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Teardroppers
of Oregon
and Washington Serving those who are or wannabe teardroppersTOW
Line Number 23 April 2008
Published
whenever Marty Boehme, Editor
20232
S. Jasan Dr. Oregon
City, OR 97045 503-632-6563 IN THIS ISSUE
15th
DAM GATHERING OF THE TEARS It’s
hard to imagine that Grant and Lisa Whipp started this gathering 15 years
ago. Grant is credited for the
“revival” of teardrop trailer camping.
The first two gatherings were held at the campground at the base of
Shasta Dam. If you were there, you
are a pioneer!!! This year the dates are May 1st
to the 4th. The place is
Antler’s RV Park and Campgrounds on the banks of Lake Shasta.
The campground is 25 miles north of Redding and about 95 miles south of
the Oregon border on I-5. Friday night will be Dutch oven
samplers. Saturday night –
potluck, Chili bean feed and a fabulous Dutch Oven Extravaganza.
This event has lots of door prizes; so if you have anything to share,
please bring them to add to the fun at the Saturday night big campfire. There is a $11 registration fee and it
cost $11 a night to camp. . For more info, call 530-275-6728
or e-mail info@teardrops.net.
Find the registration form at our universal teardrop web site www.teardrops.net/15thDG.html. MIDWINTER
LUNCHEON By Katie Boehme There
was lots of talking, laughter, and many hugs at the midwinter luncheon, as 45
tear friends reunited.. The Flying
Tomato Italian Grill, near Puyallup, Washington was our gathering place - it
provided excellent food and a fun atmosphere for our meeting.
A big thank-you goes out to Danny and Jane Fantoni for making
arrangements for our group. This gathering gave us time to preview
all the upcoming events. Kicking
off the camping season will be our annual Spring Fling on Memorial Day Weekend.
Can you believe it’s the 10th anniversary of this event?
To honor the Spring Fling hosts and show our appreciation, Rod and
Trudy Glassett were presented with commemorative versions of our new
teardrop TOW jackets. Their jackets
had the new patch sewn on the back with the inscription “Spring Fling 2008 –
10 Years of Fun”. This TOW couple
has watched the event grow from five teardrops at the first gathering to 50
units and 106 campers last year. Also on display at the luncheon were samples and order forms for three new teardrop items - denim jackets, a TOW patch, and name badges with the TOW logo (made of blue plastic that attach with a magnetic bar). Herb and Elaine Kipp were presented with the first TOW patches as thanks for designing the patch. Elaine sewed many designs and color combinations on her home machine before deciding on the navy background with yellow lettering and border edging and the “TOW” in red. The large oval patch looks just great - as the expression goes the colors just “pop”. Steve and Peggy Birley took time
to express their gratitude and thanks to the many teardroppers who have helped
them. Last December, their home and
all vehicles were wiped out by the Chehalis flood.
Teardroppers contributed funds and many, many hours of labor to restore
their home. Some teardroppers
donated furniture to replace items that were destroyed. They were so appreciative!
A surprise for the Birleys was a framed picture enlargement of their
Model A pulling their tear. Teardroppers
are a great group of people with big hearts. TOW
NAMETAGS, PATCHES AND JACKETS ARE AVAILABLE At this year’s Midwinter Luncheon the new TOW patch went on sale. It was designed by Herb and Elaine Kipp and featured the cartoon-like TOW logo. It can be seen on the TOW website www.teardroptrailers.org. The new nametag is shown on the site also. Several orders were made at the luncheon for the nametags. The patches sold out. Along
with these two items, a jacket for both sexes can be purchased with the patch
sewn on the back. But, many prefer
to sew the patch on a favorite jacket. Look
for the order form on the website as well as the attachment to this issue of the
TOW Line.
If
orders are received by April 15th, free delivery will be made at the
Spring Fling.
We’ve just been notified by Ed Kelson, a long-time TOW
teardropper, that we will be holding our Midwinter outing at his
“Everything-Vintage Museum”. The
date will be reported in the January 2009 TOW Line.
The Kelson Museum is located in the south Seattle industrial area to the
west of I-5. This is part of the business/shop that the Kelsons have had
for many years. It can hold 100
plus people. Tables will be set up
in the middle of the museum with vintage stuff all around.
So, stay tuned – our Midwinter Potluck is a go again.
SPRING FLING #10 IS NEARLY HERE!
