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dedmiston
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Nov 07, 2014

Toy Haulers: Ten Year Anniversary

This weekend (Veterans Day weekend) marks the ten year anniversary of our first annual So Cal Rally. Two guys, Diirk and LACoFDFireman, organized the first rally and it exploded from there. We had four "official" rallies in two different spots and then the whole thing grew to be too big and changed into a less organized unofficial yearly trip. Many of the friendships that formed in those first few years have lasted ever since and many groups still camp together throughout the year.

So my question for you all is, how many of you have camped with people you met here at RV.NET? Do you still camp together?

As a side note, I never made a note of the date, but I'm pretty sure this is also the 10th anniversary of the Toy Hauler forum itself. I'm guessing it was earlier in the year in 2004 that Admin created this "special" forum to get all of us the hell out of the more respectable forums in RV.NET. I assume it wasn't so much for our benefit as it was just a good way to keep us all segregated in one spot where they could keep a better eye on us.

The forum has had its ups and downs over the years. We actually used to go for months without any tire threads. The focus was more on organizing get-togethers and posting trip pictures and not so much on specific technical questions like weights and tires. You used to be able to set your watch by Buford's Friday afternoon happy hour posts, with lots of skin and not much to do with RVs.

Anyway, back to the question. Who here has gotten together with overs that they've met here and camped out? Have you stayed in touch with the folks that you've camped with in the past?