Dear FMCA Member:
It is with great disappointment that we must announce that the Western Motor Home Association (WMHA) Executive Board (EB) has decided to postpone our upcoming 33rd Western Area Rally, which was scheduled for January 6-12, 2021, at the Riverside County Fairgrounds and National Date Festival, Indio, California.
The Executive Board (EB) has been working diligently for the last few months in planning for the rally, but we ended up facing too many obstacles that were hard to overcome, the main one being the availability of the Riverside Fairgrounds. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two main buildings at the fairgrounds were set up as a triage to treat virus patients and as an overflow for the hospital in Indio. Another building is being used as a supply storage point. There are also equipment and vehicles stored on the fairgrounds. This Federal COVID-19 support station is still in place at the fairgrounds and will remain so in case of an expected recurrence of COVID-19 cases. The earliest expected removal is not until December 31, 2020, and may go beyond that date. We just cannot work around that schedule.
While we all would like to come together once again for the Western Area Rally, the health and safety of our members must be first and foremost. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing and forecast to worsen as cooler months arrive, the WMHA EB determined it would be in everyone’s best interest to postpone the event for 2021.
We are happy to report that the 33rd Western Area Rally will be held January 12-16, 2022, at the Riverside County Fairgrounds and National Date Festival, Indio, California. We will be using the same theme chosen for the now cancelled 2021 rally, “In The Land of Oz.” We are confident that by sometime next year this awful COVID-19 pandemic will be behind us, we will be returning to normalcy, and we can once again pursue our favorite RVing lifestyle.
We wish you all a happy and healthy year and for those of you who are able to get out, safe travels to you all.
Sincerely,
Lon Cross
President, WMHA
Area VP, FMCA
661-886-5077
Bob Golk
President (elect), WMHA
Area VP (elect), FMCA
Rally Master
661-599-3548