By Trudy Glassett With the unusual (weird) weather we’ve been having recently, we have no
idea what to expect for Spring Fling #10. We’ve
seen all kinds of weather during the past nine years, so we try to be prepared
for anything. Rain or shine, the
participants seem to have a good time and continue to return to this event! As of April 1, we have nearly 30 trailers - teardrop, vintage, and even
several more modern trailers - registered.
The manager at Gust Backstrom Park in Morton is looking forward to having
us camp there again. She said we
were one of the best groups ever because we left the campground spotless.
We want to continue to keep up our great reputation this year. Once again, we will have the “favorite” activities from the past:
Bingo, door prizes, team Family Feud, treasures from the Packwood and
Randle swap meets, great food, and fun. The
hosts will provide Sunday and Monday breakfasts and we’ll have potlucks on
Saturday and Sunday evenings. The “Cowchips”
will make a return appearance for our listening and toe-tapping pleasure.
(We’ll pass the hat to help defray their travel expenses and they’ll
have their CDs available for purchase.)
Irma and Larry Reed will provide an informal worship service
Sunday morning. New this year - Mike
Burton and Jack Jacobson will lead a Dutch oven seminar, so bring
your seasoned DO and be prepared to learn a new/different art of cooking. At this time, there are several full hookup sites at $17/night (even
though most don’t need the sewer) and lots of tent sites for $10/night
available. This year you will
pay the manager your camping fee as soon as you get set up.
Registration is $15 for the weekend. If you haven’t registered yet or need more information, please contact us at glassettgang@juno.com or 360-293-1108. We would like to have all registrations completed by May 15th, so we can have enough dash plaques and food for breakfasts. We hope you’ll be able to join us in the first Northwest teardrop/vintage trailer event of the camping season.
THE FIRST ROGUE VALLEY
RENDEZVOUS In the January issue of
the TOW Line, it was reported that a new
Tearjerkers chapter has been formed.
It’s called Jefferson State. Ken
and Eunice Hill are chapter directors.
Their fist gathering will be held on Father’s Day Weekend (June 12th
to 15th). The campground
is Cantrall Buckley County Park Group Area.
Located 18 miles west of Medford, Oregon, you will be camping on the
banks of the Applegate River that runs along Hwy 238.
The schedule: Saturday
evening potluck, Dutch oven feasting all weekend, maybe some cast-iron waffle
breakfasts. There is lots to do in
the area on this weekend, including the annual Medford Cruise car show, Britt
Music Festival in nearby Jacksonville and the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. Early bird check-in is Thursday. The
cost is $25 and covers registration and camping for the entire weekend. For more info, contact Eunice Hill at 707-725-4674 or via keneunicehill@sbcglobal.net.
THE ANNUAL KELSON KAMPOUT
FOR THIS SUMMER This year’s dates are June 13th,
14th and 15th. You
can’t ask for a more “laid-back” place to visit, share stories and admire
teardrop trailers. It’s a great
experience camping near Roslyn, Washington.
Ed and Linda Kelson are the hosts for this campout Roslyn is a town that boasts “vintage” stores,
restaurants and even a few “water holes”.
Roslyn was also the town where an
Alaska drama TV series was filmed. However,
it’s reported that the moose seen walking the streets on the program is
nowhere to be seen.
Breakfasts are hosted by the Kelsons.
There will probably be Dutch oven cooking and shared potlucks.
For reservations, contact Linda at 253-797-0708
or via raisinldy1@comcast.net.
AN INVITATION TO THE
CARNATION FOURTH Marty and I are hosting our
traditional Carnation Fourth campout again this summer.
The dates are July 3rd to the 6th (Thursday through
Sunday). We have the event on our
five-acre property near Carnation, Washington.
Well-behaved pets and kids are indeed welcome (we have a dog and a bunch
of feral cats). We ask everyone to NOT bring fireworks to our place (fire
hazard as well as problems for the animals).
We have a great time “playing
cars” with our collection of mostly 1936 vehicles. Last year we had some
31 trailers of various types and some 70+ people, so there should again be
plenty of folks to talk trailers/cars with including many who have built their
own teardrop and likely a few teardrop builders. Several of us have or are
restoring antique/vintage travel trailers as well. We have two
bathrooms with showers available and will also have two “honey buckets” near
the camping area. We have a meeting room where we’ll get together for a
few meetings and our group meals.
I’m thinking that most folks will
arrive on the afternoon/evening of Thursday, July 3rd. We will continue through the weekend (many folks head home by
noon on Sunday). So, we’ll likely
do the Spaghetti Feed at the Carnation Senior Center for dinner the evening of
the 3rd (including an old car caravan the long way to get there).
