EVENT: Heartland Chapter Rally: TX, Quanah - 3/11/2016 to 3/13/2016

[TravelTiger]

We have a large number of folks already here, and 5 more coming today! Wednesday afternoon, Mike & Peg hosted a gathering to share some roasted jalapeño poppers. We had a larger than expected turnout, as more folks came a day earlier than expected. They were cleaned out! Thanks Mike & Peg for sharing!



I have updated the attendee list and site numbers on post 1, as I understand them to be. This may change since we had a few cancel, the park may move some folks today. Please check in at the office before heading to your site -- or Tony and I can help direct you to your site.

 

[TravelTiger]

Well, we have everyone in! HornedToad was last and arrived about 6:30pm, so we are all set for a great rally!

Be sure to head to the Rally Hall, we have donuts being delivered by the Quanah Chamber of Commerce at 8AM! Hot coffee will be on, as well. Bring your jackets as the Rally Hall may be a bit chilly.


Here's some pics from this evening:

 

[jbeletti]

Nancy and I went into Quanah today. We had lunch and then stopped at that shop that had all the colorful Mexican metal yard art. I took a bunch of pics and posted them on my Facebook page.

Later this afternoon, I visited with a lot of rally attendees at their rigs. Some showed me there mods. I helped David W get his bedroom TV off the wall so we could connect an HDMI cable and get his satellite receiver connected to it. We did good!

David helped me check my coach batteries. Found a loose ground. Hoping that was my issue.

See everyone in the morning!

 

[TravelTiger]

The Quanah Chamber brought donuts this morning, and then they brought even more!

We had a good group come and enjoy coffee and donuts.


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[jbeletti]

And they were yummy - especially the fritters

 

[StarryNight]

So glad your weather is nice, very nice photos...watching the news yesterday and saw the storm kinda close to you!!!
Wish we could'a made it

Have a FUN rally,
Monica

 

[rxbristol]

Well, we have everyone in! HornedToad was last and arrived about 6:30pm, so we are all set for a great rally!

Be sure to head to the Rally Hall, we have donuts being delivered by the Quanah Chamber of Commerce at 8AM! Hot coffee will be on, as well. Bring your jackets as the Rally Hall may be a bit chilly.


Here's some pics from this evening:

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Nice picture of the Gin and the Texas flag .

 

[jbeletti]

Rally attendees went into Quanah yesterday afternoon. We met up at the city/county museum where we learned about Quanah Parker and a lot about the area. We even visited the old jail. I put a bunch of pics up on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jim.beletti

 

[jbeletti]

We had a great rally breakfast today!

Rally attendees brought lots of great goodies for us to eat. I with a few helpers made a HUGE amount of scrambled eggs. Tony D, assisted by Nancy A made the breakfast meats on Mike's (hornedtoad) huge propane griddle.


After the meat was done, Tony D, Nancy A and I made pancakes on the griddle. Mike had a fancy pancake batter dispenser he'd just picked up from a restaurant supply store. We used it. It was fun!


Later this morning, we had rig tours. A lot of people went on the tours. A lot of fun.

Going Wine Tasting this afternoon!

 

[8amps]

Thanks for letting us crash your rally. So nice to put faces to the forum posts Hope all y'all have a great night tonight. We're about 2 hours from Houston.

 

[Shortest Straw]

Thanks for letting us crash your rally. So nice to put faces to the forum posts Hope all y'all have a great night tonight. We're about 2 hours from Houston.

We sure enjoyed seeing you again. Safe travels.

 

[TravelTiger]

Today we had a fantastic potluck breakfast, a wonderful round of rig touring, then a trip into Childress, TX for wine tasting, and finally a wonderful dinner potluck with meat supplied and smoked to perfection from our own HornedToad (Mike Bowden)! It was then followed by a raffle for a variety of door prizes! Thanks to high ticket purchases, it seemed like 3-4 people won many of the prizes, but it was a fun time.

I hope everyone enjoyed the rally, we had a fun time hosting!

"Grab and Go" Breakfast tomorrow, then, sadly, goodbyes.




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[avvidclif]

It's not goodbyes, it's till we meet again....

And yes my ticket purchases paid off like a slot machine. 3 winners. we had a great time, more fun in the morning helping Mike get the smoker loaded.

 

[Shortest Straw]

Thank you to the Dorsey's for a well planned and executed rally! We would also like to thank everyone who let us scope out their rigs. We ended up with a lot of ideas which translated to a huge honey do list. It was a great time and we enjoyed meeting each of you. Safe travels!!

 

[nander]

Great rally! The activities were fun, food was delicious, and fantastic new/old friends. Thank you, Erika, Tony, and Mike Bowden for everything!!

Safe travels to all.

 

[HornedToad]

The Toad and Helen had a great time at our first RV Rally... Thanks to the host Tony & Erika and all the HOC family for their hospitality!!!


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[TravelTiger]

The Toad and Helen had a great time at our first RV Rally... Thanks to the host Tony & Erika


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HornedToad, Tony & I coined a new nickname for you since there were 3 Mikes at the rally. You were "Meat-man-Mike" and you went above and beyond to contribute to our rally! There was enough sausage, chicken, ribs and brisket to feed twice the folks attending! Thank you so much!!

Btw, we gave some of the meat leftovers to the office manager Kim as a thank you to her and Mario and others at the park, who worked more hours than they were getting paid to help us out prior to and during the rally. Kim was very grateful for the gift.


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[HornedToad]

I've been called a Meat Head, but never a Meat-man. I'm going to take that as a compliment... I think???

When is the next WTX Rally... This Fall???


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[TravelTiger]

I've been called a Meat Head, but never a Meat-man. I'm going to take that as a compliment... I think???

When is the next WTX Rally... This Fall???


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Mike, sadly it will be next year, spring break again. We will try to have some Camp-Outs other times, but the planning and time off we need for a rally we can't get in the fall.

There is a North Texas Rally in Weatherford, which is right down I-20, I bet you could make! April 1-3


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[TravelTiger]

Here is the group pic from the Texas – West Chapter Inaugural Rally in Quanah, TX at the Ole Towne Cotton Gin RV Park. The Rally Hall was in the old gin.