RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Well, it was a beautiful day around here today, that is until I had the bright idea to mow the lawn. :R I was almost done and was down to the last part to mow when I ran over the remnents of a stump from a shrub I cut down 2 years ago. It's about a foot in diameter. Stupid thing was I knew it was there, but didn't see it real well with all the tall grass around and over it.
So anyway, I hit it with the mower blade and the mower started making a terrible racket, so I shut it off and looked underneath. Everything looked okay, so I started it up again. Still a racket, so I shut it off again and called a repair place and described what had happened. They told me I probably bent the shaft between the motor and the blade, but could bring it in to be sure. So I did. Sure enough, it was bent. And it costs almost as much to fix it than it is to buy a new one. So guess what I'll be paying for with our tax refund this year? Yep, a new mower. :B :R Not exactly what I had in mind, but oh well.
So what's everyone else been up to? Been kinda quiet around here. Y'all didn't go out camping all at the same time, did ya?
Just under 8 weeks until rally time. I heard from DickA (our great auctioneer from last year) and he thinks they won't be able to make it this year, so it looks like we'll be doing a silent auction this year. Don't forget to bring a nice item (try not to spend more than $15, but you can spend more if you really want to). We're also working on doing a game or two of Bingo. Not sure yet what we're going to work it, but it should be fun!
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Thanks Linda and Ryan! The omlet lovers will appreciate it. :B
Okay, anybody have one of those BIG coffee pots they could bring?
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Hey, we're now a sticky on page 1. Woo hoo!!! :B
You're down to about 30 days to sign up and get a spot with the rest of the gang. After Apri 14th, you can still register with the park, but you may not get a site that is close to the group. So don't wait, sign up soon!
Still haven't heard if anyone has one of those turkey fryer's or a big coffee pot. If you have one, please let me know.
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Well, we have family and friends over in the back yard having a small party for Laura's birthday (which is tomorrow). It's a cool upper-40-something, but there's a nice little "campfire" keeping everyone warm. :C
The weather around here today was perfect...around 60, a little breezy but lots of sun.
And for everyone NOT in AZ, don't forget to set your clocks ahead an hour tonight. Time to "spring ahead". :B
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
RALLY NEWS.....RALLY NEWS.....RALLY NEW
After a couple of emails back and forth with the rv.net folks, I think I have arranged to receive some "giveaway" stuff. Not sure what it will be, so it will be like Christmas...waiting for the package to arrive so I can see what's in it. :B Hopefully, it will be some good stuff, and maybe we can have some prizes for shortest and longest distance traveled, and maybe some other fun categories. No "old" category, cuz we all know who would get that one. :R :B
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Hey Bob and Marla,
Glad to hear you can make it. :B Sorry you're having trouble with the park. They are supposed to take reservations and payments until April 14. I will try to call them tomorrow and see what's up (that's if I remember to). Been pretty busy at work lately.
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Cheaper? :R Oh, contrair, I beg to differ. Before we got our first trailer, I did a little cost/benefit analysis and figured that we could pull the TT to Disneyland, San Diego and San Fran for 2 weeks and still not spend as much as we would if we flew just to Disneyland for a week.
You're just having some bad luck at the moment. Be patient, it will pass and everything will be good. :C
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Allison's only get linked to the Duramax, and they don't put that motor in a Suburban (darn it!). And I think it is the 4L60E in the 1500.
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Laura,
Nope, the "towing package" on the half ton does not include the tranny cooler (or at least it didn't on our 2001 model). Your mechanic should be able to tell whether it has one or not.
Usually, the so-called "towing package" includes the receiver, maybe a heavier duty alternator and/or battery, and the vehicle is pre-wired for a brake controler. Most 3/4 and 1-ton's will include a tranny cooler. But don't take anything for granted. Have a mechanic verify it.
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Hey Laura, when you get your new tranny put in, have them add a transmission fluid cooler to it. That could help some going over all those passes you'll be going over on your trip.
