For a bucking good time!



Thursday
August  6, 2008


Rolling, rolling, rolling...keep those trailers rollin' in

Afternoon

Registration / Check-In

4:30-6:00

Sidewalk Cafe' - Bring your favorite snack to share and meet Ms. Donnarita and her fabulous machine.  BYOC...Bring Your Own Chair

6:00

Chili Dump Supper - This explosive opening event has become a Rocky Mountain Rally tradition. Everyone dumps their favorite chili recipe into the community cauldron, and we stir and serve the results. Bring a "chili-bowl portion" for each member of your family and we'll heat it all up together for a real treat.  This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know one another & reacquaint ourselves with old friends...gets things tootin'.  

0'dark:30

Nite-Nite - After geting settled in, watch the smoke rise from the campfire ...

Friday
August 7, 2008

7-9:00

Coffee Hour at the Tent.
9-12:00 Workshops & Demonstrations

9-10:00

"Ferrying & Retrival" Plucking your diamond in the rough out of a field and "Running Gear" Axles, brakes, wheels & shocks - presented by Luke Bernander

10-11:00

"Frame & Floor Repair" Coupler, main & cross members, outriggers, plywood sheating, sill channels, fasteners, etc. - presented by Rob Davis & Jim Cooper

11-12:00

"Electrifying Electrical" electrical low & high votage principals and systems and "It All Flows Down Hill" plumbing and waste systems presented by Jim Cooper & Luke Bernander

11-12:00

"We Can Tow It!" Gettin' hitched, backing & towing all by ourselves.  Make Rosie proud - presented by Patti Reed 

 

**Ladies Only Please**

12:00-3:00 Picnic in town -  Ride our bicycles & bring your picnic lunch to enjoy....or just bring your lunch and meet us there!  Maps will be provided ~ OR ~ Free Time to get to know each other & Laramie

3:00-4:30

Group Event  - TBD  

4:30-6:00

Sidewalk Cafe'  - Bring your favorite snacks to share at the tent.  BYOC

6:00-???

Potluck Dinner - Bring your own meat to the community grill and a dish to share

8:00 - 0'dark:30

Vintage Presentationa riveting presentation by our esteemed VAC Historian Fred Coldwell about the 1965 & 1969 WBCCI International Rallies and the trailers that visited them.

Saturday
August 8, 2008

7:30-9:00

Coffee Hour at the Tent .

9-12:00

Workshops & Demonstrations

9-10:00 "Cabinetry & Interiors" -  Light weight frame construction, wood types, staining & finishing, hardware, sewing & soft-goods - presented by Chris Hildenbrand & Jim Cooper 

10-11:00

"Wax On, Wax Off" -  Overview of two predominate methods of polishing &  techniques with hands-on demo demonstrating how to get that shine of your dreams - presented by Rob Davis

11-12:00

"Riveting & Sheet Metal 101" -  Aluminum sheet, rivets tools & techniques with hands-on demo - presented by Rob Davis & Shari Davis
 
                                             

12:00-1:00

Lunch Break - On your own...
1:00-4:00 Open House - Vintage Trailer Open House for the public  - let them see how we 'live' in our trailers, so put on your best face and arrange the table pretty. This is a voluntary event but lots of fun. 

5:00-6:30

Sidewalk Cafe'  - Bring your favorite snacks to share at the tent.  BYOC

6:30-8:00

Big Hoss BBQ Dinner - Included in your rally fee.

8:00-
0'dark:30

Cowboy & Airstream Poetry around the Campfire...hosted by Kyle Chitty. Bring your best home-grown cowboy & Airstream poetry to share...prizes will be awarded!

Sunday
August 9, 2008

7:00-9:00

Coffee Hour - at the Tent.  

9:00-11:00

Swap Meet & Flea Market - Lay out on your horse trading blanket all that surplus vintage trailer and camping gear you've been meaning to get rid of for cash, or swap it for other people's surplus trailer and camping gear that they want to get rid of.  
12:00 - 4:00 Group Event  - TBD  

4:30-6:00

Sidewalk Cafe' - Bring your favorite snacks to share at the tent. BYOC
6:00-8:00 Potluck Dinner - Bring your own meat to the community grill and a dish to share

8:00-
0'dark:30

Scary Restoration Stories around the Campfire...

Monday
August 10, 2008


On the road again...

Coffee Hour, then...'parting is such sweet sorrow'

All activities are subject to be shuffled around and changed between now and the rally...

There is so much to do in Laramie and the Southern Wyoming area...here's a link to get you started thinking about how you'd like to spend your free time:

Albany County Visitors Bureau



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