Does anyone here remember the Toy Hauler Rallies?
Next month makes 16 years since our first RV.NET Toy Hauler Rally out at Dove Springs.
How many people here made it to those rallies?
I think we had four official rallies before the BML shut us down for being too big (200+ attendees). We were informed that we needed permits for gatherings that large, and they also told us we needed to supply porta potties, even though everyone there had their own sanitary facilities inside their RVs.
So the Rallies were cancelled and the "Notta Rally" series was born, where we all coincidentally showed up at the same spot for Veterans Day weekend and there was no designated leader or Poker Run. ("Welcome to the Notta Rally. This is not a rally.")
Those were great days and great ways to meet so many people. We still camp in huge groups together, but our trips are just trips and nobody ever uses the "Rally" word anymore, except when we happen to camp at the original rally site, which we still call The Rally Site.
It's amazing to see how many of those friendships have lasted over the years. I miss the days when people planned their trips here on the forum and shared all their trip reports first thing Monday morning.
How many people here made it to those rallies?
I think we had four official rallies before the BML shut us down for being too big (200+ attendees). We were informed that we needed permits for gatherings that large, and they also told us we needed to supply porta potties, even though everyone there had their own sanitary facilities inside their RVs.
So the Rallies were cancelled and the "Notta Rally" series was born, where we all coincidentally showed up at the same spot for Veterans Day weekend and there was no designated leader or Poker Run. ("Welcome to the Notta Rally. This is not a rally.")
Those were great days and great ways to meet so many people. We still camp in huge groups together, but our trips are just trips and nobody ever uses the "Rally" word anymore, except when we happen to camp at the original rally site, which we still call The Rally Site.
It's amazing to see how many of those friendships have lasted over the years. I miss the days when people planned their trips here on the forum and shared all their trip reports first thing Monday morning.
