2009 Southern California Fall Rally, Buellton, CA

[Larryheadhunter]

2009 Fall Southern California Rally comes to Buellton​

Date: November 13-15, 2009​

Location: Flying Flags RV Resort and Campground www.flyingflags.com 1-877-783-5247
Watch this video on-line tour of the RV Park and local attractions http://flyingflags.com/amenities/online-tour.asp

Larry's cell - (949)306-2360 larryheadhunter@yahoo.com; Debbi's (949) 973-5101

Flying Flags last day of refundable reservations without penalty is October 28th.

Hi everyone, our 2009 Southern California Fall Rally is officially set for the dates above. Just is case of bad weather we have full use of Clubhouse 2 for any daytime activities as well as the Friday nite catered Italian Buffet dinner, Saturday Potluck dinner and the Sunday night BBQ dinner.

We have some great news for all attendees!!Pismo RV is bringing a new Landmark Grand Canyon, for all to see touch and feel Friday thru Sunday.

Pismo RV will also be sponsoring the Friday Night Catered Italian Dinner Buffet. Whoopee! Yes, everyone will receive a refund in their welcome packet.

Please bring one unwrapped $10-15 gift, per couple, that is RV related for the gift raffle on Saturday after the Potluck Dinner. Please drop off your gift on arrival when you pick up your badges and info packets at Larry's and Debbi's main rally site.

Special Guest Speakers
On Saturday night, November 14th,after the potluck dinner and raffle, we will be having a respectful FACTORY ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH JIM BELETTI,Heartland's Director of Owner Interests .

Give Heartland feedback on:
~What you like about your Heartland RV and the company
~How you feel they can improve their product
~What you would like to see on your next RV?

Jim will be speaking on various topics. This is not a complaining discussion, rather a constructive discussion. There may also be another speaker as well from a California dealership.

We need Volunteers to help plan, take on tasks, and generally assist Debbi and I in making this a great rally for all attending. If anyone can offer their services, please let us know as there will be plenty to plan for, so we can make our first large Socal Heartland Rally a huge success. You can contact Debbi at debula13@yahoo.com or on her cell to discuss your role or any service you can provide. Anyone who has special talents that can be utilized in preparation of this rally, we need to know ASAP.

THE SCHEDULE: As you can see below all days are open for all to do any activity they wish. Winery and golf packages are also available. Please post if you are interested in either of those activities so we can possibly join together as groups. Sounds like fun!

FRIDAY, November 13th:
Upon your arrival, no matter what day, pick up name badges, info packets, drop off RV gifts, and purchase raffle tickets for the Potluck Dinner raffle.
4PM on meet and greet Happy Hour cocktails (water and beer provided) at rally headquarters - Debbi and Larry’s site and the rec area next to Clubhouse 2.

6:00PM Flying Flags Catered Italian Buffet Dinner in Clubhouse 2. The main entree will be Lasagna. There will also be pizza, salad and water provided. BYOB. Dessert is included.

Nighttime Campfire Friday nite at rally headquarters (BYOB) & chairs, also, please bring a piece of firewood. We will have a firepit available all nites and expect some thrilling friday the 13th tales.　
　
SATURDAY, November 14th:

4:00-5:00 Meet and greet and Happy Hour Cocktails at rally headquarters and Clubhouse (BYOB).
5:30PM Pot luck dinner in Clubhouse 2. Please post what you are planning to bring for appetizers, salads, and main entrees. Gift raffle drawing following the potluck dinner, then the roundtable discussion.

Nighttime Campfire Saturday, depending on time and weather, at rally headquarters (BYOB) so please bring extra firewood to keep us warm and cozy.
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SUNDAY, November 15th: (for all rally goers that stay Sunday)

4:00-5:00PM Happy Hour and socializing at rally headquarters (BYOB)
5:30PM Good-bye Dinner in Clubhouse or rally HQ site, where the meat will be bbq'd if weather permits. Burgers and hot dogs along with buns, condiments and utensils, will be sponsored by the SoCal Chapter. Please bring appetizers, side dishes, salads and desserts. Flying Flags is providing 2 large BBQ's for our cooking use. After dinner we will have a 50/25/25 raffle. Campfire Sunday nite at rally headquarters (BYOB) and please bring extra firewood.

