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The Heber City Rally dates were correct in the original June Newsletter; however, the "In" day was not. The day has been corrected in the Heber article and is also shown here:
HEBER CITY, UT (20th Annual)
In September 20 (Fri.) - Out September 24 (Tues.), 2024
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Greetings Fellow Chinookers,
First of all welcome to our new members, and to all the rest, I hope your summer is going well and that you're putting a lot of happy miles on your Chinook odometer.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at our annual rally in September. I'm sad that in the last couple of years our rallies have all but disappeared. This is due in part because our more active rally hosts of the past are no longer with us or we are just too old to manage it. However, this old bird has news for you. I am planning a rally for next year - before my term is up!
I am currently working with the group coordinator of the Sun Outdoors RV Park at El Capitan Canyon, Santa Barbara, CA. I am planning it for our 2025 Annual Rally. The tentative dates are IN on Thurs. Sept. 18th and OUT on Mon. 22nd - total of 4 nights. The campground is within walking distance of the beach and within a few miles of historical missions like Santa Barbara and Santa Inez, enchanting town of Solvang, and many wineries in picturesque Los Olivos.
Please email me: mechavarela@earthlink.net if you are interested on attending so I can reserve enough spaces for all. Since this will be our annual rally, we do need to have a quorum to officiate elections, etc. So please make your plans to attend.
Happy Trails,
Mary Esther Chavarela, President
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~~~WELCOME NEW MEMBERS~~~
Stephen and Julia Kremer from Modesto, CA
Matt Stone and Ryan Taira from Santa Clarita, CA
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We have 63 members at the present, including the last two who joined last month. Steve and Julie Kremer from Modesto, and Matt Stone and Ryan Taira from Santa Clarita. The number of active members is lessened a bit by death of spouse or changes in lifestyle, which is a natural process.
~ Dave Shehane, V.P. Membership and Webmaster
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Need New Secretary, Newsletter Editor
and New V.P. Rallies
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The Secretary role is to record the minutes of all properly convened business and Annual Meetings and provide these minutes to the Board of Directors and the Membership for their approval. Copies of approved Minutes are provided to the Editor of the Club Newsletter and the Club's Webmaster for appropriate publication.
The Newsletter Editor role is to gather information and pictures from the club officers and others and get that information out to the entire membership in a newsletter. Currently, the newsletter is created and processed through an easy online application called Constant Contact, where you can simply make a copy of a previous newsletter or message and make changes.
The V.P. Rallies role is to communicate with club members about becoming hosts for rallies and to support and facilitate the efforts of the hosts. When I first became V.P. Rallies, I was told that the best way to find hosts for rallies was to talk to people about hosting rallies at every rally you attend, with a goal of getting at least one proposed rally in the works.
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UPCOMING RALLIES SNAPSHOT | |
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Heber City, UT (20th Annual) - In September 20, Out September 24, 2024 - Mountain Valley RV Resort, https://mountainvalleyrv.com, hosted by Jan Pavia-Colabella. (see article)
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In the planning stage: Santa Barbara, CA (21st Annual) - Tentative dates are In September 18, Out September 22, 2025 - Sun Outdoors RV Park at El Capitan Canyon, hosted by Mary Esther Chavarela, mechavarela@earthlink.net.
Please consider hosting a rally in 2025 or 2026.
Lots of Reasons to Host a Rally!
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You choose the location! Wouldn't it be great to share a favorite RV Park with your fellow Chinookers or choose a new location that you can experience together for the first time?
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It's your chance to be creative! Have your own ideas about what would be fun to do at a rally? Now's your chance to shine!
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Save $$$! Hosts have a budget for rally expenses, including your site. You can even arrive a day early and leave a day after.
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See your name in lights! Just kidding, but in our minds you'll be the star of the show :)
If you're thinking about hosting a rally, email me at debbieshetland@gmail.com, or just reply to this email. I'll send you some more information and, if you decide to move forward, I'll help as much or as little as you would like. Hope to hear from you soon!
For those of you who have hosted a rally before . . . wouldn't it be fun to do it again?!!!
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QUINCY, CA Mini Rally
Held May 16-19, 2024
At Pioneer RV Park - Hosted by Jan Pavia-Colabella
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We're so happy the quickly planned Quincy Rally worked out for a few of our Chinookers. Joining Jan and John Colabella were Jody and Bill Jory, Terry and Mike Runkel, and Matthew Stone. Check out their fun activities and pictures below.
~ Debbie Shetland, V.P. Rallies and Newsletter Editor
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THURSDAY, 5/16
- Arrive at Pioneer RV Park
FRIDAY, 5-17
- Meet & Greet - happy hour and dinner at Colabella's RV
- Tech Talk and question answering for Matthew Stone, new member
SATURDAY, 5/18
- Morning Social - bring your own coffee and meet at the Colabella's for Grandma Jane's Place bakery muffins
- Walk around Plumas County Museum and the Variel Home that was built in 1878.
- Dinner out at Sweet Lorraine's on Main Street.
SUNDAY, 5/19
- Morning coffee together and farewells
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The dozen eggs were given to me by the Jory's from their chickens back home. They were amazing!
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HEBER CITY, UT (20th Annual)
In September 20 (Fri.) - Out September 24 (Tues.), 2024
Hosted by Jan Pavia-Colabella
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Mountain Valley RV Resort located in beautiful Heber City, Utah welcomes you to one of the finest RV resorts in the Western United States and the highest rated park in Utah. You will find the resort just off HWY 40 in Heber City, located in Northern Utah just 45 mins east of Salt Lake City, 20 mins south of I-80 (Park City) and 30 mins east of I-15 (Orem). Open year-round and sheltered by the stunning Rocky Mountains of the Heber Valley, we offer the absolute best in full-service RV lifestyle and accommodations. | |
LOCATION: Mountain Valley RV Resort, 2120 South Hwy 40, Heber City, UT 84032
HOST: Jan Pavia-Colabella, Email: janniek@prodigy.net, Cell: 310-503-7914
INFO for booking: Phone: 855-901-6100.
