Country Coach Friends Have LONG Histories of Rallying Fun!

Most Country Coach Friends Members

Boast a L-o-o-o-n-g History of Rallying Fun!

In the early 70s a few RV visionaries began manufacturing in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. One of the most passionate ones was Bob Lee (pictured). A small family business grew…other businesses joined the industry…and the Lane County region of Oregon became a birthplace of the Highline Motorcoach Industry. It was back in those early days of Country Camper when Bob & Terry Lee, Ron & Cookie Lee, Jack & Jan Gossett (lifetime CCFI Members), and Blanche Miller  (A.K.A. Ms Country Coach) all had an awesome idea….

Why not hold rallies where owners could enjoy their motorhomes and their friends parked together somewhere fun for multi-day events. Why not facilitate settings where motorhoming friends would USE the beautiful home on wheels fully while enjoying their friends who were also nomadic, unplugged travelers? 

So began a legacy of rallying “Country Coach style” that actually sparked the formation in June 2011 of the Country Coach Friends Inc.  That original company event level of rally experience ended with the company’s closure; those no holds barred, nonstop fun, free service supported, unexpected gifts, and extravagant evening events with amazing wall posters and table settings, all that by necessity had to end. Simply because the company underwriting of rally expenses was no longer there. BUT….Country Coach owners missed that very distinct CC flavor of rallying for which they had become accustomed.

CC friends longed for the camaraderie and the friendship and the style of those company underwritten events. They missed the Country Coach rallies' consistency in quality and rally style. So, they decided to form a new club, and they met on the banks of the Willamette River in June 2011  A new International Chapter of Country Coach owners and other brand owners was born–Country Coach Friends Inc. A group of 42 Country Coach motorcoach owners began a wonderful club birthed as the club in which to enjoy each other’s friendship, to make new friends, to travel to great places and enjoy quality rallies reminiscent of the old Company event days, just smaller in size. At all CCFI rallies, as a CCFI member in good standing you will enjoy a reduced rally registration fee. CCFI Rallies are always open to all brands of motorcoaches, so invite your friends. Don’t miss out! Attend one, and you’ll be a part of the family when you leave!

Make use of great discounts and benefits many businesses nationwide immediately offered members of this Country Coach owners club. From its humble beginnings, this club has grown to 300 members today. In fact, today Country Coach Friends Incorporated is one of the larger International chapters of Family Motor Coach Association.

CCFI members are the most generous people on the planet! Every rally the assembled members and friends hold a huge charity auction and all proceeds raised benefit a wonderful charity within the community where rallies are held. Giving back is something this club holds as a priority in focus…the club president has often said, "We have been very blessed to enjoy this wonderful lifestyle and it is our privilege to bless others."

Fun-loving, positive, playful, free of organizational politics …Join the Fun!  Founded on Friendship, this club has quickly grown and is now recognized as one of the fastest growing clubs in America. CCFI  welcomes Country Coach owners and all owners of other brands of qualifying motorhomes to its membership and rallies. Join the club, or renew your membership today by mailing in a form from the monthly e-Publication, or visit online, www.CountryCoachFriendsIncorporated.com

Come to a rally, sit coachside with friends and share a tall iced tea together and get acquainted! Exciting things and places and rallies are on the horizon. See You There!*

*Ms. Country Coach Blanche Miller epitomized the Country Coach Club Lifestyle. She is now motoring heavenly highways. Blanche Miller’s archives of all her personal scrapbooks, correspondence and pictures of her rallying life were gifted to me and what a treasure trove of memories! It is one of the best gifts I’ve received. Joy and Barbara Epperly, George and Josie Shallbetter, Bill and Dorothy Pontsler, and many of the longest tenured CC owners (now all CCFI Members) are undoubtedly within some of those “Blanche memories photos”…. I will enjoy these walks down memory lane for years to come! –Sherry Fanning

These days there is a new group of RV Industry marketers in the South Willamette Valley…they are business and family members of an organization called Oregon RV Alliance. These RV enthusiasts spread a message that is similar in message of those visionaries of the 1970s. Come to Oregon for your RVing leisure time, your service and renovations, your motorcoach shopping, and in the midst of it all discover this state’s Natural Attractions and Pacific NW Wonders!  www.Come2Oregon.com