May 4 -10/17 Weather has recovered but the temperatures are about 10 to 15 degrees F below normal. Days are just into the 50's and we had 2 nights of frost but it is only 40ish at night for the next few days. Is it because the winter was so mild in the north the spring is begrudgingly here?
The Elkhart 4H Fairgrounds are a great place for a Rally. Facilities can accommodate huge numbers, I think they said there were about 350 coaches here this year. Below will be a few pics of the camping. It is very organized and everyone has full hookups, just no cable TV. The week cost $245 and they feed you breakfast daily, lunch at least 5 times, 2 dinners and an ice cream social. Everything you want serviced on your coach happens right at your campsite. It is so convenient. The REV Group that owns Monaco, Holiday Rambler, American Coach, Fleetwood and Beaver will service 2 items on your motorhome for free labour, you pay the parts. We had a new swing arm on the door and a new step motor installed. Billy had the parts waiting. 2 technicians were on it for 1 hour so at $100 an hour there is $200 we recovered. Then we had another fix on our topper awnings, springs put in last year were readjusted for free by the service shop. Another 1 hour with 2 guys at $200. We will also have our generator serviced by Cummins Crosspoint and a new heating element put in our hot water heater. In the days there are seminars from 9 am to 4 pm on all kinds of topics. Billy went to a TV tips and tricks and info while I went off to a Convection/Microwave cooking class. Most functioning equipment on the coach is covered in a seminar. Fire Safety, Aqua hot, furnaces, hot water heaters, TV, roofs, toppers and awnings, electricity. and much more. This year we tried to take in the ones we didn't get to last year. It might take a few more years to really cover all the topics.
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| entering the Elkart Fairgrounds, beautiful spring flowering tree by their emblem |
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| Vendor building and new coach display |
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| there we are - 1st one on the right in the long row |
The Elkhart 4H Fairgrounds are a great place for a Rally. Facilities can accommodate huge numbers, I think they said there were about 350 coaches here this year. Below will be a few pics of the camping. It is very organized and everyone has full hookups, just no cable TV. The week cost $245 and they feed you breakfast daily, lunch at least 5 times, 2 dinners and an ice cream social. Everything you want serviced on your coach happens right at your campsite. It is so convenient. The REV Group that owns Monaco, Holiday Rambler, American Coach, Fleetwood and Beaver will service 2 items on your motorhome for free labour, you pay the parts. We had a new swing arm on the door and a new step motor installed. Billy had the parts waiting. 2 technicians were on it for 1 hour so at $100 an hour there is $200 we recovered. Then we had another fix on our topper awnings, springs put in last year were readjusted for free by the service shop. Another 1 hour with 2 guys at $200. We will also have our generator serviced by Cummins Crosspoint and a new heating element put in our hot water heater. In the days there are seminars from 9 am to 4 pm on all kinds of topics. Billy went to a TV tips and tricks and info while I went off to a Convection/Microwave cooking class. Most functioning equipment on the coach is covered in a seminar. Fire Safety, Aqua hot, furnaces, hot water heaters, TV, roofs, toppers and awnings, electricity. and much more. This year we tried to take in the ones we didn't get to last year. It might take a few more years to really cover all the topics.
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| more camping inside the horsetrack (we were there last year) |
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| driver training for co-pilots, the teacher and driver wear microphones to talk to each other |
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| sign in one of the motorhomes - priceless!!! |
