2017 Escape Trailer Customer Appreciation Rally

[amirie]

Glenn---I thought you were in semi lakefront??

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by amirie

Glenn---I thought you were in semi lakefront??

It was a bit of a dust bowl where they were set up during the rally. They were going to move to get away from that.

[gbaglo]

Re writing, after the wifi ate my post.

We moved to the water, with a converted yellow school bus on one side, with two guys who are replacing the brakes and are accompanied by a pit bull with all his original parts. They are potting plants that are either marijuana or tomatoes. Les thinks tomatoes.
Other side is a 'breaking bad' motor home with two Aussies and a babe in a bikini.
It's all good.

[Mike Lewis]

Yep, the school bus next to the red RV. Those guys have been working on that car since I arrived on Thursday, at least.

[Chris & Patricia]

Originally Posted by emers382

We are here on a river in BC hint along Hwy 3 the park operator told us it's a hidden gem gets few visitors and said we shouldn't tell anyone

Adrian

Is that Pickard Creek Provinicial Park? Nice spot right by the river on Highwsy 3, near Headley, BC?

[arniesea]

This was our first rally and it was tons of fun. Got to meet several forum folks face-to-face for the first time. Paula hooked up with fellow quilters, we took a wonderful wine tour, and ate great potluck food!

Thanks to Tammy, Rease and all the other ETI crew who put on a wonderful event. Looking forward to next year!

[Carla Jean]

Welcome to your first Escape rally! Hope to see you at the next rally. This was the best one yet.

[Fox hunt]

I had a lot of fun too but I always look forward to going home!

[Chris & Patricia]

Originally Posted by arniesea

This was our first rally and it was tons of fun. Got to meet several forum folks face-to-face for the first time. Paula hooked up with fellow quilters, we took a wonderful wine tour, and ate great potluck food!

Thanks to Tammy, Rease and all the other ETI crew who put on a wonderful event. Looking forward to next year!

Likewise Arnie, our first rally too and it came with a great whisky (and whiskey) tasting too!

[Marry]

Made it home to dear Ponoka, back to milking cows.
Thank you all for including us! Hope to meet again!

[emers382]

Originally Posted by escape artist

Hi: emers382... Yakidy Yakidy Yak!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

Good guess Alf but don't tell anyone

You missed a great rally. Maybe next year?

Adrian

[emers382]

Originally Posted by Chris & Patricia

Is that Pickard Creek Provinicial Park? Nice spot right by the river on Highwsy 3, near Headley, BC?

Sorry Alf got it right Yahk PP west of Cranbrook where I sit while Beth checks out yet another quilt shop.

Adrian

[Devil Dog]

You all can drink B.C. water out of a ditch and it wont kill ya.
Just saying its ok. I know from experience .
When you leave the water back at the camp , right

[Iowa Dave]

Originally Posted by emers382

Good guess Alf but don't tell anyone

You missed a great rally. Maybe next year?

Adrian

We were in Chilliwack today and spotted this load headed out. The tow vehicle company was from Calgary. A TA and a nineteen , Sitting on a trailer Their tires are kissing, Got any guesses for what comes later?
Answer. A 17

[thoer]

Originally Posted by Iowa Dave

And by the way, who was the lunatic with the oversized pressure regulator, I heard he had a lot of stock in Continental Brass.
Iowa Dave.

I don't know but he sure was proud of that 30#'s of brass.

Stayed last night in a beautiful Provincial park just outside Nakusp.

We're in Lake Louise tent loop in Banff . Much nicer than the RV Loop. What an amazing beautiful drive up here even with all the road construction. Mall crawler handled the passes with aplum.

Awaiting Leon and Lindy who are coming the long way from Chilliwack thru Jasper.

[Jimrules]

Originally Posted by thoer

We're in Lake Louise tent loop in Banff . Much nicer than the RV Loop. What an amazing beautiful drive up here even with all the road construction. Mall crawler handled the passes with aplum.

We went to Banff last June. It was our last trip with the motorcycle/tent trailer. It was beautiful but cold. I can't wait to go back and sleep encased in fiberglass. I'm ready to be warm, and done with having to use bear boxes.

Hope you enjoy your trip.

[thoer]

Originally Posted by Jimrules

We went to Banff last June. It was our last trip with the motorcycle/tent trailer. It was beautiful but cold. I can't wait to go back and sleep encased in fiberglass. I'm ready to be warm, and done with having to use bear boxes.

Hope you enjoy your trip.

This tent loop is surrounded with electric fence...I like that

[Mike Lewis]

I was in Banff about three weeks ago. It is a pretty town, but it was too cold to have much fun. My next stop was Jasper, where I had better weather, then Osoyoos. I should have done Osyoos -> Banff -> Jasper, but I didn't know better.

Although the weather was better in Jasper for the most part, I was worried about bears. I saw several black bears and one grizzly. A ranger told me a fellow ranger was swatted off his bicycle by a grizzly, and he had foolishly left his bear spray in his backpack where he couldn't get to it. What saved him was when the bear bit into the backpack and bit the bear spray can. An electric fence around a campground sounds like something I could support.

[Chuckster]

Paula and I arrived home from the rally safe and sound last night. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting many of the Escape folks in attendance. We really enjoyed the trailer tours and came away with many ideas for storage and other mods. The wine tour was a blast as well.
I was very pleased with the Tundra/ 5.0 TA combo. We have the smaller 4.6 engine and it did a great job. The 6 speed auto seems to be the star of the show, finding and holding the right gear on the many ascent/ descents on highway 3 to Osoyoos and highway 90 through Idaho and Montana on the trip home. Towing mileage came in at ~ 13.0 mpg average, which was slightly better than I expected since the Tundra struggles to achieve 20 mpg solo.
Back to work now
Chuck

[vickiervsd]

now that was some kind of fun, thanks to all that made this wonderful event happen...Richard and Vickie from Salem, Oregon had a very good time and it was great to meet many of you...looking forward to future events...aloha ra and va