My daughter, my dog Tj and I have been rving for about 2 and half years in a travel trailer. The only regret I have is that I have not done this sooner. We have enjoyed the RV life more than we ever dreamed. I plan on retiring in about 4 and half years and would like to upgrade to a fifth wheel. My daughter and I will be attending the spring rally and look forward to learning new things and meeting future new friends. We will be arriving on Tuesday and I will be the one TRYING to back in my site.
Melanie Shoemaker
Lucky Mike said
09:55 AM Mar 30, 2014
Welcome to the Forum Melanie!!!!!!
hopefully they will give you a pull thru!!!!
MelDee58 said
10:31 AM Mar 30, 2014
Thank you, Lucky Mike! I'm afraid it is a pull thru. It was a cancellation. I always avoid a pull thru, but I'm determined not to give up!
MelDee58 said
10:32 AM Mar 30, 2014
I meant a back in!!
Bob and Lindy said
12:19 PM Mar 30, 2014
Melanie,we will be there on Monday in site #198. I'll watch for you so I can bring refreshments and a chair to watch you "TRYING to back in". (just kidding!) I'll help anytime I can. Welcome to the forum and look forward to meeting you at the rally.
mylittledogs said
01:02 PM Mar 30, 2014
Welcome my wife & I will be in site 211
Kenny & frances
Camper Chronicles said
02:26 PM Mar 30, 2014
Wonderful looking forward to meeting you. We wil be trying to back in as well lol
MelDee58 said
05:18 PM Mar 30, 2014
Thank you for your confidence. My daughter said she will join you on the side lines with the popcorn.
PIEERE said
09:04 AM Apr 4, 2014
Melanie: Maybe I will have to drive over from Lebanon; Tn. to watch the entertainment. I could send the results in to Americas's Funniest HV. LOL!
-- Edited by PIEERE on Friday 4th of April 2014 09:05:22 AM
MelDee58 said
10:30 AM Apr 4, 2014
Pierre, you have just crushed my ego! I just about had myself talked into thinking I could do it. Like I said before, my daughter will have the popcorn ready! Ha
Jo and Ben said
08:09 PM Apr 4, 2014
Melanie, we will be in site 222, hopefully we will have succeeded in backing in by the time you get there, we arrive the day before :)
Pieere, you should drive over from Lebanon and all us newbies could hire you to back our RVs in for us--you could make a bundle!
Lucky Mike said
08:22 PM Apr 4, 2014
I heard the RV park is installing rubber bumpers on all the tree's......
The Restless Youngs said
08:58 PM Apr 4, 2014
Welcome Melanie!! We're in #223....the arrivals should be great entertainment for many. Bumpers, or perhaps valet parking....I'm thinking both could come in handy!!!
BiggarView said
09:08 PM Apr 4, 2014
MelDee58 wrote:
Pierre, you have just crushed my ego! I just about had myself talked into thinking I could do it.....
The real ego crusher will be if you pull up to the campground and everybody and their rig is pulled over to the side of the road, waiting for you to pull in and park yours first so as to not put their rigs in harms way. The fact that you will have spectators already waiting suggests they feel safe with your ability
-- Edited by biggaRView on Friday 4th of April 2014 09:10:01 PM
WestWardHo said
09:36 PM Apr 4, 2014
Hey Melanie,
I forget what site we're in (it's in a folder) but I may be backing us in and providing additional entertainment!
Sherry
TheNewhalls said
05:32 AM Apr 5, 2014
Lucky Mike wrote:
I heard the RV park is installing rubber bumpers on all the tree's......
Ha ha that's great! I also read that they are installing stadium seating and selling tickets. We hope to get there early before the stands get to too full.
PIEERE said
08:32 AM Apr 5, 2014
MelDee58 wrote:
Pierre, you have just crushed my ego! I just about had myself talked into thinking I could do it. Like I said before, my daughter will have the popcorn ready! Ha
AAwwwwhhhh! Did not want to crush your ego!!!! But; I'll provide the popcorn!!!
Jo and Ben: Have you got good insurance!!!! LOL!!!
Terry and Jo said
09:21 AM Apr 5, 2014
biggaRView wrote:
MelDee58 wrote:
Pierre, you have just crushed my ego! I just about had myself talked into thinking I could do it.....
The real ego crusher will be if you pull up to the campground and everybody and their rig is pulled over to the side of the road, waiting for you to pull in and park yours first so as to not put their rigs in harms way. The fact that you will have spectators already waiting suggests they feel safe with your ability
-- Edited by biggaRView on Friday 4th of April 2014 09:10:01 PM
Now that comment strikes close to home, but not with regards to a huge RV. Think small town of about 550 people in the Oklahoma Panhandle and a small green Plymouth tops the hill by the theater on the 5 block main street. I've seen every vehicle that was driving on the street pull in and park until Albert got to where he was going. I guess Grandpa felt that because he used to own the land the town was on, he could take up all the street he wanted. That, or he just couldn't see well to drive anymore.
However, to get back to more of the original topic, welcome to the RV Dreams forums, Melanie. As you can see, while we enjoy our humor, we are also a group of people that are very encouraging, knowledgeable, and helpful. The friendly folks that make up "The Dreamers" (not to be confused with Freddie and The Dreamers) are what makes this forum so nice. Enough so that I as a moderator really don't have much to do other than read everything.
