Anniversaries, Brides and Birds

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Good Monday morning to everyone:

Today is Charolette and my 20th anniversary, does not seem that long ago to
me. My bride of 20 years, patiently puts up with my antics, ravings and a
yen for Bluebirds. Over the years, she has learned to place the toad in
perfect position for the 1 minute hook up, then the light check and roll
check then bouncing into the Coach with a smile and off we go. There has
been threads about first trips to the Birds Nest in Ga. and ours is not
much different really. In fact we did not even know it existed when we
first rolled up and parked out front of the offices way back when. The out
the door we went, and the very first person we met was Brenda Rodgers.
After small talk and the usual out line about a tour and such, we were
asked if we were staying in Birds Nest for a couple of days. My bride
looked at me and I at her, not having a clue as to what Brenda was talking
about, I calmly said, "well I guess so, where is it and what are the rates
per day?" Brenda just smiled and said the entrance is around the side of
the factory and there are no charges for the stay. Well now, that hit our
pocket book just right as we were on the tail end of our very first trip in
the Coach of 6,000 miles. So back into the coach we bounced and headed off
to find the entrance to this birds Nest. Driving to the side of the
Factory, neither Charolette or I saw a campground entrance that we had come
to be accustomed to. Only the employee parking lot was spied, so we thought
it might be a little further down the road. Yep, we drove around that
factory facility 2 times before my saying the heck with it and pulled into
the parking lot to ask the guard about this Birds Nest place. As we pulled
in, the guard smiled and pointed down the left hand side of the fence and
off we went, still looking for the place. As we made a left through the
fence we drove into a beautiful lower part of the Birds Nest and then
through the mid gate with the sign over head that said "Birds Nest," and
starting to feel warm and fuzzy about it all, we found a parking spot and
set up. WOW, we both thought, they must cut the grass by hand and manicure
the trees, it was a 5 star park for sure! And this happened to be on
another of our anniversaries to boot. Off to the club house we went to look
around and met some of the few people that were staying there at the time.
A little later Brenda drove by, stopped to ask if everything was ok and
mentioned that is was ok to wash our Coach if we liked. She, the Coach, was
dirty for sure, but this being our first trip, we did not have a brush or
things to get the job done. Next thing I know here comes a couple of guys,
fellow owners staying there, brushes in hand, buckets swinging and smiles
from side to side asking,
" you have any beer?" of course it took only a shake of the lambs tail to
get that taken care of and the washing began.

Mind you, we were not the first owners of this fantastic Coach called a
Wanderlodge and she was older being an '85 and here were new Coaches all
around. But the smiles and Bird talk put my bride and I at ease. That
evening, out came the wine and glasses filled all around, toasts were made,
smiles and hands offered, now that is an anniversary that Charolette and I
will never forget. We have been blessed with all the friends met, camp
fires shared, trouble with systems in the Coaches talked about and fixed
and always the helping hand when needed.

Bottom line to all this, Charolette and I wish to thank you all, for the
memories on this our 20th Anniversary, though temporarily Bird less, we are
Birders to the core and it is the people on this forum whom are very
precious and dear to our hearts.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

[Fred Hulse]

Ralph & Charlotte
As a friend You have never met but I am certain that will occur sometime
soon,
Jeanne and I wish you multitudes of 20 year anniversaries and all the ones
in between.
Respectfully,
Fred & Jeanne Hulse
Morristown Arizona
1997 Wanderlodge PT41

[ronmarabito2002]

Terrific memories Ralph. I doubt you will ever meet anyone you
couldn't call a friend. Happy Anniversary to you and Charolette.

