17 to 27
July 2018
Every year
Winnebago holds a rally for owners of their RV's in Forest City, Iowa. You can park on the rally grounds starting
the Monday before the rally and enjoy the Puckerbrush celebrations put on in
Forest City, Iowa. There can be a bit of a wait to get onto the rally grounds
as many attendees arrive on the first day of parking.
I always enjoy the low key small town parade and
other events that occur each year. It is
getting harder to find such events these days. Near the grounds is the a
Heritage Park that preserves the local farming history and this year they had
some exhibits of early 19th century farming equipment being operated. They also
have an extensive collection of other transportation related equipment.
For us the
best part of these rallies is seeing friends we have not seen in some
time. This time we ran across a couple
we traveled with on a rally in 2010.
Sadly, I failed to get any pictures. There were around 950 coaches
attending the rally this year.
We had a
huge storm pass thru with threat of tornadoes and Winnebago recommended taking
shelter in the bathhouse. We did that
and I had my first opportunity to spend time in the ladies room and managed to
finish happy hour at the same time..
Another
great thing about the rally is being at the plant that builds our coach. As luck would have it, we found two water
leaks while there and had them both repaired at the factory, along with some
needed repairs to our electric step. Waiting
for the repairs can take some time and some people were able to zone out while
waiting.
We enjoyed
the entertainment and spending time sharing our mutual experiences.
4 comments:
I have to attend one of those rallies one of these years. I've been to the factory twice but never during the rally.
Good old-fashioned fun! We've never been to the rally or the plant, either, but one of these days ... watch out, we may break out of the mold!
(You should've been in the men's room! :-) haha)
Still haven’t been to a rally ... maybe one of these years.
I'd like to attend their National Rally. I just never seem to be able to. Been to the factory but not at rally time. Glad your stay in the bathroom kept the tornado away. Good thinking about cocktail hour. We've had to do the bathroom shelter thing twice, once in Arkansas and once in Oklahoma.
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