Terry
Jim and Barb said
06:26 AM Apr 6, 2014
Welcome to the site Melanie, we are not going to be able to make it to the rally this year but can't wait to hear how your adventure goes!
Jim
manycats said
04:19 PM Apr 6, 2014
Melanie,
For most of my life (until I met my DH) I only drove sport cars or compacts. Easy to back up, right? Wait until you see me trying to back up a truck and a 5r, nobody will laugh at you then!! Like our friends here mentioned, trees will have to be cut down and everybody will have to leave the neighborhood.
Welcome to the Forum, we laugh at everyone and at ourselves.
PIEERE said
06:38 PM Apr 6, 2014
manycats wrote:
Melanie,
For most of my life (until I met my DH) I only drove sport cars or compacts. Easy to back up, right? Wait until you see me trying to back up a truck and a 5r, nobody will laugh at you then!! Like our friends here mentioned, trees will have to be cut down and everybody will have to leave the neighborhood.
Welcome to the Forum, we laugh at everyone and at ourselves.
Ok!! Ms. Smiley ; I will have to come and bring the popcorn my lounger and the video-cam with the ultra zoom feature. You thought you were safe when PIEERE already had posted 2 x's. . LOL!!!
MelDee58 said
03:39 AM Apr 8, 2014
Thank you all for the kind posts (I think). We can tell this is going to be a blast ! Pierre, with your permission), we may travel your way at some point, to meet you. Jim, I'm sorry you can't make it. We are getting so excited to meet everyone!
Melanie
PIEERE said
01:55 PM Apr 8, 2014
MelDee58 wrote:
Thank you all for the kind posts (I think). We can tell this is going to be a blast ! Pierre, with your permission), we may travel your way at some point, to meet you. Jim, I'm sorry you can't make it. We are getting so excited to meet everyone!
Melanie
That would be nice to meet up with you both!!!! I met one member who hasn't been on here for some time now!!! I may just show up there on Friday the 2nd of May!! Maybe I can get in as a guest for a couple hours; then head back to be home before dark. Bad night vision!!! LOL!
-- Edited by PIEERE on Tuesday 8th of April 2014 02:09:04 PM
My daughter, my dog Tj and I have been rving for about 2 and half years in a travel trailer. The only regret I have is that I have not done this sooner. We have enjoyed the RV life more than we ever dreamed. I plan on retiring in about 4 and half years and would like to upgrade to a fifth wheel. My daughter and I will be attending the spring rally and look forward to learning new things and meeting future new friends. We will be arriving on Tuesday and I will be the one TRYING to back in my site.
Melanie Shoemaker
Welcome to the Forum Melanie!!!!!!
hopefully they will give you a pull thru!!!!
Thank you, Lucky Mike! I'm afraid it is a pull thru. It was a cancellation. I always avoid a pull thru, but I'm determined not to give up!
I meant a back in!!
Kenny & frances
Thank you for your confidence. My daughter said she will join you on the side lines with the popcorn.
Melanie:
Maybe I will have to drive over from Lebanon; Tn. to watch the entertainment. I could send the results in to Americas's Funniest HV. LOL! 
-- Edited by PIEERE on Friday 4th of April 2014 09:05:22 AM
Pierre, you have just crushed my ego! I just about had myself talked into thinking I could do it. Like I said before, my daughter will have the popcorn ready! Ha
Pieere, you should drive over from Lebanon and all us newbies could hire you to back our RVs in for us--you could make a bundle!
The real ego crusher will be if you pull up to the campground and everybody and their rig is pulled over to the side of the road, waiting for you to pull in and park yours first so as to not put their rigs in harms way.
The fact that you will have spectators already waiting suggests they feel safe with your ability
-- Edited by biggaRView on Friday 4th of April 2014 09:10:01 PM
I forget what site we're in (it's in a folder) but I may be backing us in and providing additional entertainment!
Sherry
Ha ha that's great! I also read that they are installing stadium seating and selling tickets. We hope to get there early before the stands get to too full.
Jo and Ben: Have you got good insurance!!!! LOL!!!
Now that comment strikes close to home, but not with regards to a huge RV. Think small town of about 550 people in the Oklahoma Panhandle and a small green Plymouth tops the hill by the theater on the 5 block main street. I've seen every vehicle that was driving on the street pull in and park until Albert got to where he was going. I guess Grandpa felt that because he used to own the land the town was on, he could take up all the street he wanted. That, or he just couldn't see well to drive anymore.
However, to get back to more of the original topic, welcome to the RV Dreams forums, Melanie. As you can see, while we enjoy our humor, we are also a group of people that are very encouraging, knowledgeable, and helpful. The friendly folks that make up "The Dreamers" (not to be confused with Freddie and The Dreamers) are what makes this forum so nice. Enough so that I as a moderator really don't have much to do other than read everything.
Terry
Jim
For most of my life (until I met my DH) I only drove sport cars or compacts. Easy to back up, right? Wait until you see me trying to back up a truck and a 5r, nobody will laugh at you then!! Like our friends here mentioned, trees will have to be cut down and everybody will have to leave the neighborhood.
Welcome to the Forum, we laugh at everyone and at ourselves.
Ok!! Ms. Smiley
; I will have to come and bring the popcorn my lounger and the video-cam with the ultra zoom feature. You thought you were safe when PIEERE already had posted 2 x's. 
. LOL!!!
Melanie
-- Edited by PIEERE on Tuesday 8th of April 2014 02:09:04 PM