Ron and Shirley, Dallas, TX 92WB40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
> Good Monday morning to everyone:
>
> Today is Charolette and my 20th anniversary, does not seem that
long ago to
> me. My bride of 20 years, patiently puts up with my antics,
ravings and a
> yen for Bluebirds. Over the years, she has learned to place the
toad in
> perfect position for the 1 minute hook up, then the light check
and roll
> check then bouncing into the Coach with a smile and off we go.
There has
> been threads about first trips to the Birds Nest in Ga. and ours
is not
> much different really. In fact we did not even know it existed
when we
> first rolled up and parked out front of the offices way back when.
The out
> the door we went, and the very first person we met was Brenda
Rodgers.
> After small talk and the usual out line about a tour and such, we
were
> asked if we were staying in Birds Nest for a couple of days. My
bride
> looked at me and I at her, not having a clue as to what Brenda was
talking
> about, I calmly said, "well I guess so, where is it and what are
the rates
> per day?" Brenda just smiled and said the entrance is around the
side of
> the factory and there are no charges for the stay. Well now, that
hit our
> pocket book just right as we were on the tail end of our very
first trip in
> the Coach of 6,000 miles. So back into the coach we bounced and
headed off
> to find the entrance to this birds Nest. Driving to the side of
the
> Factory, neither Charolette or I saw a campground entrance that we
had come
> to be accustomed to. Only the employee parking lot was spied, so
we thought
> it might be a little further down the road. Yep, we drove around
that
> factory facility 2 times before my saying the heck with it and
pulled into
> the parking lot to ask the guard about this Birds Nest place. As
we pulled
> in, the guard smiled and pointed down the left hand side of the
fence and
> off we went, still looking for the place. As we made a left
through the
> fence we drove into a beautiful lower part of the Birds Nest and
then
> through the mid gate with the sign over head that said "Birds
Nest," and
> starting to feel warm and fuzzy about it all, we found a parking
spot and
> set up. WOW, we both thought, they must cut the grass by hand and
manicure
> the trees, it was a 5 star park for sure! And this happened to be
on
> another of our anniversaries to boot. Off to the club house we
went to look
> around and met some of the few people that were staying there at
the time.
> A little later Brenda drove by, stopped to ask if everything was
ok and
> mentioned that is was ok to wash our Coach if we liked. She, the
Coach, was
> dirty for sure, but this being our first trip, we did not have a
brush or
> things to get the job done. Next thing I know here comes a couple
of guys,
> fellow owners staying there, brushes in hand, buckets swinging and
smiles
> from side to side asking,
> " you have any beer?" of course it took only a shake of the lambs
tail to
> get that taken care of and the washing began.
>
> Mind you, we were not the first owners of this fantastic Coach
called a
> Wanderlodge and she was older being an '85 and here were new
Coaches all
> around. But the smiles and Bird talk put my bride and I at ease.
That
> evening, out came the wine and glasses filled all around, toasts
were made,
> smiles and hands offered, now that is an anniversary that
Charolette and I
> will never forget. We have been blessed with all the friends met,
camp
> fires shared, trouble with systems in the Coaches talked about and
fixed
> and always the helping hand when needed.
>
> Bottom line to all this, Charolette and I wish to thank you all,
for the
> memories on this our 20th Anniversary, though temporarily Bird
less, we are
> Birders to the core and it is the people on this forum whom are
very
> precious and dear to our hearts.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
> http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

[Robert Gradowski]

Hi Ralph and Charolette...congraulations on 20, many more.
Just to let you know that we're still alive and say thanks for
your friendship.
Charolette we don't go anywhere without the little angel you gave
us,thank you.
Bob & Dixie
92 WL 40
Jefferson,NC










--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
> Good Monday morning to everyone:
>
> Today is Charolette and my 20th anniversary, does not seem that
long ago to

[mbulriss]

Happy Anniversary Ralph and Charolette, and best wishes for many more
to come.

