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2017 Officers
President Bob Kirkpatrick
(714) 836-1408
KirkpatrickRobertE
@yahoo.com
1st Vice-President Bruce Barefoot (626) 893-7481
2nd Vice-President Mark Miller (714) 222-9037
3rd Vice-President Marya Barefoot (626) 893-7481
Recording Secretary
Jane Carmichael (714) 998-1512
Corresponding Secretary
Diane Sommerville
(714) 743-8181
Treasurer Dale Cram
Membership Chair Steve Carmichael (714) 998-1512
Caravan Chair Phi Terhorst (949) 903-1356
Hosting Chair Sandra Bangert (949) 463-8676
Youth Activities Chair Tim Mustard
(494) 451-9276
Webmaster John Terhorst (562) 458-8254
National Web Site: Wbcci.org
Region 12 Web Site: Region12.wbcci.net
South Coast Web Site: SouthCoastCal.wbcci.net
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
By Robert Kirkpatrick
Greetings to All,
After just coming from a very fine January rally at the Pechanga RV Resort, I would like to invite you all to join me in the rather unconventional view of our Airstream Club. I have come to view our Airstream vehicles as merely hunks of aluminum (although expensive hunks of aluminum) that serve only as the front and back covers of a book. The important story about our Club is written between those covers; it is where everything of significance occurs; it is where we actually live and where the human interactions that add those measures of richness to our lives take place.
That story has been pretty dynamic. Since 2013, we have increased our membership 179% with the 16 new members joining in 2016 (our greatest single year of increase). The process is called growth, and it is completely value neutral, earning the handle of good or bad depending on how it is managed and developed. This growth has left me with a significant knowledge deficit about the people living between the covers of this book. I don’t know how many of you work or are retired; what you may consider a reasonable distance to travel for a weekend rally; or what rally venues you may prefer. To learn more, we are working on a survey which will ask you to provide this and other information. A first draft has been prepared and will be finalized shortly. Once released, complete control of how useful this effort proves to be passes to you. I hope that you will respond with enthusiasm for the purpose of keeping the real story existing between those expensive aluminum book covers as dynamic and satisfying as it was at Pechanga.
(Continued on page 3)
January 2017
Newsletter of the South Coast California Unit of the WBCCI
Tentative Schedule of
Upcoming Events
2017
February 3—5 Golden Village Palms RV
Resort
Hemet
March 3—5 Del Mar Beach
Camp Pendleton
April 7—9 Chula Vista RV Resort
Chula Vista
May 5—7 Newport Dunes RV Resort
Newport Beach
June 2—4 Pala RV Resort
Pala
July 7—9 Idyllwild RV Resort
Idyllwild
July 22—29 60th International Rally
Escanaba, Missouri
August 6 President’s BBQ
Surfas Residence
September 8—10 East Shore RV Park
San Dimas
October 6—8 Emerald Desert RV Resort
Palm Desert
November 3—5 The Springs
Anza-Borrego
December 3 Officer Installation Luncheon
Rob Michler
Bob Yablonski
Jane Weber
Victor Kingsland
Clara Spence
Gary Weber
Rebecca Mustard
Lynda Terhorst
Nora Stapleton
January 12 Bob and ElDoris Smith
February 2 Tim and Diane Sommerville
February 6 Tane and Linda Koblick
January 12
January 12
January 18
January 18
January 21
February 14
February 20
February 24
February 26
By now you may have heard that we are in a search for a new Membership Chair and a new Recording Secretary to assume these responsibilities at year’s end. If you would be interested, or would like a copy of the job descriptions, please contact me. I have already had some serious interest expressed in the Membership Chair position (for which I am most grateful).
As a last point, I want to address rally attendance cancellations. Since the formation of our Club in 1968, we, like other similar organizations, have had to deal with this issue. Our Club members have a very good track record in this area and the President and Treasurer have adequate authorizations and tools to handle issues as they arise. Usually, for us, this is a slight irritation, but no big deal. HOWEVER, where the issue can have critical impact is with the hosting team. For each rally, they do the heavy lifting. A cancellation after the food assignments have been made can be critical if unknown to them. Last minute cancellations are a particular burden. During our 7 January Executive Board Meeting, we decided to ask your help with this since we have had late cancellations occur several times. Our request is that if you must cancel, please make a phone call to the Host. I think you all can see how useful this could be especially if the hosting team has already left for the rally site (sometimes even a day early). An email to the President is always appropriate, but we think the extra courtesy to the Host will have big payoffs. You will hear me mentioning this frequent-ly.
