THE CARAVANER - Lazy Daze Caravan Club

The Caravaner
Welcome to Perris Lake Recreation Area
Stories from the Past
January 2015
In 2004 Rosemary Webb had a dream. With the 50th anniversary of the Lazy Daze Caravan Club coming up
in 2006, such a great event shouldn’t be overlooked.
What started out to be a great dream soon turned into many disappointing experiences. Durango, Colorado
was the first place selected , visualizing that this would be the very best place in the whole country. Officials in
Durango would not work with her and set forth so many restrictions that it made her dream into a nightmare. In
desperation she started looking for another place. If it had not been such a strong desire, most people would have
given up, but not Rosemary.
She contacted Cheyenne, Wyoming and the rest of the story is history. Cheyenne had very easy access from
all points in the country. Rosemary brought in Frances and Bob Smith for their input and emotional support, and
a lot of people got involved with their ideas, such as a Pet Parade and donations of products for bucket raffles,
souvenirs, and many more. Cheyenne went way out of their way to do everything to make her dream come true.
The event was very monetarily successful and generated enough revenue to subsidize later events, such as a band
at Live Oak at the Christmas caravan.
Enough about prelude. Don Nelson promoted a trip to a railroad shop used to house and restore train engines
of the past, and see a round house. Steve Newton took time out from running the Lazy Daze factory to appear
and address us with input of the future, as well as others giving seminars and demonstrations. We had a chili feed,
and a pancake breakfast put on by the Kiwanis, and we had outstanding entertainment every evening, much of it
by caravaners.
One moment gave the club a comical moment when John Balk flunked P.R. A local came into camp and ran
across John and asked him, “What is this event?” John’s reply was that this is a cult, the red rigs are all of the swingers.
One very important highlight was when Rosemary contacted Janet, which was her main contact with the city,
to see if she could arrange to get an airplane to take Rosemary up to take some pictures of the rodeo grounds where
we were camped. Janet showed up with a professional photographer and they took off with Janet as the pilot. Back
on the ground, Rosemary tried to compensate Janet, or at least pay for the gas. Janet would not hear of this. Later
we were in town at the Train Museum, and a lady working there noticed our name badges, as so many others had
done, and asked if we were having a good time. I mentioned the experience of Janet piloting the plane so our wagonmaster could get some aerial pictures. The lady replied, “Oh, did she finally get her pilot’s license?” I did not
share this fact with Rosemary until she had a chance to unwind from all her anxieties from the events.
We have been in the club since 1981, and this trip was definitely the highlight. We owe a lot to Rosemary, Don
and her crew. Thank you for the very best event that could ever happen in a caravan club.
Vern Tutterrow
Lazy Daze Caravaner
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Brown Bags
with Barbara Berggreen
Toys for Tots
The Past Tents thank everyone who donated to the “Toys-For-Tots” collection at Live Oak. The Marines
were very appreciative of the plethora of Toys (approx 200 !!)
Also the Past Tents arranged for the Christmas tree to be delivered to a Church to be given to a needy family. The mystery of last years Christmas tree disposition was solved – learning that the tree, with ornaments,
was transported & given to a needy & appreciative family in the Temecula area.
Gene Caulfield
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Lazy Daze Caravaner
Goodwill Ambassador Report
WE SALUTE YOU
Host Tent Volunteers
For December
Bill Arthur
Backscratchers
Betty Boschma
Jon & Loni Calhoun
Bob & Di Filler
Carol Harter
Andrea Karrow
Don & Carol Kratzer
Bob & LuAnne Lowe
No-Mads
Ken & Linda Palmer
Ruben & Jenny Pasillas
Claude & Carol Potts
Jim & Marilyn Ramey
Tom & Nancy Riley
Roadrunners
Bob Schmahl
Herb Schulte
Eliot & Toni Shimer
Frances Smith
Larry & Sharon Turner
Vern & Charlene Tutterrow
Art Vorbeck
Jack & Jeannette Walker
Lazy Daze Caravaner
Firesider,
DARLENE
JOHNSON #2380 recently
suffered a stroke. She seems
to be recovering nicely as
she won the Len Philippi
Washer Toss Tournament
at Live Oak.
Firesider, PAM MADDOX #2282 recently lost
her father.
Firesider, DON ROE #2094 passed away on November 8th.
BILL SAUNDERS #1438, former Wagonmaster
passed away November 20th.
Drifter, BILL CROSS #2463 recently had shoulder surgery.
Mona Shaner
MonaL@sbcglobal.net
www.lazydazecaravanclub.org
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Washer Toss
Champions
First Place: Bob Karrow
Darlene Johnson
Second Place: Marlin Zabel
LuAnne Lowe
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Lazy Daze Caravaner
live oak craft sale
Items for Home and RV — Photos by Carole Hurley
Lazy Daze Caravaner
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Painted turtle
Another great year for our Lazy Daze Team Turtle supplying the
afghans and Turtle pillows so loved by the kids at camp.
Past Tents gettin’ down. Music and laughter were heard throughout Live Oak on Saturday night. Everyone
had a really good time. Rock and roll music was provided by my iPad and bluetooth amplifier.
Bob Karrow
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Lazy Daze Caravaner
Don Nelson
Caravaner of The Year
Congratulations to our 2014 Caravaner of the Year
recipients! Both Marlin and Mona have put in many
long hours of service to the Lazy Daze Caravan Club.
Lazy Daze Caravaner
YEAR
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1989
1990
1991
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1996
1996
1997
1998
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2002
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2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
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2012
2012
2013
2014
2014
LAST
Fleming
Wine
Matthews
Saunders
Kudell
Barger
Cash
Lawrence
VonSoosten
Graham
Williams
Wass
Boschma
Moore
Bevington
Creath
Holliday
Reeder
Johnson
Wayne
Widmer
Greene
Alford
Edgecomb
Tutterrow
Fletcher
Nelson
No-Mads
Joe
Filler
Mailliard
Smith
LaPorte
Berggreen
Gibbs
Tanner
Hurley
Wayne
Zabel
Shaner
FIRST
Don
Jack
Jim
Bill & Yvonne
Carolyn
John & Marlene
George & Dorothy
Frank & Marion
Ron
Bob & Beulah
Lyle & Helen
Roland & Edythe
Frank & Betty
Earl & Florence
Florence
Roy& Helen
Bob & Darlyne
George & Rose Marie
Herb
Bill
Ed
Gordon
Bill
Harry & Lurlie
Vern & Charlene
Joe & Jane
Don & Bobbie
Terry & Lucy
Bob & Di
John
Frances & Bob
Donna
Barbara
Joe and Laureta
Terry
David
Bob & Joanne
Marlin
Mona
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Peggy Zabel (The Pegster)
These are some of the things that were discussed at our Women’s Only meeting at Live Oak. Apps for travel **Allstays camping app: www.allstays.com I was told about this app by Charlene Tutterrow. For the “pro” version, I paid $10. Well worth the price. These are just a few things on the app. Go to the web site and see if this app is for you. �Over 28,000 campgrounds: (US & Canada) �Private �National & State Forests �National & State Parks �County/City Parks �BLM �Army Corps �Military famcamps �KOA, Good Sam, Escapees, Passport America, 1000 Trails, ROD, RPI, AOR, Coast to Coast, Elks, Walmarts **Gas Buddy – gasbuddy.com (free app) GasBuddy lets you search for Gas Prices by city, state, zip code, with listings for all cities in the USA and Canada. Updated in real-­‐time. Two websites that help determine book series in order. www.bookseriesinorder.com The goal of this website is to list the series of every book in order of the character or series (Jack Reacher). The web site attempts to provide you with both the publication order of the books written, as well as the chronological order of the books. It’s doesn’t have every author or every book out there but they add new ones every day. www.Fictiondb.com You can search by series, authors, new series, non-­‐fiction, etc. When you put an authors name into the search and the list of their books are displayed, you can click on the columns for sorting. You can also purchase a book from the lists. 8
Lazy Daze Caravaner
Caravan Anniversaries
25th Caravan — Jon & Loni Calhoun
Herb Johnson II
I want to thank everyone for a very special warm
retirement send off and all your help during the year.
The Costco gift card that will come in handy wasn’t
necessary as I did it out of Love for the Caravan Club
and the Members THANK YOU ALL.
Happy Healthy New Year.