And look on the bright side...at least you can get it fixed! :B :B :B
Beats getting towed to the junk yard. :B
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
I'd get a really big cage for them, cuz what are they gonna do when you open up the back? :R :E
This is why we won't travel with dogs/cats...too much trouble.
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Oh, just wait until it rains and you have the cats in there. The noise will probably drive them crazy!!! :E :E :E
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
RALLY NEWS.....RALLY NEWS.....RALLY NEWS
With just over 2 months until rally time, it's probably time to start doing a little planning and recruiting. :B
Coffee
We can put on a big pot of coffee in the clubhouse every morning...if someone has one of those big coffee pots that they can bring. We can get the coffee...if you'll give us ideas as to what kind you'd like. PM me if you have one of those big pots you can bring and/or what kind of coffee you'd like.
Otherwise it will be BYOC :C
We're also thinking about running down the street to get some donuts and things to go with that cup of coffee. :B Sound good?
Saturday breakfast (omlet in a bag plus...)
We hope a couple of you have those big turkey fryer pots that you could bring so we can boil the water in. (PM me if you have one and can bring it.)
What would you like to have in your omlets? We're thinking ham, a couple different kinds of cheese, onions, green peppers and bacon bits. What else would you like? (PM me)
We're also looking at cooking up some sausage, bacon, hash browns and pancakes. We'd love some volunteers to help do the cooking, so PM me if you can help.
Saturday night dinner
Since the campground does not have a BBQ, we were thinking about cooking up a nice ham and having everyone bring a potluck dish to go with it. Or we can stick with the BBQ burgers and hotdogs, but someone would need to bring a grill. PM me your thoughts on this one, espeically if you don't like ham.
The Auction
In order to raise some funds to cover any expenses incurred for this years rally (with any left over funds going towards next year), we're going to have another auction like last year. If each rig could bring an item to be auctioned off on Saturday night after dinner, that would be great! Try not to spend more than $15 on the item though. Wrap it up and disguise it if you need to (unless you want everyone to konw it's a bottle of wine). If DickA makes it to the rally, we might do a "live" auction since he did such a great job last year. If not, we'll do a "silent" auction. Either way, it should be fun! :C This is not a "while elephant" type of auction, so please bring something nice.
If you have any thoughts or ideas about any of this or anything else rally related, please send me a PM.
Stay tuned for more updates.........
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
What info do you need from us now?It's all on post #1. :C But if you don't want to go back that far...
Names of people attending
Forum name
Email address
Complete mailing address
Deposit amount paid
Arrival date
Departure date
Size and type of rig, including the number of slides
Size and type of dog(s) (if any)
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Oh, well yeah, copying code into a technical spec document that you do up in Word makes the thing go bonkers. :R
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
A spell checker for source code? Unless you're talking about a good old compiler, I've never heard of a spell checker for source code. And I don't remember how many "English language" programming languages I've worked with over the years, but most of them weren't that "English" like. :R
My favorite compiler error in school was "undefined combined relation". :R :R :R
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
HEY, I resemble that level of geekery too ya know.
Well, maybe not that bad. :R :B
Besides, most of the puters I play with tell me (loud and clear) when I make a mistake! :B
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
Sounds cool Laura. Now don't go knocking white. We would have preferred a white Suburban, but when we were looking to make a deal, the only dealers that had one the way we wanted one were in Michigan and Bakersfield. The white one was in Michigan, but the dealer wouldn't deal (he thought he would eventually sell the truck for full price, even though it had been on his lot for 9 months already :R), so we ended up getting the one from Bakersfield.
So, is it a 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton? What motor does it have?
I would recommend nothing less that a Prodigy. There are a couple higher priced usits out there that supposedly do a better job, but I've had no problems with my Prodigy.
RE: Northwest Spring Rally, May 14-16, 2010
I finally called yesterday and made our reservations so please add us to the list.That's great news Kevin! :C Sending you a PM.
