EVENT: Heartland Chapter Rally: WA, Anacortes - 7/22/2016 to 7/24/2016

[Grampafish]

Venue:
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• Fidalgo Bay Resort
• 4701 Fidalgo Bay Road
• Anacortes, WA 98221
• Alex 360-293-5353
• www.FidalgoBay.com
• Pets ok?: Yes
• Pet Fee: 0
• WiFi available: Yes
• WiFi Fee: 0

Details:
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• From: 7/22/2016 to: 7/24/2016
• The park was full but there have been a few cancellations at the park and it might now be possible to get a site.
• Site fee: $46 per night (10% discount will apply to rally nights)
• Club Member Event fee: 0
• Non-Club Member fee: $20
• Potluck: Yes
• Potluck date: 7/23/2016
• Potluck time: 5:00 p.m.

Contact:
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• Event Leaders: Doug and Doris Anderson Grampafish(click to contact)

	2016 WA Chapter Rally Attendee List
Site #	NAME	User Name	HOC#	Arrival Date	Departure Date	Caravan?	Whale Watch?
19	Carlos & Kindra Benavidez	moses	2602	21-Jul	24-Jul	N	Y
22	Rod & Kelly Ditrich	For20hunter	2336	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y	Y
25	Duke & Jan Ditrich	jmditrich	2487	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y
26	Don & Alicia Mogenson	donmogey	872	20-Jul	25-Jul
40	Tom & Marla English	tenglish	1731	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y
41	Open Road RV			22-Jul	24-Jul
42	Open Road RV			22-Jul	24-Jul
48	Bruce McLaughlin	manzan	1869	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y
46	Deb and Jerry Earls	debjer	2036	21-Jul	25-Jul	?
51	Mark & Kristy Carlson	Ziggy	1024	15-Jul	25-Jul	Y	Y
52	Matt & Robin Bailey	MRBailey	2748	21-Jul	25-Jul
53	Bob & Bo Sargent	NorthCal Bob	1723	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y
55	John & Debbie Kramer	jdfishing	1809	18-Jul	25-Jul	Y	Y
56	HOC open space	party-on		21-Jul	24-Jul
57	Duane & June Braun	drbflorence	859	21-Jul	25-Jul
59	Carol & Steve Wade	TheWade2	2434	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y
60	Janet Noble	RottsNScotts	2985	21-Jul	25-Jul
61	Doug & Doris Anderson	grampafish	2420	18-Jul	25-Jul	Y	Y
64	Bob & Kim Walter	SeattleLion	2648	22-Jul	25-Jul	N
65	Paul & Candy Hardt	paulh	2676	17-Jul	25-Jul	Y
66	David and Patricia Hole	shelsay	1661	20-Jul	25-Jul	Y
173	Bill & Jan Gavin	WGB	2587	21-Jul	25-Jul
158	Jim Gavin	-	S-O-B	21-Jul	24-Jul
174	Dean & Jodi Madison	shovelguy	1461	21-Jul	25-Jul	N
183	Steve & Ida Wand	superwando	2481	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y
184	Dave & Yvonne Dirksen	Dirksen-2	1324	21-Jul	25-Jul
185	John & Becci Zumwalt	Becci	2474	21-Jul	25-Jul	Y	Y

Additional Info:
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Fidalgo Bay Resort is located on Fidalgo Island in the beautiful San Juan Archipelago. The Resort is located just a couple of miles from Anacortes which is home to the Washington State Ferry terminal between the islands of San Juan, Orcas, Lopez, Shaw and on to Sidney, B. C. For information on the ferry system, visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries. Other activities include whale watching, golf, hiking, biking, kayaking, visiting Deception Pass State Park or browsing the towns of Anacortes, LaConner, Oak Harbor, Coupeville and Langley - not to mention hanging out with great Heartland friends!

Come explore the beautiful Pacific Northwest, and then plan to travel with us down to Silverton, Oregon for the Oregon Chapter Rally the following weekend!


Please join us for what we hope will be a terrific, fun rally!!

Registration: From noon to 4:00 Thursday and Friday at site 61.

