Aishling the Airstream Update No. 053

The Ridge

Sevierville, TN

Airstream Club International Region 6 Rally

Clubs from Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida's panhandle gathered together for a great week!

From their website: "The Ridge Outdoor Resort is an upscale, luxury RV Resort and Outdoor Resort located in Sevierville, Tennessee, just 3 miles from Pigeon Forge, in the Heart of the Great Smoky Mountains. The Ridge is sure to become your family’s favorite camping and vacation resort in the Smoky Mountains and beyond.

We have thought of everything to make your outdoor camping and travel experience exceptional at The Ridge Outdoor Resort with over 50 acres of lodging and amenities that include: 2 zero entry pools, lazy river, luxury bathhouses with private family bathrooms, 24-hour guest laundry, 2 dog parks, fitness center, fishing pond, on-site deli, daily jeep rentals, golf cart rentals, and MORE."

and truly, they have thought of most everything you need to have a great stay!!

This is a long post - so I've tried to break it up in segments - ha -

Hold on tight - let's go!

Region 6 Rally

would not have been possible this year without the Gulley family.
they are THE BEST.
They love people and suffice it to say
THEY LOVE AIRSTREAMS
#IYKYK

We had a wonderful week celebrating the 70th anniversary of the airstream club with great meals, entertainment each night, and lots and lots of focus on the history of Wally Byum's caravan travels around the world - seriously - in airstreams.
SO COOL.
Side Note: they secured enough of those popcorn buckets to have these adorable decorations on each table! [It's the little things - ]

We had over 200 rigs join us at The Ridge
and a couple of other campgrounds -
[I love this drone-shot someone shared with us!]

The individual sites are wonderful -
now we know why we have friends in big rigs return there year after year!

Caves Cove

I was SO HAPPY we were able to go up a day early and have the time to ride our bikes on the LAST vehicle free day of the season!

It's something we've wanted to do for a while...

and omgoodness - we LOVED IT.

There were hundreds of bikes out there... but spread out enough that it really wasn't too crowded to ride... [and y'all know we love our lectric bikes -]

It was just peaceful and enjoyable!

And no - we didn't see any 'wildlife'

although we talked to some who said they did...

maybe next time...

Because we'll be PLANNING a trip just for this next year!

Alabama Friends

AND OTHERS -

because once you start hanging out with this group called The Airstream Club you'll find you have friends from all over the nation [and Canada - wink]

And it was SO GOOD to have a little un-rushed time

to just visit with all our different 'pockets' of friends!

We enjoyed some meals together!

[Apple Barn never disappoints!]

And we love being with our rook-playing friends!

We might be timid with our bids,

but we have fun!

And David Gulley, our Region 6 President wanted to do

the installation for our Alabama Airstream Club officers -

So we made the time to do that

after our Alabama Luncheon one afternoon -

VAC Pancake Breakfast

THAT was a crazy busy day as we had our VAC Sponsored breakfast that morning... then Region 6 Board Meeting... then Alabama Club Meeting.. then Closing Ceremony, etc.

But it was good - ALL GOOD.

LOL

I'm the Region 6 Representative for the

Vintage Airstream Club

so we asked VAC members throughout the region to help us cook pancakes and sausage for 400+ people... and they did a great job!

The guys gathered and cooked the sausage the day before [yay!]

And the gals gathered before sunrise the next day to be the mixologists for all that pancake batter. We didn't anticipate the little BLIP of a thunderstorm that would sit on top of us the entire time we were cooking - HA.