Everyone usually goes to the pancake breakfast and parade in Carnation and back
to our potluck on the Fourth. Then back to Carnation for the fireworks at dusk (Carnation
puts on quite a parade and fireworks show for a small town).
Then, perhaps do any Dutch oven cooking on Friday also, this year
combining it with the potluck. We will do our Antique Car Caravan to the XXX Root Beer
Drive-in restaurant in Issaquah on Saturday evening (the 5th) as
everyone seems to really enjoy this. I
think that some folks may not attend until the weekend.
There is no fee for this event as
everyone is our guest. I’ll have
a registration form to fill out. It
would be good to know how many are going to attend because we feed breakfasts on
Saturday and Sunday mornings. We
have plenty of room. In the past,
everyone seems to have a good time.
One other note, some year’s
mosquitoes are bad. I can’t
predict if they will be back this year, but we have a supply of repellent on
hand.
To view pictures of last year’s
event with teardrops and teardroppers go to http://teardrop.blogicalthoughts.com/td_4th_of_july_teardrop_fun_2007.html
.
For more information, contact us at 425-333-5219 or 36fun@centurytel.net.
PASSPORTS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR
ENTRY INT0 CANADA For those traveling
into Canada this year, they need to know that US citizens going by land DO
NOT need a passport until at least the summer of 2009.
That would be next year. Meanwhile,
it would be a good idea to apply for a passport soon.
The cost is $99. Google
“US Passports” to get more information.
Last minute applications cost a lot more. For now, an American citizen crossing the border into Canada by land or
water needs ID that proves two things: 1) Citizenship and 2) Identity by way of
a photo. Be aware
that “A driver’s license on its own or a Social
Security Card on its own IS NOT valid ID to cross the Canadian border.” The following pieces of ID are OK.
1) US passport, 2) Birth certificate or 3) Certificate of citizenship or
naturalization. One of these is OK,
but you also need “Photo ID”, such as current driver’s
license. Please note that
photocopies of ID MUST BE notarized.
OREGON’S ANTIQUE POWERLAND INVITES TEARDROPPERS This new event starts on Friday night August
1st with camping on the campus of the Northwest Vintage Car and Motorcycle
Museum. Local teardroppers are
invited to display their tears an Saturday, but you have to arrive before 9 AM.
Because of the midday parade and crowds, move-out has to be after 3 PM.
Free admission for two people is included.
Antique Powerland’s annual Steamup is attended by thousands of
spectators that wander the grounds enjoying demonstrations and displays of 14
separate museums. One feature is the steam-driven vintage sawmill.
Another is the outstanding Pacific Northwest Truck Museum occupying two
buildings. Many, many antique
tractors of all types operate all day long.
Caterpillar has a museum building. John
Deere tractors are everywhere. A
vintage trolley runs on tracks around the grounds.
Railroad cars/engines are on display on the grounds. Take Exit #263 from I-5 north of
Salem. Follow signs west for a
quarter mile to the display area. Camping
is $5 for Friday. No registration
required. For more information,
contact Marty Boehme at 503-632-6563 or via teardrops@bctonline.com.
This is a joint tour arranged by TOW for Northern
Willamette Valley and Portland Area teardroppers partnered with Trick n’ Racy
street rod car club of Oregon City. Ken Austin is perhaps the most successful entrepreneur in the Pacific
Northwest. Not only has he made
Newberg, Oregon the dental equipment-manufacturing center of the US (like
Detroit is for cars), he has a stellar collection of various vintage cars and
trucks. He’s a gracious gentleman
who has opened his collection for shop tours This will happen for us on Saturday, April 19th when Ken will
be there for us to meet and enjoy touring his collection.
You’ll enjoy hearing this local farm boy telling us about his road to
success as he speaks about “chickens, cars, castings and cavities”. One rare car in his collection is a bone-stock 1905 Ford model K.
Others are cars he’s personally owned through the years. All are on display, especially the ones he used to pioneer
“speed” components for. Many
early hotrods used them to soup up their Ford V-8s. The tour starts at 10 AM. A
caravan will start from the K-Mark parking lot on the west side of I-5 at Nyberg
Rd (Exit 289). Turn into the parking lot (the first North driveway).
Look for a group of vintage and street rod cars.
We leave promptly at 9:15. For those driving directly to Newberg, turn onto Springbrook (north of
Newberg) and drive west to the first roundabout.
Go around 270 degrees (3/4 of a turn) to the south opening onto
Crestview. Ken’s shop is in the building on the right.
