By Dale Edwards

Feb 1, 2012

We had six rigs at our first campout of 2012 in Acton, out near Palmdale, with President Ron and Phyllis Kay as wagonmasters.    They put on a great fried chicken spread for the Friday evening meal, topped off with some fine Trader Joe’s Merlot and Chardonnay and cheesecake for desert.  Gary Leister built a nice campfire after dinner, but it was getting cold and windy and only three hardy souls gathered around it.   That night and the next morning it rained and the cold wind sure gave Bob Martin’s new 20-foot tall flagpole and flags a workout.   To those who thought the flags were too noisy during the night, Bob said he would put up some wind chimes the next night. 

But the rain and wind did not deter Ron and Phyllis from putting on a spectacular breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and pancakes for Saturday morning.   Of course they had help from Bob Martin and John Siebert plus others, and everyone enjoyed consuming said breakfast.  Everyone sort of did their own thing in the afternoon, that is until cocktail hour when the Siebert’s put out the champagne to celebrate their first Nomad outing with their new rig that they purchased during the November campout at Emerald Desert.  That’s a Nomad Club tradition, and it was followed by our great and famous potluck dinner. 

Our next campout is at the Sands Resort in Desert Hot Springs over the February President’s Day weekend.   That is our official Potentate’s visit event, and will probably be history by the time you read this.   But we have a campout coming up every month, so come join us at one of them.  In March we go to Tucalota Springs just north of Temecula, in April we will be at the beautiful Yucaipa Regional Park, followed by Flying Flags in Buellton in May, and Oak Creek in El Cajon in June.    All of these campouts are scheduled for the third weekend of the month this year, so planning is pretty easy.  

So if you’ve ever thought about getting out more often and enjoying good company and great food, consider joining the El Bekal Nomads.   But if you buy a new rig, don’t forget to bring the champagne, and remember we are a club, not a unit, and you can belong to as many clubs as you have interests.  Just give our President, Ron Kay, a call at (562) 425-3759 for more information.   Or if he is too busy unpacking all the wagon master stuff to answer the phone, come join us at one of our 2^nd Tuesday monthly dinner meetings after calling VP Norm Smith at (714) 979-5039 for reservations a couple of days in advance.