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    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Thu Sep 17 21:27:08 2026
    We arrived today at a campground in Lady Lake, Florida named Grand Oaks. It is
    primarily a horse farm that does horse shows and dog shows as well.

    Saturday there will be 100 or so jumpers putting on a show. Looking forward to seeing
    that.

    The facilities here are great except that their internet sucks :( I was finally able to
    connect to my hobbylinebbs.com server to do the weekly file hatch. Hope it gets
    through OK.

    My wife and I belong to the Caloosa Winnies based in Cape Coral, Florida. It used to be
    that you had to own a Winnebago to join, but now anyone with a coach of any make
    can join, I do their website for them. Check it out at https://caloosawinnies.org

    We will be here until Sunday, then we head to Naples until Thursday for the U.S. Open
    Pickleball tournament, This is something we do every year. We get a chance to see the
    Pros live, protected by a canopy that shades the players and spectators from the sun
    and rain.

    Our coach is a 42 foot Itasca Meridian, manufactured by Winnebago. We might make it
    to Forest City, Iowa this summer. They have a Grand Rally every year and we have
    been to a couple of them in the past.

    I guess that's all for now.

    Mike Dippel


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  • From Cj@954:895/61 to Mike Dippel on Thu Sep 17 21:27:08 2026
    Mike Dippel wrote to All <=-

    We arrived today at a campground in Lady Lake, Florida named Grand
    Oaks. It is primarily a horse farm that does horse shows and dog shows
    as well.

    I know where that is, I pass it on my way over to visit my parents. They
    live in The Villages.

    Saturday there will be 100 or so jumpers putting on a show. Looking forward to seeing that.

    The facilities here are great except that their internet sucks :( I
    was finally able to connect to my hobbylinebbs.com server to do the
    weekly file hatch. Hope it gets through OK.

    I hope that you and your wife enjoy your visit there. From what I've seen, the place is pretty posh! Is this your first visit there?

    Our coach is a 42 foot Itasca Meridian, manufactured by Winnebago. We

    Dang! That's a big rig! Very nice!


    Chris (CJ)
    SysOp - CJ's Place BBS

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  • From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to Cj on Thu Sep 17 21:27:08 2026
    On 4/12/2024 7:07 AM, Cj wrote to Mike Dippel:

    Mike Dippel wrote to All <=-

    We arrived today at a campground in Lady Lake, Florida named Grand Oaks. It is primarily a horse farm that does horse shows and dog shows as well.

    I know where that is, I pass it on my way over to visit my parents. They live in The Villages.

    Saturday there will be 100 or so jumpers putting on a show. Looking forward to seeing that.

    The facilities here are great except that their internet sucks :( I was finally able to connect to my hobbylinebbs.com server to do the weekly file hatch. Hope it gets through OK.

    I hope that you and your wife enjoy your visit there. From what I've seen, the place is pretty posh! Is this your first visit there?

    Our group tries to visit here once per year. It's a regular annual outing.


    Our coach is a 42 foot Itasca Meridian, manufactured by Winnebago. We

    Dang! That's a big rig! Very nice!

    I didn't really want one that large. My wife wanted one with a full wall slide out, and
    this is the only one they had in stock. We purchased it 4 years used so we got a good
    break on the price.

    Mike Dippel

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