Newsletters

March 2015

40^th Anniversary Year

 

President’s Message

 

     HI TO ALL THE WINTER TROOPERS

 

HOPE YOU ALL ARE HEALTHY AND WARM AFTER THIS BITTER WINTER. CAROL AND I ARE DOING WELL HERE IN DELAWARE , I ONLY HAD TO PLW TWICE.

 

     WELL THIS IS" MERTOPOLITAN S " 40 TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR 2015. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING AT " CROTON POINT PARK" ON THE WEEKEND OF MAY 15TH. WE HAVE THE BUILDING IN THE FIELD ACROSS FROM THE MOTOR HOME PARKING.  WE ARE PLANNING A CATERING MEAL WITH PLENTY OF "SPIRTS".   THE ANIVERSARY PARTY IS OPEN TO ALL PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS.

 

     PLEASE IF YOU SEE OR SPEAK TO ANY MEMBER, REMIND THEM .   WE ARE PLANNING A GREAT TIME AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

 

 

 

 

PS  WE RESERVED 15 RV SPOTS FOR CAMPING OVERNIGHT.

 

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WAGONMASTER, MAL FORD WITH THIS AND OTHER RALLYS,

 

                                            

                                                                               THANK YOU,

                                                                             SAFE TRAVELS

                                                                            ROGER WHITFORD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President’s and Wagonmaster’s Message:

 

Hi fellow Metro Members.  It’s our 40^th Anniversary year!  Let’s celebrate and get together for our May Campout in Croton Point Park.  Roger and Carol have planned a fantastic Catered meal for our Saturday night get together.  We will be having games, stimulating conversations, and a Happy Hour during the day.  Bring any photos you may have from the early days of Metro to share with everyone!  If you are not camping with us for the weekend, come for the day.  If you were a former Metro Member, the day is No Charge.  If you were not a member but want to celebrate with us the charge is only $20.  Camping and all the festivities is only $130.   So, come out and help us celebrate!  A campout flyer is enclosed with this newsletter.

Remember that Metro Dues are still only $10.00 for the year.  We will be collecting dues at the May and June Rallies.  If you won’t be able to attend, send you dues in by mail.  A Chapter Application is enclosed for your mail in renewals.

We have tried to put together some interesting campouts for the rest of the year.  A 2015 schedule is enclosed.  Please make an effort to attend some of these rallies.

Mal Ford

 

Mo’s Musings:

 

 

 

 

Hello from Mo and Pat

 

It’s been an interesting winter for us as usual.  We added a few new twists to our normal snow bird itinerary this year.  Weather here in Florida has been warmer than normal for the most part, and not much rain to speak of. 

As usual, we start our tour in St Augustine where our daughter lives.  Our first stop after that was the Southeast Area which was held at a new location this year at the Ringling property in Sarasota.  Since this was the first time at this location, things were a little chaotic at times, but it all came together very nicely.  Not as many vendors as we would have liked to have seen, but that seems to be the new norm.  The entertainment was exceptional all three nights.  We meet a few old friends from the Northeast area and our Metropolitan chapter as well.

This year, George and Gil Hicks decided to join us for a while.  Their wives both stayed back in the frigid North working.  Are these guys’ geniuses or what?   They attended the rally with us and then we traveled together to the Everglades where we visited more friends from the Northeast area. Interesting that everywhere George and Gil traveled; they were immediately labeled as a gay couple!

We traveled on to Homestead where we spent time with fellow Metropolitans, Ken and Joann Domey.  They were in the process of moving to The Great Outdoors in Titusville, where their new home was being constructed. 

One of the perks of the Southeast rally, was an offer of 3 free nights at Silver Palms RV resort in Okeechobee.  And of course, I never turn down anything that is free.  The resort is very nice and a lot better than any of the others in that area.  We toured the lake and explored the area.  Definitely the best tasting veggies in Florida, which tend to be tasteless since they never get a chance to ripen on the vine.  Plus they grow in sand in most places, which pretty much adds to the tastelessness.

From there we moved on to Titusville and The Great Outdoors where we enjoyed more time with our friends and of course the Domeys who were patiently watching the rednecks moving at their typical southern pace.  Hopefully they will get in their magnificent new home soon.

And so completes the circle as we are now back in St Augustine and thinking about heading back to normal tasting water, pizza and all the other goodies that we Yankees take for granted.

We are both looking forward to Metropolitans 40^th anniversary rally.  Hope to see you all there.

 

 

 

 

 

2015 Campout Schedule:

 

    

METROPOLITAN FMCA CHAPTER

2015 CAMPING SCHEDULE

 Metro - May  15^th - 17th--  Croton Point Campground 

40^th Anniversary Campout  

 

Metro – June 12^th – 14^th  –  Culinary Institute Luncheon    

Possibly a Hudson River Cruise.

What Campground to use?  

Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort at Lazy River, 50 Bevier Rd. - Gardiner, NY 12525

 

July  8th – 12th  -- NEAR.  -  Essex Jct., VT.

             Door Prize Function at NEAR- Captains Mo & Pat Magliocchino

Metro - Aug -- Cooperstown, NY 

Baseball Hall of Fame and lake boat ride. Other attractions

 

Sept 3^rd – 7^th  -- Bainbridge Invitational Rally

 

Metro - Sept --  Finger lakes

Wine Country, Lake attractions.

 

Metro - Oct --  Brook ‘n Wood Campground. 

Possible Halloween Party
 Still looking at either joint campouts with other clubs or just publicizing where other groups are going and letting you contact them if interested.