that totaled out their Mobile Suites just a couple weeks before the rally. For you that are wondering they are fine...and were not in the trailer at the time of the fire, but they did loose all their belonging they had in it...I could feel the thankfulness from them that they are glad that it all turned out alright, the are well and in another Mobile Suites...and made it to the Rally,...they were so blessed!
We really missed seeing Stacy and Gail Frank! We met Stacy & Gail at the first MS rally we went with the Fun N Sun Chapter. They are a great couple and we have enjoyed the time we got to spend with them...and if you haven't gotten your RIG Weighed...you really ought to think about it. Stacy and Gail have some very valuable information to share as they weigh each tire of the Suite and your truck...and safety tips for having the safest trip. So sorry they had to leave before the Rally, I'm sure they were just as sad, and I hope that everything is going alright with them and they will get to come to the Rally in Amana!
I was so thrilled that eveyone like the 2006 Rally Scrapbook! So many people came up to me and told me how much they liked it...I will bring it again to the Amana Colonies Rally along with the Branson 2007 Rally pictures scrapbooked.
Larry enjoyed gettting a chance to talk alittle about electrical on our Suites...and also helping out what he could with a few minor problems that some of the owners were having with their suites!
Oh I'm forgetting names,...I think it was Bob Strohofer and maybe another person, went airborn to take aerial pictures of the campground with all the SUITES...the pictures are just awesome...how ever that happened, and to those involved, I thank you...I just love seeing the pictures and some of them will definately appear in the scrapbook.
It was with mixed feeling that we all said good-by to Bonnie and Lex Fogg! Well it was not really good by...but there lives have taken them into a different direction, and away from the Club that Bonnie's Labor of Love, produced the SOITC as we know it today! Thank you Bonnie for all the hard work you put in to making our Club happen....as well as everyone that helped you! I sure hope we meet up with you soon on the camping trail somewhere! We won't forget you!!!
We would like to get a Kansas City Metropolitan Area, SOITC chapter started...So far we have the Webbs, Meltons, Zollers, Oehlschlaeger, Earls, Nances. If you know of anyone else that would be interested in this Chapter, please have them contact me! I need to talk to Linda Webb after things settle down here...to get together on forming this group...depending on how busy everyone is...I'm hoping we can at least get together for a meeting this summer to talk about what we would like to do in our chapter...and of course any SOITC member would be welcome to come to our chapter outings!
We left Branson on Monday May 21, and headed to Eureka Spring, Arkansas to meet up with Lee and Mary Benfield. We spent 3 days there and it was fun getting to visit more with Lee and Mary. After Eureka Springs we went to Bartlesville, Oklahoma....Larry and I were so excited to see another Mobile Suites there in the park that as soon as we got set up Larry went over there to hand out our first SOITC Brochure....well guess it what, it was the Smith's, Jack and Sandy....that was so funny,...they had came straight from the Rally to Bartlesville!!! It was sure great getting to know them better also...gosh....having a Mobile Suites, has been so wonderful for us...we have met so many fantastic people, made some wonderful friendships...and we do feel truly blessed!
We can't wait till the next Rally we have planned to go to in the Central area, in September.
Well, so now we are home...life is still good...even if Larry does have to go back to work tomorrow...after 2 weeks off, I'm not sure we will even be able to hear an alarm when it goes off at 4:30 in the morning!!! LOL!!!
Sorry for talking so much, but gosh I had a lot to say!!! Larry says "Hello" and Camp Doggie Dog says BOW WOW too!!!