Mike Bulriss
83 PT40 "Stagecoach" - For Sale
91 PT40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
> Good Monday morning to everyone:
>
> Today is Charolette and my 20th anniversary, does not seem that long
ago to
> me. My bride of 20 years, patiently puts up with my antics, ravings
and a
> yen for Bluebirds. Over the years, she has learned to place the toad in
> perfect position for the 1 minute hook up, then the light check and
roll
> check then bouncing into the Coach with a smile and off we go. There
has
> been threads about first trips to the Birds Nest in Ga. and ours is not
> much different really. In fact we did not even know it existed when we
> first rolled up and parked out front of the offices way back when.
The out
> the door we went, and the very first person we met was Brenda Rodgers.
> After small talk and the usual out line about a tour and such, we were
> asked if we were staying in Birds Nest for a couple of days. My bride
> looked at me and I at her, not having a clue as to what Brenda was
talking
> about, I calmly said, "well I guess so, where is it and what are the
rates
> per day?" Brenda just smiled and said the entrance is around the
side of
> the factory and there are no charges for the stay. Well now, that
hit our
> pocket book just right as we were on the tail end of our very first
trip in
> the Coach of 6,000 miles. So back into the coach we bounced and
headed off
> to find the entrance to this birds Nest. Driving to the side of the
> Factory, neither Charolette or I saw a campground entrance that we
had come
> to be accustomed to. Only the employee parking lot was spied, so we
thought
> it might be a little further down the road. Yep, we drove around that
> factory facility 2 times before my saying the heck with it and
pulled into
> the parking lot to ask the guard about this Birds Nest place. As we
pulled
> in, the guard smiled and pointed down the left hand side of the
fence and
> off we went, still looking for the place. As we made a left through the
> fence we drove into a beautiful lower part of the Birds Nest and then
> through the mid gate with the sign over head that said "Birds Nest,"
and
> starting to feel warm and fuzzy about it all, we found a parking
spot and
> set up. WOW, we both thought, they must cut the grass by hand and
manicure
> the trees, it was a 5 star park for sure! And this happened to be on
> another of our anniversaries to boot. Off to the club house we went
to look
> around and met some of the few people that were staying there at the
time.
> A little later Brenda drove by, stopped to ask if everything was ok and
> mentioned that is was ok to wash our Coach if we liked. She, the
Coach, was
> dirty for sure, but this being our first trip, we did not have a
brush or
> things to get the job done. Next thing I know here comes a couple of
guys,
> fellow owners staying there, brushes in hand, buckets swinging and
smiles
> from side to side asking,
> " you have any beer?" of course it took only a shake of the lambs
tail to
> get that taken care of and the washing began.
>
> Mind you, we were not the first owners of this fantastic Coach called a
> Wanderlodge and she was older being an '85 and here were new Coaches
all
> around. But the smiles and Bird talk put my bride and I at ease. That
> evening, out came the wine and glasses filled all around, toasts
were made,
> smiles and hands offered, now that is an anniversary that Charolette
and I
> will never forget. We have been blessed with all the friends met, camp
> fires shared, trouble with systems in the Coaches talked about and
fixed
> and always the helping hand when needed.
>
> Bottom line to all this, Charolette and I wish to thank you all, for
the
> memories on this our 20th Anniversary, though temporarily Bird less,
we are
> Birders to the core and it is the people on this forum whom are very
> precious and dear to our hearts.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
> http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

[erniecarpet@...]

Brenda and I send our best wishes, also. Ernie and Brenda- one in texas the
other in montana- hopefully for not long


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[Jack and Liz Pearce]

Howdy, Ralph and Charolette.
>
> Bottom line to all this, Charolette and I wish to thank you all, for
the
> memories on this our 20th Anniversary, though temporarily Bird less,
we are
> Birders to the core and it is the people on this forum whom are very
> precious and dear to our hearts.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
> http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

Congratulations on your 20th anniversary and hope that you have many
more. Thanks for sharing.

Jack and Liz
Regards,
Jack and Liz Pearce
Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge WB40
Homesick Texans in SE. FL

[Wallace Craig]

The very best to both of of youn's from usin's here in Reno, Texas where we
are working on bird swapping with Paul. I"ll let you know what progress we make
and when to come down for the inspection. Many more years and you will catch up
with our 38 years + a couple more that her Mama didn't agree to. Best for the
Next many years. Wallace & Faye
'
"Ralph L. Fullenwider" wrote:Good Monday morning to everyone:

Today is Charolette and my 20th anniversary, does not seem that long ago to
me. My bride of 20 years, patiently puts up with my antics, ravings and a
yen for Bluebirds. Over the years, she has learned to place the toad in
perfect position for the 1 minute hook up, then the light check and roll
check then bouncing into the Coach with a smile and off we go. There has
been threads about first trips to the Birds Nest in Ga. and ours is not
much different really. In fact we did not even know it existed when we
first rolled up and parked out front of the offices way back when. The out
the door we went, and the very first person we met was Brenda Rodgers.
After small talk and the usual out line about a tour and such, we were
asked if we were staying in Birds Nest for a couple of days. My bride
looked at me and I at her, not having a clue as to what Brenda was talking
about, I calmly said, "well I guess so, where is it and what are the rates
per day?" Brenda just smiled and said the entrance is around the side of
the factory and there are no charges for the stay. Well now, that hit our
pocket book just right as we were on the tail end of our very first trip in
the Coach of 6,000 miles. So back into the coach we bounced and headed off
to find the entrance to this birds Nest. Driving to the side of the
Factory, neither Charolette or I saw a campground entrance that we had come
to be accustomed to. Only the employee parking lot was spied, so we thought
it might be a little further down the road. Yep, we drove around that
factory facility 2 times before my saying the heck with it and pulled into
the parking lot to ask the guard about this Birds Nest place. As we pulled
in, the guard smiled and pointed down the left hand side of the fence and
off we went, still looking for the place. As we made a left through the
fence we drove into a beautiful lower part of the Birds Nest and then
through the mid gate with the sign over head that said "Birds Nest," and
starting to feel warm and fuzzy about it all, we found a parking spot and
set up. WOW, we both thought, they must cut the grass by hand and manicure
the trees, it was a 5 star park for sure! And this happened to be on
another of our anniversaries to boot. Off to the club house we went to look
around and met some of the few people that were staying there at the time.
A little later Brenda drove by, stopped to ask if everything was ok and
mentioned that is was ok to wash our Coach if we liked. She, the Coach, was
dirty for sure, but this being our first trip, we did not have a brush or
things to get the job done. Next thing I know here comes a couple of guys,
fellow owners staying there, brushes in hand, buckets swinging and smiles
from side to side asking,
" you have any beer?" of course it took only a shake of the lambs tail to
get that taken care of and the washing began.

