Well its time for the 21st annual NROA rally!
The date for the rally is always the same - rally is first Tuesday following Fathers Day
We will be gathering at Grande Hot Springs Resort as we do each year.
The 2023 Rally fee will be $65 per trailer plus $9 per person for the Baker City excursion.
The rv park contact # (541) 963-5253 and they will start taking your phone & online reservation Jan 1st 8am.
The Rally sign up form will be available up until June 1st when any sites not taken will become available to the general public. Link to rally form click HERE
(If for some reason the link does not work then email me nroa2003@yahoocom and I will reply with it attached.)Contact them directly to make arrangement for a site. When you make your reservations make sure you tell them you are attending the Northwood Rv rally. Site rates $68.25 (tax included) is the rate without a discount and $63.00 (tax included) is the discounted rate (Good Sam, AAA, Military, AARP). Weekly rates are $378 (tax included) which is 6 nights at the discounted rate and the 7th night is Free. Reservation requests for the weekly rate need to be made for the full week, our system will automatically calculate the price to include the free night. There is space for 75 units and it's a first come first serve so get your forms into me early.
After January 4th, all online reservations will need to be sent as a direct email, as the online booking system will be blocked to prevent over-booking. Link to the parks Contact Us page.
If the rally has filled up, the RV park is in charge of starting a waiting list, as each year there are some cancellations. If you are interested in being on the waiting list give them a call. (541) 963-5253. If there is an opening they will call in order of the waiting list. If you do not answer they will hang up and call the next person on the list. No message will be left. I know this sounds harsh but is does not work out to leave messages. If you are bypassed due to not answering then your name will go to the top of the list in the order of called but not answered for the next opening that comes about.
Please read below so very important!
The park will hold your spot for 30 day but if I do not have your form in my hand within that time period the site reservation will be cancelled and available for the next person who calls. So make sure once your get that site reserved you get that sign up form and rally fee payment to me. If you do not have a sign up form then email me ( [email protected] )and I will attach it to my reply.
I will also email you a confirmation once I receive your form in the mail so you know it arrived safely.
Come enjoy meeting new people and reconnecting with past friends.
Early bird Activities for Monday.
Monday – 19th
Activates available each day
Gonzo Golf - This will be a family friendly event involving a golf club and a tennis ball (they will be provided for you). Not a real tournament, but play at your leisure until Friday afternoon. Even at 2am... Fighting on the course will cost you.... T's and Holes will be marked (sort of). Most holes will be 6-9" diameter and flagged... Turn in your best score to the can in the eagles nest by Noon on Friday as the winner will be announced the social gathering.
5:00 arrival
- Pre-rally Dinner at Bud Jackson’s sportsman bar and grill. You can view the menu online by clicking HERE.
Contact/Address info = 2209 Adams Ave, La Grande, OR 97850 541-962-7858
Tuesday – 20th : Arrival day
10am – Gift bags will be ready to pick up in the Eagles Nest building
1:00pm - Bingo in Eagles Nest building
6:30pm - Welcome gathering - Rally Overview & Introductions in the Eagles Nest - First off I will be giving you all info about what's going on during the week and answering any questions you may have. Then we will all introduce ourselves. Show up wearing your name tags!
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting)
Wednesday – 21st
9:30 – MorRyde Vendor presentation in the Eagles Nest
1:30pm - Ice Cream Social - Meet at Eagle Nest. There will be Ice Cream (limited sugar free vanilla as well) with all the fixens to make a great sundae as well as all kinds of fresh fruit. Come and enjoy some great time together! Bowls, napkins & Silverware are provided
2:00pm - White Elephant gift exchange (location at park to be announced) You don't have to participate; you can watch the fun but HAVE to bring something if you want something. This activity has become quite popular/lengthy so this year I will be limiting the gifts to one gift per RV site, no exceptions.
You give a wrapped gift and you receive one. The most fun ones are those where people are getting rid of something they don't want or use (new or in good shape is preferable) or an unwanted Christmas present. If purchasing something for this please keep the gifts worth to under $10.00. Could be a vase, knickknack, cd's, Tire pump, Purple Pig, Arctic Fox fix-it-kit, anything like that.
6:30pm Movie night - Once again will be showing the Long, Long Trailer. Popcorn will be provided but you will need to bring your own beverage
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting) 9:00am
Thursday – 22rd
9:15am – A day in Baker City.
