Velma and Bill-- Since you want to make a few short trips in the Midwest area why not consider coming up to Nebraska for the MOC Central Plains Regional Rally to be held July 14th-19th?
Check us out here on the MOC Forum. You'll find out about the Rally in the MOC Regional Camping Clubs sections under the MOC American/ Central Plains Region. It's under the thread titled: It's Time for a Rally.
What a better way to break in and checkout your Mountaineer than to come to a MOC Rally and meet some of the MOC members that have been here on the website and from the area and beyond? Our email address is in the thread mentioned above so if you have any questions just drop me a line and hopefully I can answer them. If not, I'll bet I can find out the answers!
We are setting up the agenda and hopefully will have it done by next week and posted so those attending and thinking about attending can see what we'll be up to!
I can promise one thing and that is you will have fun, food and friendship with a bunch of MOC members that want to get together for just that!
Oh, did I mention FOOD! I've never been to a Rally yet that there hasn't been some of the best tasting food you've ever eaten and to go along with that there's the friendships you will start just by being here!
Hope you will consider us and hope to see you up here in July!