1st Annual Summer Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, June 19-July 3, 2012 SHAVER LAKE, CALIFORNIA

[KatieinKansas]

<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Beautiful pictures Bob! &nbsp;...You too, ped! &nbsp;Thanks! &nbsp;...Gets me excited all over again! &nbsp;It was great meeting the Arizona Rubber Tramps. &nbsp;...I'm already looking forward to meeting more Rubber Tramps in Colorado.&nbsp;</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seraphim, I'm retiring this year too. ...I think I read that your wife is a teacher also?... Bring your wife and we can celebrate together. &nbsp;...Give the teachers an apple and we'll toss it over the mountain. &nbsp;</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Katie</span></font></div>

 

[Phantom Blooper]

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Wonderful, what elevation will we be camping?

<BR><BR><BR><BR><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" target=_blank target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado</A><BR>

 

[Seraphim]

Seraphim, I'm retiring this year too. ...I think I read that your wife is a teacher also?... Bring your wife and we can celebrate together. ...Give the teachers an apple and we'll toss it over the mountain. Katie

Yes she is. I broached the subject with her last night., and she seems agreeable. It's a 21+ (with no stops lol) drive, but doable. She deserves a retirement trip....

May have to increase our battery capacity, however, to handle a week's stay without shore power.

 

[akrvbob]

The one real problem with Leadville is the elevation, we will be at 10,000 feet, which can be a real problem for some people. For that reason I am open to finding another place that is lower. The problem is that we will need a large open meadow that will hold as many people as we might have. Those are hard to find in the forest. If anybody has suggestions I would like to hear them. Here are the requirements:<br><br><ul><li>Free, no charge camping.</li><li>Large meadow that will hold 20-70 people</li><li>Internet, cell phone and supplies reasonably nearby.</li><li>Lower elevation.</li></ul>Bob<br>

 

[sl1966]

That sounds like most of Nebraska or Oklahoma.&nbsp;<img border="0" align="absmiddle" src="https://vanlivingforum.com/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif"><div><br></div>

 

[Seraphim]

I can access Topo maps of the area, but have no personal knowledge of the area, other than having passed through. if that can be of any help.

 

[SoulRaven]

Being from the NW Cascades, I so long for the mountains, the clear streams and lakes to soak my hot and tired feet... The cool mountain air and the crisp nights where Hot Cocoa is the drink of the eve...<br><br>I can barley wait for this to come about... <br>

 

[SheketEchad]

<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I'm considering it, although it would be a fly-in, vehicle rental, tent camp activity for me. Checking out the costs currently, as well as time off availability on my work team. &nbsp;</span><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Plus I have to figure out the 'baggage' obstacles to getting a tent, backpack, toilet and shower onto a plane w/out freaking anyone out....LOL!</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Flying, since the distance is so great, will allow me to spend more time at Leadville vs driving there and back.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I see there is one also</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); ">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); ">possibly</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); ">&nbsp;in June in Kentucky; much closer, but I haven't been to CO in many, many moons and much prefer summer there <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); "><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); ">We'll see how the plans gel...</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); "><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); ">~SE</span></div>

 

[vtwinkicker]

Just read about the summer RTR in Leadville. I can't make it but will be in the area in September. Look forward to hearing about your adventures!<br>

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

@vtwinker a warm welcome from the heart of the universe<br>@ SE&nbsp;&nbsp; <br><DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)">Flying, since the distance is so great, will allow me to spend more time at Leadville vs driving there and back.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"><B><FONT color=#000000>I bet you could pick up supplies at any Wal Mart, doesn't have to be top of the line, then ship them back on the way to drop the car and fly home.&nbsp; I did something similar years ago when my daughter was 14, we flew out to ABQ and lived out of the rental car for a few days and dropped the supplies we bought off at a reservation in Magdalena area before heading home. Those were the good old days. (7 years ago)</FONT></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"><B><FONT color=#000000>I do wish I had rented an suv, I had to be real careful with the little car I had-low undercarriage.</FONT></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"><B><FONT color=#ff00ff>Dragonfly</FONT></B></SPAN></DIV>

 

[Corinne]

