TRAVEL 'N FUN REMINDER
May 2011 Travel N Fun Column
March we enjoyed an outing at the Home Park though we still were in the ever-so long 2011 winter monsoon (The morning of this writing, there was snow in Everett and north. Sigh.) Campers enjoyed spaghetti and salad provided by hosts Chris Blankenship and Cathy Higdon on Friday, potluck or the Lodge’s crab feed on Saturday, and pancakes and sausage cooked by Dan Grasser and Gary Blankenship on Sunday morning.
We played a new washer game provided by Halls. First place winners were Dale Harmon and Gary Blankenship, mostly the former. Several ladies decorated plates with floral decoupage. Special thanks to Brenda and Dave Lott, Barb Fallehy, and Juanita Spong for their impromptu scrapbooking and other demonstrations.
May 11-15., we will be at Land Yacht Harbor at Lacey hosted by Kathy Josephson and the Harpers. The outing will include several working session for NW Elk’s RV Rally preparations and trips around the area to finalize Rally Plans. We will have a rare Thursday host provided dinner of baked potatoes. The taters will be provided, but bring a filling of your choice to share.
Friday’s activities include a craft session on etching wine glasses There is a $3.00 fee for the classes, a taco dinner provided by the hosts, and a jelly-belly contest. Saturday will include a French toast and ham breakfast, crafts to make placemats and coasters ($3.00 fee), a lemon chicken dinner provided by the hosts, and kazoo competition
There will be a Celebration of Life for Sam Josephson at the Shelter on May 7th from 1 to 4 pm.
Hosts for the June 22nd to 26th outing at Glen Ayr in Hoodsport are the Bellings and Fallehys. If you wish to hotel, Glen Ayr’s rooms are very nice. Whether you attend with or without a rig, call 360-877-9522 for reservations. Reservations must be made by May 22 by the individual campers. A credit card is required for the first night’s deposit. Master reservation is under Bremerton Elks Travel N Fun.
A cookie contest is being considered for the June outing. The Port Townsend Elk’s RV club will be camping at Glen Ayr with us.
The NW Elks RV Rally is July 20-24 at the Land Yacht Harbor. Rally registration packets should be in the club’s hands by the time this Reminder is mailed. They are due back to the club by ¬June 21st ($10 late fee after July 1, 2011, and no refunds after July 5th.
Rally fees are: A rig with 2 people - $195.00 (extra person in rig $55). A rig with 1 person - $140.00.
Any Elk member with an RV is welcome at the Rally – whether you are the member of an lodge or not or from Washington or Oregon. You can be from Idaho, California, BC or any state or province East, South or North. Call Gary Lewis for a packet at 360-692-6505.
If you are interested in working for the Rally, contact Gary Lewis. If you have golf carts available for loan to the Rally, call Gary Lewis. There will be a Rally meeting Monday May 9th at the Lodge at noon at the lodge. Come have lunch.
Hosts for the 1181 outing at the Rally will be Lorene Brannan and Joyce Cordova.
Once again, at the Rally, 1181 will open its highly successful book store. Save your paperbacks, hardback novels, nonfiction and cookbooks, children’s books, CDs, DVDs audio books and jigsaw puzzles. Please no magazines, encyclopedias or condensed books. Needlework, wood and other crafts are welcome. Among the committee chairs we need is someone to organize and manage Travel N Fun’s country store.
Guest are always welcome at our outings. Guests or their hosts are expected to pay the $7.00 per guest to the outing hosts (checks should be made out to Travel-n-Fun). If your guests are just joining us one evening for a potluck - no reimbursement is required.
We now have hosts for December’s Christmas dinner (Friday, December 9 at the Lodge): Brenda Lott, Sherie Lewis and Stephanie Schmittler.
The next meeting is 7 pm on Monday, May 9. We meet and greet at 5 or earlier if you wish. Most meetings are the second Monday of the month at the Lodge. July and August are potlucks at the shelter. There is no general meeting in December. Prospective members are welcome at any club meeting.
It is swing set raffle time. This year’s set is donated by the Fallehys. We will draw the winner at the Lodge Family Day July 30. Stella Davis is our raffle chair. She needs someone to sell at the July 16th car show.
Travel guides for all regions of the country – West, Central, Northeast and South – are available for purchase at the Lodge front desk.
Dues are due. Call Kathy Josephson (360-692-8642) for dues payment or membership information. Prospective members are always welcome as guests at outings or meetings.
SUNSHINE: Sherie reported on illness of Eileen Drumm, Kathy Josephson and Larry Watson. Call Sherie if you have any Sunshine news.
Historian Karen Belling needs outing pictures, rosters, etc for the Club records.
Gary Blankenship
Publicity
360-373-6416
