SEFFNER, FL: Fleetwood Motorhome Assn. Eastern Rally

We arrived at LazyDays RV Resort and Dealership on Tuesday, Jan. 23 for the FMA Eastern Rally.  LazyDays is a large full-service resort and RV dealer, with 300 campsites. There are many amenities included in the campsite price including full hookups, cable TV, large heated & covered pool & hot tub, free breakfast and lunch items in the Front Porch Cafe, and daily delivery of the Tampa newspaper. The property also includes a large rally/entertainment center with catering, a Flying J store and fuel pumps, a Cracker Barrel restaurant, a hotel, 230 repair bays, a large RV equipment store, and over 1500 RV's for sale to tempt you while you're here.

This rally offers free service calls with factory technicians from Fleetwood at your campsite....no labor charge and reduced prices on parts.  There are limits on what they'll work on, but this service is a great rally extra.  With an older coach, we always have something for them to tend to, or questions to ask.   They rehung a day/night shade that hadn't been installed properly last October, and cleaned a lot of lint out of the washer/dryer unit at no charge since no new parts were involved.  Fleetwood also gives $1000 to attendees who purchase a new Fleetwood or American Coach RV during the rally.

This event includes 3 catered meals.  Tuesday's dinner menu included turkey and dressing, fruited ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, salad, apple pie and 2 hours of free beer, wine, lemonade and tea.

Thursday's dinner was fried chicken, tilapia, squash, potato chunks, rolls, salad and sundaes with the same free beverages. Many door prizes were awarded after dinner. We won the first item - a gift pack from Bob Evans Farms that included several food items from their store, a t-shirt, a hat, a candle, coupons and small stuffed animal....ARV of at least $50.

Tuesday night's entertaner was BAT....a fantastic guitar player and singer who constantly interacts with the audience while going from one song to another with no pauses.  Except for taking two sips of water, he played continuously for two amazing hours.


Wednesday evening was bingo night with prizes of gift cards.

Thursday's entertainer was comedian Harley Worthit who we had seen at TR on Jan. 14.  Many of his routines were just as funny as the first time we heard them and the laughter was continuous.



Tonight's entertainment is a movie and popcorn.

Daytime events have included a vendor day (mostly women's items) several seminars on RV topics, and two harbor boat tours. There's been free time for sightseeing as well.

The rally has one more long day tomorrow with an RV open forum, a flea market, and another dinner with more door prizes and entertainment.