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Bluebonnet Casita Rally
Skyline Ranch Rv Park
Bandera, TX
(800) 267-1402
2009 AGENDA</div>
Wednesday: April 22, 2009
1:00 – 3:00 Registration:
3:00 – 3:45 Meet & Greet & Announcements: Meeting Room
5:00 11th St Cowboy Bar - Bandera, TX
Bring your own steak & table service to the restaurant and cook it yourself outside on a big grill. The restaurant provides the sides for $4 per person, and live music at no charge. The music begins at 6 pm with a local version of American Idol which is very popular according to James McGroarty, owner of the 11th Street Cowboy Bar. The regular band will start at 7 pm. The $4.00 charge will provide you with a salad, potatoes, bread, and everything you’ll need to prepare your steak, including seasonings. I suggest you bring an extra plate for your steak along with your utensils. Carrying a couple of hot steaks on a floppy paper plate can be precarious. Bring your dancing shoes if you care to do a two step!
Thursday: April 23, 2009
7:30 Coffee Pot & Sweet Rolls: Meeting Room - Tom and Martha Jo Trostel
Bring your coffee mug.
7:30 Ziploc omelets: Meet Room - Vicki Lee
Place your ingredients in a quart-size Ziploc freezer bag. MUST be Ziploc freezer bags.
Crack 2 eggs (large or extra large) into the bag. Place ingredients for your omelet in the bag with the 2 eggs. Other optional items you can choose for your omelet ingredients are: cooked bacon, ham, and/or sausage, assorted cheeses, sliced onion, green or red peppers, jalapenos, mushrooms, olives, tomato, salsa, almonds, etc.
Please bring your table service and the ingredients you prefer in your Ziploc omelet bag to the meeting room for cooking. We will have marks-a-lot pens available to write your name on your bag
Copies of the recipe and cooking instructions for Ziploc omelets will be provided at the demonstration.
8:00 Book Swap: Meeting Room
(Ongoing throughout the rally) Leave your books, CDs, etc. you wish to swap for others you may want to read.
8:30-11:00 Egg Parade: Part 1 North Side
Go at your own pace. Please try to have a list of all your mods at your trailer and in the book at the registration desk. If you want to show your trailer, display your blue balloon. If not, no problem, you can still enjoy seeing the others. All trailers on the North side of the park will show their trailers
OR
Enjoy the Area Attractions for the folks who don’t wish to participate in the Egg Parade:
26 miles from Kerrville, TX 25 miles from Boerne, TX
47 miles from Fredericksburg, TX 52 miles from Lukenbach, TX
54 miles from San Antonio, TX
12:00 Lunch: Meeting room available to bring your own plated lunch/sandwich & drink for those who wish to do so.
1:00-4:00 Egg Parade: Part 2 South Side
Go at your own pace. Please try to have a list of all your mods at your trailer & in the book at the registration desk.. If you want to show your trailer, display your blue balloon. If not, no problem, you can still enjoy seeing the others. All trailers on the South side of the park will show their trailers
5:00 Potluck Dinner: Meeting Room
Bring: own table service; drink; dish of your choice. We would appreciate an email of your recipes.
7:00 Social Time and Game: Meeting Room
Bring any game(s) you wish to play.
Friday: April 24, 2009
7:30 Coffee Pot & Sweet Rolls: Meeting Room - Tom and Martha Jo Trostel
Bring your coffee mug.
8:30-10:00 Braided T-Shirt Class: Meeting Room - Pat Harko
Tired of getting a really neat T-shirt on your travels but it had those big, floppy sleeves? Here's a neat and cost-free way to solve that problem. Plus you'll end up with a softer more feminine look. It just takes some time and the following supplies: A new unwashed
light color T-Shirt. Good sewing/fabric scissors, pen, straight pin, needle and thread to match the shirt. Limited to15. If there is more interest, contact volunteers and another session may be scheduled.
10:00-11:30 Discussion group lead by Dave and Ruth Meilstrup “Dry Camping in Style”
Dave and Ruth will lead a discussion group about
dry camping in your Casita. This isn’t a “seminar” but an
exchange of ideas for those who frequently dry camp and for those who are interested. The Melstrups have made
their way to Alaska several times and dry camped 80% of the time.
11:45 Lunch: Meeting Room will be available if you wish to bring your own plated lunch/sandwich, table service, and drink.
12:30-2:00 Craft Class – Leather Craft: Meeting Room - Robert Elling.
Robert will have supplies to make leather pouches. He will have enough material for about 40 persons. Robert
is donating the material for the class so there is no cost.
2:30-3:30 Bolo Golf Single Elimination Tournament: - Jim Youngmeyer
4:00-5:30 Horse Shoes, Single Elimination Tournament: - Blair McClure
For any experienced or novice person who enjoys some good natured fun.
6:30 Wine Tasting& Drink Swap: Meeting Room
Wine Tasting, Beer tasting or drink of your choice (alcoholic or non) to share with others. Please bring Hors d' Oeuvres to share.
8:00 Social and Games: Meeting Room
Enjoy visiting with new friends.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
7:30 Pancake Breakfast & Coffee Pot: Meeting Room Tom and Martha Jo Trostel and Volunteers
Bring your table service and coffee mug.
9:00 –11:00 Session: Casita Wheel Bearing,
Brakes and Tow Vehicle Maintenance Meeting Room – Mike Blackwell
and Phil Underwood along with one or more lovely assistants. Mike and Phil will discuss owner maintenance of
your trailer’s wheel bearing and
brakes, and Phil will discuss vehicle maintenance. Phil is a highly skilled Ford mechanic/technician, working for a large Ford dealership in Texas.
12:00 Lunch: Meeting Room: Bring your own plated lunch/sandwich, table service, and drink if you wish to visit.
12:30 – 1:30 Swap Tables: Meeting Room
Bring anything you want to sell or give away. Need not only be RV items.
1:45-4:00 Session: Gray Water Drainage. Meeting Room - Larry Gamble
Larry will present two modifications to the Casita sewer system that may make your life less complicated.
The first is the replacement of the “P” trap with a Hepvo valve which means no more climbing out of the shower in your birthday suit to open the shower valve. The other is a modification that allows your gray water tank to utilize it’s full capacity and allows it to drain much faster than the stock configuration. These two modifications have been published, but there are new developments that make them easier for the owner to do himself (or herself).
Larry will be doing both modifications during the week for some if us who are all thumbs, if you’d like to observe
check with Larry at the rally. He may be doing some work before the rally begins if you get there early.
4:30-5:00 Open Discussion: Meeting Room
Open topics, i.e. trailers, rally event, etc. Discussion about next year’s event.
6:00 Hamburger Cookout: Covered Patio/Meeting Room
Cook your own hamburger patties/hot dogs on the grill. Bring your drinks and cooked burgers & buns to the
meeting room. The mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, pickles, onions, lettuce and chips will be provided.
7:30 Door Prize Drawing, Ice Cream Social and Games: - Meeting Room
Again, visit with new friends, exchange information and have ice cream. BYOB (bring your own bowl & spoon).
Sunday: April 26, 2009
8:00 Last Call Coffee Pot & Cereal Bars : Meeting Room - Tom and Martha Jo Trostel
See You Next Year!