Mind you, we were not the first owners of this fantastic Coach called a
Wanderlodge and she was older being an '85 and here were new Coaches all
around. But the smiles and Bird talk put my bride and I at ease. That
evening, out came the wine and glasses filled all around, toasts were made,
smiles and hands offered, now that is an anniversary that Charolette and I
will never forget. We have been blessed with all the friends met, camp
fires shared, trouble with systems in the Coaches talked about and fixed
and always the helping hand when needed.

Bottom line to all this, Charolette and I wish to thank you all, for the
memories on this our 20th Anniversary, though temporarily Bird less, we are
Birders to the core and it is the people on this forum whom are very
precious and dear to our hearts.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm



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[Jo-Ski]

Lovely message, Ralph and Charolette! Thank you for sending it. Happy
Anniversary! and a resounding "CONGRATULATIONS!" to you both! What a
treasure you guys are to the whole Blue Bird community! Hope we get to shake
hands some day!

Jo-Ski and Stew
"The Bird Abides"
'83-FC 35 RB
Blaine, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 6:44 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Anniversaries, Brides and Birds


> Good Monday morning to everyone:
>
> Today is Charolette and my 20th anniversary, does not seem that long ago
to
> me. My bride of 20 years, patiently puts up with my antics, ravings and a
> yen for Bluebirds. Over the years, she has learned to place the toad in
> perfect position for the 1 minute hook up, then the light check and roll
> check then bouncing into the Coach with a smile and off we go. There has
> been threads about first trips to the Birds Nest in Ga. and ours is not
> much different really. In fact we did not even know it existed when we
> first rolled up and parked out front of the offices way back when. The out
> the door we went, and the very first person we met was Brenda Rodgers.
> After small talk and the usual out line about a tour and such, we were
> asked if we were staying in Birds Nest for a couple of days. My bride
> looked at me and I at her, not having a clue as to what Brenda was talking
> about, I calmly said, "well I guess so, where is it and what are the rates
> per day?" Brenda just smiled and said the entrance is around the side of
> the factory and there are no charges for the stay. Well now, that hit our
> pocket book just right as we were on the tail end of our very first trip
in
> the Coach of 6,000 miles. So back into the coach we bounced and headed off
> to find the entrance to this birds Nest. Driving to the side of the
> Factory, neither Charolette or I saw a campground entrance that we had
come
> to be accustomed to. Only the employee parking lot was spied, so we
thought
> it might be a little further down the road. Yep, we drove around that
> factory facility 2 times before my saying the heck with it and pulled into
> the parking lot to ask the guard about this Birds Nest place. As we pulled
> in, the guard smiled and pointed down the left hand side of the fence and
> off we went, still looking for the place. As we made a left through the
> fence we drove into a beautiful lower part of the Birds Nest and then
> through the mid gate with the sign over head that said "Birds Nest," and
> starting to feel warm and fuzzy about it all, we found a parking spot and
> set up. WOW, we both thought, they must cut the grass by hand and manicure
> the trees, it was a 5 star park for sure! And this happened to be on
> another of our anniversaries to boot. Off to the club house we went to
look
> around and met some of the few people that were staying there at the time.
> A little later Brenda drove by, stopped to ask if everything was ok and
> mentioned that is was ok to wash our Coach if we liked. She, the Coach,
was
> dirty for sure, but this being our first trip, we did not have a brush or
> things to get the job done. Next thing I know here comes a couple of guys,
> fellow owners staying there, brushes in hand, buckets swinging and smiles
> from side to side asking,
> " you have any beer?" of course it took only a shake of the lambs tail to
> get that taken care of and the washing began.
>
> Mind you, we were not the first owners of this fantastic Coach called a
> Wanderlodge and she was older being an '85 and here were new Coaches all
> around. But the smiles and Bird talk put my bride and I at ease. That
> evening, out came the wine and glasses filled all around, toasts were
made,
> smiles and hands offered, now that is an anniversary that Charolette and I
> will never forget. We have been blessed with all the friends met, camp
> fires shared, trouble with systems in the Coaches talked about and fixed
> and always the helping hand when needed.
>
> Bottom line to all this, Charolette and I wish to thank you all, for the
> memories on this our 20th Anniversary, though temporarily Bird less, we
are
> Birders to the core and it is the people on this forum whom are very
> precious and dear to our hearts.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
> http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Charolette and I wish to thank all for the well wishes and warm feelings.

