EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 10/3/2014 to 10/5/2014

[codycarver]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Jon it is freezing here. Had my long johns on. They don't go well with lederhosen.

As I remember it Bernie... it was so hot last year even the Fireball was sweating at least during the day.

 

[happykraut]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

As I remember it Bernie... it was so hot last year even the Fireball was sweating at least during the day.

Dave this year I don't even need a freezer.

 

[jbeletti]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Saturday

Cool and not as windy today. The sun even was out most of the day

Today was an "on your own" day. Some stayed in, others went to the craft show here at the campground.


Many more went downtown Amana for Oktoberfest activities and to shop.


Tonight, the club took the entire rally group to dinner at the Ronneburg Restaurant.



After dinner, a few attendees went to Festival Hall and about two dozen of us braved the final official rally campfire over at Dan and Karen's.



Another great day at the Central Region Rally.

 

[iowaone]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Well, after the scary trip to the hospital this morning from the rally I am back at the campground. Dr.said I had a TIA. No driving till I get checked further by my Dr. in Dubuque. My son David will pull the camper back home tommorrow. Cancelled our trip to NC for now.

 

[cookie]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Take care Gary. Get well quick.
Thanks for the update.

Peace
Dave

 

[JohnD]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Well, after the scary trip to the hospital this morning from the rally I am back at the campground. Dr.said I had a TIA. No driving till I get checked further by my Dr. in Dubuque. My son David will pull the camper back home tommorrow. Cancelled our trip to NC for now.

Hope you are OK!

What is a TIA?

 

[jbeletti]

Gary, so happy to hear you are okay. Scary day for you. We may see you in the morning. Wishing you the best.

 

[iawoody2]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Gary glad you are ok. It's good to have a son like David.

 

[happykraut]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Gary, glad to hear that you are home. Judi and I wish you the best. A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is an event, sometimes called a mini-stroke,

 

[jimtoo]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Ya'll must have had one heck of a rally.... do we need to issue a medical alert now for a Heartland Rally??

Glad your OK Gary.

 

[ricatic]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Many thanks to all that planned and put on the rally...It had been awhile since Deb and I have been able to fit a rally into our work schedules...we had a great time...saw some old friends we had not seen in a while and met some new ones...

Regards

Rick and Deb

 

[iowaone]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Thanks all. It has been one of those days, but hopefully this the end of it .

 

[JohnD]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Gary, glad to hear that you are home. Judi and I wish you the best. A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is an event, sometimes called a mini-stroke,

I've never heard that term (TIA), but I am familiar with having a stroke as I had one four years ago this month (October 22, 2010) at the age of 50.

I have to say that I've had much better days than that day.

Changed my life forever . . .

Hope Gary is OK!

 

[olcoon]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Looks like you guys had a great rally, wish we could have been there!

Bernie, we don't know how long we'll be up here. If the weather cooperates, the harvest usually lasts 2 weeks. It officially started on Oct. 1, but they've been bringing in beets for around 2 weeks. We've really worked our butts off so far! I heard that they are predicting 1 MILLION TONS of beets this year!!! That's a lot of sugar buddy!!!

 

[chasdvorak]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Kudos to Team Amana on another great rally in the heartland with the Heartlands. We had a great time and truly appreciate the hard work that went into this rally. Safe travels to those who are working their way back home or onto another adventure.

Many Thanks,

Chuck and Reggie

 

[TGLBWH]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Gary, so glad to hear you are doing better. Also, thanks to the Amana team for a great rally and a special thanks to our Central Region Directors, Jay and Stella (will now be South Central Directors) on the last Central Region Rally.

 

[iawoody2]

Pat and I also would to thank the rally team for a fantastic time. Only our second rally, but hope to make more in the future.

 

[happykraut]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Made it home safe this afternoon. Judi and I would like to thank all those that anything to do with running this rally. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting with all of our friends and meeting new ones. Gary, great to hear that you're doing better.

 

[jbeletti]

Emme and I got to say goodbye to several attendees this morning before they rolled out. By the time Nancy and I got all our stuff done, ready to head out, it was about 10:30 am. Said goodbye to the two couples from CO and we were on our way.

I want to give a big shout-out to our rally planners:
- Jay and Stella Coffman
- Dan and Karen Halvorsen
- Dave and Shel Lippe

For each of them, this was the first Heartland Regional Rally they planned and executed. I enjoyed mentoring them and working along side them. Thank you rally team.

Thanks also to all who jumped right in to help cook, serve, setup, clean-up etc.

Finally, thank you to 42 couples from 12 states that made this rally the success that it was. I hope you had as much fun at the rally and in and around the Amana area as Nancy and I did.

And a surprise for me today... My boss forwarded a voice mail to me that was left by rally attendee Roy Hiebner (NE). Roy wanted to let Heartland know the he and Brenda had a fabulous time. Thank you Roy for taking the time to make a heartfelt call like that.

Heartland is not perfect, nor are we as your club leaders. But we try very hard to make a great RV and we've tried hard to build a great club and online community that really supports our product owners. We appreciate you!

 

[TomMar]

Re: EVENT: Heartland Regional Rally: IA, Amana - 9/27/2014 to 10/5/2014

Well add Marti and Me to the list of people that thought the rally was great. We had a great time meeting all of the folks from the U.P. down to Arkansas. To the plannersJay and Stella and their team we say great job, but next time please plan a little warmer weather for these folks with thin blood.

To all the folks we did not get to say good bye to, I'm sorry we missed you. We wished we could have stayed longer. Our first stop was scheduled for Peculiar, Mo. but the weather was good and we were making good time so we went on to Carthage, a long day but the weather was warm. Beautiful country, we'll be back. After that, on to home. Safe travels to all, we will meet again.