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Old 01-20-2015, 08:27 PM   #1
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Bluebonnet Rally - Bandera, TX - April 22-26, 2015

Registration is now open! Bluebonnet Casita Rally - Home

Sounds like a lot of fun. BUCKET LIST!
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Old 01-20-2015, 08:56 PM   #2
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Registered! It's going to be our first rally, and by all accounts it's a good one. C'mon April!
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Old 01-20-2015, 09:38 PM   #3
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We will be there too. Escape will be well represented, I count about 10 so far. Looks like Tammy and Reace and her parents are signed up as well.

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Old 01-20-2015, 09:44 PM   #4
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We will be there too. Escape will be well represented, I count about 10 so far. Looks like Tammy and Reace and her parents are signed up as well.

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That is so cool Steve! We may "swing by" on our way home to give you and Cynthia a sneak preview.
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Robert, great. It will be good to compare notes, err trailers! Let me know when you are coming through.

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Old 01-21-2015, 09:32 AM   #6
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We will be there also. We were there 3 years with Casita and last year with our new 21ft. Be good to see you again Steve and meet some new Escapees!
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Look forward to see you two as well. Maybe a bike ride?

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Old 01-21-2015, 01:43 PM   #8
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Looks like Bluebonnet has hit 140 registered participants. I imagine everyone now goes on a wait list... although they do have several sites where folks can double up. Dang that was fast!
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Old 01-22-2015, 03:44 PM   #9
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Donna, I don't think anyone has ever been left out. Many of us have doubled up over the years. If anyone really wants to go, they should get on the wait list. I think they usually know enough ahead of time to get to Texas. WE got to meet Vicki A. from San Antonio at Matagorda Madness. Love that 5.0TA!

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Old 01-22-2015, 04:06 PM   #10
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Robbie, I'm sure you're right. There's just a different crew handling the Bluebonnet this year. This was in the original message I received:
We will initially confirm 140 trailers with others on the wait list. We will confirm those on the wait list as we get cancellations.

I hope Vicki is lovin' her 5er as much as I like mine!
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Robbie - way too much going on the same time for me to stay... But I will try very hard to pop in!

Donna...LOVE,LOVE,LOVE Dream -just wish she wasn't STILL in the shop!
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We went last year and had a great time. We were warmly welcomed by all of the Casita folks. We would go again if it were closer.
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Old 01-22-2015, 08:14 PM   #13
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I think for the first time ever, there will be an actual Casita Travel Trailer employee in attendance (Jerrod). They must have heard Reace and Tammy were attending and they want someone there to talk up the Casita brand.
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I think for the first time ever, there will be an actual Casita Travel Trailer employee in attendance (Jerrod). They must have heard Reace and Tammy were attending and they want someone there to talk up the Casita brand.
Actually, there was a Casita employee there last year. Hard to forget since she won the grand prize, a generator. Thought it strange that an employee on business wouldn't decline the biggest prize of the rally. Memorable.
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Old 01-22-2015, 08:50 PM   #15
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oooh, my mistake then. Sounds like Jerrod is trying to bring a technical person with him too.
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Meh. Doesn't matter if Reace and Tammy are there to talk about Escapes or not. They kind of speak for themselves. I've read a ton of stories on here about Escape owners being asked about their trailer wherever they go.
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Old 01-23-2015, 06:32 AM   #17
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The point I was trying to make is... of all the gatherings I've attended, there's only been three manufacturers that had representatives in attendance. John & Evon Oliver of Oliver manufacturing; Tom Young of TrilliumRV and Reace & Tammy have all come to the Oregon Gathering. R&T many, many times. I've never heard anyone from Scamp showing up anywhere and this (I guess) is only the second time someone from Casita has attended. I think it's a GREAT thing for participants. Many have their trailers delivered and have never met anyone from a manufacturer.

We don't know how lucky we have it that Reace & Tammy occasionally participate in this forum. Truly.
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...We don't know how lucky we have it that Reace & Tammy occasionally participate in this forum. Truly.
I agree that it is a great thing to have the Escape ownership team actively involved on this forum. I often marvel at how well they balance their involvement on this forum. With all of the speculation, rumors, assumptions, misconceptions, and untruths that sometimes fly around on the forum, they must find themselves in a difficult position at times trying not to respond to and correct nearly every post. That would be a sure way of taking up so much of their time that production of those great Escape trailers would suffer. Great job Reace and Tammy.
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Old 01-23-2015, 09:25 AM   #19
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The point I was trying to make is... of all the gatherings I've attended, there's only been three manufacturers that had representatives in attendance. John & Evon Oliver of Oliver manufacturing; Tom Young of TrilliumRV and Reace & Tammy have all come to the Oregon Gathering. R&T many, many times. I've never heard anyone from Scamp showing up anywhere and this (I guess) is only the second time someone from Casita has attended. I think it's a GREAT thing for participants. Many have their trailers delivered and have never met anyone from a manufacturer.

We don't know how lucky we have it that Reace & Tammy occasionally participate in this forum. Truly.
I agree Donna. I'm just saying if Casita wants to run blocker, they'll need a stellar product. Talk only goes so far. Back before we decided on an Escape, we called and called Casita, sent a dozen emails, and filled out their "web form" -- TWICE. All to no avail and No response. We then drove to Rice and asked for a tour. It was a short tour of one of their trailers. That's why I say 'Meh'. Provide the kind of build quality and one-to-one customer service provided by ETI and THEN we'll talk, Mr. Casita representative. I'm sure there are lots of people who've had a totally positive experience dealing with Casita -- we just weren't one of them.
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Glad to hear there are going to be some Escapes there as I really want to look at a 21. Last year Oliver had a Rep there. I never saw the casita rep till the final meeting where she won the big drawing, and accepted it.
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