The amenities of this super-clean resort include a heated swimming pool, indoor and outdoor spas, new laundry facilities, newly remodeled campstore, satellite TV hookups, sit down internet workstations, sparkling clean restrooms, bring your own fire pits plus they will provide a fire pit at our main campsite. We will have our own clubhouse for all our indoor activities.

On site amenities include full hookups, with 50 amps and free wifi, diner/snack bar, propane, cable TV hookups, group recreation area just for our group, BBQ facilities, playground, rec room, biking roads, billiards, bird watching, entertainment, arcade and outdoor games including horseshoes, ping pong, scenic driving, all in a rural setting.

Nearby fun activities include a local Chumash casino with shuttle service, 18 hole, par 72 golf course Alisal River Course in Solvang, and there is a wonderful 9 hole golf course across the street from the RV park named Zaca Creek.

The incredible Danish city of Solvang is 5 minutes away, there are 30 wineries in the Santa Ynez Valley, beautiful Santa Barbara, fishing, horseback riding, sightseeing, nearby Pacific Ocean and lakes, boating (paddle and power for rent), hiking, forest areas and beach activities.

FYI, there is a great event Nov. 14-15th taking place in Santa Ynez (about 5 miles from Buellton). It is the annual Vaquero Show at the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum and Carriage House. The Museum itself is fascinating if you enjoy Western Art and History. The Vaquero show features Cowboy and Western antiques and collectibles and artists, etc. It costs around $5 and runs from 9AM-5PM both days. The Museum is located on the corner of Sagunto and Faraday Streets in Santa Ynez. Perhaps some of our group would find it interesting.

As of Oct. 20th, we have commitments from 23 Heartland and 5 SOB owners in rigs and 1 Heartland employee staying in a cottage:

Jim Beletti (Dir. of Heartland Owners Interests), and his wife Nancy in a cottage on-site 11-11 till 11-16. (4 nites)
Mike Moreland (West Coast Heartland Landmark/ Bighorn Sales Mgr.) Saturday, 11-14.

1.Larry and Debbi Kuhn (larryheadhunter) Wagon Master and Wagon Madam 11-9 till 11-17 (8 nights) -SoCal members
2.Butch and Stacy Joyner (gmc) 11-11 till 11-17 (6 nights)
3.Doug and Judy Chaney (Doug and Judy) 11-12 till 11-16 (4 nights)
4.Art and Teresa Mitchell (TessaM) 11-11 till 11-16 (5 nights)
5.Marybeth Laguna (flamingknitter) 11-12 till 11-16 (4 nights)
6.Art and Cindy laMontagne-(lamontagne) 11-10 till 11-17 (7 nights)
7.Wes and Dale Reed (wesreed) bringing John and Annie Hassel11-12 till 11-16 (4 nights) new SoCal members
8.John and Lori Dawson (SOB’s)-11-11 till 11-16 (5 nights)
9.Jim and Lucy Reed (BillyJoeJimBob) 11-11 till 11-16 (5 nights)
10.Bruce and Barbara Inselman-(Beaverfan)11-13 till 11-16 (3 nights)
11.Bram and Sherry Arnold (Bram) 11-13 till 11-16 (3 nights)
12.Butch and Sharon Lee (B. Lee) 11-13 till 11-17 (4 nights)
13.Butch and Linda Cole (SOB's) 11-13 till 11-16 (3 nights)
14.David and Diane Thompson (Brickman) 11-12 till 11-15 (3 nights)
15.Charles and Joyce Wilson (62cwil) 11-11 till 11-16 (5 nights) new SoCal members
16.Dale and Jenny Valdivia-(Dale and Jen) 11-12 till 11-16 (4 nights) SoCal members
17.Mike and Gloria Noble (SOB's) 11-12 till 11-16 (4 nights)
18.Bob and Bo Sargent (NorthCalBob) 11-9 till 11-16 (7 nights)
19.Art and Mary Hernandez-(SOB's)-11-11 till 11-16 (5 nights)
20.John Grosshans and Mary Hawkins (slojohn)-11-13 till 11-16 (3 nights)
21.Wayne Marshall and Johanna Marshall(WayneMarshall)- 11-9 till 11-17-SoCal members (8 nights)
22.David and Kathy Esposto (1duffer101)-11-13 till 11-15 (2nights)
23.Floyd and Carol Philbrook (FLOYDPHILBROOK)-11-10 till 11-17 (7 nights)
24.Larry and Jan Weltikol-11-10 till 11-17 (7 nights)
25.Burt and Peggy Mills (bpmills) 11-12 till 11-16 SoCal member (4 nights)
26.Jerry and Sandy Williams (SpiderMonkey)-11-13 till 11-16 (3 nights)
27.John and Debbie Laliberte (jal555) 11-10 till 11-17 (7 nights)

