News from the President

These last few months we have been pretty occupied visiting several events. From May 11th though the 18th, we visited one of the more fun clubs which is the bus and bikers rally in Waynesville, NC. This group of rv and motorcycle enthusiasts take their rallies to the next extreme. They ride and play hard, and it is always fun to go to a bus and biker rally. As the official chase vehicle of the bus and bikers, we look forward to joining them again in the near future.

From July 7-11, Bill Fiermonti and I visited the Prevost rally held in Quebec, Canada. Quebec celebrated the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city of Quebec. For this event, Prevost hosted a unique rally where Prevost owners and members gathered to celebrate this special occasion. Prevost put on a fantastic rally, accompanied with great food and top of the line entertainment.

Next on our list was the FMCA in St. Paul, Minnesota from July 14-18. Parliament introduced the new line of chariot motor home build on a freightliner coronado truck chassis, 515 hp and a 13 speed eaton fuller with smartshift. We also showed our new 2009 XLII DS Parliament coach.Visit our website for more photo's at www. parliamentcoach.com.

The FMCA rally attracted approximately 3078 motor homes. We had the opportunity to meet some interesting people and made a lot of new friends.

We visited NAARVA from July 20-27 in Sparta, IL. NAARVA had a great turnout. 500+ member coaches. Special thanks to Reverend Womack, President of the NAARVA, for his special insight and participation.

From July 28 until August 3 we spend our time at the EAA Airventure in Oshkosh WI, which was a great experience. We met a lot of wonderful people and were pleasantly surprised by the amount of customers that showed up. Weather was great, sky was blue, perfect for some amazing and spectacular airshows.View some photo's of the F-22 Raptor.
For more info on the EAA Airventure, visit their website at www.eaa.org.

One of the biggest enjoyments we get from visiting these events is that we get to camp with friends, coach owners and parliament members which make these events a lot of fun. We hope to be doing this for a long time to come.

Don't miss out on some of the upcoming events:

August 4-16: The ATA Grand in Sparta, Illinois
August 4-10: 68th annual Sturgis, SO
August 25-31: Motorcycle rally; Walking horse celebration in Shelbyville, TN
September 14-19: Parliament Travel Club, Tunica/Memphis Fun & Games Rally
September 24-29: South Central FMCA in Little Rock, AR
October 6-10: Grand Venture, Charlotte NC

Hope to see you at one of these events.

Thanks,

Steve Mitchell,
President Parliament Coach