Tom and Roni Lehmkuhl (F20913)
Fulltimers Chapter – Presidents
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ~ Michael Altshuler
How are you spending your time this winter? What plans do you have for the holidays? Have you started dreaming about the places you’ll go in 2022?
We are spending the winter in Central Florida and hope to travel to Holly Springs, North Carolina and Hilton Head Island to spend time with the kids and grandkids. Our younger daughter is building a home in Holly Springs, and they plan to move in Christmas week. With a seven and five year old, that seems ambitious! Our other daughter and family are renting a house in Sea Pines, Hilton Head Island for their Christmas week and will be traveling from Indianapolis for a break in warmer weather. It will be great to see our family and celebrate.
As we write this, it’s Halloween week but by the time you read it, we will be starting our HOLLY JOLLY RALLY at Creekside RV Resort in Punta Gorda, Florida December 5-9. Our co-hosts, Chapter Vice President Hal & Lynn Fryer, have been instrumental in planning this event, and we are so grateful for their help. We have 50 people signed up to attend and join us on a Harbor Cruise to view holiday lights and a Swamp Buggy Eco Tour, in addition to meals and activities at the campground. We are also planning an evening of entertainment and Christmas Caroling. Our Humanitarian cause for this rally will be the Charlotte County Shop with a Cop program. We would like to thank and acknowledge North Trail RV in Ft. Myers for supporting our rally with gifts, prizes and for bringing out Newmar units for us to tour. We are hoping to make this an annual event for our chapter.
If you are attending the Tampa SuperShow Special Event with the Newmar group, we would like to invite you to join us for a Fulltimers Chapter get together. We have not been assigned a day or time for the social, so look for notices at the Newmar tent with details on time and date. This is open to all current Fulltimers Chapter members, and anyone interested in learning more about us or the Fulltiming lifestyle.
In February, we hope to host a social at our winter place at Mt. Olive Shores North in Polk City, Florida. We held this event in 2018 and 2019 with good turnouts. All Newmar owners are invited to a luncheon hosted by the Fulltimers Chapter. If you are in the area, please plan to join us at the cookout. Tentative date is February 12 at 1:00 PM. Check the NKK Calendar for more details.
2022 Fulltimers Rally & Annual Business Meeting
This rally will be held in Heber City, Utah July 10-15, before the International Rally in Rock Springs, Wyoming. We have reserved 60 sites and registrations will take place through the NKK Website in January 2022. The rally will be held at Mountain Valley RV Resort. We are looking into venues and activities in the area. We do plan to have a trip and dinner on the Heber Valley Railroad and a tour and tasting of the Artisan cheese factory. We’d love to hear your recommendations. As you well know, the NKK International Rally will be held the next week in Rock Springs, Wyoming. We always have a good turnout of chapter members at the International, and we will once again be offering lemonade and popcorn to attendees and hope to present seminars.
We personally are planning our trip out west for the rallies and hope to visit places we’ve missed on previous western excursions. High on the list of places to see for the first time are Capital Reef National Park, Crater Lake and the Redwoods. We can’t wait to get on the road again. It seems the more of this country we see, the more we find that we haven’t seen yet and the bucket list gets longer and longer.
If your travels take you anywhere near Central Florida this winter, stop in and see us. We have access to full hookup sites for a couple days if you want to stay over.
Wishing you and those you love a peaceful, healthy and happy holiday season.
Join the Fulltimers Chapter by accessing the application form from the Fulltimers web page at Membership Application and Renewal Form or contact Chapter Secretary Tom & Barbara Palmer at secretary.nkkfulltimers@gmail.com.