GOLF AND/OR WINE TASTING TOURS

Anyone who plays golf please refer to post #99 of this thread to give our favorite SOB, John Dawson a call at 831-234-4326 to set up your golf game day and tee times. Don't be late, we are keeping count. He would like to play on Friday, and if enough want to, on Saturday or Sunday as well. There are 2 courses, one 9 hole next door to Flying Flags, and an expensive Championship golf course nearby. Speak with John about the details.

Now let's start talking about 4 hour wine tasting tours. Are you ready to taste some great wines in local Santa Ynez Valley? If you are, now is the time to sign up and get ready to rock and roll. Please call me Larry Kuhn at 949 306 2360 if you want to go wine tasting either before the main rally or during. Normally it costs about $10-12 per person per wine tasting, and if our guide takes us to 4 wineries and we stop and eat lunch (either bring your own or we will order from the local tasty deli, to be picked up along the way) and also see a bunch of neat local gardens and secret hideaways, it should be a barrel of fun. Cost will be around $75 per person and lunch cost. Debbi and I will be selecting the wineries, but if you have any personal preferences, please let me know asap. We will have one tour on Wednesday,Thursday or Friday, and one or two on Saturday depending on interest level.
Let's have a helluva great rally and enjoy ourselves to the fullest.

I will update this rally thread as new information comes in.

 

[bigredtruck]

If only we could beam down to SoCal to join you. Unfortunately, as much as we enjoy the drive, it's a little too far for us to make the trip to see you all again! Looks like a lot of fun.

 

[Larryheadhunter]

Lori and Brent,
It was nice meeting you guys at the OR rally. Wish you could come to the awesome SOCAL rally in Buellton on Nov 13-15th but understand its a long way from Canada. Cya soon somewhere down the line.

 

[sandman]

party in Buellton

Hey LARRY & DEBB count us in for the so cal rally, sounds like a lot of fun. I am still waiting on some S,O,B'S to let me know if they can make it but im sure there is going to be a good turn out, So everyone that would like to go get up out of thoses chairs hook up those rv's and come out with us. wonderful park , lots of friends and lets have one great big party.

 

[Larryheadhunter]

Marty,
That's the great spirit we like to see. I will add you for Nov 12-15th for the socal rally in Buellton. I have you leaving the 16th.

 

[gmc]

Larry are looking forward to your rally in Nov. Not exactly sure what our dates are yet, but will let you know at a later date.
We will see you in Oct. in Jackson. I'm sure it will be good because we will make it good. So every body out there get signed up before it's to late. Let's have a party.

 

[Uncle Rog]

Shoot, we will be at the FF in September, and off to Furnace Creek for Turkey Day...

 

[Bob&Patty]

Rog, its 2 weeks before turkey day. You can still come. Bob

 

[Larryheadhunter]

Hi gang,
We just got 2 more Heartland RVers committment to join us at the SOCAL Rally.

Please welcome Bram and Sherry Arnold (Bram) and their 2010 Sundance 2900 MK from Lemore, CA and Butch and Sharon Lee from Vacaville, CA. That brings us up to 13 Heartland and SOB rigs. Way to go. Sign up now as we need to inform Flying Flags we need more sites and right now they are available.

 

[B. Lee]

Hello Larry,

We will arrive on 11/13 and leaving on 11/17. We look forward to meeting everyone.

