We saw an Ollie

[HDRider]

We saw our first Oliver out and about.  We got excited!  We are sharing Shepard State Park with another Oliver.  By all appearances they are from Georgia. 

https://shepardstatepark.com/

Doing the forum wave to you.  Oh, and you better go eat at Bozo's.  Great sea food and the perfect ambiance. 

https://www.mybozos.com/

 

 

Edited March 20 by HDRider

[Jason Foster]

Don't forget, it is an Oliver requirement to go meet them with a six pack of quality beer.

[jd1923]

On 3/19/2024 at 8:37 PM, Jason Foster said:

Don't forget, it is an Oliver requirement to go meet them with a six pack of quality beer.

Or good Texas Vodka!🤩

[SeaDawg]

Just now, jd1923 said:

Or good Texas Vodka!🤩

Tito's! Always in the cupboard.

[HDRider]

Turns out he is a Georgia boy living in North Carolina.  Super nice folks.  He is a long time Ollie owner and active camper.  I learned a lot from our short conversation.  I suspect that is just a taste of what we might learn at the owners rally. 

Edited March 27 by HDRider

[jd1923]

Thought we saw one, in a RV park near Cedar City UT which you could see from I-15. Chris saw it and I looked left and caught a millisecond glimpse while driving. Can’t be sure on this one.

Stopped tonight at Grand Canyon Caverns on Hwy 66 in Peach Springs AZ. Couldn’t find anybody working here, the many campsites mostly empty except one and now there are two Olivers here and nobody else!

Never seen a hull # printed large front and back. Think it’s hull 867? Knocked on the door. No answer and no TV even now at 9 PM. Has IL plates. Seen an Oliver for sure today and it looks good!

[MAX Burner]

We spotted an Oliver yesterday on I-40 going westbound near Tucumcari, NM connected to a white pickup...  any clues who they may have been?  Staying at a HH near Palo Dura canyon and headed to FT Smith, AR this morning, we'll be on the look out for OTTs!

Cheers!

Edited May 7 by MAX Burner
Arkansas, not Alaska --- HA! Fixed the fat finger typo

[topgun2]

45 minutes ago, MAX Burner said:

we'll be on the look out for OTTs!

The closer you get to the Rally - the more you will see!

Safe travels to all that are (or soon will be) on the road to the Rally.  Please be careful out there.

Bill

[JWalmsley]

On 3/21/2024 at 9:28 PM, SeaDawg said:

Tito's! Always in the cupboard.

[ADKCamper]

Passed by an Elite II Sat April 13th on I-57 South between Mt Vernon and Benton IL... Washington State plates, "Urge for Going" on the back.

Still kinda rare in the wild... this was the only one we encountered on the highway or in a campground during 18 days and about 4,000 miles through parts of NY, OH, IN, IL, MO, AR, TX, LA, MS, AL, TN (not near Hohenwald), VA, WV, MD, PA. Also saw a couple of Casitas, and a Park Liner; no Scamps or Escapes either. Can't always see the opposite side of the highway, so some might've slipped by undetected 🙂

Edited May 7 by ADKCamper

[jd1923]

Turns out the Oliver we found (pictured above), is owned by @Allen Lee Rohner.

Too bad we did not get to meet, but they left us a nice note outside. They must have got back to camp after dark and had an early departure planned. We slept in 'til 9 AM (testament to after 2 1/2 weeks I'm finally getting used to sleeping in that short Oliver single!

I sent them a text this morning, inviting them to Prescott. It would be great if they would, and we should talk soon. We ran Illinois plates too, from the 70s to the late 90s, Chris and I both being born and raised in Chicagoland.

[MAX Burner]

5 hours ago, jd1923 said:

Chris and I both being born and raised in Chicagoland.

My bride was raised in Chicago, too - and now (as of last November) our daughter lives/works there!  Small world for sure and for certain...

[Galway Girl]

Our most recent sightings:

Thur May 2 -
Target - Eastbound I40 
Location: 20 Miles East of Santa Rosa NM (MP 255)
Description: Oliver EII - White Truck / All White Oliver no front Logo

Sun May 5 -
Target - Eastbound I40
Location - Between Flagstaff and Winslow MP 218
Description: Truck (Blue?) Oliver EII - Blue & Gold Logo on Front

Craig & Rose
Galway Girl - Hull 505

[Allen Lee Rohner]

On 5/7/2024 at 10:16 AM, jd1923 said:

Turns out the Oliver we found (pictured above), is owned by @Allen Lee Rohner.

Too bad we did not get to meet, but they left us a nice note outside. They must have got back to camp after dark and had an early departure planned. We slept in 'til 9 AM (testament to after 2 1/2 weeks I'm finally getting used to sleeping in that short Oliver single!

I sent them a text this morning, inviting them to Prescott. It would be great if they would, and we should talk soon. We ran Illinois plates too, from the 70s to the late 90s, Chris and I both being born and raised in Chicagoland.

