Spring Rollcall

[BuddyBear]

All right all of you AZ Pop Uppers,
Spring is in the air down south and soon to be here in the Northlands as well...
I'm kinda in the middle.

Ive seen many new owners of Pop Ups in our great state over the past year or so posting, my self included, as well as the old timers with there wealth of expertise, so I thought maybe a roll call was in order..
Also, would anyone be interested in a spring or summer rally someplace on the rim under the pines? or any other location you might have would be great.
Mid week or weekend is OK with me.

Something like this:

Buddy Bear in Prescott Valley,
Rim Ralley sounds great but I need 3 to 4 weeks in advance to plan my work schedual.
Lets see what kind of response we get and go from there.
Thanks
BB

[AzRon]

I'm looking forr a place north of Payson and east of Stonemans lake in the woods. I am open tho to other places as long i get some notice.  AzRon

[AZsix]

I'm in favor of a rally anytime. It would need to be a weekend for me. I work every third Saturday so it would have to be a weekend I'm off. I haven't camp many places so any place sounds good to me.

Gary Peterson in Gilbert. Let's camp!

[maromeo]

We are open to weekends also. How about sometime in May?

Mary Romeo

[maromeo]

I searched some of the Forestry sites and here is a link. Each person can make their own reservation some of the facilities have restrooms and showers. Just some info to get us going. We dry camp alot so we are prepared for any place. We have a bathroom onboard.

I know that AZ state parks are a first come first serve unless you book the group sites which are usually dry camping, it would be taking a risk. Just some thoughts.

http://www.recreation.gov/homeLeft.do?topTabIndex=CampingSpot

It wouldn't let me copy the whole link so I put in RVsite, AZ, Phoenix and used the date range from 5/1/08-5/12/08.

Mary Romeo

[AZsix]

BuddyBear,

Will this be limited to pup campers or will it be open to any type of camper? I have nieghbors that have toyhaulers that may be interested.

[wavery]

:book: Where is Arizona :confused:
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[AZsix]

:book: Where is Arizona :confused:
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Hook up your pup, get on the I-10, head east. You'll find us.  :W  Word of caution......you may not want to return to CA!  

[BuddyBear]

Hook up your pup, get on the I-10, head east. You'll find us.  :W  Word of caution......you may not want to return to CA!  

wavery's got salt in his blood, something tells me that the call of the sea will allways keep him near the water. :cool:

I still have moments when I can smell the salt and feel the swells swaying me and its been almost 10 years since I moved inland.

Gary,
The more the merrier, I allways say.
but you are kidding when you speak of people camping in something other than a PUP..  If they only knew.

I also copied Spring Rollcall on 2 other PUP sites to see if any other Popuppers in our area might be interested..
I think we should let it run a week or two and see who is interested, in the mean time I am checking out CG when ever I get time, maybe we can compare note.
Happy Trails
BB
(Pat M.)

[AZsix]

wavery's got salt in his blood, something tells me that the call of the sea will allways keep him near the water. :cool:

I still have moments when I can smell the salt and feel the swells swaying me and its been almost 10 years since I moved inland.

Gary,
The more the merrier, I allways say.
but you are kidding when you speak of people camping in something other than a PUP..  If they only knew.

I also copied Spring Rollcall on 2 other PUP sites to see if any other Popuppers in our area might be interested..
I think we should let it run a week or two and see who is interested, in the mean time I am checking out CG when ever I get time, maybe we can compare note.
Happy Trails
BB
(Pat M.)

One couple has a toy hauler and a pup. The wife was always trying to talk us into getting a pup when we were thinking of getting a tt. They had one when the kids were small and they loved it. The one they have now they got a real good deal on and they bought it so their grown kids could use it to go camping with them when they took the toy hauler to go riding. They also make it available to others in the neighborhood.

Hopefully a couple of weeks will allow some more people to jump on board. With the weather getting nicer I'm sure people are anxious to get out and camp. Even if it was just the three of us it would still be a good time I'm sure.

[BuddyBear]

Mary thanks for the link. :cool:
I was snooping around, reading posts from the early days of the AZ forum and then went back to the origins of PUT and it just dawned on me that you have been here since the beginning of PUT time.  WOW! That is very impressive.
I bet you have seen alot of AZ Pop Up owners come and go.
Has there ever been an organized group like you see in some of the other states? just wondering.

May is looking like a good month for a group get to gether, the CG on the rim should be open.(5/1) I'm thinking of heading down to Cottonwood in Mid March to get my camping fix while I'm waiting for the CGs in the Prescott area to open up.(4/1) A lot depends on how well our local AZ Sundogs do in the CHL playoffs.
Same level as the Phx. Road Runners, different league.
I may even camp in the parking lot of the arena here for the weekend series.(small town)
I'm still waiting for spring
BB
Pat M

[Chilly]

We would definitely be interested in a rally! I'd go this weekend, but there is know way I could talk the wife into it with this weather!!! Anyway, keep us informed...and do they really let you camp in the parking lot at the arena?

[BuddyBear]

We would definitely be interested in a rally! I'd go this weekend, but there is know way I could talk the wife into it with this weather!!! Anyway, keep us informed...and do they really let you camp in the parking lot at the arena?

Thanks for jumpin in Chilly. Will keep you posted on any thing being planned, any input you would like to throw in is more than welcome too..
I'd have to agree with you on the weather the last few days, Brrr. I was hoping we were done with Winter here.
The Thunder Snow the other night was very cool,
If you are ever heading out to a CG and would like some company, throw up a post. You never Know.

As for camping in the parking lot at TTC, I drive down Glassford Hill daily on my way to work and have seen several Moho's and a few truck campers in the lot over night for the weekend games early in the season before it got to cold.(last year also)
In Feb. my inlaws came up from Mesa for a Sat. game, our HOA will not allow them to park on our street so I called Tims and asked if it would be alright if they arrived in the afternoon before the game and stayed over night after the game and left Sunday. Their reply was that there were no hookup and that my inlaws needed to be fully self contained, asked that they not dump anything on the property and reminded me that it would be very cold overnight. Thanked me for calling and asking them for permission and said they would let the parking lot security know that they would be out it the lot overnight.
I thought that was really great of them..
By the way tonights game was fantastic.  6/5 Sundogs
See ya in the CGs
BB

[6fordaroad]

We're game.  I'd need notice so I can put in a time off request, but other than that I'm ready and willing.  Just let us know when and where.

This weekend, we're going to the grand canyon, already made reservations at trailer village.  We haven't attempted dry camping in the camper yet, but willing to try it at least once.

[AZsix]

We're game.  I'd need notice so I can put in a time off request, but other than that I'm ready and willing.  Just let us know when and where.

This weekend, we're going to the grand canyon, already made reservations at trailer village.  We haven't attempted dry camping in the camper yet, but willing to try it at least once.

6fordaroad,

Let me know how Trailer Village is. We are going March 31st for three nights.

We've only dry camped for one night at a time but it's been great.