Well, everyone, my first year as secretary has come to an end. 

  It has been a great year.  We have had three great rallies.  The last one was in Springfield, Mo., fourteen Alpine Coaches meet at Ozark Highlands Mobile Home and RV Park. Wednesday we all gathered at the club house for a pot luck dinner and some fun karaoke after.  Members Chris & Richard Morgan entertained us with some great bluegrass music before the evening was over.  After breakfast on our own, we car pooled to Fantastic Caverns for a riding tour through the caverns. 

 Lunch was at Lamberts were they throw rolls and servers walk around with pots of food, fried okra, macaroni & tomatoes, etc., to add to your plate.  If you leave this place hungry its your own fault. 

  We had a business meeting in the afternoon where we discussed next years rallies along with club business.  We will meet in Florida in February, Charleston, SC in April or May, and Helen, GA in October 2005. 

  All the details are being formalized and you will be hearing from us as soon as we know what they are.  On Friday we toured the Wildlife Museum had a box lunch at the museum then went next door to the Bass Pro Shop to look at all the camping, fishing, hunting stuff you could dream of under one roof.  Some of the men went to Grizzly tool store before heading back to the campground.  

 Saturday the men gathered at the club house for tech talk and the women met at the Girouard's coach for a belle session.

McGaugh RV Center-Springdale, Arkansas brought two new coaches for us to look at and Sales Associates Lou and Robert North from McGaugh's treated us to wine and cheese before dinner.  We were also visited by Ted Eaton, Rep from WRV-Southeast USA. 

 The day ended with a catered dinner and show.  We met at the club house for coffee and donuts Sunday morning before thirteen of us went on to Branson for the WRV homecoming rally.  We would like to thank Peggy and Tom Bacome for a job well done. 

We have three new members that we would like to welcome: Colleen and George Burt, Daytona Beach, Fl., Margane and Richard Bouchard, Bloomfield Hills, Mi., and Lorene & James Peed, Bellbrook, OH.  Please join us at our web site www.ace-rv.com.  Louis Trudel asks that we send him articles to put on the web site.  If you've been to a really great spot, have some information that the club could use, or just want to let everyone know what you've been doing send it to louistrudel@comcast.net

Sandy Munsil