Baker Heritage Museum & the Historic Adler House plus take a walking self guided Tour of the Downtown District (brochure will be provided).
2:30 – Northwood trailer sealing clinic. Plan to attend this most important clinic as keeping your trailer sealed up will protect your investment.
5:30 Potluck Dinner - Coffee will be available. Please feel free to bring what ever you want, whether that be a main dish, vegetable, bread or dessert. Variety is the key to a good potluck! Take your dish with serving utensil to the canopy behind the Eagles Nest. There someone will direct you where to place it. Now return to the main building and have a seat for some brief announcements before you are excused by rows to serve yourself.
Plates, napkins & Silverware are provided.
Also label food dishes if they contain, nuts/dairy/soy/shell fish/mushrooms or if gluten free
7:00pm – Game night
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting)
Friday – 23th
9:00am - 11:00am Skymed - in the Eagles Nest presented by Bruce and Pauline Pokallus from SkyMed will be doing a presentation for Emergency Travel Evacuation. Its quite an impressive program, please come on down to the Eagles nest and give them some of your time.
12:00pm – Northwood BBQ in the Eagles Nest – Northwood & crew will be hosting a BBQ. Show up wearing your rally tee shirt as we will be doing a group photo before we eat!
2:00 – ARPRV - Paul and Mao Unmack are practitioners of engineering science that have committed themselves to RV safety. "We are not sales people, we do not push product you do not need. We at Fridge Defend hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public". Come learn about the Fridge Defend product signed to prevent Domestic and Norcold fridge fires.
7:00pm - Social Gathering at The Eagles Nest gathering building
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting)
Saturday – 24th
9:00am - 11:00am Ladies Social Gathering and Crafts in the Eagles Nest. Everyone’s welcome. Please come on over and see what's going on. Bring your own project, sewing machines, crochet hooks or any other things you might want to work with during this time or just come by to chat as this is more about socializing and connecting then any thing else. Besides the more the merrier!
9:30 – Vendor presentation
1:00 -
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting) Let all get together around the final nights campfire and share our last night together.
Sunday – 25th
8am - Potluck Breakfast
Clean up and depart - Please all that can, pitch in and help us clean up the rally building after breakfast
Additional seminars still to be confirmed
Torklift
ARP
Lippert
RVelectricity
The date for the rally is always the same - rally is first Tuesday following Fathers Day
We will be gathering at Grande Hot Springs Resort as we do each year.
The 2023 Rally fee will be $65 per trailer plus $9 per person for the Baker City excursion.
The rv park contact # (541) 963-5253 and they will start taking your phone & online reservation Jan 1st 8am.
The Rally sign up form will be available up until June 1st when any sites not taken will become available to the general public. Link to rally form click HERE
(If for some reason the link does not work then email me nroa2003@yahoocom and I will reply with it attached.)Contact them directly to make arrangement for a site. When you make your reservations make sure you tell them you are attending the Northwood Rv rally. Site rates $68.25 (tax included) is the rate without a discount and $63.00 (tax included) is the discounted rate (Good Sam, AAA, Military, AARP). Weekly rates are $378 (tax included) which is 6 nights at the discounted rate and the 7th night is Free. Reservation requests for the weekly rate need to be made for the full week, our system will automatically calculate the price to include the free night. There is space for 75 units and it's a first come first serve so get your forms into me early.
After January 4th, all online reservations will need to be sent as a direct email, as the online booking system will be blocked to prevent over-booking. Link to the parks Contact Us page.
If the rally has filled up, the RV park is in charge of starting a waiting list, as each year there are some cancellations. If you are interested in being on the waiting list give them a call. (541) 963-5253. If there is an opening they will call in order of the waiting list. If you do not answer they will hang up and call the next person on the list. No message will be left. I know this sounds harsh but is does not work out to leave messages. If you are bypassed due to not answering then your name will go to the top of the list in the order of called but not answered for the next opening that comes about.
Please read below so very important!
The park will hold your spot for 30 day but if I do not have your form in my hand within that time period the site reservation will be cancelled and available for the next person who calls. So make sure once your get that site reserved you get that sign up form and rally fee payment to me. If you do not have a sign up form then email me ( [email protected] )and I will attach it to my reply.
I will also email you a confirmation once I receive your form in the mail so you know it arrived safely.
Come enjoy meeting new people and reconnecting with past friends.
Early bird Activities for Monday.
