July Rally Highlights

We have parked in firemen's fields, state and county parks, streets of Jamestown and numerous campgrounds through PA and NY, but, now, we found a great new venue - the Oswego Port Authority. Our rally this month was from July 21st - July 26th.

Oswego Harborfest, in its 23 year, was discovered by Jim and Sherry Miller. Aproached by them, it was the Harborfest's first experience with a camping rally. However, they welcomed us with open arms providing trolleys between our campsite and the various venues, souvenirs, entertainment, music, vendors and, of course, historic sites to visit. 65 motor homes from most of the chapters in New York as well as visitors from other areas spent 6 days at the Port Authority near the fort.

Assisted by Alice & Fred Sprout, Sharon & Tom Roule and almost every other member of the 34 Pen-NY Mixers attending, Jim and Sherry had considerable help putting together a memorable weekend. It included a "pot luck" dinner on Wednesday, a welcoming party on Thursday and departing party on Sunday. Breakfast was available every morning.

We were honored to have executive members from the FMCA Northeast Area decide to join us. Included was President: Paul DuBois & Diane, Senior VP: Ed Hoag & Lori, Treasurer: Eleanor Rizzi & Frank, and Secretary: Kathianne Taylor & Dave.

While Harborfest is a tough act to follow, we look forward to seeing everyone at an old "stomping grounds" - Hammondsport firemen's field for the August rally.

Details will be available soon.

Below is another post with pictures from the rally.

Pictures from our July rally

Below are some pictures from our rally in Oswego. You may also go to our web album by clicking on the Title of this post above.

New Web site links

We have found a couuple new WEB sites that may be of interest.  You may click on either the links to go directly to the site.

The first is "RV Daily Report" is a voice of RV manufacturers and dealers:

http://rvdailyreport.com/Home/tabid/59/Default.aspx

Another is the Web site for the Northeast Area of FMCA.  Paul Dubois (NMA President) informs us of the following site that is in its infancy, but will be improved soon: 

http://nmafmca.com/

We will place these on the list of links on the right side of this blog.

July Rally Agenda

Happy Independence Day!
Our July rally is all set. We are going to the Harborfest in Oswego. Details are at the bottom of this blog.

Below is a map of Oswego.

Below is the map to Oswego and the Rally site.

Instructions are as follows:

- From the south take I-81 to Rt. 481N turn right on Rt. 104 turn left on E 9th Street, rally at end of street.
- If you enter Oswego on Rt. 104 from the west turn left on E 9th Street to end of street.
- If you enter Oswego on Rt. 104 from the east turn right on E 9th Street to end of street.
- Do not turn on E 7th Street it has a low bridge and you will have a convertible motor home!

June Rally Highlights

Thanks to Bonnie Pollow, the following are highlights from the June rally at Wilkins RV:

I’m quite sure that the June Rally at Wilkins’ RV was enjoyed by all (66) who attended. This was the 3rd rally held at this site and it was, in my opinion, the best one yet. The folks who planned it (Plaisted’s, Moore’s, Kotar’s, Wollaber’s, and Pollow’s) did a splendid job.
The Kanona Fire Department provided us with a tasty chicken barbeque dinner on Friday evening, after which Monty Hall (Larry Kotar) made “deals” with several unsuspecting audience members in the TV Game Show, “Let’s Make A Deal.” Contestants made deals by selecting Door #1, #2, or #3 and were awarded prizes by a very “sexy” lady, or they were “zonked” and sent packing.
Saturday’s breakfast was catered by Holly Havens, who had made delicious specialty breakfast pizzas for all of us. The show 'n tell revealed how very talented our ladies in this club are. Beautiful completed quilts and some beauties “still being worked on” were shown, as well as jewelry and other crafts.
After a midday ice cream social, several people made the trip to the Curtiss Museum to enjoy the vintage airplanes and such. Others stayed behind to play cards, visit, walk their dogs, or merely rest-up before the evening meal, which was Larry Pollow’s “Beef on Weck” and Holly’s pasta casseroles and salads from Pizza Hut. Even though we were filled to the brim, Larry Kotar insisted on handing out an ice cream cone to anyone who could eat one.
The highlight of the night was our guest emcee, Roberta Eubanks (Barb Kotar) who revealed many marital “secrets” about these contestants: Gene and Donna Struble, George and Barb Cole, Jim and Sharon Fairbrother, Celeste and Paul Page, George and Millie Worden and Nelson and Neena Hansen in a spin-off of The Newly-Wed Game, Almost Newly-Weds (Senior Style).
A great time was had by all. On Sunday morning a very ample continental breakfast was available before we headed home.
We’re looking forward to meeting up again in Oswego in July, Hammondsport in August and Salamanca in September.