Important February Florida lunch news

Some Murphy's law covers the fact - As soon as plans are finalized, something goes wrong.

The Golden Corral in Leesburg has closed !

We are still hoping for February 8th, but -- 

We are working on an alternative. So, please follow us for updates

For more information, contact:
Tom Roule                        
cell: 585-739-9074        
email: troule@aol.com

Harold Wollaber sent this picture
 and we thought it worth sharing

Our annual get together in Florida is been scheduled. We have reservations again at the Golden Corral in Leesburg, FL.
 
Date: Feb. 8, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: 
Golden Coral
US 441
Leesburg, FL
Deadline: Feb. 4, 2014
Last year there were 50 New Yorkers, former New Yorkers and welcome guests.  There will be more information on our blog in the next few days.
Click on the tab above for more details and updates.

If you are interested, let us know, so we can let the restaurant know the count.
  Phone: 585-739-9074
  Email: troule@aol.com

Keep checking the blog for more information and most important -

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Northeast Area Newsletter

The Northeast Area of FMCA has published a newsletter. If you are interested in taking a peek, click on the following link:
FMCA Northeast Area Newsletter

Who is Sarah Hale ?

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24, 1788 – April 30, 1879) was an American writer and an influential editor. She is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". She famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving, She convinced President Lincoln to choose the last Thursday in November to "give thanks".

Thanks to Sarah's vision, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

Linden's first trip report.

Walt and Beryl checked in with the following information from their first week of travel.

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October 10, 2013 - We attended a FMCA Fingerlakers Chapter rally in Hammondsport, New York.  While there we went to the Glen Curtis Museum.  Very interesting. Got gasoline at Tops for $3.299 with our 40 cent discount.

October 13^th - Drove to Erie, Pennsylvania, and stopped for the night. Ate dinner and got gasoline at Sams Club for $3.24.9 a gallon.

October 14^th - Drove to Marysville, Ohio, Where we stopped for lunch and at Walmart  for gasoline.  $3.149 a gallon.  Every time we stop the price goes down a little.  Hope this trend continues.  It’s a far cry from the $3.65 we paid at home. So far our trip has been uneventful.

October 15^th - Beryl and I stopped at the Onondaga Cave State Park in Leasburg, Missouri, to visit Mike and Vi Downie who are camp ground hosts in the park.  We first met Mike and Vi when they were volunteers at Padre Island National Seashore while we were hosting there.  (When we leave this year they will replace us as camp hosts.)    

Onondaga Cave State Park is a nice little park about 8 miles off I-44.  The cave was closed for the season.  We saw lots of deer.  Two kept hanging around our campsite.

The deer are very small compared to the ones around Avon.  Also, saw a flock of turkeys wandering around the park.

Went to dinner at the “Missouri Hick  Bar-B-Q restaurant.  Second best ribs you’ll find anywhere.  First best are at Michael Bobs in Naples, Florida.

October 17^th - Headed for Branson, Missouri and on the way stopped in Marshfield, Missouri, and at Walmart we got our first gasoline under $3.00 at Walmart.  I hope the price keeps going down.

Arrived in Branson where we stayed at the Pea Patch RV Park.  The park is right in the center of all the Branson Show activity and they except Passport, Escapees and Golden Age Passport all at half price.  Last year when we stayed there we had some trouble getting into a site and vowed never to go back.  Since it’s in the middle of the entertainment district we decided to check and see if things had improved.  It turned out things were much better.

In two days we saw four great shows.  The Acrobats of China show was outstanding. It’s unbelievable what those kids can do. 

The Neal McCoy show was excellent as was the Barry Williams show.  Williams was on the “Partridge Family” TV show.

We went to see the “Ron and Kay Rivoli Revue” now called “A Heapin’ Spoonful”. We met Ron and Kay in Gillette, Wyoming and became instant friends.  Ron is from Gates, NY.  They do a great show and after the show we had a chance to visit.

We book all our shows with Michelle at “All Access Branson”.  She does a great job helping to pick out shows to see and gets great seats.  We highly recommend her.

Walt Linden

wlinden@juno.com,

2013-2014 Officers

Our October meeting brought election of officers as well as updates to by-laws.
Re-elected were: Tom Roule, President, Harold Wollaber, Treasurer, John Pangburn, National Director, Alice Sprout, Alternate National Director, Reed Johnson, Newsletter Editor.
New officers are: Nancy Anten, Vice President, Celine Moses, Secretary.
To the left is more information about them.

Hammondsport

Sunset

Morning Humidity

Our October rally took us to the "coolest small town" in the United States. Sitting at the southern tip of Kueka Lake with fall foliage close to peak, good weather after Friday morning showers, we had a great time with the 16 campers who came.

Our View of Kueka Lake

 

I scream for Ice cream

Donna and Sharon

Our campsite

We had hot apple cider, and warm dip to greet those on Thursday and an ice cream social after folks went out for dinner.
Friday our meeting followed the ice cream social and dinner at the Pine Inn in Hammondsport.

Joan and Dick making scrambled eggs

Saturday, the officers made breakfast for the attendees and then, we were free for the day to see the many sights around Kueka Lake.
Dinner of pulled pork was served by the officers enhanced by side dishes created by our attendees.

Celine and Donna

Alice weaves a web about us

After dinner, we enjoyed fun put on by Alice Sprout -- "head and tails" and "left-right".
Sunday, we had Danish rolls, donuts and more.
A couple members used this as a kick off to their travels south.

Fall Sun

Whether you are traveling or staying home, we wish you a great winter.

View pictures full screen by clicking on an image.

Fingerlakers' Trailer Redesign Proposal

Walt Linden and Harold Wollaber have promoted we rehab utility trailer. Below is their recommended design.

Northeast Area Blog

Tom Ziobroski, NMA President has asked if we would help with the Northeast Area Blog. We have updated it and hope to add information about the area from all chapters if someone supplies it.
If you are interested check out the blog at:

Northeast Area Blog

It's also available clicking on the tab at the top of our blog.