The Unofficial 2015 North American Rally Picture Thread

[MCTalley]

Share your 2015 National Rally pictures in this thread. If you couldn't make the rally, feel free to browse and see what all we're doing here.

I'll start with some general, around-the-grounds pictures.

RVSEF Weigh-in

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General "neighborhood" pictures

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(Michael and Kelly - let me know if you want a larger version of this picture).

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Visiting with friends old and new:

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Time to check in:

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Demo coaches:

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[MCTalley]

Saturday afternoon dinner at the Yoders.

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[MCTalley]

The Amish Country Tour was fabulous. We learned a great deal about the Amish and Mennonites and got to meet several that have different businesses. Of course, shopping was fun, as well.

The group:

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Rise'n Roll Bakery (http://risenroll.com/)

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[MCTalley]

The Dutch Country Market had excellent peanut butters and jumbo jelly beans, among other great treats.

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Quilt square made of flowers:

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Neighboring farmer spraying his field:

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[MCTalley]

The Guggisberg Cheese shop had a lot of tasty cheeses and, of course, plenty of samples:

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After we left the cheese shop, we spotted this Amish father mowing the grass with his sleeping child alongside him in a car seat on the mower deck:

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[MCTalley]

We stopped to visit a young Amish gentleman that builds buggies. He is apparently pretty popular as he indicated he currently has a year and a half backlog of orders.

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[MCTalley]

We stopped and had lunch at the Yoder home (same Yoders that served us dinner on Saturday). Here are some random pictures from around their home.

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You see a lot of these pulley-driven clotheslines strung between homes and distant structures. They can hang a lot of clothes out and just reel them back in when they are done.

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Super-friendly and huge draft plow horse

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Mama and baby

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[MCTalley]

Here was an interesting stop. This gentleman raises camels to collect the milk. The milk is apparently used for people with autism and also favored by middle eastern people who are in the states. He gets about $8 a pint for the milk. Note that the camel baby still gets its share of milk - only the excess is collected and sold. They also made soap and ice cream from some of the milk and made both available for our tour.

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[MCTalley]

This afternoon there was a pitch-in finger food meet and greet at Nelson's Pavilion. Big turnout.

Of course, there is food. It is a HOC rally, isn't it?

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Big crowd.

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[MCTalley]

Various pictures from around the rally site today.

There are many different modes of transportation around the grounds.

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Classy Chassis brought a couple trucks.

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The demo Cyclone 4200 is all set up and ready for you to tour (purchase optional).

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There are several demo coaches here available to tour.

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RVSEF will be weighing rigs through the end of the rally.

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The service team will be here tomorrow and all through the week servicing rigs.

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[simsfmly]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

[pegmikef]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

Ditto!

[travelin2]

Definitely fun times I'm sure. We plan to make the next one for sure.


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[donr827]

We all appreciate the pictures.
Don

[AAdams]

Thanks for the pics. We have never been to a rally and it looks like fun. Also allows those of us that have never been to Goshen an idea the sites in the park. So if we ever do make it to one of these events we will have a better visualization of where we might want to pick for a site. Again, thanks.

[OEFVET]

Lunch at Yoder's

[davebennington]

Here is a picture of the golfers at the pre-rally golf tournament held at Black Squirrel Golf club.

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[VMooreSR]

Thanks for the pics. We have never been to a rally and it looks like fun. Also allows those of us that have never been to Goshen an idea the sites in the park. So if we ever do make it to one of these events we will have a better visualization of where we might want to pick for a site. Again, thanks.

What Alan said....:cool: