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34th International RV Rally Comes to Syracuse 500 RVs Flock To Syracuse

By Karyssa D'Agostino

… FOR 34 YEARS THE NEWMAR KOUNTRY KLUB HAS HOSTED AN INTERNATIONAL RALLY FOR ITS MEMBERS… THE TITLE INCLUDES THE WORD INTERNATIONAL BECAUSE MEMBERS COME TOGETHER FROM ALL 9 OF THE KLUBS REGIONS… INCLUDING THE TWO REGIONS IN CANADA …
…FROM TAMPA TO ALASKA THIS ANNUAL RALLY AND SMALLER RALLYS LIKE IT HAVE BEEN HELD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY… SO WHY SYRACUSE… INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR BOB KREIGER SAYS WHAT DREW HIM TO THE LOCATION WAS THE ADDITION OF NEW CAMPSITES…

…WELL I HAD HEARD THEY JUST PUT IN ABOUT 400 NEW CAMPSITES… SO WE CAME UP AND MADE A SITE VISIT…

…THAT SITE VISIT TURNED OUT TO BE A SUCCESS … AS AROUND 1000 NEWMAR KOUNTRY KLUB MEMBERS ROLLED INTO SYRACUSE THIS PAST MONDAY… THE INTERNATIONAL RALLY IS A CHANCE FOR CLUB MEMBERS TO COME TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR… IT’S ALSO A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THE LATEST AND GREATEST IN RV MODELS OR GET THEIR OWN RV WORKED ON OR FIXED….

…THE EVENT IS USUALLY CLOSED OFF FOR NEWMAR KOUNTRY KLUB MEMBERS ONLY… BUT TODAY HERE IN SYRACUSE IT’S COMMUNITY DAY SO ANYBODY CAN COME CHECK OUT THESE RVS… THEY RANGE FROM ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND COME WITH BATHROOMS THAT ARE FULLY EQUIPPED… AND THE MORE EXPENSIVE ONES CAN EVEN COME WITH WASHING MACHINE… BUT ALL THE RVS COME WITH A PRIVICY DOOR JUST INCASE YOU WANNA ESCAPE FROM YOUR KIDS, WIFE OR HUSBAND…

… REGIONAL DIRECTORS BOB AND JANE HADLEY HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE INTERNATIONAL RALLY SINCE 2006… AND DESPITE SYRACUSES LACK OF FALL FOLIAGE AND NICE WEATHER THEY THINK THE LOCATION OF THIS YEARS RALLY HAD A DIFFERENT PERK…

“YEAH AND IT’S JUST NICE TO HAVE IT IN OUR REGION BECAUSE LOTS OF TIMES PEOPLE DON’T TRAVEL TO THE WEST COAST FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RALLY SO WE’VE HAD A GOOD TURN OUT HERE AND THE LOCATION WAS FABULOUS”
… NEXT YEARS RALLY GOERS WILL BE HEADED TO ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING… FOR NCC NEWS, I’M KARYSSA D’AGOSTINO

By Karyssa D’Agostino SYRACUSE., N.Y. (NCC News) — Five hundred RVs, which carried around 1000 people from all over the country, rolled into Syracuse on Sept. 28. People from nine regions (including two Canadian regions) made the trip to the New York State Fairgrounds.

These 1000 people are members of the Newmar Kountry Klub, an exclusive 50-year-old RV club. Once a year they gather for their International Rally somewhere within their nine regions.

They’ve held the rally from Wyoming to Tampa and now Syracuse. Why of all places that they could have held it did they pick Syracuse? Besides the hiking trails, nature, rich historical seminars and great restaurants, Newmar’s International Directors Bob and Bonnie Krieger had other reasons for checking it out.

“Well I had heard they just put in about 400 new campsites,” said Krieger. “So we came up and made a site visit.”

These RV shows are usually closed off to members only, but Sept. 28 was the event’s “community day.” People from Syracuse or surrounding areas were invited to come checkout the RVs and vendors.

For regular members, attending this is a great opportunity for them to fix up their home on wheels or even look into upgrading. On display were the newest models of RVs that anyone could get a tour of or check out on their own.

Besides coming to check out the latest in the RV world, people come to connect. Whether reconnecting with old friends or spending quality family time together checking out the new locations, the biggest reason people come to these rally is the family camaraderie, Krieger explained.

Families who start as just normal club members can find roles within the Newmar Kountry Klub’s regional or international groups. Regional Directors for the east coast Bob and Jane Hadley have been club members since 2006.

“It’s just nice to have it in our region,” Hadley said. “Because lots of times people don’t travel to the west coast for the international rally.”

Newmar already has the location for 2020’s International Rally set. It will be held in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

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