Meet and Greet Happy Hour: Friday 4:00 to 6:00 at site 56. BYOB and an appetizer to share

Potluck Dinner: 5:00 Happy Hour (raffle tickets will be sold during Happy Hour), 6:00 Dinner - Saturday evening in the Clubhouse. Main course will be provided with an Italian theme. Thank you to Open Road RV Center for sponsoring our main course and rally. Please bring an appetizer, side dish or dessert to share. If your last name begins with A-D bring an appetizer, E-M bring a side dish, N-Z bring a dessert. (if you have a "specialty", ignore the alphabet!) Plan on enough for 8-10 people.

Raffle Prize Drawing: Saturday in the clubhouse after dinner. If you'd like to participate, please bring an item in the 15 to 20 dollar range. Only need 1 per rig, however, you're welcome to donate more prizes if you'd like!

The 2016 Tribal Canoe Journey is now scheduled to arrive in Fidalgo Bay the 18th or 19th of July, and depart on the 22nd or 23rd. For many of us, this could be a once in a lifetime event!

Are you interested in WHALE WATCHING? If so, we thought it would be fun to do a group outing on Saturday, July 23. The San Juan Islands provide one of the best whale watching opportunities anywhere in the world, offering calm waters and a huge variety of wildlife, which includes three pods of resident Orca whales.
Here are the details: A 4 ½ to 5 ½ hour cruise into the San Juan Islands to view the resident pods of Orca Whales…along with likely sightings of harbor seals, Stellar and California Sea Lions, Harbor and Dall’s porpoise, Bald Eagles and a wide variety of Seabirds.
Cost: Adult ticket is $109.00 per person, but if you are military, over 65, AAA, AARP member it’s $99,per adult, plus tax and $3 port and $2 ticketing fee. (this might seem a little “spendy”, but remember this is a 5 hour cruise and they guarantee we will see whales!) The boat is 60% full as of June 23 so be sure to sign up soon!

The HOC will provide snacks and a full lunch and non-alcoholic beverages during the cruise. The cruise leaves from and returns to Anacortes.

If you are interested in participating, please go to : http://www.island-adventures.com
and check out their website and make your reservation for the 10:00 a.m. tour on July 23rd.
Then let us know by posting on this thread or send us a PM so that we can add you to the list of participants.


CARAVAN INFO
If you are planning to attend the Oregon Chapter rally, we will be caravaning to the Toutle River RV Resort on Monday, July 25 where we will stay two nights. The caravan will then head to the rally in Silverton, OR on Wednesday, July 27. You will need to make your own reservations at Toutle River RV Resort, 360-274-8373. When you do, let them know you are part of the Heartland Owners Club so we will all be together. Please let us know if you plan to caravan so that we can make sure the RV park holds enough spaces for us.

 

[ziggy]

Will be making our reservations soon!

Kristy

 

[For20hunter]

All approved, looks great and we will hope to be joining you all there too. We will know for sure after our Vacation bid in January.

Rod

 

[JohnDar]

Won't be to the rally, but that is a very nice area. My sister-in-law lives in Anacortes, overlooking the ocean (Washington Blvd.). We were there early last year for my nephew's wedding. Have fun.

 

[Crumgater]

Dang it. We really are trying to get back to a rally!
But... my cousin is getting married that weekend, so we'll be down in Vancouver instead.

Looks like a GREAT place! We may have to go try it out anyway.

 

[paulh]

Count us in - we will definitely be there! I will forward reservation info to you in the next few days.

 

[For20hunter]

Doug and Doris, we just made our reservation for the 2016 Wa Rally.
We will be coming in on 7/21/16 departing on 7/24/16
RV site # 22

Thank You!
Rod & Kelly

 

[jdfishing]

Count us in. Planning on arriving 7-18 and departing on 7-25. Will make our reservations in the near future.

 

[wdk450]

I will put this into my planning list for next year and see if I can make it work. Right now I am planning to do the 4 Thousand Trails on the Oregon Coast for 2 weeks each both North and Southbound, and the 3 thousand Trails on the Southern Washington Coast (2 weeks each too).

 

[SeattleLion]

We made our reservations and we will be there!

Bob and Kim

 

[shelsay]

Want to make our reservation soon. Do you know which day you will leave for caravan to Silverton?

 

[Grampafish]

Want to make our reservation soon. Do you know which day you will leave for caravan to Silverton?

