SUMMARY

This was the inaugural Ohio Rally, the brainchild of Steve Sands (ssands) and Larry Cadman (larry cad). According to Steve, he and Sharyl (his wife) drove all over looking for some place to hold the first event. Denny Harper (Joyden) told them about Baylor Beach. After a quick visit, it was obvious that campground would work very well for what we needed. And it did. But, in Steve's own wods, "the success of the first Ohio rally was not anything Larry or I had done. It was because of the people who attended. It was their willingness to be open to visit with others they had never met before that made this thing a success." That may be true, but none of this could have happened without Steve, Sharyl, Larry, and Linda's (Larry's wife) hard work!

For many in attendance, this was their first rally of any kind they had attended and came away realizing how fun these things can be. We had a wonderful time roasting hot dogs around our big community fire and getting to know each other the first night, and an even better time the following day with our flea market, potluck dinner, and door prize raffle. Oh, and the surprise Kentucky Derby contest! It didn't take long for everyone to figure they wanted to do this again soon!

Thanks also go out to all the sponsor companies that provided the door prizes and welcome goodie bags. Please support these companies if you can and maybe even send them an email of thanks. They can be found in the Resources section to the left.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

ssands having to save the day at 3:00am when D&ME's circuit breaker tripped.

The great RV screw-up stories around the campfire, especially Joyden crawling out the window when he could have went out the driver's door!

Making fun of Jayco-popup's luxurious rig. Thanks for being a good sport, you know we love you!

Larry cad's fantastic satellite reception or lack there of and his wheeling and dealing to try and switch spots with ssands so he could watch NASCAR.

Chemgoddess1 winning the grand door prize and proudly displaying them at her campsite...beautiful pink flamingos!

Getting a member of The Traveling Leprechauns to take our group pictures

Something about ssands' rig getting TP'ed and a 6 foot bunny greeting him at the door…

ATTENDEES

16 RV's in attendance

Attendee	Site #	Picture		Attendee	Site #	Picture
Buckeye Bounder	27			Chemgoddess1	31
crowles	30			DSteiner51	40
gjbmoore	29			Jim & Dee	37
JOYDEN	32			larry cad WANTA B RVING	35
Margaritaville	41			MealsOnWheels	33
red_robin_40 longrider1100	39			rollins215 LeslieWolfe	28
spiwilson	38			ssands Hey Sharyl	34
swilhite57	48			Zeppi-popout Zeppi-popette	26

PICTURES

  Chemgoddess1's pictures
  DSteiner51's pictures
  larry cad's pictures
  MealsOnWheels' pictures
  ssands' pictures

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