So, you want to have a rally near you..

There has been some backdoor questions and PM's about why there isn't a rally in a certain area, or how to get one in "your area"..

I am going to hope other past rally hosts chime in here, but the solid basics are, pick a campground you like, in an area that's easy for you to work with and in, hopefully with interesting stuff to do..

Figure out when you want to camp there. And post it. Simple as that. They will come.

We have several repeating rallies now, from coast to coast, that started out just like that. The ERU and the Kentucky minimini are just a couple. (I post those because they are ones I have been to several times)

As a rally host, or as they are known in most pod circles, "The Unleader", you can choose to work up a schedule of events that runs the gamut from "Camp with Friends" to an 8 page schedule of events including planned and group meals, tours of local interests, etc. It's up to the unleader to decide. Campers will come, some will do anything and everything planned, some won't. As a minimum, most every pod rally I have been to has had at least one "podluck" dinner, and most often a dog night. As a host, i brought dogs and buns, rally attendees brought various sides or desserts..

A quick note about "Pod Rallies" vs "Forest River Rallies" If FR is involved, FR equipment will be all that is allowed there for them to help support the rally. And they will if you ask, and if they can. FR themselves put on several rallies every year, I really suggest if that is the kind of rally you want, you should try one of theirs. From the beginning, Pod Rallies have almost all been "and friends".. We have people no longer in a pod who we want to camp with, people we camped with before we were podders, etc etc, who we want to be and feel welcome.

If you have questions about hosting, feel free to bring them up here, and we will do our best to get you started on the path of unleaderness..

2013 was in North Carolina..

Originally posted by jato If memory serves correctly 2012 ERU was at Lakeshore State Park, just north of Port Huron, Michigan. The "unleaders" did a phoenominal job!

Nope.. the 2012 ERU was at Kentucky Horse Park.

Oh, and yes, I also believe next year will be in Kentucky...

I forgot about North Carolina, and I was there. The Blue Ridge Mountains were gorgeous.

We had a great time then, meeting you as well as all the other podders! That was my first encounter with the 'corn hole.'  Haven't played it since.  Ok Mr. Smith, enlighten me about the "CLAW"