SOLOS - The Escapees Singles Club

Upcoming Rallies and Events

BOF Voice Mail Information: 888-757-7701 ext. 09080

June 28, 2008
Gillette, WY
PRE-RALLY RONDEVOUX

"Come and get to know everybody before the Escapade rally. We are meeting at Campbell County High School on June 28th. The high school is located at 1000 Camel Drive in Gillette.
If you are NOT going to the Black Hills Rally BUT would like to join the caravan of SOLOS into Escapade, please contact VP/WM Carol Hinkley in advance. This will help her in planning the gathering. Indication of interest is neither a reservation nor a commitment - just a nose count! Thank you.
They have a very large parking lot and we are hoping for a Police escort into the Camplex. Directions are posted on the Yahoo Group “Files”. Plan to arrive, if you can, before social hour 4pm (we always have some updates and announcements to go through).
We will then caravan to the Fairgrounds the next day (the 29th) at about 9am. Our caravan of SOLOS will be in the water/electric sites with an arrival date of the 29th, so be sure to register for those sites. For those that want to dry camp, you can also group together at the same site and caravan in separately to that area. Check our voicemail at 888-757-7701, ext. 09080. I look forward to seeing you in Gillette."



June 29 - July 4+, 2008
Gillette, WY
ESCAPADE AND 30TH BIRTHDAY BASH

The CamPlex in Gillette offers lots of hookups and there will be new events at this special celebration. SOLOS who join the caravan (W/E) will park near each other and we'll enjoy lots of fun times together in any event.


***July 3rd at 4:30PM in Room 3

The Chapter 8 Mexican Connection Social at the Escapade. We will have information on the 2009 Guaymas Rally, so be sure to join us there! Contact Person: SOLO - Marian Polack, 165 Rainbow Drive #6538, Livingston TX 77399-1065, m_polack@yahoo.com


***July 11 - 25: Idaho Adventures
This is from the Idaho Adventures Yahoo Group Site, Hosted by Lee Thomas. Idaho Adventures is an “open to all Singles”. Singles Get-to-Gather.
This is now a full service camp so you will be able to run AC if it gets hot. There is a spill over area for those who do not want hook ups. I am not sure yet what they charge for no hook ups - will post that later on the Idaho Adventures Yahoo Group Site. FOR MORE INFORMATION, subscribe by sending a message to: IdahoAdventure-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Some of the activities planned already include - first night ice breaker fun; gold panning lessons in tubs at camp; gold panning outings on the river; metal detecting demonstration; casino night dinner; book exchange
Lee, Bev & Mike forwarded to SOLOS by the inimitable Roy K - thank you, Roy, and happy birthday!


***July 24 – 27 – Gilroy, CA: Gilroy Garlic Festival
SOLO Jo Bada is inviting everyone to come to the Garlic Festival. Free boondock parking at the festival can be arranged by contacting Peggie Bourdon [mailto:pbourdon@charter.net] . This is the website for the Festival: http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/


***September 12th, Plan to stay a week or so.
Shenandoah Valley
WILLIE'S BARN DANCE

Reprising a successful dance she held a few years ago! Located in the spectacular Shenandoah Valley on 50+ acres with water and more, southern hospitality awaits. The barn is unoccupied, except for Willie’s RV, so the dance floor’s ready for you. Contact Willie Watkins if you’d like to volunteer to help: 571-278-0388.


***September 25-28 near Gilroy, CA
Casa de Fruta RV and Faire Park for the Chapter 1 Renaissance Faire Rally. Peggy Bourdon pbourdon@charter.net and Marty McGrath mrtymcgrth@yahoo.com co-hosting.This was a lot of fun last fall, so plan ahead! Help wanted!


***October ??, 2008
Interested in spending some time in the Mobile, Alabama, area? Contact Karen Faulkner at KarenFaulkner51@aol.com. Lots of festivals AND her front porch for rocking, drinking, and telling lies!


***Late October - Mid-November, 2008
DEATH VALLEY 49ERS ENCAMPMENT

Death Valley 49ers' Encampment - come early, stay late! Sunset Campground, Death Valley NP, CA
Participate in the annual events of the 49ers and explore all the interesting spots in Death Valley. For detailed weather, events and accommodations information, check these sites:

www.deathvalley49ers.org
and
www.nps.gov/deva/

Potable water, flush toilets and three dumps are available free of additional cost at the Sunset campground. As of May, 2008, regular gasoline was already $5.

This is an informal no-host gathering. Our members will provide morning and afternoon awning shade for 'hugs 'n mugs' and all-day (and later) socializing. Other activities will be led by interested attendees, for the NPS and the 49ers have long lists of 'things to do', and then there's fantastic sightseeing! Plan to share a $20 49ers' membership with another attendee; this provides a discount at the restaurant, free access to the heated resort pool and showers, as well as access to all the music events in the evening. If you arrive early, you'll be treated to nightly western, bluegrass and gospel jamming.

Meals during the week before and during the Encampment are sponsored by local organizations, the local Native Americans and the 49ers. These are good, plenty and not very expensive. Funds raised by these folks and the 49ers go towards scholarships for kids who grow up in and towns near Death Valley. There is also a good, if
crowded, restaurant across the road near where we're parking.

The Sunset campground layout changed last year, and every space is back-in, except perhaps some handicap spaces. There is a visual file in our Files depicting campground lay-out. 'Go to' the Sunset Campground, Furnace Creek, Death Valley NP, CA 92328. We will be gathering at the WEST end of the rows adjacent to the handicap parking/restrooms and the next set of restrooms which USED to be about 4 rows north. (You folks with BIG rigs will find a little breathing room this year!) All spaces first-come, first-served, no saving without paying for space. Half-price with 'NPS geezer pass'.

The Post Office handles General Delivery. Phone coverage is uncertain at this time, given the demise of the analog system which always worked very well out there. No sponsored wifi hotspot last year; generous members sometimes provide access.

If you have difficulty walking any distance, bring your bicycle or other transport.


First-timers to Death Valley are welcome to contact Marty McGrath, mrtymcgrth@yahoo.com or 253-279-9538. If any of you out there would like to share your past visits to Death Valley and encourage folks to try it, please step up to the keyboard out there on the group! And if anyone with the GPS coordinates where we parked last year, please pass them on to me for posting here? Thanks! Y'all come, y'hear?



***March 2009 - Mexican Connections BoF and the SOLOS
Join the BoF for $6, get your passport in order and watch for more details. Contact: Marian Polack, 165 Rainbow Drive #6538, Livingston TX 77399-1065, m_polack@yahoo.com