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Old 09-25-2012, 02:36 AM   #1
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Last Day of a G*R*E*A*T Rally

CountryGuy and I have had a great time at the Rally. The food has been MORE than outstanding. We have met some great new friends and renewed wonderful meaningful fulfilling old relationships.

The weather could have been a bit better on Friday and Saturday, but, hey, Mother Nature marches to her own drum.

Today is going to be a VERY busy day and tomorrow AM we will pull out at pre-o-dark-thirty. But, we may be haunting the campground during the morning sans Tana who will be getting a few health checks in preparation for THE Trip, THE Encore.

So, thanks to the Wagon Masters and his fine assistants, to all the coordinators and presenters, and tee hee, most of all, thanks to all the FINE cooks. Them eats were fantastic.

Safe rides to all, and hopefully, God willing and the creek don't rise, we shall meet again on the road.
 
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Old 09-25-2012, 02:54 AM   #2
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Thanks Carol, it has been a great Rally. The credit goes to the Assistant Wagon Masters, coordinators and members who've jumped in to help and make this the Rally that it's been. Group picture, Convection Oven seminar, Keystone presentation, free dinner (and at an RV parts place, what more can you ask for) and then the Ice Cream Social and the final Raffle drawings. What a great last day.
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Old 09-25-2012, 03:06 AM   #3
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As a first timer, and a second-timer for Fred, we had a great time. Meeting new people and learning new "tricks" for keeping the RV in tip-top shape has been a big plus. I felt like I had my own crew of contractors that were so good at installing my plexiglas door - thanks John and Jim! Of course all the food and festivities were great. Safe travels to all. We are staying through Thursday as the RV goes in for some repair issues - but heh, what's an extra day when you are retired. God speed!
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Old 09-25-2012, 03:31 AM   #4
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This is our 7th fall rally. We feel a higher level of involvement by Keystone/Montana. We see the higher level management becoming more involved and understanding. The tech visit to our Rv's was a innovative idea that has paid off. We see every management level taking notes all the time. We see improvements in Quality control. I did note the check sheets on the bulletin board at the factory tour.We do note that the 2013 Big Sky we purchased is a much better Rv than the 2006 3400 we had.There are still quality issues on the assembly line . Montana is trying to do better. We keep reminding them they need to do better and where they need to do better.There are some inovative ideas in Floor plans and construction that we will all see very soon.
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Old 09-25-2012, 03:14 PM   #5
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As first timers we want to thank all the MOC'ers old and new and the Keystone team for an amazing week. Everyone has been so much fun. We look forward to seeing some of you in Quartz and others of you as we travel to Florida and then across the country and God willing back here again next year. May you all have safe travels, great adventures and we will see you on the road
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Old 09-25-2012, 03:35 PM   #6
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Thanks to everyone and safe travels.
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Old 09-25-2012, 04:41 PM   #7
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What a great rally!!!

A great big THANK YOU to the wagon masters & all the assistants & co-ordinators & "facilitators"!!! And.... Keystone......ROCKS!!!!

Next year, Lord willing!!!!
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Old 09-26-2012, 01:19 AM   #8
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Outstanding job by 3 great couples in a short period of time!

Safe travels & hope to see everyone again next year.
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Old 09-26-2012, 07:46 AM   #9
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We had a great time and looking forward to the 10th MOC Rally. Renewing old friendships and making new friends is the highlight of our week at the rally.....Patti
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Old 09-26-2012, 01:10 PM   #10
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We had a great time for our first rally and are planning on going to the next one.
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Old 09-26-2012, 02:30 PM   #11
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Really looks sad here tonight, only about 7 or 8 of us and one big diesel pusher for the next Rally. Where did everyone go???
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Old 09-26-2012, 03:16 PM   #12
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We had a great time. We are at camp keystone getting work done. We want to thank Keystone for stepping up and fixing the problems on our units. They really went out of their way to try and solve our MOC members problems. This shows that they do care about their products and keeping their customers happy.
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Old 09-26-2012, 03:47 PM   #13
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We are home. Great rally.Keystone/Montana seemed to be even more involved this year if that is possible.Every little issue on our 13 big sky repaired at the sevice center.Spent 1 3/4 days at the service center while they meticulously went over each and every small issue and made sure we were satisfied.
Next year the 10th anniversary of the MOC fall rally should be a....blast...
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Old 09-27-2012, 04:30 AM   #14
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We also would like to say THANKS to everyone for a great rally. As first timers our expectations were exceeded. The involvement of the volunteers and representatives from all the vendors was tremendous.
However it ended up being a costly rally due to the great deals being offered(I',m sure I will love the level up system and X-factor)

