Happy new year to one and all!

2012 looks to be a great year of camping.  Thank you to all of the 2012 Wagonmasters for volunteering to be wagonmasters.  Without your efforts, we would all just have giant earthquake preparedness boxes.  If you haven’t been a wagonmaster yet, please spend this year watching how it works (it isn’t really hard) and volunteer for next year.  Our current wagonmasters would be delighted to teach you the ins and outs of being a wagonmaster.

January is a great time to take the rig in to be serviced.  I don’t know what we need to do to winterize a trailer living in California, but we can rotate those bearings and grease the tires, because February’s campout will be here before you know it.  And the rest of the year will come even faster.

This year’s West Coast Rally is at Fort Langley, British Columbia.  Bob W. is working with the campground on the details.  It will be a fun event.

Please send in your renewal, its due, and after that send in your camping coupons.  Let’s try to get ahead on some of this stuff.  If you do, I will give you a couple of days extra in April to get in your taxes.

Last, but not least, thank you to last years’ board.  Many have had various board positions over many years.  Their efforts on our behalf to keep the club running smoothly are greatly appreciated.

Here’s to happy campers!

Dave 

What a great weekend!  22 rigs and 90 for dinner!  We had 5 early arrivals on Thursday. The weather was a bit rainy Friday, but Saturday was perfect for cooking outdoors.

Friday brought shopping time for Sofia, Robin and Joan.  In a perfect world, everything goes smoothly. But…the meat manager didn’t have our Turkeys. Seeing how this has happened before, Robin and I were fairly calm. We merely informed him that we needed 5 20lb Turkeys defrosted by Saturday morning. No problem, Turkeys were indeed ready at 9AM Saturday morning as promised. Friday night hospitality was Minestrone Soup and French Bread.  The big club pot was full to the brim.   Saturday morning, the kitchen was buzzing with activity.  Bob and Joan headed the pie crew as always.  They made 5 pumpkin pies and 4 apple pies. Bob made the three pecan pies the night before.  Then the stuffing brigade, potato peelers, relish tray makers and carvers answered the call for help through out the day. In between all this, the craft fair was up and going at 11.  Tanya B. led a quilting session all weekend long.  By 5:00 the relish trays were out as appetizers and by 5:30 we were ready to start with dinner.  Everyone enjoyed dinner and while we were getting ready for dessert, Santa came to visit.  He had only a small line this year, but the teens decided that he needed more company.  Thanks Santa, see you next year! 

There were many prospects for the Turkey award, but Gary B. received it for dropping his trailer on his truck bed for the 2^nd time within a few years.

Special thanks to my partner in crime in the kitchen-Robin. Thanks to Dave A. for a great job on the Turkeys. Thanks to Bob and Joan for heading the crew of bakers.   Also thanks to EVERYONE who helped.  This campout would not be possible without everyone’s help. So to all that helped in the kitchen, with clean up, setting up tables and chairs, or anything at all: THANK YOU! We couldn’t do it without you.

With Sunday came the donuts and the fire department.  They brought the big Ladder Truck and an Engine as well. For the first time since I have been around (20 years), the small Engine had to leave as they had a call while visiting our campground. All those toys we brought fit in the Ladder Truck. Thanks to all for your generosity.  The fire department appreciated it as well. I think they also appreciated the two pumpkin pies I gave them.  

As I have always said, this is one of my favorite campouts. The family feeling of everyone working together in the kitchen is comforting. You all are our extended family and we love you being part of our family. 

May everyone be blessed with a happy and safe Holiday Season. See you all in April! 

Bob & Sofia

John & Robin

The Dave & Patti V. and Mac & Joan M. arrived Thursday afternoon to a pretty nice day. Went out to dinner at the pub up the street from the RV park. You should try it - very good food.

Friday campers started to arrive after 1:00 and were all in by 7:00 which is pretty good. I hope all enjoyed the hot dogs and Jan's potato salad. The watermelon didn't get eaten too much because it was a bit chilly outside. Not any drippy fog just high fog. We sat around the fire pit thanks to the Dave & Nancy K.  Saturday folks went around and about Half Moon Bay. The pot luck on Saturday was very good as usual. We have some great cooks amongst us campers. Then again around the fire pit in the evening. It was good to see the Phil & Betty S. - glad you could make it.

Bob & Sofia W. brought the rally chapter games for us to try out. They are a lot of fun.  Going to miss not going so I could play them for real. Maybe they can bring them out to a campout and we can all play. To those of you that are going to the rallies, have a wonderful time and give our love to all.

Thanks to all for coming and making this campout a really nice one. Sunday the weather was great and Monday it was even better.

Joan, Mac and Nancy, Dave