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Camping => Aluminum Owner Gathering => Topic started by: leslie on January 20, 2017, 11:15:23 PM

Title: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: leslie on January 20, 2017, 11:15:23 PM
It's been relatively quiet here, so I hope LLers get a chance to read this. I know, most people haven't finished planning for camping season 2017, but...

Hubby and I will be going to the Pacific Northwest in summer of 2018, and we would like to camp with some fellow LLers. When we were planning for PNW Rally 2016, we had to make reservations in October 2015 for Ft. Stevens.

So, I am hoping some folks here will give some thought to this for when summer gets here, and we have to start making plans. Former LLers, wannabe LLers, and anybody else on this board is welcome to join us!

We had such a good time at Ft. Stevens, along with discovering the Oregon Coast, we want to do this again! Of course, our granddaughter living in the PNW is also on our agenda.

So think, plan, and maybe we will see some of you in 2018. (We will definitely be in Maine in August for that rally.) See ya!
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: Pinstriper on January 21, 2017, 12:44:54 AM
We're your Huckleberries, Leslie. You know that.


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Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: leslie on January 21, 2017, 05:35:10 AM
I saw 2008 in the topic headline. I meant 2018! How did that happen?
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: Merlin on January 21, 2017, 09:45:50 AM
 :D

We are considering a major expedition to Alaska in '18, one leg of which would likely go through the PNW in the summer. It would be fun to see more of OR and WA and the folks who call that area home.
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: leslie on January 21, 2017, 02:30:13 PM
Obviously, at this point, time frames are fluid, but let's see if we can't work it out.
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: Merlin on January 21, 2017, 02:59:37 PM
If anyone has 2018 completely locked down already, I don't want to meet them anyway!
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: Chappy133 on January 21, 2017, 03:19:10 PM
My second retirement date is 1 July 2021. Definitely there will be a coast to coast trip with travels through the the PNW along a trip back to Alaska (stationed at Ft Richardson from 1986 to 1990).
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: pjcd on January 21, 2017, 05:21:13 PM
2019, we're heading cross country, all the way to Alaska and back.
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: Merlin on January 21, 2017, 08:05:12 PM
I fold.
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: jamie on January 22, 2017, 11:47:12 AM
"I saw 2008 in the topic headline. I meant 2018! How did that happen?"


I opened this thread thinking something so bad happened at an '08 meet that it took almost a decade just to be able to talk about it.
I'm a horrible person.
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2008?
Post by: Paul on January 23, 2017, 08:05:46 PM
Quote from: leslie on January 21, 2017, 05:35:10 AM
I saw 2008 in the topic headline. I meant 2018! How did that happen?
It's not too early it's too late! lol I fixed the title
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: leslie on January 23, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Thank you, Paul. You saved me!
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: PaulJ on April 05, 2017, 09:37:21 PM
2018 gathering?  When?  Please discuss Month and Where you would like to meet?

I live in Florida and LOVE our winters - as for Summers anywhere North is much better over all.
IF a group wants to winter here - planning is now, snowbirds take over the campsites in the Winter and they are planning now.
We have some really nice state parks in the panhandle and other places in the state.  What are YOU looking for?
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: ammobob on April 30, 2017, 07:09:30 PM
I know this is fools gold to plan this far out but we are planning 2 weeks in Utah March 2018. This year's a bust with new home construction so we had to look ahead. We plan to hit all the parks we can over 2 weeks. Arches, canyon land, Zion and Bryce Canyon. May hit lake Powell and do a few days on a houseboat too.
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: gbpack on April 30, 2017, 07:27:25 PM
Ammobob - Great to have you back. We want to spend some time in Utah as well (maybe in 2018 or maybe in 2019), but isn't March a little early given the high altitudes and low temps? Also, I'm not sure that the Nat'l Park Campgrounds are even open in March. We don't mind camping in cooler temps but snow and freezing temps are not in our forecast!
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: leslie on April 30, 2017, 07:40:16 PM
Hi Ammobob! I met you at Ft. Stevens. Hope all is well with construction of the new house. My husband and I bought a spot in an RV resort this winter that has a cabana and space for the RV alongside. We hired a contractor to fix it up for us, and the conversation kept going like this - as long as we are doing this, we might as well do that!

We now have a cabana with a bathroom and laundry closet with hot water on demand (!). Funpilot gave me that idea for the unlimited hot water. We have a patio in back, and a screened-in porch in front. Glamping now.
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: Merlin on April 30, 2017, 07:57:22 PM
Interesting!  We'd be up for Utah, but March is too early for us. Cedar Breaks NM is one of our favorite parks but I don't think it opens until much later. And, I'm not suggesting that location for a meetup; too high an altitude. Maybe Arches?
Title: Re: Too early to talk about 2018?
Post by: ammobob on May 02, 2017, 11:44:49 AM
Working to our granddaughters spring break. This is subject to change as I have not done all my research with temps and sites. May move it to early summer break depending on wife's schedule.