John,   Thanks for the invite.  We drove  down Peach Springs Canyon to the Colorado River on the Grand Canyon. We spent all day lounging by the Colorado River.   Next morning we headed to Mojave Desert.  Allen 

[jd1923]

9 hours ago, Allen Lee Rohner said:

John,   Thanks for the invite.  We drove  down Peach Springs Canyon to the Colorado River on the Grand Canyon. We spent all day lounging by the Colorado River.   Next morning we headed to Mojave Desert.  Allen 

Nice! I know of that route. I was not sure if it was a road for 4x4s, or instead a road where you could tow your Oliver all the way down. I'm assuming you pulled your Oliver down to the Colorado! Please confirm quality of the road. Is it some paved, all dirt, OK for towing? Ample level boondocking sites at the river?

That's a local trip for us, so we should do it soon. BTW, I can't stand I-40 from Flagstaff to Kingman, the trucks at 75 MPH, steep descents, construction always and bad pavement regardless. I found on this trip that we can get from home to Kingman, a trip I do several times a year, only traveling on I-40 for 7 miles. We take US-89 from Prescott to Ash Fork AZ (47 miles from home) and 7 miles west of Ash Fork you can exit on Hwy-66 and take that to Seligman, up to Peach Springs and down to Kingman. It's a beautiful route too and only adds a half hour to the route.

[Allen Lee Rohner]

John,   We did not take the Oliver down Indian RTE 6 to the Colorado River.    We left the trailer at Grand Canyon Caverns Inn.    The Indian RTE 6 was not paved but very rocky and had a lot of washboard.   Trip was 20 miles down to the River, taken One Hour to make the trip with Truck only.  Also you need a permit from Hualapai Game & Fish locate in Peach Springs, AZ .  The permit cost $16.27 per person.   When we made to the river,  an Hualapai Game official check if I had the permit.

I just made it home last Thursday.    Trip duration  04-10-24 to 06-27-24.

Best Regards,

Allen

[jd1923]

Thank you @Allen Lee Rohner, and wow what a trip! One day sooner and we would have met. Hope to visit with you at a meet someday.

You have a lot of states to fill in on your map now, Arizona, California, and all points in between from Illinois and back!

[Steph and Dud B]

Hello to the LE2 with green/yellow livery we saw westbound on I-90 near Utica, NY this afternoon!

[topgun2]

Actually, Patriot saw an Ollie!  And, it was me!

On Monday (August 26) I was headed east on Interstate 70 (just east of Jefferson City, Missouri) when I got a rather excited call from David and Kathy.  

They were headed west on Interstate 70 and spotted me going the other way!  

Unfortunately, at the moment we passed each other I was getting a message on my dashboard that the Ollie had become disconnected.  Thankfully this message was only due to a small pebble causing the electrical connection between the truck and Ollie to become unstable.

Thanks to both of them for making my day!

Bill

[Patriot]

7 hours ago, topgun2 said:

Actually, Patriot saw an Ollie!  And, it was me!

On Monday (August 26) I was headed east on Interstate 70 (just east of Jefferson City, Missouri) when I got a rather excited call from David and Kathy.  

They were headed west on Interstate 70 and spotted me going the other way!  

Unfortunately, at the moment we passed each other I was getting a message on my dashboard that the Ollie had become disconnected.  Thankfully this message was only due to a small pebble causing the electrical connection between the truck and Ollie to become unstable.

Thanks to both of them for making my day!

Bill

Bill,  

You were the only Oliver we saw until we got to Pagosa Springs, CO…wow! What are the odds? It sure was exciting for us to see you and Twist headed back to NC. So glad we got to catch up while we headed west. How cool is that? 👍🏻😊

David & Kathy 

Edited September 9 by Patriot

[Boudicca908]

Hello to the Oliver I spotted on September 9th, heading west on I-90 toward Spearfish SD -- I was heading east. I've been on the road for five months and this was the first Oliver I've seen this year! 

[ADKCamper]

Greetings to the Elite II seen heading eastbound on I-70 near Cisco, UT around 10:45am MT on Sun Sept 22nd. We were westbound, same location in an Elite I…

[Coastal Aggie]

I throw a greeting out to whoever I saw this morning up in the texas panhandle headed north. I was on my last day of the return trip from alaska back to san antonio. This trip I've seen my first 2 "wild" Ollie's. One out on the Homer spit a couple months ago and the one today. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say hi I think it was hull 747 or 757 I don't recall but we tent camped for a night on the spit just to say we did but the wind was so brutal that night we were hunkered down.

[HDRider]

We saw two Oliver Elite II's at Table Rock Lake campground in Missouri.  Driving there, we talked about the fact we had only seen one since we bought ours in August of 2023.

 

BTW - If you are around TRL or Branson you have to eat at College of the Ozarks.  The food is fantastic and the service was great.  Kids work at a number of different things there to pay for tuition, room and board. 

https://www.keetercenter.edu/Dine/Dining/Menu

 

 

[ScottyGS]

On 3/23/2024 at 8:39 AM, HDRider said:

Turns out he is a Georgia boy living in North Carolina...  

Oh....that guy...