Thanks, Butch and Sharon

 

[sdgirl]

Hey Larry,,, do we need to contact flying flags directly? Think Roy and I will be there. So, please put us down as tentative and I'll firm that up with you. Right now, we have to evactuate the house, due to fumigating for Termites. Yikes, but thankfully, we have our Home away from Home! Nothing like camping on the street in front of your own house... LOL.

 

[Larryheadhunter]

Hi Dena,
Wow that will be awesome if you make it to the rally since we both went to the first socal rally and had a blast. The way it works is in order for us to get the 20% discount for groups, everyone has to pay me, and I will pay flying flags directly. So once your reservation and dates are confirmed, you will send me the costs including the $10.50 per person for the Italian Dinner Buffet for Friday nite November 13th. Shortly I will be editing the initial post I wrote to tell everyone what the total cost per night actually is, so no one has to guess what the tax is. LOL
Say hi to Roy from Debbi and me, and I hope you get back to me soon with a thumbs up that you are coming. Take a look at the schedule as it will be amended as necessary.
Sorry to hear about the stuck truck and the house fumigating, but oh well........ you guys will survive. Cya soon.

 

[B. Lee]

Hey Larry, we were talking about the rally to some friends and they would like to attend with their SOB. How do we go about this? They will arrive and leave with us. They will have a 40ft motor home.

Thanks, Butch

 

[Larryheadhunter]

Hi everyone,
We just want to say how excited we are about our Nov 13-15th So Cal Chapter Rally in Buellton, CA.
We have a special attraction, so anyone who wants to attend just let me know.

LATE BREAKING NEWS: Special Guest Speakers

On Saturday night, November 14th,after the potluck dinner and the raffle, we will be having a FACTORY ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION WITH Heartland's own MIKE MORELAND, Western Regional Sales Manager and JIM BELETTI, Director of Owner Interests.

Give Heartland feedback on:
~What you like about your Heartland RV and the company
~How you feel they can improve their product
~What you would like to see on your next RV?

Both Mike and Jim will be speaking on various topics TBD

I just wanted to let all Heartland owners know about this special event at our rally.

 

[Larryheadhunter]

Bring on those SOB's

Hey Larry, we were talking about the rally to some friends and they would like to attend with their SOB. How do we go about this? They will arrive and leave with us. They will have a 40ft motor home.

Thanks, Butch

Hi Butch Lee,

Your SOB's are welcome to join us for the whole shebang including the friday nite Italian Dinner Buffet, the potluck dinner, raffle and round table discussion. Just send me their contact info and I know their dates are the same as yours. Can't add them until u email or PM me their name.
My email for everyone is larryheadhunter@yahoo.com

 

[dtvista]

Hi Larry

This is to confirm that Kathy and I will arrive on Thursday and depart on Monday (4 days).

It was great meeting up with you and Deb over the weekend in Leavenworth. Thanks for taking the girls shopping while Troy and I played golf. YA! I know .... you like them better than us Have a great time in Seattle.

Dave

 

[brickman]

HI Everyone. . .We are looking forward to our first rally in November. We plan on extending our time beyond the rally dates (11/9 - 11/15). Our SOBs will not be able to make it, after all.

Diane and David Thompson

 

[Dale and Jen]

Hi Larry
I sent you an email, didn't see this thread. Anyways, Dale and I plan to be there Nov. 12-16. Bringing along SOBs Mike and Gloria Noble. There may be more, I'll let you know. Please inclue the four of us for the Italian buffet on that Friday. as soon as you confirm, I will call Flying Flags and make our reservations. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! It's been a long time!!!!

 

[Larryheadhunter]

Hi Jen and Dale,
Great to hear from you again and really happy Deb and I will get to see you again at the Buellton rally. Mike and Gloria Noble are welcome as well. I will add both of you to the list and will cya soon.
Everyone check the original rally thread. We have 13 Heartlanders, 4 SOB's, and 2 Heartland employees. Fyi, JimBo Beletti is actually bringing his wife Nancy to our rally, so come one come all.

 

[lamontagne]

Arthur & Cindy LaMontagne arrival Tuesday November 10th departure Tuesday Novenber 17th 7 nights. Larry please note the spelling of LaMontagne! looking forward to the funnnnn.