New Rallies for 2012 & 2013 Needed!

Volunteer now and let us get your rally on the books for 2011. All I need at this time is the date, place and host name!

Wagonmaster, James Smith

Chris and Cathy Costanzo own a 2006 42’ Select Travel Supreme motor home. They both work fulltime. Their family consists of two daughters and one son. They love to camp and relax with friends. They also enjoy cruises and losing money to the one armed bandits. Ida and Les steered them to joining our Traveling Supremes Club.

Dale and Pat Pflanzer are from Imlay City, MI. They own a 1999 40’ Ultimate Advantage Winnabago motor home. They are retired from Ford Motor Company. They live on a small farm with 9 cows and calves, one horse, one dog and one cat.

Glen and Melanie Joziatis own 2000 34’ Nuwa 5^th-wheel. They are from Merrimack, NH. Glenn like to play tennis and pickleball while Melanie enjoys artistic hobbies.

Walter and Susan Adams own a 2008 36’ Travel Supreme 5^th wheel and are from Lima, Ohio. They are both retired. They have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Walt enjoys photography while Sue is into rughooking, quilting, sewing, decorating and painting. They also enjoy traveling across the USA in their RV.

2004 Freightliner FL60 Sport Chassis For Sale

47,300 Miles;  204 inch Wheel Base; 300 Cat, Allison Transmission, Keyless Air Brakes, 4.88 Rear End , Locking Differential;
150 gallons Fuel,  LED Running Lights; Tinted Glass;
Exhaust Brake; Air Ride Seats, Electric Fold Down Seat 

      
$68,000

Contact:  Buddy Rickles  985-863-3297

11-28-11
Cajun Palms was such a beautiful RV Resort & Campground to have a rally. One of the prettiest we have stayed in.

On Sunday morning as everyone was leaving, we planned with Bobby & Nancy Skinner to be at their place on Tuesday. As luck had it, we stopped 3 times before getting into Texas to check our truck. The transmission gauge kept creeping up to over 200 degrees. So our first thought was to stop in Cut N Shoot, Texas again, and possibly find the Freightliner shop that we could get a computer put on the engine. Jack did that the first thing Monday morning, but the computer said everything was PERFECT! How could that be? Jack has determined that it was probably the thermostat, but he has not changed it out yet. We spent time in Cut N Shoot until Thursday morning before returning to Cove. What a bummer! This is the second time we had made plans to visit the Skinners and it didn’t work out. Maybe third time will be a charm!!

We are at the moment packing up again to travel to Galveston, TX for Thanksgiving. We will stay until Sunday. Mike, Christine, Olivia, & Jack will also go there. There are a lot of things to do there especially during the holidays. We plan to visit Moody Gardens & tour the lights they display along a mile long walkway. Jack and I have done this before, several years ago, but the others in our group haven’t. Olivia is so anxious to do this.

On returning from Galveston, we will get hot & heavy on the finishing touches of the New Year’s Rally.

Have a great Thanksgiving, everyone, and hope to see a lot of you after Christmas.

10-16-11
Thanks to Bud & Roselyn and Polk & Linda, we had a great rally in Berlin, OH with so much to see in the area and do. Topping the stay was a visit to the Amish home of Mr. John Miller's family. We were invited into their home and were able to buy apple butter that Mrs. Miller had made. The guys were across the street watching the shoeing of a horse by one of the sons. They have 12 children, 5 who are still at home.

The trees really developed vivid colors while we were there and that was a great sight. We even made a few garage sales, even with some Amish folks. The Heini Cheese Factory was very interesting and of course the taste tests were plentiful and now bringing home cheeses of every variety. We attended the Wurthers Train Museum which is a creation to see, someone so talented with a carving knife. Vegetables for every taste was available at the Vegetable Auction, along with flowers.  Now let’s talk pumpkins there, which were half the place and filled with pumpkins from very large, 70-100lbs to the small ones. It was neat to see the horse drawn wagons come in with bins of pumpkins and other vegetables… reminded me of my childhood days going to the cotton gin with grandpa's cotton bale.

Days were filled with things to do and we did not get to do it all so please Bud & Roselyn do it again in the future. The weather was made to order with beautiful and cool nights along with sunny days for touring. The Kentucky Horse Park is a great place, very spacious spots, manicured grounds and so much to see. We went on a horse farm tour which was great to see with horses worth millions and their million plus horse barns. 

Burnel & I traveled to the Renfro Valley area near Mt Vernon, KY as he wanted to see a particular park who hosts country music events, with country, bluegrass and gospel groups.  Enjoyed a good lunch at a restaurant and toured a museum of old 1800 Kentucky Homes.  Since we are not horse racing fans we had no problem finding something to do interests in the area. Leaving here we are heading to our daughter's home in Nashville to be with her for her birthday, then heading back to Lafayette.    Many thanks for these 2 rallies. Marie Moreau

10-11-11
Carol and I joined the Chama Rally in a unique way.  We were on the front end of a 32 day car trip through New Mexico and Colorado, followed by five days in New Orleans. We stayed in a motel in Chama adjacent to Sky Mountain Park. We had a great time in Chama before leaving for Durango, Co. We spent three days in Durango and managed to work in a side trip to Mesa Verde National Park. On the way to Mesa Verde we noticed a mama bear and two cubs beside the road. We stopped and watched for about 20 minutes as they dined on a deer that had died beside the road. From Durango, we went on to Ouray for three days.  Weather was great, with some rain, and cool temps. Leaving, Ouray we headed to The Black Canyon of the Gunnison. It really is spectacular. 

From there, we went on to Salida for one night on our way to Sedalia, Co to visit Lou’s daughter and son.  We got to see Lou’s grandson (Connor) get his Star rank at a Boy Scout Court of Honor. Connor is focused on becoming an Eagle Scout. His brother, Calvin, plays roller blade hockey and he is very good.  His team is undefeated and is going to the playoffs. To top it off, Calvin was selected to the All Star Team. While watching him play we got to see him do two “hat tricks” in two separate games. Don’t worry, I did not know what it was either. A Hat Trick is when you score three goals in one game. We stayed in Sedalia for about ten days and then left for Santa Fe where we spent four days before heading home. 

After arriving in Boerne, doing laundry, catching up on MD appointments and sorting through a ton of junk mail, we boarded Southwest Airlines for “The Big Easy”. Spent five days there and came back home five pounds heavier. It was a Great trip. We are now getting ready to leap off (Oct 15) to head for Louisiana. We’ll be at the Bayou Wilderness RV Park until we move to Henderson on November 7. Once we get home in November we have no travel plans for the rest of the year. We are looking forward to attending some of the 2012 rallies and hosting the Sponsor’s Rally in Rayne, La in late October 2012…More on that later. 

In late July, we and 24 other members of our family will go to Galveston, TX to board the Carnival Magic for a 7 day cruise to Cozumel, Grand Cayman Islands and Jamaica and back to Galveston. While on the cruise Lou will celebrate his 75th birthday and we will celebrate our second wedding anniversary. That’s all folks, for now.   Lou and Carol