We are already looking forward to the 10th anniversary rally which by my calculation is only about 363 days away
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Old 09-27-2012, 12:20 PM   #15
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Ditto to Mrs country Guy. Great to see everyone, and appreciated all the hard work. See some of you in Q....on our way to warm weather....
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Old 09-28-2012, 02:43 AM   #16
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Home safely and impressed by the rally.

Backed in blind side, tired and in the dark with help from Jim's seminar. We used small led flashlights in Marilyn's hands, worked great, try them in the palms of your hands. Light your hands not blind the driver!

Our expectations were high from info from the Ishlers. They were exceeded.

Our thanks to the wagon Masters, assistants and their helpers. The friendly welcome from all we met was remarkable (experienced - not old, and new attendees as well).

We learned a lot, met new friends and gained some hardware (now to install).

A special thanks to Keystone/Montana team members for their commitment to their product. We had several items addressed at the service center; quickly and professionally completed. 3 of 4 larger ones were supplier problems. Any one have the names of Darrel's leaders and address or email. I have Darrels's but want to copy in his Keystone leaders as well as the Montana folks.

Thanks; safe and happy travels,
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Old 09-28-2012, 09:39 AM   #17
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We just want to second the other remarks that it was a great rally. As first timers, we were impressed by the amount of events and seminars that we could attend. Plus, the food was great. Thanks everyone who had any part in the organization of the rally. It must have involved a ton of work.
Thanks also to Keystone for their part in getting the rigs back in top form.
We'll look forward to the fall rally next year.
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Old 09-28-2012, 10:15 AM   #18
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Rosetta and I want to add our thanks to the Wagon Masters. Assistant WMs, coordinators and to the best club members in the world. We add a special thanks to Keystone for their continued support and greater involvement this year and we hope it will continue for future rallies. We had a wonderful time.
We arrived home safely and we hope everyone's travels were as trouble free as ours. We hope to see many of the MOCer's somewhere down the road.
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Old 09-28-2012, 03:29 PM   #19
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Thanks to the Wagon Masters, assistant wagon masters and all the corridinators who put on a really great rally this year! Until we meet again, to all we wish safe travels!!!!
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Old 09-28-2012, 05:58 PM   #20
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This 2012 National Fall Rally was a great learning experience filled with fun and new friendships along with visiting our (old)friends we got to know at the Spring Rally. The Fall Rally was a good time to put faces and personalities with our on-line MOC friends. We are thankful for the leaders and the work they put into this Fally Rally. We wish also to express our thanks to Keystone/Montana. We had not planned to meet with the service tech, but did only after Dick Montgomery (DQDick)suggested that we show the tech our issue with the carpet even though we were out of warranty. When the service tech saw the carpet he said immediately that Keystone would fix it and there would be no charge. He could see this had been a long standing issue and as we explained had started while we were within the warranty period. We had postponed taking the rig back to our dealer due to our previous stress-filled and rushed lifestyle while still employed, and we knew the warranty period had passed so we were expecting to fix it on our own. Keystone hyper-extended the slides then restreached and restapled the carpet. We have been very pleased with our Montana Mountaineer with only a few small issues that Northgate RV in Ringgold, GA our purchase-dealer had fixed. I was pleased to heard Mike Mack the Montana Products Manager state that we a are a core-group. We are now back home in Tennessee and will be leaving Sunday September 30th for one week at Topsail Hill, Florida.
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