Our contact is Julie, but anyone in reservations can help you. Let the resort know you are with the Chinook/Colabella group.
DEPOSIT: The deposit is $94.77 and the balance is charged to your credit card 9/19/24 the day before our rally. You need to cancel 8 days before the event or they will keep the $94.77 deposit.
Originally, Jan booked 16 sites for the rally, but there was such an immediate YES response that she added a few more.
SITES: P1- P6 P12- P21. These are all $75.00 per night.
GRAVEL BACKIN SITES: F2 - F5. Right behind the others. These are $64.00 per night.
These sites are full now, but there are a few open spots nearby. Please let Jan know if you book a site so she can include you with the group.
Our sites are located in the upper left section of the map.
AT THE RALLY:
- Jan is planning to do a catered dinner and provide some bakery items for morning and happy hours.
- She has scheduled a tour at the Heber Valley Artisan Cheese Creamery, https://hebervalleyartisancheese.com/pages/about-us, on 9/23 at 11:00am. Please let Jan know if you'd like to go on the tour, so she can get a count in case she needs to arrange a bus. She will be purchasing cheese after the tour for that evenings happy hour.
- Jan and John would like to do an introduction to pickleball on the courts. Anyone that would like to join would need to bring court/tennis shoes. She would like to get an idea of the interest in the pickleball introduction idea. It would be low key exercise wise. She would need to know how many PB paddles she will need, so please let her know if you want to participate.
- Annual Meeting and Elections
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Great Forum for Technical Questions | |
A valuable resource that is not a part of the club is the free group site ChinookRVOwners, which I run and moderate. Most all members of the club are members of the site as well but there are many that are not part of the club. This forum is mostly technical – troubleshooting, problem solving, references and questions. Link is https://groups.io/g/Chinookrvowners. This site was at Yahoo Groups for nearly 15 years and is now moved to groups.io. ~ Dave Shehane, V.P. Membership and Webmaster
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To Join the Chinook RV Club Facebook Page | |
Our Facebook Page is private and hidden, so if you haven't already joined, there's a little process you need to follow:
- If a club member wants to join our club's FB page they must first be signed up with Facebook.
- I can only send invitations to FB Friends, so send me a friend request.
- I will then issue an invitation to the club's FB page, which the member must accept to complete the process.
- Then, I will “unfriend” the member in my personal FB account. Please do not take this as a slight! Our friendship will still exist at the Chinook RV Club page, but there is no telling if our social media preferences align, and I do not want to take a chance that our individual preferences would in any way endanger our Chinook related relationship!
~ Dave Shehane, V.P. Membership and Webmaster
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Chinook History Since 1938 | |
First Generation
1971 Chinook 18 Plus
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Second Generation
1988 Chinook Concourse 18+
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Third Generation
1998 Chinook Concourse XL
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THE CHINOOK SONG (OPUS THREE) by Al Enriquez 9/17/2003
(Sung to the tune of On Top of Old Smokey)
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WE ARE HAPPY RV'ERS
WE SELDOM GET SHOOK
AND OF ALL OUR POSSESSIONS
WE LOVE OUR CHINOOK
WE TRAVEL THE HIGHWAYS
WITH NO CARES TO BEAR
WHEN WE STOP AND HOOK-UP
MOST PEOPLE STARE
THEY GATHER AROUND
TO ADMIRE OUR RIG
WE ASK THEM INSIDE
IF THEY'RE NOT TOO BIG
REFRAIN
WE'VE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY
AND WHEREVER WE ROAM
IN OUR TWENTY-ONE FOOTER
WE NEVER MISS HOME
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WE GO EAST AND WEST
NORTH AND SOUTH TOO
WE FACE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS
THEY'RE EASY TO DO
WITH ONLY TWO SEATS
IT IS QUITE A THRILL
TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY
IF GRANDKIDS ARE STILL
TRAILWAGONS GO FORWARD
KEEP CHINOOKS WITH ZEST
FOR AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE
WE'LL BE DRIVING THE BEST!
WE ARE HAPPY RV'ERS
WE SELDOM GET SHOOK
AND OF ALL OUR POSSESSIONS
WE LOVE OUR CHINOOK
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Club Officers 2022-2023
President:
Mary Esther Chavarela mechavarela@earthlink.net
V. P. Membership:
Dave Shehane dshehane@gmail.com
V. P. Rallies:
Debbie Shetland debbieshetland@gmail.com
Secretary:
TBD
Treasurer:
Mary Coleman maryccoleman@hotmail.com
Co-Members-at-Large:
Dale Frank dale.frank@centurytel.net and Jane Earley earleyjane@gmail.com
Immediate Past President:
Bob Shetland bshetland2@gmail.com
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Other Club PositionsWebmaster:
Dave Shehane webmaster@chinookrvclub.com
Editor:
Debbie Shetland debbieshetland@gmail.com
Club Historian:
TBD
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PURPOSE: This Club (Chinook RV Club) exists to promote social, recreational & informational exchange activities that provide for the enjoyment and pleasurable use of all its members. Our club functions primarily in the western and central US, although it is open to qualified members from the Eastern club (Chinook Camping Club).
DUES: Our dues are $35.00/year. Our fiscal and membership year is October 1 through September 30. Prompt payment not only helps Treasurer in budgeting expenses, but also helps the V.P. Membership to produce our Membership Directory. Please advise V.P. Membership of any changes in e-mail and mailing addresses.
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