New Year Greetings from northern California. We had a gorgeous fall here - warm days and cool nights.  This blossomed fall colors as beautiful as any I can remember.  We had plenty of turkey with all the trimmings and golf in short sleeves: that’s about as good as it gets for me. As I write this, Christmas is just days away and we still have not had any rain or snow. I’m still wearing short sleeves outside during the day but nights are cold as we ready for winter.

Jeannine and I attended the SoCal rally in Bakersfield and we had a great time. It is always nice to see and spend time with our southern friends. While we were there, we recruited some new NorCal members.  Let’s give a big welcome to Jerry and Loretta Scott of Camarillo and David and Harriet of Temecula. We had a blast with the four of them and we can’t wait to introduce them to the rest of our members. 

We would also like to welcome new members Bob and Audrey Risberg of Red Bluff. We hope to meet them at our next rally.

Speaking of our next rally, please save the dates of April 26 – 29, 2012. We will be having a Spring Rally in Columbia, Calif. at 49er Trailer Ranch. The venue is special as it has a true Gold-rush motif - 1700’s attire would be appropriate. Included in the rally package is live theater in Columbia State Park and a lunch day trip is being planned to a secret location in the Sierras. We may also have a new major sponsor for the rally. Mike Thompson RV in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. has extended a hand. We will be limiting the rally to 20 coaches so as soon as we get the sign-up sheet, I will be e-mailing it out to our entire membership. It will be first-come-first-served.

A summer rally is planned in North Bend, Oregon at the Mill Casino RV park on June 25-28, 2012.  NorCal members, Ignacio and Tillie Curiel will be doing the planning for this rally. There is plenty to do in the summertime in North Bend so “Let the Good Times Roll”.  The Curiel’s invite all ACA members along with all American Coach and Revolution owners. The NorCal website, www.norcalaca.com, will be posting more information and the registration form soon.  If you look close at the dates. this rally follows directly behind the FMCA northwest rally at the same place.

 Safe travels,

 Glenn and Jeannine Caldwell