2018 December Blog

                                                         

Thursday, December 13, 2018

This was the day Randy and Shirley hosted the Copper Hills annual Christmas Party.

The party was well organized with appetizers, two gourmet main courses, untold numbers of side dishes and desserts that looked pleasing to the eyes and tasted just as delicious.

There were no organized games or thought provoking discussions, just good conversations. The Chapter did raise $335.00 for the Northern Nevada Food Bank (not bad for a bunch of retired folks).

About the only Christmas costumes were a couple of hats worn by Paul and Dean. One was a multicolored jester hat and one was a red Santa hat. We will leave it to the reader to figure out who wore which one. That is not to say, no one wore any costumes because everyone was dressed in festive Christmas attire which added to the Christmas spirit.

Dinner was served buffet style with people picking up their food and then scattering throughout the house to the many different tables Randy and Shirley had set up.

The festivities started around 4:00pm and lasted until Randy and Shirley said they were going to bed. After their not so subtle hint everyone wished each other a Merry Christmas and departed. (LOL not really) Everyone safe in the knowledge that a “GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT”.

                                                                                 

November 2018 Copper Hills Blog

                                                       

Now that the cooler weather has arrived, our Chapter has winterized our RV’s and taken to holding our camp outs at someone’s warm and cozy home. For the month of November, Karen and Roger volunteered to act as the trail bosses and we all congregated at their home on November 16^th, 2018.

True to form, Karen and Roger pulled out all the stops and served an outstanding brunch. Anyone leaving the brunch hungry was either incapacitated or never showed up. They served an oven baked french toast and sausage as the main course and a lemon fruit parfait for dessert.

After eating, we held our monthly chapter meeting. During the meeting, we discussed whether the State organization should buy a first aid kit or not. After much discussion our chapter decided not to support the idea of buying a first aid kit. (The general feeling was that properly maintaining a state first aid kit would be a hassle and lots of individual rigs carried their own first aid kits. Therefore, having a state first aid kit was not necessary). Randy then gave a brief overview of the decertification effort by the Dust Devils in Pahrump. He indicated that after much confusion the decertification failed. The chapter then voted for two new officers for 2019. Kelvin was selected as the new Treasurer and Marty was selected as the new Vice President.

Before the meeting ended, two final items were attended to. Paul and Jack volunteered to conduct an audit of the chapters accounting books before the end of the year and the chapter president talked about going to the Oregon Samboree vs going to the Idaho Samboree. The Idaho Samboree is in the upper part of the Idaho Panhandle vs the Oregon Samboree in Roseburg, Oregon which is much closer.

After the meeting Randy and Shirley reminded everyone about the December Christmas party at their house on December 13^th, 2018.

As everyone left Karen and Roger’s house, I am sure everyone was thinking about Sugar Plum Fairies, 10 Lords a Leaping and of course what Santa Claus would bring them for Christmas.

                                                                              

October 2018 Weed Heights

                                           
In October, the chapter headed to Weed Heights for a relaxing 4 days with eleven rigs participating. The Trail Bosses laid out a stress free list of activities that allowed everyone to decide what they wanted to do and when they wanted to do it. We played the usual games. We also had a rousing game of miniature golf and a Zilch tournament. The weather was comfortable, which allowed people to set outside and debate all things great and small.
We had three craft activities. Nancy led a painting class, Mary led a class which made small gift boxes and Brad and Dean led a wood working class making a wood frame which hangs on the rigs’ outside ladder. The frame was designed to hold clothes hangers (quite ingenious).
Judi and Brad organized a silent auction which raised money for one of the chapter’s charities.
As always, the amount and quality of food was outstanding. One evening meal was HOBO stew. Needless to say, not much stew was left.
The days passed quickly and Sunday showed up too soon, our Weed Heights reservation had come to end and we all headed for home to get ready for the holidays.