Nick-Neff-Cough

North Central California Non-Exclusive PopUp & Hybrid Camping Organization of Friendly Folks

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It isn't just a group, it's a movement:

 

Nick-Neff-Cough is a small band of campers who own Pop Up and Hybrid trailers that have chosen to organize camping excursions together. It is composed of folks and families from all walks of life. We are mainly from different Northern California counties, but membership is not restricted by geography or any other requirements, though most of us own a Pop Up or Hybrid trailer. But even that's not a requirement.

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Once upon a time:

 

Aside from having our trailers in common, we also share a common interest in the well-being of Pop Up Times Magazine and Website.  For this is where all of us met, the virtual national campground, a place where we digitally gathered to share ideas and get to know one another.

 

And on one fateful day, in June of 2002, our initial gathering was held at Bodega Dunes State Beach just north of Bodega Bay.  About seventeen groups, strangers to one another, gathered for a rally and after a magical weekend, went away as good friends.

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From Online to On-the Road:

 

But above all, it is the friendship experienced that keeps us coming back.  We first started just knowing people by their internet handle, 6Quigs, Y-Guy, CWB and etc.  But soon enough, Ab Diver became known as Dave, SactoCampers as Brian.  And we renamed people.  K9Holly became transformed to Hybrid Holly.  Mnikoley is now Nick.

 

That kind of progression happens only with people who have grown comfortable with each other, like putting on an old pair of jeans, giving each other nicknames and giving each other a hard time, all in jest.  It is the grand manifestation of a connection made through a faceless medium which resulted with people gathered around the campfire under a canopy of a dark sky filled with stars.

 

What's in a name?

 

A rose by any other name is still a rose.  And so it goes with Nick-Neff-Cough, a unique name that traces its roots to a slow day on the Pop Up Times message boards.  A few of the camping friends spontaneously shared their boredom on the net and after a number of exchanges the idea of naming an unnamed group became a reality. 

 

(See the History of Nick-Neff-Cough)

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"Popup Trailers: Camping's Best Kept Secret"
                                    -A Wise Popup Camper

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It takes a village:

 

It became evident that camping as a group has a lot of advantages.  There is strength in numbers.  Rally camping or RVing, as others will term it, is like being part of a traveling circus with all kinds of entertainment value provided by every other member.

 

During a rally, at any given moment, from the time you wake up to when your eyelids can no longer hold up, there is the constant opportunity to converse with someone, to listen to the cacophany of childrens' laughter and games, to inspect unique trailer modifications and demo another camping accessory that you don't need but end up buying anyway.

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Carry On, Rally Onward:

 

The unifying element we all share is the love of camping.  And a close second to that is our love to bring all of our junk along with us and the trailer does a fine job providing that.  Nick-Neff-Cough has brought a new dimension to the experience, by promoting goodwill, a solid camaraderie and an unfailing confidence that the Saturday night potluck will leave no one hungry.

 

We look forward to many years of rallying, colonizing certain campgrounds for days at a time in fulfillment of our nomadic lifestyles.  Woody Allen once quipped that he wouldn't be a member of a club that would have him as a member.  Many of us are that way, but as life would have it, we formed a club anyway, the Nick-Neff-Cough.

 

And so, if you're in our neck of the woods, come join us.  It's a great group of folks. 

 
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To find out more about Nick-Neff-Cough or if you would like to join us at a rally, click here.

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