Thank you for your patience reading this and for your support. Karen and I hope to see you all at the next rally.
Warm Regards,
Bob K.
PRESIDENT’S CORNER (con.nued from first page)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
The new year lies before you like a
spotless tract of snow,
Be careful how you tread on it, for
every track will show.
~ Charlo6e Anselmo
MEETING MINUTES
January 7, 2017
General Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Barefoot, Bruce & Marya; Bowman, Marlene; Carmichael, Steve & Jane; Cram, Dale & Susan; Crowe, Ray
& Billie; Frauenzimmer, Richard & Mary; Gingerich, Edith; Johnson, Scott & Dawn; Kirkpatrick, Bob; Koblick, Tane &
Linda; Lasswell, Ron & Lisa; Miller, Mark & Connie; Roybal, Bob & Jan; Sommerville, Tim & Diane; Spence, Larry &
Clara; Stapleton, Nora; Terhorst, Phil & Lynda; Visnic, Chuck & Linda.
President Bob Kirkpatrick called the meeting to order after dinner.
He presented a proposal which had been suggested at the Executive Board meeting earlier in the day. The proposal
is that the procedure of reimbursing the rally Hosts $10 per rig be stopped. There was concern about adequate
reimbursement for the Hosts. Therefore, instead, the hosts for each rally would present their receipts for expenses to
the Treasurer, and the Hosts would be reimbursed for their total expenses. This was unanimously approved by the
members.
Bob will be looking for a new Membership Chair and Recording Secretary for 2018, and he will be placing an
announcement regarding this in the newsletter.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Carmichael,
Recording Secretary
A Note From Your Treasurer
As noted in the Minutes above, there has been a change to our club procedure for re-
imbursing our hos.ng teams. It was felt hosts were o:en spending out of pocket funds
for some of the excellent entrée dishes we have recently been served and other serv-
ing items that exceeded the amount of reimbursement received under the old sys-
tem. To correct this and to recognize the heavy li:ing that hos.ng teams do to make
our rallies so enjoyable, the Board recommended and the membership approved a
receipt based reimbursement plan. Addi.onally, the hosts will con.nue to only be
responsible to pay the cost of their RV site, but not the addi.onal rally fee.
We have been experimen.ng with a receipt system for some .me and have been
pleased with both the reasonableness and posi.ve response the approach has generat-
ed. A funding cap has not been established. We hope that one will not be neces-
sary. Your board will watch this carefully.
Dale Cram, Treasurer
Pechanga Rally January 6—8
CO-HOSTS: Bruce and Marya Barefoot
Tane and Linda Koblick
Tim and Diane Sommerville
ATTENDEES: Bruce & Marya Barefoot Robert Kirkpatrick
Craig and MaryAnne Biegel (guests) Tane & Linda Koblick
Marlene Bowman (1st rally) Ron & Lisa Lasswell
Rudy & Linda Calderon Yasim & Bri Latif
Steve & Jane Carmichael Mark & Connie Miller
Dale & Susan Cram Ric & Jude Romero (guests)
Ray & Billie Crowe (1st rally) Bob & Jan Roybal
Richard & Mary Frauenzimmer Tim & Diane Sommerville
Edith Gingerich (1st rally) Larry & Clara Spence
Jon Harmon & Kathleen Golden (1st rally) Nora & Ellen Stapleton
Jerry Gough (guest) Phil & Linda Terhorst
Scott & Dawn Johnson (1st rally) Chuck & Linda Visnic
The weather at Pechanga was surprisingly beautiful, but on the nippy side, until Sunday evening. Those of
us who stayed an extra day got a dose of rain into our departure. As you can see above, we had a large
number of first-time rally attendees, and it made for a memorable and fun weekend getting to know
everyone. We thoroughly enjoyed the company of all those who attended, and hope to see them at more
rallies in the future.
