Central Oregon Chapter of

Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA)

Near shore halibut fishing – Newport, OR 7/18/2017 Chuck, Wayne, John, Debbie and Peter

LANDED !

Deb 36” 21 # 15.6# meat

Chuck 43” 37 # 27.8# meat

All 55 Dungeness crabs

Rim Rock Roamers Chapter Meeting

The Rim Rock Roamers held a chapter meeting at the Newport rally, led by our Vice President Dave

Coleman. A quorum of members was present. Jinny reported a checking balance of $ 3,594.96. Full

minutes will be distributed to all members shortly….but will not be part of this newsletter.

Meet our Elected Chapter Officers for 2018 Term of Office – January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018

President Dave Coleman

Vice President Peter Ribble

Secretary Jan Rydman

Treasurer Jinny Andres

National Director Jerry Andres

Alternate National Director Dave Coleman

*** Also serving – Not Elected ****

Wagonmaster Marion Pratt

Membership Coordinator Jan Rydman

Newsletter Editor Peter Ribble

Thank you to all who serve!!

August 2017 Electronic

Newsletter

Peter Ribble - Editor

From our Wagonmaster Marion (503) 334 – 6673

Marion.pratt49@gmail.com

Hi Roamers!

Here we are in the middle of another hot summer (unless you get to be at the coast!). Our last two rallies are set

out below.

A REQUEST to everyone: I will be wagonmaster for a second year, 2018. I did the best I could this year, but am

happy to add whatever you’d like me to to the 2018 schedule. I’ve already had a request for a pre-FMCA NW

rally in June, next year in Coos Bay. That didn’t work very well this year, but perhaps we can try again. I’ve had a

suggestion for a trip to a nice park north into the Longview area. So, I would appreciate hearing from anyone with

any ideas about the following:

1. Parks to explore taking our group to; 2. A pre-FMCA rally at the coast in June; 3. Thoughts about how far away we want to go….how many miles from, say, Redmond. Do we have a lot of

folks who’d like to travel farther, or are we happy staying closer to home? All ideas welcome.

The remaining 2017 Rim Rock Roamers rally schedule:

The Casey’s rally in Westfir is August 16-20, four nights. If you would like to join us, there may be an opening at

the Park, so feel free to call them (541-782-1906) and schedule yourselves in. If you will be joining us, please let

me know! The seven rally goer rigs I know about are:

Andres Ribbles Rydman Doermer

Webster/Duff Colemans Pratt Fihn

The rally at the Crater Lake RV Park in Prospect is September 20-25. If you would like to join us, please call in

your reservation to them (641-560-3399) and let me know you are joining us there. It's a beautiful area tucked in

the trees with larger sites. The Prospect Hotel Annual Music in the Mountains Festival happens on Friday and

Saturday. It's a very fun weekend for music, wine and food lovers. Check out the website:

http://www.prospecthotel.com/bluegrass.html

Those I know who are attending are:

Coleman Doermer Deaton Nickelson

Pratt

Please share any input you may have about making 2018 a very good year for the Roamers.

Thanks! Marion

Look at all the GREAT FOOD !!

Yaquina Bay

Photos

Courtesy

Of

Tom & Ann

Note from our VP – Dave Coleman

The Newport rally was a success especially considering our President, Secretary, and Wagon Master were all

missing at the last minute due to family and close friend situations. V/P (and Acting President) Dave had to adjust

several of the plans accordingly, so no Oysters and the Fisher folk ended up with lots of Crab. They donated a

goodly portion of the Crab to a Crab feed and Jerry and Ginny Andres bought some Cod and Steelhead to

supplement the Crab. We had plenty of Crab. We had a couple of other Pot Lucks and one dinner at the Rogue

Brewery after taking a tour of the facility. President Warner did come one morning and turned all his RRR stuff

over to V/P Dave. Warner stated that due to family matters in California, he and Kathy will miss the remainder of

our rallies this year. As this was the only remaining Rally where we would have a quorum, V/P Dave conducted a

meeting and new officers were elected for 2018. Warner remains as our President until 1/1/18 and V/P Dave will

fill out the year as acting President.

The next Rally is scheduled for 8/15 thru 8/20 at Casey's RV Park in Westfir. We will have access to the club

house, since another group cancelled, so if anyone has games they want to bring, please do so. We might all

learn some new games!

Wagon Master Marion is setting up a pre-FMCA Rally for next June. Keep in mind she does a lot of work to set

these things up and as Parks are becoming more and more full of live-ins the parks are only allowing her to

reserve a small number of sites for us for a limited period of time. Keep these limitations in mind when deciding

whether to attend any of our Rallies in the future. She is not making up dates to suit her but as directed by the

Park.

Pay attention to the next couple of issues of the FMCA magazine as there will be a ballot regarding the future

direction of the organization. This is regarding what type of RV's will be allowed to be members and

therefore members of our Chapter. More information regarding this question will be forthcoming in future

newsletters and at our upcoming Rallies.

V/P Dave Coleman

Ask any of these folks why they are

standing in line? Sign in background might

be a hint!

From our National Director – Jerry

Hi Rim Rock Roamers:

August is here and for Jinny and I, the upcoming gathering at Casey’s will be our last rally for 2017.

We are making a trip back to the Midwest for a rally in September that will have us out of Central

Oregon for six weeks. We had a great time at Newport with many Roamers in attendance. I was asked

to cook fish on an outdoor grill for the first time in my life, and thanks to John Doermer’s coaching, I

survived that task. We enjoyed the visiting and getting caught up with our many Roamer friends.

Well the total eclipse that will visit Central Oregon is just a short time away. Jinny has stocked up with

enough toilet paper to last six months. We are told that our area will have over a million out of town

visitors. The roads are forecasted to be packed with autos. We plan to come back from Casey’s a day

early so that we can hunker down for that event on August 21st. Jinny and I want to wish you all safe

travels.

Jerry

Clockwise from upper left: (1) Friends relaxing together (2) “Opal” the octopus – OSU Hatfield

Marine Science Center (3) Jerry ready for dinner (Center) Spirit bottling machine – Rogue

Distillers (4) “Old man and the sea” – dropping crab pots (5) Masters of the cooperage (barrel

makers) at Rogue Brewing and (6) View south along Highway 101 from Cape Perpetua.