Chapter 8
- Mexican Connection Chapter 8
Mexican Connection Chapter 8 holds one rally a year in Mexico. It is our mission to introduce RVers to the wonderful Mexican people and to experience confident RV travel in Mexico by themselves or with others. Please read below for information.
(This page maintained by Mexican Connection Chapter 8. Last modified: 5/3/2012 10:40:38 PMCentral time.)
The purpose of Chapter 8 is to:
-Introduce new Escapees Chapter 8 Mexican Connection members to RV travel in Mexico, its scenery, traditions, food, culture and folklore.
-Travel south of the border and give back more than the enriching experiences we gain, through charity donations and business patronization.
-Enable Chapter 8 members to feel comfortable to return to Mexico for future rallies as well as their own road trip adventures.
Chapter 8 publishes a quarterly newsletter along with maintaining this Escapees based website as well as a Mexican Connection Website. The Chapter sponsors an annual RV rally, which is a large group trip, into Mexico and helps with the charitable activities of the Escapees and charitable missions in Mexico.
At the one official rally each year in Mexico, officers are elected, a site selected for the next year's rally, charitable contributions determined, and other chapter business is conducted.
MEMBERSHIP or CONTACT INFORMATION HTML links are no longer permitted on this webpage, so please go to the main website C/P http://www.mexicanconnection08.com
Upcoming Rallies and Events: 2013 Rally is planning to go to San Felipe.
for more information copy and paste "C/P" this link to http://www.mexicanconnection08.com
Chapter Voice Mail Information: 888-757-7701 ext. 8008
New Membership Chair Kyra Bronson: Copy/Paste this link kyrabronson@yahoo.com
Membership dues are $6 and due May 1 of each year. Please go to C/P http://mexicanconnection08.com and use our electronic dues paying with Pay Pal.
If you want to mail it in, it will cost you a stamp and a $6 check. Pay Pal does not cost you (we pay the transaction expense), and you can register immediately for one through 5 years.
COPY/PASTE "C/P" all links in the URL line for further info.
You must be a member of C/P escapees.com and C/P mexicanconnection08.com to attend the rally.
The new Spring Newsletter 2012 is available with the officers' list, and more complete information on how to renew/join Chapter 8 using Pay Pal. Follow the link to the Newsletter: C/P http://wwww.mexicanconnection08.com/newsletter.htm
Jan Biller is our new editor.
Annual Dues expired May 1, 2012 unless you renewed for multiple years.
To Renew or Join Chapter 8 Two Options are now available:
1. Mail a Check for $6.00 to the Membership Chair Using the 2012 Membership Form.
Go to mc8renew.com to renew your dues. This is where you will find the proper form and the "BUY NOW" button. You can get to mc8renew.com website from the mexiconnection08.com website page.
2. Click on the "Buy Now" link to electronically renew/join by Credit Card, Debit Card, or Bank Routing by setting up an account at Pay Pal (no fee). Dues are $6.00 a year.
The Chapter 8 web page for membership renewing/joining is mc8renew.com. Follow the instructions and chose your options. You will be redirected to Pay Pal to pay your dues. Be sure to click on "buy" at the bottom of the page.
IS IT SAFE TO TRAVEL IN MEXICO (The BOARD responds)
This question has been asked recently by many people. Chapter 8, The Mexican Connection wants to make it clear that neither Chapter 8 nor the Escapees RV Club provides liability coverage, and everyone traveling into Mexico must provide their own insurance for travel, medical, and emergency evacuation coverage.
The decision to travel in Mexico implies that those members assume all risks to themselves and their equipment. This has always been the policy of Chapter 8 The Mexican Connection and the Escapee RV Club.
There is risk to traveling in Mexico, as there is risk in traveling anywhere. The question is, how much risk? And is it a level of risk you are comfortable in assuming? Your individual comfort level is the key. Some travelers are comfortable in assuming more risk than others. At the beginning of Rally registration and through the pre-Rally, Chapter 8 strives do a good job in laying out its travel plans, with as much detail as required, so that individuals can make a decision to go or not to go. But all participants and Chapter 8 representatives need to be careful because no one in Chapter 8 has the power to "guarantee" or offer "assurances" to any fellow traveler that they will be safe and comfortable. To make the trek into Mexico is a decision each traveler must make for themselves.
When planning rallys, the Wagonmaster is always thinking safety and comfort. Our important planning guidelines include the following: We never travel at night or for long periods during the day where folks might become fatigued. We always travel in groups of 7- 9 rigs. If someone has trouble, the group stays together until the problem is solved. You are not left alone to deal with it. We always avoid city congestion by going around, whenever possible. Where we do encounter congestion on our routes we can often arrange a police escort. We take the major toll roads versus the two lane country roads. The campgrounds where we stay provide security. Generally, Chapter 8 can only estimate the anticipated risks that fellow Escapees traveling into Mexico will encounter.
It is important to remember that travel in Mexico with an RV is different than in the USA. We travel toll roads or major highways, if available, but there are many roads we travel in Mexico that are narrow and without shoulders. Some areas do not easily accommodate the typical 40 ft rigs, whether its on the roads or RV parks. Driving hazards along the highways commonly include serious topes (speed bumps), donkey carts, bicyclists and pedestrians, low hanging wires, absent or confusing signs, border or immigration or agricultural checkpoints, no ultra low sulfur diesel, etc, etc. Discussion of these items and many more occur at the pre Rally.
The Mexican Connection Rally begins at the pre Rally in the USA and always ends in Mexico. There is no planned return trip out for attendees. The Wagonmaster encourages and provides signup opportunities at both the pre-rally and during the rally for people to arrange with each other to travel together straight back to the states, or if they choose, to travel farther into Mexico. We strongly encourage that these groups be made up of 3 or more rigs to travel together. This decision again is based on each person's degree of experience in Mexico travel and their personal level of comfort and experience of the people with whom they will be traveling.
Follow this LINK to the Mexicanconnectio08 website and click on the appropriate headings to view the PDF files. This is a very large website with a great deal of Mexico travel information.
Some more little information
Chapter Officers go to C/P http://www.mexicanconnection08.com
C/P http://www.mexicanconnection08.com to see hundreds of photographs of past rallies,
and many articles on travel in Mexico. Up and coming plans and rallies.
It is redundant to place photographs and articles here when the bulk of the up to date information is located Copy/Paste http://www.mexicanconnection08.com
Visit us and see what a neat chapter we have and the fun of exploring Mexico.
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