The clubhouse was just the right size for our 50-something gang. Saturday night had Bob and Cecelia
Stansbury from Region 12 visiting us for our Happy Hour and dinner, and the picture of everyone (although
a few attendees were missing) was for the purpose of telling those who couldn’t make it that they were
missed. The two puzzles (500 and 1,000 pieces) were completed by one and all—a great team effort—with
no pieces missing. Great food (thanks to everyone who contributed), great company, and another great
rally!
Recipe of the Month (served in Pechanga)
SPECIAL BRUNCH EGGS (serves 10-12)
10 eggs
1 pint co6age cheese
1 lb. Jack Cheese or combina.on of Jack and Cheddar Cheese
1 7 oz. can diced green chilies
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup melted bu6er
1/2 cup flour
Beat eggs, add flour, baking powder, co6age cheese, jack cheese, chilies, and melted bu6er. Pour into 9 x 12 baking dish, cover
and refrigerate overnight.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45—60 minutes un.l inserted knife comes out clean.
~ Contributed by Marya Barefoot
Important Reminders
A. When our President sends out an announcement about a rally and asks you to respond if you wish to a6end, rally
spaces will be given priority in the following order:
1) Regular Members of Unit 019
2) Club Affiliates (members of another Club or Unit but affiliates with South Coast)
3) Guests
Therefore, even if you are the first to respond and you fall into categories 2 or 3, you may not actually secure a camp
site to one of our rallies. You could be “bumped” by a Regular Member who responds a:er you do but before the dead-
line to sign up.
B. If you are signed up for a rally but find that you must cancel for whatever reason, please contact the rally Host or Co-
Host immediately BY PHONE, as this may have an impact not only on the site spaces but also on the food assignments.
The Host or Co-Host will no.fy the President. E-mail or text is not an acceptable form of no)fica)on.
C. We are looking for Hosts and Co-Hosts for several rallies in 2017. Please step forward and assist your club with
organizing our great rallies. Partner with another couple that has experience doing this and Co-Host together. Hos.ng
opportuni.es are needed for May 5-7 (Newport Dunes) with Nora Stapleton, June 2-4 (Pala), July 7-9 (Idyllwild) with
Tim and Rebecca Mustard, October 6-8 (Emerald Desert) with Larry and Clara Spence, and November 3-5 (The Springs
at Borrego). Just call Bob Kirkpatrick to volunteer (phone and e-mail contact on first page of this newsle6er).
Written by Dale for Dale and Susan CramWritten by Dale for Dale and Susan CramWritten by Dale for Dale and Susan CramWritten by Dale for Dale and Susan Cram
We started my first full year of retirement with a three�week Mediterranean cruise. We started out in
Venice for three days then boarded our ship in Trieste, Italy. Our ports took us to Dubrovnik, Croatia, Kotor,
Montenegro, Athens and Crete, Greece, Valletta, Malta, Palermo, Sicily, Rome, Florence/Pisa, Italy, Marseilles,
France, ending in Barcelona, Spain. We stayed in Barcelona for three days before we flew home. Great fun.
We were home for about four weeks, then loaded up the Airstream and followed our friends, Bob and Cathy
Adams, to their cottage on Prince Edward Island. On the way, we spent a night just outside the North Rim of
the Grand Canyon, drove through Monument Valley and stood on the four corner states, went to Mesa
Verde National Park and took a tour of the cliff dwellings, took the train from Durango to Silverton on the
narrow gauge railroad, went to the top of Pikes Peak, drove through the Garden of the Gods in Colorado
Springs, and took a tour of the Air Force Academy. The Cadet Chapel is beautiful and really something to see.
We saw the first Pony Express original building in Omaha, Nebraska, then spent a couple of days with
family in Wisconsin then up through Sault St. Marie and into Canada. To get to Prince Edward Island, we
had to drive on the Confederation Bridge, the longest bridge over ice covered waters in the world. It is eight
miles long and takes about 10 minutes to travel. Arriving on Prince Edward Island (PEI), we had traveled
4,300 miles. We spent a week on PEI sightseeing and ate many lobster dinners. One night, Bob cooked Paella
with fresh (not frozen) mussels, shrimp, clams, onion, and tomatoes on paella rice .
From there, we headed south through Nova Scotia, went to Fortress of Louisbourg (18th century French
fortress) on Cape Brenton, over through Maine (saw LL Beans stores), continued south through New
Hampshire, Vermont (visited a maple grove farm), stayed in Cape Cod, and took a ferry and rode bikes in
Martha’s Vineyard, spent a day in Boston and the next day, took a tour of West Point and the Purple Heart
Museum. We drove through Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Amish country, then zig�zagged down the 13
original states. Along the way, we went to Gettysburg and took a tour of Annapolis Naval Academy.
We spent a week in Washington, DC where we went to Mt. Vernon, visited the Smithsonian museums, went
to Lincoln, Jefferson, and Washington Monuments and all the War memorial walls, took the subway to
Arlington National Cemetary then went to the Capital and saw the White House from afar. We took a day
and went for a tour of Monticello.
(Continued on next page)
The Crams Share Their Airstream Vaca)on
We then drove through the Blue Ridge Parkway to Asheville, North Carolina, where we took a tour of the
Biltmore Estate, the largest privately owned estate in the United States. Originally built for a bachelor, it has
65 fireplaces, indoor pool, bowling alley, 250 rooms including 33 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms and three
kitchens. It has a whopping 135,926 square feet of living space. Quite impressive. When we were in
Charleston, we took a carriage ride tour of the town.
Our next week was in Orlando, Florida, where we went to Epcot, Key West, Mallory Square and the mile
zero marker. We took a swamp tour, and drove through the Everglades.
We went to the confederate POW camp in Andersonville where Susan’s great grandfather was a prisoner
after being captured at the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia. We have a copy of his diary. The POW museum
was most interesting. During the 70’s, I had a POW bracelet with the name “Major Douglas Peterson” on it.
After Vietnam, I never found out his demise until the visit to this POW camp. They showed a film at the
visitor center in which Major Peterson was interviewed about his capture, torture and release after the
Vietnam war. It was very gratifying to learn he made it home.
From Georgia we went into Alabama and up to Nashville where we went to a radio show and backstage tour
of the Grand Ole Opry, then visited the George Jones and Johnny Cash museums. the Tours included the
Ryman, the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, and Andrew Jackson’s home. From Nashville, we crossed
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado and took a drive through the Colorado National Monument. Our
final stop was for a few days just outside Las Vegas to visit my best friend.
Our trip lasted three and a half months, and we traveled almost 14,000 miles on two�lane roads with very
few interstates (they are just too fast and the truckers are too pushy).
We have seen so many places in our beautiful country, and we have now been to all 50 states and most the
Canadian Provinces. We met and stayed with some very nice Courtesy parking members from WBCCI.
Airstreaming is nice. It fosters a lifetime of friendships and travel.
It was difficult to consolidate our trip into a version that would only tease the places we have been. Hope you
enjoyed the trip.
Clarence Mason 1968
Hank Sanford 1969
Dick James 1970
Mac McPeak 1971
David Hayes 1972
Roy Slate 1973
John Riley 1974
Wesley Gough 1975
Bill Williams 1976
Jack Scott 1977
Doug Gist 1978
Walter Brooks 1979
John Ashe Everest 1980
Bud Davis 1981
Harold Buck 1982
David Fletcher 1983
Jack Ortberg 1984 and 2001
Mac McCue 1985
Don Conner 1986 and 1998
Lois Klopien 1987
Bob Barlow 1988
Clara Buck 1989
Roberta Williams 1990
Wayne Sorenson 1991
Dolores Irwin 1992 and 2002
Mary Gough 1993
Jack Engle 1994
Howard Cram 1995
Les Chillcott 1996
Ralph Irwin 1997
Dale Cram 1999 and 2000
Robert Kirksey 2002 and 2004
Susan Cram 2003 and 2012
Steve Carmichael 2005 and 2008
Philip Terhorst 2006
Marshall McFie 2007
Robert Michler 2009
Lynda Terhorst 2010
Robert Smith 2011
Scott Weddle 2013
Louise Weddle 2014
Bill Ball 2015 and 2016
South Coast WBCCI
Past Presidents
Thanks to our contributors
this month:
Marya Barefoot
Jane Carmichael
Dale and Susan Cram
Robert Kirkpatrick
Mark Miller