Pat and Dave, we aren't completely sure. We made our reservation at Fidalgo through Tuesday,the 26th (but will change it if we all decide to leave on Monday). We plan to visit the Toutle River RV Resort in Castle Rock next week as that will likely be the stopping point between Anacortes and Silverton. We're not sure whether to plan on two nights or three nights there. As we get closer to the rally dates, we'll work with Kristy and Mark and those interested in a caravan to finalize our plans.

Dave, I hope you are doing well and are putting your new truck to good use!

 

[ziggy]

Toutle Creek is where we are looking to stay on our way up to Anacortes. we will hold off on making our reservations until after your visit to the park. Please let us know what you think.

We will need to arrive in Silverton sometime Wed. to be able to get everything together for our rally. Thurs. will be shopping day.

We we plan to spend about a week at Fildago Bay before the rally so we have plenty of time to look around. We have never been to that area before and there is a lot to see.

Kristy

 

[Grampafish]

Toutle Creek is where we are looking to stay on our way up to Anacortes. we will hold off on making our reservations until after your visit to the park. Please let us know what you think.

We will need to arrive in Silverton sometime Wed. to be able to get everything together for our rally. Thurs. will be shopping day.

We we plan to spend about a week at Fildago Bay before the rally so we have plenty of time to look around. We have never been to that area before and there is a lot to see.

Kristy

Awesome, We will be getting to Anacortes early as well. We also have limited knowledge of the area. We'll let everyone know what we think of Toutle River RV as soon as we've visited.

 

[jdfishing]

The Kramers have their reservation. Arrive: July 18 Depart: July 25 Site " 55 Bighorn 35' . I took a guess that we would leave on Monday 25th for Toutle River or wherever. Suppose I can change it if necessary. We plan on being up in the Seattle area a week or more before we arrive for the rally, visiting family. Looking forward to this trip.

 

[ziggy]

Made our Fildago Bay reservations today. We will be arriving 7/15 and made the reservation to depart 7/25. our rig is 42' Key West and we have site 51.

The woman I talked to said most everyone was planning on leaving on the 24th. I wonder if there is some confusion when people reserved they thought if they said the 24th they meant to leave the 25th but that is not how the park interpreted it. People might want to check their reservation to be sure.

If we are leaving the 24th, it might be easier to get through Seattle. If that is the case, let me know ASAP and I will change our reservation.

I tried to make a reservation at Toutle river, but they won't take them until January 4th. We will spend 7/8-14 at Toutle River, then go to Fildago Bay on the 15th. We plan to be at Silver Spur on the 27th to prep for our rally, unless there is a Costco near Toutle River. It looks like the closest one is 50 miles away.

Doug and Doris, we can talk and work out the dates for sure. If you decide to go someplace besides Toutle River, let us know.

Kristy

 

[jdfishing]

I didn't think about getting through Seattle on Monday, but we don't usually leave on Sunday. I'm open either way. Maybe one of the WA folks can give us a clue on Seattle traffic S/B.

 

[Manzan]

Headed south, I would want to get through Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia by 3PM any work day. The general configuration of Seattle and highways means they can back up any time. Morning rush hour traffic can last beyond 10AM north bound through Seattle. I live in West Seattle and going downtown can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 45 minutes any time of day. You never know. When making Dr.s appointments, I try for mid day and allow at least 45 minutes to get there. Carry a book incase I am early.

 

[shelsay]

Hi--

Just made our reservation--arriving July 20, site 60. I have us down as leaving on the 25th but will change if the caravan decides to leave on Sunday.

Looking forward to a much better summer than last year and to seeing everyone.

Pat

 

[Grampafish]

We visited Toutle River RV resort (http://www.greatrvresort.com) and really liked what we saw. They do not take reservations for next summer until after the first of the year. We will call them on January 4 and have them block a section for us but you'll need to call to make your own reservations, letting them know you are part of the Heartland group. Our current plan is to leave Anacortes on Monday, mid to late morning and arrive in Castle Rock very early afternoon. We would stay two nights (7/25 and 7/26) departing mid to late morning for the Oregon chapter rally in Silverton.

We have updated post #1 to identify those folks who have notified us of their reservations.