This was our first Fiberglass RV rally and we didn’t know what to expect. Even though we had heard about these rallies, we were never able to go before because of when they were held or where they were held. When we were looking on the Fiberglass RV Forums, we happened to find out that there was one within a 3-hour drive from us, at a time when we were actually available!
It is always hard to go to something new when you don’t know what to expect. We usually camp at state and national parks and this rally was held in a private campground which charged a little more than we usually pay for a campsite. Yet, we bit the bullet and reserved a spot and announced that we were coming.
We arrived at the Happy Holiday RV Village in Cherokee, NC on Thursday October 12 and the people were really nice. Once we registered, an escort took us to our site - #86 at the back of the campground along the creek. This was a great spot! We had a big enough spot to put up our Clamshell and we were not under the walnut tree. The bathhouse was right across from our site and the hot showers were wonderful!
We had a late lunch at Granny’s Kitchen in Cherokee which had a nice lunch buffet ($8.95 Tues. – Sat. $11.25 on Sundays). Then we relaxed by the creek until it was time to go to our meet up at 6pm at site #81. George and Rhonda were wonderful hosts and even had name tags prepared for everyone. They provided chicken corn soup for everyone. It was fun meeting people who owned a camper like ours but some were different brands.
On Friday we drove to Bryson City and then up to Clingman’s Dome. For lunch we stopped at Granny’s Kitchen again. At 6pm, we returned to George and Rhonda’s site for a hot dog cookout. It was so much fun roasting hot dogs over the fire! Again, we met new people and had some great conversations! We talked with Barbara and Carl Guttman about antique stores and the navy.
On Saturday, we went to Franklin, NC to check out the antique stores. I was so excited to find a great yarn/fiber store called Silver Threads & Golden Needles. Don walked around and found some antique stores. We walked to another street to an antique store called the Attic. Then we had lunch at Miss Lois’ Restaurant (cash only). After that, we went to Nestfeathers, another antique store. In the afternoon, Bruce and Cheryl came by to demonstrate this great wax for our camper called Duragloss. Rhonda was walking around taking photos of people in front of their campers. At 6pm, we met again for a potluck dinner and had a group picture taken.
On Sunday, we packed up and headed to Smokemont in the national park.
We had a wonderful time and made some great new friends. In fact, we had such a great time that we went ahead and reserved our spot for next year. Rhonda created a Facebook page for all of us to keep in touch throughout the year.
Things I Learned:
· Rallies are fun especially when you have a common interest.
· It was fun to see the different things people did in their own campers.
· I want to get more Command Strips for hooks for our camper.
· I can’t wait to order some Duragloss to wax our camper.
· I really enjoyed using our Clamshell.
· My Little Red Campfire was worth the money because I enjoy a fire every morning. I don’t have to fight with starting a campfire and there is no smoke.
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