President’s Message – Sep/Oct 2022

Ed, Clint, and Henry

Hello Dogwood! As I write this, folks are packing up and heading home from an absolutely terrific weekend at The Refuge on Roanoke Island – just below Manteo, NC. The weatherman has been great and blessed us with four days of sunny, clear days and cool, breezy evenings.  Clint, Henry, and I spent an afternoon fishing on Jeanette’s Pier (wait until you see the T-shirt they gave me); Pace and I tried our best to catch this big old red drum that kept cruising the sea wall behind our RVs. Lots of small fish but no keepers; that’s OK – I didn’t want to clean any fish, anyway! The food and comradery were excellent. Could not have been better, and I can’t wait to see the story and pictures from our hosts! Buelows, Meyers, and Mimms – great job by all for this club.  

Ed's new fishing shirt

We have two more rallies planned – Urbanna in November and Ashland in December. Details on the December Christmas rally are forthcoming but know this – we still have three (3) spots in reserve until 1 November. After that, you get what’s available, so go ahead and make your reservations ASAP. BTW – there are three (3) groups with “Dogwood” in their name coming into Ashland, so when you register, make sure you tell them you are with the DOGWOOD FMCA, and use my name as needed.

 

Another item of note came up at our business meeting on Saturday – apparently some of these Dogwood messages going out are not going to your Inboxes; rather they are ending up in Spam or Trash. We can’t control that, but you can check at your end and make adjustments as needed. I don’t want anyone to miss out on what this club is doing.  

 

The Eastern Area Rally, GEAR, has been set for next October 2023 (4-8) and the favored themes from this club are, in no particular order because they all tied, are “Scenic Mountain Getaway”, “Get your GEARON”, and “Come where history and mountains meet”. I ’ll report that back at my next EAMA Zoom meeting later this week.  

 

Safe travels.  Stay healthy and get your Flu shot and Covid booster. 

 

Regards,

Ed Herbert

Dogwood President