We are here in Wisconsin, the drive started to show a hint of turning leaf
colors.

Due to be at at fairgrounds, we recommend that you bring extra electrical
cords and water hoses.

Safe travels and see you soon! kim

*Kimberlea Weeks*
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*GMCMI 2014 Fall Convention* | Friday, September 26 to Thursday, October 2
Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds | Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

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Kimberlea Weeks wrote on Fri, 19 September 2014 17:06

We are here in Wisconsin, the drive started to show a hint of turning leaf colors.
Due to be at at fairgrounds, we recommend that you bring extra electrical cords and water hoses.
Safe travels and see you soon!
kim

A little more information for attendees...I am assisting with the parking here at Chippewa Falls. After looking close at the situation, I would suggest the following.
If you have 30AMP hookup, bring 30AMP cables and adaptor to adapt over to 50 AMP or 20amp plugin. If you are 50amp, bring 50amp extension cords and 30 amp adaptor. It is also possible you may have to adapt down to 20amp, so plan accordingly. You should all have these things in your coach anyway to adapt to any conditions that you may run into on the road. I would suggest up to 50ft. I personally carry enough to go up to 100ft. You also want to bring water hose and "Y" adaptors. You may have to go up to 50 ft. It is also possible that water hook-up may not be available to you, so either fill up with water on the way or be prepared to fill your tank with water at one of the water sites around the grounds. If you are use to camping with limited facilities, and don't mind the inconvenience, please volunteer to take an electric only site at registration.

I know you didn't need to do this at the last 2 conventions, because we have been at KOA RV parks where there was full services at all camp sites, so we've been pretty spoiled. This time we are at a State Fair grounds. These facilities are laid out to accommodate festivals and fairs with vendors, not necessarily RV's. So most of the parking will be AROUND power centers where 8 coaches or more may all have to run their electric to one central point. There are relatively few sites with dump, so depending on your use of water, you may have to unhook and drive to the dump station 1 or 2 times during your stay. A strange layout here, so we are all going to have to cooperate to make this work. If you don't have this stuff, I would suggest you stop at a Walmart along the way and get what you may need. Be prepared to share and cooperate with the use of power and water.

Larry wrote on Fri, 19 September 2014 22:29

Kimberlea Weeks wrote on Fri, 19 September 2014 17:06

We are here in Wisconsin, the drive started to show a hint of turning leaf colors.
Due to be at at fairgrounds, we recommend that you bring extra electrical cords and water hoses.
Safe travels and see you soon!
kim

A little more information for attendees...I am assisting with the parking here at Chippewa Falls. After looking close at the situation, I would suggest the following.
If you have 30AMP hookup, bring 30AMP cables and adaptor to adapt over to 50 AMP or 20amp plugin. If you are 50amp, bring 50amp extension cords and 30 amp adaptor. It is also possible you may have to adapt down to 20amp, so plan accordingly. You should all have these things in your coach anyway to adapt to any conditions that you may run into on the road. I would suggest up to 50ft. I personally carry enough to go up to 100ft. You also want to bring water hose and "Y" adaptors. You may have to go up to 50 ft. It is also possible that water hook-up may not be available to you, so either fill up with water on the way or be prepared to fill your tank with water at one of the water sites around the grounds. If you are use to camping with limited facilities, and don't mind the inconvenience, please volunteer to take an electric only site at registration.

I know you didn't need to do this at the last 2 conventions, because we have been at KOA RV parks where there was full services at all camp sites, so we've been pretty spoiled. This time we are at a State Fair grounds. These facilities are laid out to accommodate festivals and fairs with vendors, not necessarily RV's. So most of the parking will be AROUND power centers where 8 coaches or more may all have to run their electric to one central point. There are relatively few sites with dump, so depending on your use of water, you may have to unhook and drive to the dump station 1 or 2 times during your stay. A strange layout here, so we are all going to have to cooperate to make this work. If you don't have this stuff, I would suggest you stop at a Walmart along the way and get what you may need. Be prepared to share and cooperate with the use of power and water.

Larry and Kim,

We left home about two weeks ago in a 23' coach already loaded at least to capacity for this excursion. We are already short a number items from our standard kit.

I don't want to make your job harder, but if you had told me at some time before our departure that there was this issue, I might have tried to pack an extra hose and the 40+# extension cord. Where I might have carried these securely (the cable is over 100$ in Cu alone), I have no clue. That still would have forced us to off load some things that might be essential to a successful excursion.

Real Questions:
Are the available dumps low enough for a standard GMC gravity dump?
Will there be any enforced quiet hours for those of us that need to run our APU (genset) for refrigeration or heat?

We are still looking forward to the event.

Matt - after a good day at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman.