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Rally in our "own Valley - Mike Hohnstein - 05-06-2005 14:17 Well that sounds pretty nice George. I wasn't intending to knock Indio particularly, but I suspect it is a little more costly than your average KOA, and those aren't cheap. Some shop at Neiman-Marcus, others at K-Mart. Mike Hohnstein ----- Original Message ----- From: George Lowry To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Rally in our "own Valley Well, Mike, At the WMHA Rally in Indio this past January, we paid $80 plus another $25 if we wanted electricity (30 amp). This included three nights of name entertainment but no meals. (except for the volunteer dinner) Even had John Davidson (You young fellows won't remember him) We did have approximately 1700 coaches and LOTS of volunteers. The wife & I drove a tram for two hours every morning and had a ball. Met a lot of folks that way. They had more seminars than you had time to attend... George Lowry '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale) Spearfish, SD > > Pretty simple, don't go where your aren't wanted. If 500 bucks > tightens your back side, the powers that be are getting the desired > effect. I suspect it's like that at Indio and other high end > destinations. Some people like to hang with peers of a like net > worth level. Or something. Nothing wrong with bein' trailer > trash. Mike Hohnstein ----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WanderlodgeForum/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Rally in our "own Valley - Tom Warner - 05-06-2005 14:25 Ernie asking Vendors to come to your rally might give the wrong signals to BB. We do get support from them now, The birds Nest, parts and technical help. I would not want that to go away. BB might very well see this protest rally across the street as a challenge to them. Just something to think about. Tom 1982 FC35 Vernon Center,NY When I was on the GMC net the very same thing happened and the outcome proved to be disasterous. At 06:04 PM 5/6/2005 -0400, you wrote: >So Randy, are you gonna be our first vendor at the rally? Ernie- thinking >about asking other vendors~ who knows what will happen Rally in our "own Valley - David Brady - 05-06-2005 15:06 Earnie, If you have any more room, count me and Suzy in. Looking forward to seeing everyone again. Dave '02 LXi, Smokey Virginia (house hasn't sold yet!) Ernest Ekberg wrote: > For those of you that believe the original RIV has exceeded it's limits > in regards to cost, I propose our own RIV across the freeway- in tha > Fair Harbor campground- actually it is in its' own valley. > The dates would coincide with the RIV but the high price would be > gone. They have a new facility, which we could use. We can go over to > the vendors area during the day, etc > Let me know what you all think. For $500 bucks, I can stick that in my > tank. > Ernie-83PT40 in Texas > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Yahoo! Groups Links* > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WanderlodgeForum/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005 Rally in our "own Valley - George Lowry - 05-06-2005 15:26 Hi Mike, No problem.. I forgot to mention that was for a four day rally also. That would be three nights. I have never seen a KOA (Keep On Adding) that got even close. Got to give a lot of credit to the planners of that Indio affair... They go to a lot of effort to keep the costs down and the quality up. George Lowry '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale) Spearfish, CA Mike Hohnstein wrote: > Well that sounds pretty nice George. I wasn't intending to knock > Indio particularly, but I suspect it is a little more costly than > your average KOA, and those aren't cheap. Some shop at > Neiman-Marcus, others at K-Mart. Mike Hohnstein ----- Original > Message ----- From: George Lowry To: > WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:56 PM > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Rally in our "own Valley > > > Well, Mike, At the WMHA Rally in Indio this past January, we paid > $80 plus another $25 if we wanted electricity (30 amp). This > included three nights of name entertainment but no meals. (except > for the volunteer dinner) Even had John Davidson (You young fellows > won't remember him) We did have approximately 1700 coaches and > LOTS of volunteers. The wife & I drove a tram for two hours every > morning and had a ball. Met a lot of folks that way. They had more > seminars than you had time to attend... > > George Lowry '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale) Spearfish, SD >> >> Pretty simple, don't go where your aren't wanted. If 500 bucks >> tightens your back side, the powers that be are getting the >> desired effect. I suspect it's like that at Indio and other high >> end destinations. Some people like to hang with peers of a like >> net worth level. Or something. Nothing wrong with bein' trailer >> trash. Mike Hohnstein ----- >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WanderlodgeForum/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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George Lowry '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale) Spearfish, SD Currently trying to pull up those darn stakes in Elk Grove, CA. David Brady wrote: > Earnie, > > If you have any more room, count me and Suzy in. > Looking forward to seeing everyone again. > > Dave > '02 LXi, Smokey > Virginia (house hasn't sold yet!) > > Ernest Ekberg wrote: > > >>For those of you that believe the original RIV has exceeded it's limits >>in regards to cost, I propose our own RIV across the freeway- in tha >>Fair Harbor campground- actually it is in its' own valley. >>The dates would coincide with the RIV but the high price would be >>gone. They have a new facility, which we could use. We can go over to >>the vendors area during the day, etc >>Let me know what you all think. For $500 bucks, I can stick that in my >>tank. >>Ernie-83PT40 in Texas >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>*Yahoo! 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Ernie-83PT40 in Texas [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Rally in our "own Valley - erniecarpet@... - 05-07-2005 00:13 George, I sent a couple of notes to Ray Horne and Glenn Rodgers, both former BB employees asking their input. I sent that note out late Fri and have not heard from them. Perhaps when they get back to work next week. Good idea of yours, by the way. Want to email him? Ernie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Rally in our "own Valley - George Lowry - 05-07-2005 04:08 Ernie, A thought came to mind as I was thinking about Carole's email, which seems to be indicative of the "design team" at Wanderlodge. There have been a lot of excellent people at Wanderlodge who have been laid off or otherwise left the company and they still live in the local area. One that comes to mind is Chuck Hallem who I found to be most helpful. Perhaps some of them would like to come and put on a question and answer period for a good dinner or something. One point that I would like to pass on re: Carole's post: When we got our coach, we found that we could not open the drawer on the Washer/dryer that is for the soap, rinse, etc. because the cabinet doors were in the way. I found two other coaches built the same way in '95 & '96. I discussed that with Chuck and he was shocked. He said that he had discovered that before the coaches went out and was promised by the design "engineer" that the coaches would not leave in that condition. They did. What is most disgusting is that last year when we were looking at a new 450, we found the same condition. Yet they laid off Chuck and kept the "design engineer". While we like the basic strength of construction that BB puts into their vehicles, once in the Wanderlodge plant for outfitting, they are not much better than Fleetwood in their design. It is ridiculous to have to pay $750,000 for a new coach and have to have it redesigned and modified to make it usable. George Lowry '95 WBDA 4203 & GM 4106 (for sale) Spearfish, SD erniecarpet@... wrote: > Tom, that is a very good point about the vendors. In retrospect, they > probably couldn't make too much money with 100 coaches. But, we have some folks that > could give a few tech seminars. Ernie-83PT40 in Texas > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > Rally in our "own Valley - Mark Garber - 05-07-2005 04:16 On the serious side, it would be nice to see more coaches on this side than on the blue bird side. Now on a positive note for Blue Bird, is there a way to attrack even other coaches to be with RIoV that would be interested in the Blue Bird coaches. Mark erniecarpet@... wrote: Dave, we may have room for 100 coaches. ERnie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Yahoo! 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