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but I
am interested in seeing the final tally.
Post #8 said 4,200. Is that number not correct?
The RA just had their National Rally on the shores of Lake Michigan in Petoskey the week before. Sunny and 75 F for riding, dark and 65 F for sleeping in a tent. 3 beautiful sunsets over the lake from your tent. Lots of green grass, good Beer, Music and Twisty roads 2 miles away. Nice bunch of riders with 950 in attendance.
Where is it next year?
I want to take time to thank the MOA for another great national rally.
This was my 34th national and I have seen so many improvements over the years.
For the past 6 or 7 years my wive and I along with other members of the BMW Club of Indianapolis have arrived on Monday and volunteered to work during set up.
If you think the national rally happens by magic, show up early and say "what can I do to help" and you will get a feel for just how much goes into making a national happen.
Everything from getting the vendors registered and set up, to port-o-johns, the shower trucks, the mugs, pins and patches, the door prizes generously given by the vendors. The effort that goes into a rally is too much to imagine.
Some people show up as early a Sunday to layout the charter club camping area, and fight for extra space when additional people show unexpected.
We always invite people passing by to camp with us if there is additional space. And if we are lucky enough to get a new be rally goer it is a real hoot.
If anyone has a problem with anything that took place at a national, just jump up and volunteer to take charge of that area and help to improve it.
Looking forward to as many more rallies as I can squeeze in before my ride ends.
Wayne Garrison
Return to Escanaba?
Michigan tech or Finlandia University in the Houghton, Hancock area.
University of Minnesota at Duluth, The College of St. Scholastica or Spirit mountain in Duluth
Bayfield, La Pointe area of Wisconsin.
Any of these areas no real need for air conditioning so stuff could be in tents etc.
How about Marquette, Michigan at the Northern Michigan University?