Submitted by Carol Davis (Pictures below)
58 Alberta Roamers and new friends gathered at the Skating Arena in Blackie, Alberta between June 18 and 22nd, 2018 for a great deal of fun and games and food! We were delighted to have four Australians in our group numbers.
Ed and Julie with some help from Carol organized and hosted the Rally. They prepared the Host Dinner for Monday night as well as another Pulled Pork dinner on Wednesday. A Desert Buffet Pot Luck produced a huge assortment of goodies. The regular Pot Luck on Tuesday was bountiful as usual and Thursday served up some leftovers. We went through gallons of coffee during the week. The guys did a great job on the hitch up Friday breakfast where the ladies showed off their selection of hats!
Ed came up with some new games which were fun. Mel, Tony and Stan were excellent “Liar, Liar” moderators for the one game which showed off a huge selection of unusual tools Ed owns. Each of the moderators told their version of what that tools use was – only one of them told the truth – thus the games name. Some of the “lies” were whoppers! (but very believable)
A safety demo in checking fire extinguishers was well received and many of us learned things. Thanks Ed.
Tours took participants to a several locations in High River.
Seven guests were adopted into our family. A wide assortment of White Elephant items were on the Raffle Table and several people were very lucky in winning more than one! One guest (Margaret) donated a beautiful hand made Quilt which was won by Kay. It raised $185 in ticket sales. Thank you Margaret.
As per usual Volunteers stepped up to do all the work for cleanup, setup, food service etc. Thank you one and all. Special thanks to Kay and Tony for parking everyone so well. 29 RV’s fitted into the lot in a safe and efficient way.
The Rally took in $2,167.00 in Rally fees and Camping fees. Expenses totalled $1,029.00 so we made $1,258.00 on this Rally – the result of high number of attendees and a very reasonable hall rent. Remember that the club donates extra funds at the August Rally each year to Charities of our choice.
Hope I have not forgotten anything! I had a good time and think you did too.
See you down the road.
Alberta Roamers 
Attendees at the Blackie Rally had the pleasure of meeting new friends Deryn and John from Australia. The following thank you came from them today to share with you Their travels sound very interesting so check out their Blog.
They also attended their first Rodeo and Chucks in High River on Friday and were a delight to watch!!
Hi Carol!
John and I would like to thank Chapter 44 for their wonderful hospitality during the rally – we were made to feel like part of the family and it means so much to us especially when we are so far from our own family.
We are now in Waterton Lakes National Park – a truly beautiful spot in the foothills. We also went to Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump which we found very interesting – what a great way to spend a rainy afternoon!
I am attaching the link to my blog – I publish each week, usually on a Saturday or Sunday, depending on internet coverage. I write it just for fun, to keep a journal of what we have done and also to keep friends and family up to date with our adventures. I hope you enjoy reading it and looking at the photos my IT Support Technician adds for me! If any of the “family” at chapter 44 would like to read it, please pass on the link:
https://johnandderynstravels.wordpress.com
We will endeavour to make it to the next rally in August, even if it is only for a day or two.
See you then!
Cheers
Deryn and John