175th Caravan — Bob and Margot Kody
2015 Board Members
2015 Board in place. From left to right:
Dave Nordstrom; Membership, Marlin Zabel; Records, David Hurley; Carvaner/Website, Sharon
Turner; Secretary, Charlene Tutterrow; Treasurer, Al
Granger; Vice Chairman and Bob Filler; Chairman
Lazy Daze Caravaner
Thank you Jack Walker for the Christmas Songs and
Sermon at the Church of the Lazy Daze
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DEATH VALLEY NEWS 2014! by Frances Smith
Bob and I arrived in Death Valley on Sunday the 21st
and Terry and Lucy Joe arrived the next day to bring in
Christmas. I must say we had gorgeous weather
until about 2 AM on Christmas morning. We
rocked and rolled in our rigs all day. At that time
we heard a noise and thought the lid blew off
our fire pot and when we opened our door it
was someone’s bucket blowing by, oh well back
to bed. On Christmas day the four of us went
to the breakfast buffet across the street. I forgot
to mention the night before we went to the Furnace Creek Ranch “grand parade”
on Christmas Eve. It is very short but fun to see what the different departments of
the Ranch create.
We had a few rigs to come in on the 26th and then the majority came in on the 27th. Of course soup
night was GREAT and it is the most favorite of a lot of us.
Twenty of us went to Sunday Brunch at the Furnace Creek Inn and the food was good but not as good as
last year. At least none of us had to get up and make breakfast and lunch.
We held our washer toss tournament on Monday since we heard the weather was going to be cold. First
place winners were Dave Nordstrom and Millie Reiner and second place went to Art Vorbeck and Christine
Nordstrom. (Where did Dave sleep that night?)
In the evenings we sat around our fire pots and heaters and chatted among ourselves. A few people
came over to say how they liked our fire pots and heaters.
The people missing in our group picture are Terry and Lucy Joe, George and Rosie Reeder and George
and Sharon Assenelli.
On the 31st ten of us went for breakfast at the
Inn and afterwards some went back to their rigs and
some went for little drives. We were told that we
would see snow if we went to the 2000 foot level and
we did and no snow and then we went to Dante’s
View and still no snow. That night we brought in the
New Year in two rigs.
Rosemary Webb did her annual chorizo and egg
breakfast New Year’s morning and everything was
delicious and of course Mimosas.
All in all we had a great time. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO
ALL OF YOU!
Frances Smith, Death Valley Desperado
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Lazy Daze Caravaner
Death Valley Desperados
Death Valley Photos by Christine Nordstrom
Lazy Daze Caravaner
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Death Valley Desperados at Sunset Camp, Furnace Creek
Washer Toss at Sunset Camp
Tournament Winners
New Years Eve was celebrated in two rigs. Oh baby it’s cold outside!
Dante’s View was cold and windy
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Original Death Valley Desperados
Lazy Daze Caravaner
Terry’s Tech Talk
Tech Talk Article 89
Removing the Escape Hatch January, 2015
If your Lazy Daze has an Entertainment Center or if your Lazy Daze is 2012 or newer, you will not have
an “Escape Hatch” above the cab over bed. In 2012, as best I can determine, Lazy Daze replaced the Escape
Hatch with a FanTastic Fan.
The plastic Escape Hatch on my 2001 Lazy Daze Rear Bath
was showing signs of cracking so I replaced the cover with a
heavier fiberglass cover. That is another story. This Article
will just deal with removing and reinstalling the cover.
Step 1: Insert a pen or similar object into the Red Plastic
Escape Hatch Latch as shown to the right. This will save
you countless trips down from the roof if you are working
alone.
Step 1 - Keep the Latch from Latching.
Step 2: Remove the two screws on the front of the hatch as
shown in the picture to the right and then remove the
similar two screws on the back of the hatch. This will “free”
the hatch from the cranking mechanism.
Step 2 - Free the hatch from the crank
Step 3: Slide the Hatch out of the hinge. The hinge
mechanism is two horizontal circular tubes that slide inside
one another. Each tube has a slot to allow for raising the
hatch. Look at the setup very carefully before you slide the
cover out. If you put it back together by interlocking the
slots, you are doing it wrong and the hinge will pop apart
when you close the hatch. This drove me crazy until I could
see how it went together on another rig. The two tubes
slide inside one another.
Step 3 - Slide the Hatch to free it.
Techsnoz, the “Tech Talk” website.
Check it out at: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Techsnoz/
Terry Tanner Rig #2779
Lazy Daze Caravaner
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From the Editor
The deadline for articles
is the Sunday following each
Caravan. Thank you for your
continuing support in the
production of the Caravaner.
David Hurley Rig #229
2910 S. Archibald Ave.
Suite A #546
Ontario, CA 91761-7358
d.churley@verizon.net
Mark & Debbie Baker — San Marcos, CA
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Our decorating team for Live Oak
Picking and Grining at the General Meeting
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