Our First Rally - October 2006

My husband and I joined the Wally Byam group but found a site Airforums.com that had Forum Rallies. A forum rally is an Airstream Rally that is not sanctioned by the WBCCI. It's just a group of Airstream Owners that get together and camp. My husband found a rally in our state that we could attend. So off to the NorCal Lake San Antonio Rally.

Entering the camping area we were met with this.



And then we saw this....



A sea of Airstreams. We were excited but a little nervous not knowing what to expect and not knowing anyone here. Suddenly, we were greeted by the "7 foot Cowboy" known as "kevbo". Charming man, outgoing and very friendly. He was our official greeter and helped us find a space.

I suppose it depends on the time of the year, but if you're like me, you may not appreciate the natives as much as others. There are a few tarantulas in the area. But, we also saw these...



...yep wild turkeys (click on the picture for an enlarged view). There is a lake there but I never saw it. We stayed around the camping area visiting with our newly found airstream friends. Dinner was a big potluck. Great food and great people. Someone brought a big screen and we all gathered around to watch the Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball's "The Long, Long Trailer".









All in all we had a wonderful time. Too short though. Despite my high fear of spiders and almost knocking myself out on an awning running away from the spider, we enjoyed the rally. It also began the forums camping fever for us. We have 3 types of camping, forums, official rallies and our own. All wonderful but brings different aspects to enjoy on our camping excursions.