Upcoming Rallies and Events

Information about upcoming rallies, gatherings, conferences and other events of interest to Families on the Road.

Other Rallies and Events

Homeschool Related

Homeschooling Events

A calendar of conferences and events for homeschoolers is listed on the A to Z's Home's Cool Calendar

Not Back to School Camp for Teens

2008 Registration is now open (Updated Link

  • Session 1: August 18th—25th, 2008 in Oregon
  • Session 2: August 28th—September 4th, 2008 in Oregon
  • Session 3: TBA in Vermont

RV Related

Check the calendar at RV.net for an updated list of Rallies for RVers

RV Shows Schedule of Events

RV Life on Wheels Conferences in Kentucky, Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Iowa. Tuition is $199 for 3 days of workshops and classes.

Gypsy Journal Rally

Sponsored by The Gypsy Journal RV Travel Newspaper. February 11-15, 2008 - Pinal County Fairgrounds, Casa Grande, Arizona. More details at the Gypsy Journal web site.

Florida Gathering January 2008 - Jetty Park

We Were There

Check the links below for more photos and reports on the gathering from the families that were there.

Day 1

January 24th - 15 Families gathered for a potluck. 34 kids ranged from 9 months old to 17 years were in attendance. 13 RVing families camped on site and 2 were camping nearby.

Getting to know each otherGathered around the potluck

Lara MillerThe feastLots of foodShip cruisning by camp

The Whole Gang

(Well those that could manage to stay still long enough to be in the picture)

15 FOTR families
Click to enlarge

Group photo by Tom Smythe - all other photos by Kimberly Goza unless otherwise noted.

Day 2

January 25th - We kicked off the day with an impromptu football game - the Moms against the Sons. An arts and crafts activity: making flags for all the families. There was a baseball game, leggos, necklaces being made, trees being climbed and beaches to play on. Captain Jack Sparrow also made an appearance and lead all the kids on a treasure hunt.

Mom and Son Football

Rules for football gamefootball huddlefootball game

boys with Leggos
Playing Leggos

Mom's chatting
Moms chatting

Making FOTR Flags

FOTR flag being madeDeMichaels making their flagWagner and Christian designing flagscoloring flagscolorful flags

2 girls climbing trees
Climbing Trees

Treasure Hunt with Captain Jack Sparrow

Captain Jack at playgroundMom's taking Captain Jacks picturekids on playgroundkids on play structurelittle boys gathered around Captain JackMoms watching Captain JackKids 1Captain Jack with boysKids 2Kids 3aerial shot- kids talking to Captain Jack SparrowFOTR parentsCaptain Jack group photo

The Treasure Hunt Organizers:
Auvi and Savannah

The Treasure Hunt Assembly:
assembling treasure

Beach Fun

digging holes in the sandplaying on the beachteens in surfIan flying kite

Day 3

January 26th - Some began with morning Yoga on the beach. Then we exchanged road stories and huddled under awnings while it rained. We had a collective moment when we remembered a family that was planning to come to our event but who had to change their plans when the father passed suddenly last month.

Several families were interviewed by Bergen from figure 8 films for possible inclusion in an upcoming documentry on the TLC network about families on the road. Then we toured each others RVs (several A-classes, 5th wheels, a small C-class and an Airstream travel trailer) where we exchanged tips and ideas.

In the evening we crammed about 25 people in the Smythe's RV to record a podcast hosted by the Goza family. (It will air 1/31) The teens had a movie night and the gamers played on their electronic systems.

Many friendships have been struck and we all look forward to crossing paths in the future.

Yoga on beachYoga