Turn into the first driveway on the building’s south side. TRI-T-NW HOSTS
GREAT BEAVER STATE TEARDROP CAMPOUT #11 We’re sad to report that this event is having trouble getting off the
ground. But, the hosts are
determined it will happen. This year, the hosts are asking for your help.
Read on.
As reported in the universal
teardroppers web site (www.teardrops.net)
Tri –
The same things will go on as before,
but the location has to change because, at the last minute, Camp Lane could not
live up to its commitment. As in
the past, Friday supper, both breakfasts and Saturday lunch are provided, so the
total camping cost might be only $45 per trailer.
Saturday supper is potluck with Dutch oven cooking. Come join a family-style gathering in a park-like
setting located somewhere in Oregon.
In addition, if any teardropper in Oregon has a good suggestion, contact Lonnie
or Sheryl Aaron at 541-688-9545 or via e-mail
at aaroncruiser@aol.com as soon as
possible.
TOWING A TEARDROP BEHIND A MANURE SPREADER
By Hiram Stumpjumper You have to be raised on a farm to
understand the humor of that remark. If
you don’t get it, ask someone who grew up on a farm. (Editor’s Note:
Hiram is our roving reporter from Aumsville, Oregon.
His camping began as an eight-year old watching his father build a camp
trailer. And, he did grow up on a
farm.) NOTE – WE WILL SOON CELEBRATE OUR “SILVER EDITION”.
WE WILL PUBLISH ANY SUITABLE TEARDROP STORY OR CAMPING/TRAVEL STORIES
SUBMITTED FOR THIS SPECIAL #25 EDITION OF THE TOW LINE. MAY 1ST – 4TH -
Lake Shasta Meet–
Northern California 15TH
Dam Gathering of Tears in Antlers Campground at Lakehead, California.
Contact Grant and Lisa Whipp for registration information at info@teardrops.net
. MAY 23RD – 26TH -
Spring Fling, Our
10th Gathering – Morton, WA Held at Gust Backstrom Park in
Morton. Vintage Tiny Travel
Trailers welcome too. Contact Rod
and Trudy Glassett at 425-760-4964 or glassettgang@juno.com
MAY 27TH – JUNE 1ST – Fiddle Around the Stars - Goldendale, WA
2nd gathering for all vintage trailers and teardrops.
Stay at the county fairgrounds. Contact
Lorraine at 509-773-0567 or web site
www.cityofgoldendale.com. JUNE 12TH – 15TH
- Rogue Valley Rendezvous – Medford, OR
Tearjerkers Jefferson State Chapter first gathering at Cantrail-Buckley
County Park. Contact Eunice Hill
at 707-725-4674 or keneucicehill@sbcglobal.net
JUNE 13TH – 15TH
– Kelson Kampout – Roslyn, WA
This annual gathering on private property is a real laid-back and fun
weekend. Contact Linda
Kelson at 253-797-0708 or raisinldy@comcast.net
JULY 3RD – 6TH –
Carnation Fourth
– Carnation, WA For all teardrops and
small vintage-looking trailers. Fun
on a four-day weekend. Contact Ken
or Marty Masden at 425-333-5219 or 36fun@centurytel.net
JULY 25TH – 27TH
– Great Oregon Campout – Somewhere in OR HOPEFULLY - STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION
JULY 25TH – 27TH – Vintage Trailer Rally Number 2 – Sweethome, OR
At the Sunnyside County Park put on by Rollin’ Oldies Vintage Trailers
of Oregon. Contact Jerry
Kwiatkowski at 503-831-4991 or jerryk20002000@yahoo.com. AUGUST
1st - 2ND – Teardrops on Display – Brooks, OR This
new event includes admission to the annual Antique Powerland Steamup.
Contact Marty Boehme at 503-632-6563 or teardrops@bctonline.com
AUGUST
14TH – 17TH – TCT Vintage Trailer Rally –
Deming, WA This
traditional vintage trailer rally also invites teardrop trailer owners to
attend. Contact Pat or Joanne Ewing at 360-966-4253 or pre52@verizon.net. AUGUST
29TH – 31ST - LeMay Open House Campout – Tacoma, WA Our
annual rally and volunteering for the LeMay Open House for the LeMay Museum.
Contact Pat and Jan Estes at opasgang@yahoo.com SEPTEMBER
19TH – 21ST – Festival of Wheels – Goldendale, WA
Third
gathering for all vintage trailers and teardrops.
Stay at the county fairgrounds. Contact
Lorraine at 509-773-0567 or web site
www.cityofgoldendale.com.
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