Category: Past Travels

Things that are in the past

Past Travels

Hideaway Christmas/Holiday Rally 2025

Jerry Dickinson

Pictures from our Rally – December 1 thru 5, 2025

Our Present Swap

Our Rally Hosts – Ray & Deb Hoffman, Becky & Dave Reymond

Gathered for Dinner – The Hardeeville Group

Tom & Karen Trimble with Tom & Robbi Perry

Shirley & Jim Giffin

Wayne & Terry D’Arco with Ted & Debbie Haguewood (Debbie will be our host for the Spring 2026 Rally)

Tom & Robbi Perry (Robbi is our newly elected President), Larry Sims, Susan Zimmerman, Charlotte Lafon (Charlotte is our newly elected Secretary), Molly (Rita) Garner

Marie & Jerry Dickinson (Jerry is our outgoing President) with Gene & Grace Failmezger

Linda & Bill Faulk

Barbara & Al Bise – Barb is our newly elected National Director

Breakfast Hosts – Ellen & Matt Hoelzel

Breakfast Hosts – Gordon & Carol Venner

Our Breakfasts were subsidized by KleenTank Tom who delighted us with tons of info about Holding tanks. Ick!

We welcomed our new members – Stu & Cal Durland from Hardeeville SC
Shown here with David Fowler (past President) and Barry Zimmerman (newly elected Vice President)

Wednesday Golfers – The Durlands, Ted Haguewood, and Al Bise

Past Travels

Fall Rally 2025 at Willow Tree RV Resort

Jerry Dickinson

Fall Rally:

September 15 – 19, 2025

Willow Tree RV Resort & Campground

The Carolina Pelicans held a rally at the Willow Tree RV Resort in Longs SC. A total of 37 people attended this wonderful gathering. The rally was hosted by Barry & Susan Zimmerman withthe help of many of the attendees. We enjoyed three delicious breakfasts -one included a variety of breakfast casseroles created by our members. Another breakfast included biscuits with sausage gravy, a chapter favorite.Several Pelicans golfed at Aberdeen, a lovely course nearby. Two dinners were provided; one catered by Mission BBQ and the other hosted by Marie & Jerry Dickinson featuring spaghetti with meatballs and sausage. Yummy!

GEAR –

November 5 – 9,2025

Past Travels

Highlights from the Spring Rally at Big Rig Friendly Resort

Jerry Dickinson

Our Spring Rally was held at Big Rig Friendly Resort in Columbia beginning April 28. We had 33 people in attendance. We had 4 new members and one guest. Our new Southern Area VP Mike Smalley and his wife Doris joined us. Our hosts the Fullers had some great new ideas in store for us. We had a baked potato bar and a cruise on Lake Murray. Both were big hits. The facility was great and very accommodating.

Our Hosts
Area VP Mike & Doris Smalley
New members Tom & Gyun O Dare
Group
Cooks
More cooks
Lake Murray Cruise

Meeting time
Prepping potatoes for the potato bar at the Fuller home
Card Bingo Winners

The Venners on left

TheVenners

Past Travels

Perry GA 2025 is in the Books

Jerry Dickinson

March 12 was the Perry GA rally. It was a very good rally with great attendance. The Pirate theme was well received and there were many costumes and decorated golf carts. There were many seminars and demos going on. The Pirate Parade was a lot fun. We gave out about 20 chapter registration forms at the chapter fair and hope to get some returned.

Our chapter suffered a major loss while we were in Perry. We received word that Anne Roney passed away. We will remember her at our Rally at Big Rig Friendly Campground in April.

The entertainment was great at the Rally. My pictures never come out good inside.

It was difficult to pick the best pirate costumes there were many great choices.