Monday – 19th
Activates available each day
Gonzo Golf - This will be a family friendly event involving a golf club and a tennis ball (they will be provided for you). Not a real tournament, but play at your leisure until Friday afternoon. Even at 2am... Fighting on the course will cost you.... T's and Holes will be marked (sort of). Most holes will be 6-9" diameter and flagged... Turn in your best score to the can in the eagles nest by Noon on Friday as the winner will be announced the social gathering.
5:00 arrival
- Pre-rally Dinner at Bud Jackson’s sportsman bar and grill. You can view the menu online by clicking HERE.
Contact/Address info = 2209 Adams Ave, La Grande, OR 97850 541-962-7858
Tuesday – 20th : Arrival day
10am – Gift bags will be ready to pick up in the Eagles Nest building
1:00pm - Bingo in Eagles Nest building
6:30pm - Welcome gathering - Rally Overview & Introductions in the Eagles Nest - First off I will be giving you all info about what's going on during the week and answering any questions you may have. Then we will all introduce ourselves. Show up wearing your name tags!
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting)
Wednesday – 21st
9:30 – MorRyde Vendor presentation in the Eagles Nest
1:30pm - Ice Cream Social - Meet at Eagle Nest. There will be Ice Cream (limited sugar free vanilla as well) with all the fixens to make a great sundae as well as all kinds of fresh fruit. Come and enjoy some great time together! Bowls, napkins & Silverware are provided
2:00pm - White Elephant gift exchange (location at park to be announced) You don't have to participate; you can watch the fun but HAVE to bring something if you want something. This activity has become quite popular/lengthy so this year I will be limiting the gifts to one gift per RV site, no exceptions.
You give a wrapped gift and you receive one. The most fun ones are those where people are getting rid of something they don't want or use (new or in good shape is preferable) or an unwanted Christmas present. If purchasing something for this please keep the gifts worth to under $10.00. Could be a vase, knickknack, cd's, Tire pump, Purple Pig, Arctic Fox fix-it-kit, anything like that.
6:30pm Movie night - Once again will be showing the Long, Long Trailer. Popcorn will be provided but you will need to bring your own beverage
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting) 9:00am
Thursday – 22rd
9:15am – A day in Baker City.
Baker Heritage Museum & the Historic Adler House plus take a walking self guided Tour of the Downtown District (brochure will be provided).
2:30 – Northwood trailer sealing clinic. Plan to attend this most important clinic as keeping your trailer sealed up will protect your investment.
5:30 Potluck Dinner - Coffee will be available. Please feel free to bring what ever you want, whether that be a main dish, vegetable, bread or dessert. Variety is the key to a good potluck! Take your dish with serving utensil to the canopy behind the Eagles Nest. There someone will direct you where to place it. Now return to the main building and have a seat for some brief announcements before you are excused by rows to serve yourself.
Plates, napkins & Silverware are provided.
Also label food dishes if they contain, nuts/dairy/soy/shell fish/mushrooms or if gluten free
7:00pm – Game night
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting)
Friday – 23th
9:00am - 11:00am Skymed - in the Eagles Nest presented by Bruce and Pauline Pokallus from SkyMed will be doing a presentation for Emergency Travel Evacuation. Its quite an impressive program, please come on down to the Eagles nest and give them some of your time.
12:00pm – Northwood BBQ in the Eagles Nest – Northwood & crew will be hosting a BBQ. Show up wearing your rally tee shirt as we will be doing a group photo before we eat!
2:00 – ARPRV - Paul and Mao Unmack are practitioners of engineering science that have committed themselves to RV safety. "We are not sales people, we do not push product you do not need. We at Fridge Defend hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public". Come learn about the Fridge Defend product signed to prevent Domestic and Norcold fridge fires.
7:00pm - Social Gathering at The Eagles Nest gathering building
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting)
Saturday – 24th
9:00am - 11:00am Ladies Social Gathering and Crafts in the Eagles Nest. Everyone’s welcome. Please come on over and see what's going on. Bring your own project, sewing machines, crochet hooks or any other things you might want to work with during this time or just come by to chat as this is more about socializing and connecting then any thing else. Besides the more the merrier!
9:30 – Vendor presentation
1:00 -
8:00pm- Campfire (Weather permitting) Let all get together around the final nights campfire and share our last night together.
Sunday – 25th
8am - Potluck Breakfast
Clean up and depart - Please all that can, pitch in and help us clean up the rally building after breakfast
Additional seminars still to be confirmed
Torklift
ARP
Lippert
RVelectricity
