Texas Boomers Organization & History
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Organization
The Texas Boomers RV Club
The club was established in 2000 as a regional affiliate of the internet site www.irv2.com.
To navigate to the Texas Boomers Section of irv2.com, click on the following link
Texas Boomers IRV2 Forum .
Information about joining and navigating the irv2.com web site is available on the site.
The club is open to any and all rv'ers across the state of Texas and we'd love to have you join us at any of the many rallies we host throughout the year. We invite you to scroll through the website and read about the history of the group. We also have established and maintain a Texas Boomers Interactive Forum that we invite all to visit. Registration information can be found on the forum home page.
Becoming A Texas Boomers Member Many RV Clubs require a membership fee and some groups require a certain type of rig, but
The Texas Boomers RV Club does not. We have everything from pop-ups to motor coaches and the
only membership requirement is ...... come to a Rally! We promise you'll come in as a stranger - leave as a friend
looking forward to the next rally. No one has a better time and more fun than the Texas Boomers whether
we're decorating our RV's for Christmas, hanging rutabagas from a tree as a prank, sitting around a warming
campfire or practicing our routines for a water ballet! You'll just have to come and hear all about our variety
and modes of entertainment!!!!
Members Code of Conduct
The club is a very informal organization and has no by-laws, membership guides, dress codes, etc.
but we do ask that our members act responsibly at all times.
Every individual action, good or bad, of the membership at our rallies reflects upon the entire club as a group.
There is no restriction on alcohol consumption, but please do not drink to an excess that may result in unruly behavior.
We must maintain a good rapport with all the parks we use for our rallies, in order to insure we will be invited to return.
We, therefore, ask that each member act with the utmost civility when dealing with park personnel.
Please deal with other members of the club with the same respect you would expect from them. Treat others as you would want to be treated.
Should a pattern of misconduct, by any member, develop in any of these areas, we will have no other
option but to ask that person not to return to future rallies.
Leadership
State WagonMaster's Don and Pat Allen - Killeen, Texas Assistant WagonMaster's Jodi Neal - Missouri City, Texas Scott & Sherry Smith - Brenham, Texas Darrell Reeves - Kountze, Texas
History
Cathie Jo, of Beaumont, logged onto the website and became immersed in meeting new people all across Texas.
She organized The Texas Boomers RV Club and planned their first rally in the summer of 2000. Four
couples gathered at Sea Rim State Park for a weekend of fun and fellowship. Following that rally, she
organized another rally in Kerrville for October of 2000. Unfortunately she wasn't able to attend and her
return to a writing career and other family matters prevented her from being as active in the group
as she had hoped to be.
At the October 2000 rally in Kerrville, four other couples gathered for the first time. They immediately
became good friends and quickly decided that Cathie Jo's goal of building an IRV2 Texas Boomer Club
would not be forgotten.
Sandy and Rusty Creekmore took on the challenge of organizing the Texas Boomers and
immediately began planning future rallies. In 2001, the group held six rallies and grew from four rigs
to eight rigs. By the end of 2002, the Texas Boomers RV Club has grown to 32 members (couples and singles)
who attend rallies whenever they can! 19 rigs pulled into our 2nd Anniversary Rally
at Kerrville in October of 2002! The club celebrated it's 20th anniversary at Old River Road
RV Resort in Kerrville in Oct of 2020. There wer over 40 rigs in attendance.
In 2019, Sandy lost her beloved Rusty and had to make some serious adjustments in her life and in 2021,
she turned the reigns of the club over to Don Allen of Killeen, Texas.
Don and his wife Pat have been active in the club since 2004 , hosting many rallies, and Don is currently the web site manager for the Boomers.
We have members from four corners of our great State! From the Houston area north to the Dallas/Ft Worth
area west to include Big Spring/Odessa all the way down south to Del Rio and everywhere in between:
San Antonio, Austin, College Station, Schertz, Boerne, Granbury, Adkins and Devine Texas!
The term "Boomer" was originally intended to encompass people of the "baby boomer" age
born between 1946 - 1964 and profiled as those who are pre-retirement and empty-nested.
However, such a description is NOT the case with the Texas Boomers! We have attendees
who are younger (and older) and we have some whose children light up the campground whenever
they are able to come! We have those who are full timers and others anxiously waiting for their
turn on the open road! Most of us, though, are still working stiffs who have adopted the motto
that we only go to work to earn enough money to keep our rigs rolling on the weekends!!!!
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