Boudicca908

The 2027 Florida Oliver Owners Rally will take place March 29 through April 2, 2027 -- 4 nights, checking out on Friday 4/2/27. This event is being organized by Jenni Rivera @RVera_10 and other Florida Oliver TT owners. The venue will be Salt Springs Recreation Area, located in central Florida. Salt Springs is a recreational jewel in the Ocala National Forest, and features pristine natural mineral springs. Activities at this location include swimming in the mineral springs, plus fishing, snorkeling, hiking and boating. Come join us for a friendly micro rally! Participants will need to reserve their own campground space through Recreation.gov found at this link: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233920 Spaces are not being held for the event, so early reservations are recommended. Join the FL OLIVER TT MICRO RALLY Facebook group to find more details. This Oliver Forum Post is intended to mirror the information posted by Jenni on facebook, to serve those who are not on facebook. WHEN: 3/29/27 - 4/2/27 WHERE: Salt Springs Recreation Area campground, Ocala National Forest. Salt Springs is located 35 miles east of Ocala (I-75), 60 miles west of Daytona Beach (I-95) and 95 miles north of Orlando, Florida. CAMPGROUND RESERVATIONS: the window is now open for reservations at this location and winter is our prime season, so get your spots reserved now! https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233920 ** Please be sure to read about facility restrictions on their website before making your reservations. ** SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: look for future updates MONDAY 3/29 : REGISTRATION, campground checkin time begins at 2:00pm TUESDAY 3/30 thru THURSDAY 4/1 : group activities TBD FRIDAY 4/2 : checkout Improved venue map, courtesy Jenni. (The black and white PDF is from National Forest website.) Please note: @Boudicca908 does not monitor the OTT forum on a daily basis, and does not have any active notifications for incoming messages. Salt Springs facility map 73853_SSRA.pdf

Thank you to everyone for another great rally — it’s always a joy meeting and reuniting with the members of our beautiful Oliver family! A special thank you to *Nancy* for her hilarious and highly popular Morning Coffee With Oliver Halloween setting; you deserve an award for bringing so many laughs! Safe travels to all, wherever you are headed — I hope to see you down the road.

Having a wonderful time at the Oliver Rally in Lake Guntersville! Looking forward to the livestream Morning Coffee With Oliver tomorrow! @Jason Essary @Aaron Wolters

Sorry you won't be there, and I hope you feel better soon. It seems to me this entire year has been full of false starts and changes in plans. I sent you a message.

I agree with @Steph and Dud B and am surprised. Note that there is a "Tech Support" number that has been more responsive to me this year than the "Service" number; maybe due to having more personnel available to answer the phone, I'm not really sure, but you might try that.

I have been making my way east towards the rally, and visiting a few lakeside and riverside campgrounds. West Rolling Hills campground on Milford Lake, view from my campsite in Loop A West Rolling Hills is an Army Corp of Engineers cg located alongside Milford Lake, Milford SP, Milford Wildlife Area, Fish Hatchery, Nature Center.... https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233608 Milford Lake is huge (I think over 15,000 acres) fed by the Republican River. Lots of fishermen, and I saw photo evidence from the camp host of a massive 54 pound catfish he caught the day I arrived. I didn't use any services there, but will attest to the friendliness of the host and other campers, and the clean conditions everywhere around the lake. A beautiful campsite. Sunset from the Prairie Meadow campground in Elk City State Park Elk City SP is west of Independence Kansas. This was a late arrival and early departure for me, but I enjoyed this sunset when I went walking after setting up. The campground overlooks Elk City Lake. There were lots of birds, including Barred Owls and Screech Owls near the campsite! The Current River is lined with vegetation, but walking trails provide direct access from some campsites in Big Spring cg Big Spring Campground in Ozark National Wild & Scenic River is also very pleasant. I've camped there a couple of times. It's a bit of a thrill (rollercoaster) driving to the campground along a narrow winding rolling road, but the campground and the river are beautiful. They have separate buildings for hot and cold showers, and offer other amenities. sunset from my campsite in Eureka Campground, Kuttawa KY Eureka Campground in Kuttawa KY is along the Cumberland River, overlooking The Land Between The Lakes. This is another ACOE campground, and another great location for fishing. The sites are mostly spacious with picnic tables and separate fish-cleaning tables at the site, fire pits and direct lake access from the campsite. There are tons of things to see and do near Land Between the Lakes. I plan to come back to this area. Oh! And about that 54 pound fish.... here's the camp host Tony with his catch at West Rolling Hills cg in Junction City KS

I've met with another couple of Olivers on the road! One on my way to Elk Mountain Campground at Wind Cave, south of Hot Springs SD (Terry & Terri Hand, Hull #143) And then last week I met Kathy & Nancy who were locals from Abilene Kansas camping at West Rolling Hills Campground, on Milford Lake. Kathy couldn't quite remember her hull number; she thought it was 17xx but it was a 2022. It's always great to meet another Oliver on the road.

Obviously, I haven't poked around enough in this amazing Forum space! Thanks Bill -- this is great.

@John and Jodi I wasn't able to get quite the same angle, but here are my photos. I have the same material, but it's not twisted like yours. .... why do I struggle with photo uploads? I will try to fix these.... a few minutes.

@topgun2 I've read about (and would like to attend) the Texas Rally, but somehow I never heard of the Florida Rally. Is there a section of the forum (or the website) where these are featured? Since they seem largely organized by owners, I would think the forum is the better place (maybe I've just not discovered it yet).

Can you describe how you accessed that area for the photo? If I can, I will send a photo of my Spring 2022.... to see if it looks different.

What a beautiful start and the perfect name — Odyssey. Welcome to the Oliver family — see you at the Rally!

This morning I hit the road east-bound... it's a sad day as I turn around after many weeks of joy in my Oliver. I'm looking forward to seeing many fellow Oliver owners in Alabama. Bon voyage to all who are Rally-bound! as seen on my way to dinner with family last night in Colorado....

I rarely use my AC, due to the noise level. I’m not quite ready to change out my unit, but I hope to personally hear various new units, whether they are standard installs from OTT or upgrades by individual owners. This summer I was surprised by the quiet operation of the Chill Cube installed by @jd1923 in his refurbished Oliver. There are some notes in the forum about different new AC systems, but I think these notes are scattered around.

My camping season is one fat summer -- from Spring all the way through Fall -- with the high traffic Summer season focused on boondocking out West. I only feel crowds when I return to the eastern half of the country.