<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><span style="line-height: 51px;"><a style="white-space: nowrap;" href="http://cheaprvliving.com/Renezvous.html" target="_blank" target=_blank><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">Rubber</font></a><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></i></b><b style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><span style="line-height: 51px;"><a style="white-space: nowrap;" href="http://cheaprvliving.com/Renezvous.html" target="_blank" target=_blank><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">Tramp</font></a><font face="Tahoma"> </font></span></i></b></span><a style="white-space: nowrap;" href="http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ndezvous&amp;jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13355503450992" target="_blank" target=_blank><b><i><font><span style="line-height: 51px;"><span style="font-size: x-large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">Rendezvous</font></span></span></font></i></b></a></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><font><span style="line-height: 51px;"><span style="font-size: x-large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4">I wonder who came up with this name?&nbsp; Why "tramp?"&nbsp; Why not 'rubber rangler rendezvous,' or something along those lines?&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></font></span></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><font><span style="line-height: 51px;"><span style="font-size: x-large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4">Me and my stuffed animals are known as the Infamous Arizona Posse.&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">&nbsp; lol..</font></span><br></p></span></font><font color="#330000" size="4"><span style="line-height: 26px; font-size: 18px;"></span></font>

 

[twokniveskatie]

There is a movie called "rubber tramps" by Ken Keesey. I believe it is a reference to that. Great movie, btw!

 

[Corinne]

Ohhh, okay.&nbsp; Thanks Katie.&nbsp; "Still....!"&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">&nbsp; <br><br>I will call you "dances with two knives."&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">&nbsp; I don't know why!&nbsp; (It's harmless)<br><br>

 

[twokniveskatie]

<div>I've certainly be called worse! &nbsp;Not much of a dancer, except maybe around a fire on a moonless night......</div><div><br></div>

Ohhh, okay.&nbsp; Thanks Katie.&nbsp; "Still....!"&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">&nbsp; <br><br>I will call you "dances with two knives."&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">&nbsp; I don't know why!&nbsp; (It's harmless)<br><br>

 

[Corinne]

I've been called a lot worse too but learned to never take it personally.&nbsp; <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0">&nbsp; You learn these things growing up with all men and working side by side with them.&nbsp; Not complaining, it was the best job, and the best time, I ever had as a stage tech.<br><br>"Dancin' in the moonlight...."&nbsp; Oh wait, you said 'moonless.'&nbsp; Oh well....<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

 

[akrvbob]

You are right Katie, it does come from that movie. But it also comes from the movie "Into the Wild" where McCandless is adopted by a Rubber Tramp couple and taken to the Slabs. <br><br>Speaking of dancing under the moon, at both of the RTRs in Quartzsite, we had a women's only meeting that the ladies spoke of very highly. Us "gentlemen" strongly suggested they have a gathering under the moon and do some dancing. But they just ignored us.&nbsp; Katie, I desperately need you to come this winter and organize that for me!! I promise we won't peek (he says with crossed fingers)! Bob<br><br>

 

[twokniveskatie]

Oh, poor boys! No such luck. I shall be with the ladies this year, more than likely guarding the perimeter.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Us girls have to stick together. Nobody else understands the trials and tribulations of a girl peeing in the desert. Every time I stake out a yucca bush behind which I can have a little privacy, one of the boys jockeys for a better angle with the sun and his solar panel. Thank heavens for Macabi skirts and p-styles </div>

 

[sl1966]

Thank heavens for Macabi skirts and p-styles <br>

<div><br></div><div>That's what she said, oh wait ...</div><div><br></div>

 

[Corinne]

Someone told me that Cortez Colorado was pretty nice in the summer and at a much lower elevation.<br><br>http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/colorado/cortez-2385362/<br><br>It's in Colorado.&nbsp;&nbsp; You may have to refresh the page.<br><br>

 

[akrvbob]

I'm not sure if I posted it on this thread or not. If not I apologize. I should have. <br><br><font size="5"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">THE LOCATION OF THE SUMMER RTR HAS CHANGED TO SHAVER LAKE, CALIFORNIA</span></font><br><br>Info here:<br>http://cheapgreenrvliving.com/Rendezvous_Summer_2012.html<br>