First-ever(for us) EscapadeRally -Rock Springs, WY

[MAX Burner]

Just a great excuse to extricate ourselves from killer June temps in northern NM - we joined the SKP’s club and are at their rally in Rock Springs, WY.

Grilled artichokes, shrimp, and fresh garden salad for chow…

Cheers All!

 

[Patriot]

@MAX Burner

An excellent idea escaping the heat! The east cost is now under a so called “heat dome” as the media likes to package it.
D and the pups look pretty chill and relaxed. Great photos and it sounds like a great time Art! 
Thanks for sharing the pics especially with old glory flying high! 

Rally on Brother! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Edited June 17 by Patriot

[topgun2]

Who is the additional Oliver?

Are there only the two of you out of how many in total?

Is the Rally at the Fairgrounds?

Did you find the donut place?

Obviously D and the pups look like they need lessons in how to relax!😁

Thks for the pics.

Bill

[MAX Burner]

@topgun2 - Hey, Bill;

1.  OK - kinda cool story here.  We checked into the Rally early on Saturday afternoon and were assigned a temporary site for the evening.  High winds kept us inside for the evening, but when we took the Knuckleheads out for an early walk yesterday morning, there was another Oliver in the temp area that arrived after us on Sat.  They're Robert and Bonny from WA (winter in AZ), their's is a '15 LE2 - wonderful couple.  So we were assigned adjacent sites yesterday for the duration of the rally - total coincidence!  

2.  So far, we're the only Olivers we've seen here.  There's likely north of 500 rigs here.

3.  The venue is the Sweetwater/Green River County Fair Grounds/Horse racing track.  Very well organized, but tight (can you spell, "s-a-r-d-i-n-e-s")

4.  Headed to downtown Rock Springs later this AM - will definitely track down the donut shop! HA!

I've been working on D and the boys lately to try and find their "CHILL" space - seems to be working some...

Cheers, ALL!

Edited June 17 by MAX Burner
added a couple pix

[Mike and Carol]

11 minutes ago, MAX Burner said:

They're Robert and Bonny from WA (winter in AZ), their's is a '15 LE2 - wonderful couple.  So we were assigned adjacent sites yesterday for the duration of the rally - total coincidence!  

We camped with Robert and Bonny at Quartszite in 2017, along with @ScubaRx the Landrums.

[John Dorrer]

11 hours ago, Patriot said:

@MAX Burner

An excellent idea escaping the heat! The east cost is now under a so called “heat dome” as the media likes to package it.
D and the pups look pretty chill and relaxed. Great photos and it sounds like a great time Art! 
Thanks for sharing the pics especially with old glory flying high! 

Rally on Brother! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Parked for the next 2-1/2 months. 96° in Indy today. No longer interested in camping in the heat 🙃 The mountains of Southern Colorado and New Mexico in late September.

 

[topgun2]

4 minutes ago, John Dorrer said:

The mountains of Southern Colorado and New Mexico in late September.

Sounds like a great trip for late September/early October, but, hope that all is OK during the next 2 1/2 months of being parked.

Bill

[John Dorrer]

18 minutes ago, topgun2 said:

Sounds like a great trip for late September/early October, but, hope that all is OK during the next 2 1/2 months of being parked.

Bill

We front loaded the year. We had several summer Indiana State Parks mid-year last year with temps in the mid to high 90's. Never again. Even with the break, we will be over 100 nights with the Colorado, New Mexico, Texas trip, mid-Sept to the end of October. I sure we will have some warm temps as we wonder through the Texas panhandle in mid-Oct on the way to Inks Lake Rally. Otherwise, we are just chilling.

Edited June 17 by John Dorrer

[jd1923]

2 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

We front loaded the year. We had several summer Indiana State Parks mid-year last year with temps in the mid to high 90's. Never again. Even with the break, we will be over 100 nights with the Colorado, New Mexico, Texas trip, mid-Sept to the end of October. I sure we will have some warm temps as we wonder through the Texas panhandle in mid-Oct on the way to Inks Lake Rally. Otherwise, we are just chilling.

Us too and after a short local September trip it will be 3 weeks in October for us in NM and TX with Inks Lake being the focal point for week two. High was in the 90s yesterday, low of 58 at dawn and the forecast is only up to 85 today. Maybe cool is on its way east. It was very hot here last week.

Last year we purchased our Oliver on June 7. By early July a dozen friends had asked, "have you gone camping?" Decided to venture out in July just to get out in our new Oliver, and of course just when it was getting hotter. Decided on Kendricks Mountain Wilderness area northwest of Flagstaff, the peak is 10,427 FT and we camped at over 6800 FT. It was just cool enough at this altitude. A cooler June day in Phoenix today at 105 and any direction we drive from home gets hotter before we get high or north enough to be cooler. We get to camp all winter when many of you have your Olivers in winter storage.

I'm good with being home summers at 5400 FT and we play pickleball indoors! I'm starting 3 weeks off today with more Oliver repairs and mods to come soon. See many of you at Inks Lake! Four months will be here in a heartbeat...

[MAX Burner]

@topgun2 - Found the Cowboy Donut Shop in Rock Springs - it was actually featured on the "Food Network"!  Very YUMMY, in deed...

Headed north to Jackson on Wednesday, absolutely fantastic - western WY!

Cheers!

[MAX Burner]

10 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

The mountains of Southern Colorado and New Mexico in late September.

Keep us posted @John Dorrer - we'll plan a link-up somewhere cool -- the aspens start turning in the Telluride area around mid-late SEP... beautiful vistas!

[jd1923]

3 hours ago, MAX Burner said:

@topgun2 - Found the Cowboy Donut Shop in Rock Springs - it was actually featured on the "Food Network"!  Very YUMMY, in deed...

You're the man Art, great pic! Hard to keep up with you, though we love every episode. 😂

[topgun2]

12 hours ago, MAX Burner said:

Found the Cowboy Donut Shop in Rock Springs

Glad you liked it!

Jackson "used" to be a great little town.  But, now with the traffic jams - not so much.

If you head up to the Moran Junction area, let me know.  There is a great boondocking spot up in that direction.

Bill

[MAX Burner]

On 6/17/2024 at 7:50 AM, Mike and Carol said:

We camped with Robert and Bonny at Quartszite in 2017, along with @ScubaRx the Landrums.

The Ollie World is a small one - just like the rig!