Ralph and Charolette

At 08:44 AM 9/12/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Good Monday morning to everyone:
>
>Today is Charolette and my 20th anniversary, does not seem that long ago to
>me. My bride of 20 years, patiently puts up with my antics, ravings and a
>yen for Bluebirds. Over the years, she has learned to place the toad in
>perfect position for the 1 minute hook up, then the light check and roll
>check then bouncing into the Coach with a smile and off we go. There has
>been threads about first trips to the Birds Nest in Ga. and ours is not
>much different really. In fact we did not even know it existed when we
>first rolled up and parked out front of the offices way back when. The out
>the door we went, and the very first person we met was Brenda Rodgers.
>After small talk and the usual out line about a tour and such, we were
>asked if we were staying in Birds Nest for a couple of days. My bride
>looked at me and I at her, not having a clue as to what Brenda was talking
>about, I calmly said, "well I guess so, where is it and what are the rates
>per day?" Brenda just smiled and said the entrance is around the side of
>the factory and there are no charges for the stay. Well now, that hit our
>pocket book just right as we were on the tail end of our very first trip in
>the Coach of 6,000 miles. So back into the coach we bounced and headed off
>to find the entrance to this birds Nest. Driving to the side of the
>Factory, neither Charolette or I saw a campground entrance that we had come
>to be accustomed to. Only the employee parking lot was spied, so we thought
>it might be a little further down the road. Yep, we drove around that
>factory facility 2 times before my saying the heck with it and pulled into
>the parking lot to ask the guard about this Birds Nest place. As we pulled
>in, the guard smiled and pointed down the left hand side of the fence and
>off we went, still looking for the place. As we made a left through the
>fence we drove into a beautiful lower part of the Birds Nest and then
>through the mid gate with the sign over head that said "Birds Nest," and
>starting to feel warm and fuzzy about it all, we found a parking spot and
>set up. WOW, we both thought, they must cut the grass by hand and manicure
>the trees, it was a 5 star park for sure! And this happened to be on
>another of our anniversaries to boot. Off to the club house we went to look
>around and met some of the few people that were staying there at the time.
>A little later Brenda drove by, stopped to ask if everything was ok and
>mentioned that is was ok to wash our Coach if we liked. She, the Coach, was
>dirty for sure, but this being our first trip, we did not have a brush or
>things to get the job done. Next thing I know here comes a couple of guys,
>fellow owners staying there, brushes in hand, buckets swinging and smiles
>from side to side asking,
>" you have any beer?" of course it took only a shake of the lambs tail to
>get that taken care of and the washing began.
>
>Mind you, we were not the first owners of this fantastic Coach called a
>Wanderlodge and she was older being an '85 and here were new Coaches all
>around. But the smiles and Bird talk put my bride and I at ease. That
>evening, out came the wine and glasses filled all around, toasts were made,
>smiles and hands offered, now that is an anniversary that Charolette and I
>will never forget. We have been blessed with all the friends met, camp
>fires shared, trouble with systems in the Coaches talked about and fixed
>and always the helping hand when needed.
>
>Bottom line to all this, Charolette and I wish to thank you all, for the
>memories on this our 20th Anniversary, though temporarily Bird less, we are
>Birders to the core and it is the people on this forum whom are very
>precious and dear to our hearts.
>
>Safe travels,
>
>Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
>Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
>http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm