Enjoyment
of the whispering winds, the zephyrs, the airstreams of the Sierra
Nevada and Great Basin areas of the United States in a recreational
vehicle
Enjoyment
of the whispering winds, the zephyrs, the airstreams of the Sierra
Nevada and Great Basin areas of the United States in a recreational
vehicleBryan got an opportunity to create a free book through Shutterfly. He turned the project over to me (Diane Leipper) The SNU 40th Anniversary in 2016 provided the perfect event to celebrate in a commemorative book. This was an experiment, my first effort at using Shutterfly. I experimented with some of the preset options, frames, page layouts and other features on Shutterfly as well as creating some pages on my own. Some of the images I used were low resolution or composites. Any future projects I would use all full resolution images as they create a clearer and sharper result. I used quotes from Wally Byam’s Four Freedoms and the Wally Byam creed as descriptive comments on some of the pages. The most difficult part was choosing the pictures that best presented the story I wanted to tell about the SNU. With over 20 years involvement with the SNU and thousands of pictures, this was a challenge. I ended up creating a few extra pages that were an addition to the standard format for this size Shutterfly book.
This table annotates the images used in the book.
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page |
location on page |
year |
month |
event |
description |
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Front cover of the book |
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1 |
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1976 |
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Original SNU Charter |
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2 |
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1980 |
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SNU Mid-Nevada Caravan |
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2 |
upper left |
1980 |
8 |
SNU Mid-Nevada Caravan |
breakfast Scotts Summit |
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2 |
upper right |
1980 |
8 |
SNU Mid-Nevada Caravan |
breakfast Scotts Summit |
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2 |
lower left |
1980 |
8 |
SNU Mid-Nevada Caravan |
Near Lehman Caves |
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2 |
lower right |
1980 |
8 |
SNU Mid-Nevada Caravan |
Kennecott Copper Mine |
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3 |
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1996 |
9 |
Lahontan Rally |
1st SNU rally in almost 10 years Lahontan Beach 7 |
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4 |
upper left |
2011 |
10 |
Region 12 rally |
On hwy 88 headed to Jackson. CA |
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4 |
middle left |
2009 |
9 |
Unionville Rally |
On the way home stopped at a truck stop for breakfast – Williams, Haskett, Leipper, Baleme |
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4 |
lower left |
2009 |
6 |
Sweetwater Rally |
Thornburgs heading home |
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4 |
middle page |
2006 |
7 |
Obsidian Rally |
rest stop at Mono Vista Grossmann, Leipper, Pennsylvania Airstreamers |
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4 |
lower middle |
2005 |
5 |
Twin Lakes rally |
LaBorde heading home |
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4 |
upper right |
2011 |
8 |
Obsidian Rally |
heading home Kingsland, Leipper Williams |
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4 |
middle right |
2008 |
10 |
Hope Valley rally |
Moving from one rally site to another at Hope Valley |
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4 |
lower right |
2010 |
8 |
Rocky Point |
Heading home last is Randall, middle Williams, lead Thornburg |
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5 |
upper left |
2006 |
7 |
Obsidian Rally |
Bouquet Vicki made for the SNU 30th Anniversary lunch |
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5 |
middle right |
2006 |
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Collage of Diorama |
Vicki and Randy and the diorama they created for the SNU 30th Anniversary |
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5 |
lower left |
2015 |
5 |
Lassen rally |
Diorama on display at the Lassen RV resort rally |
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6 |
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collage of early SNU years |
1980 Caravan, left charter members Frank & Steve Burnham, Elenere Amidon in pink slacksm Dale Groschm 2000 rally at Washoe Lake, 2003 rally at Pyramid Lake Fred & Ann Hersey & Mary Lou & Don Damoth Ann in green slacks & Fred, 2006 Twin Lakes Rally, 2002 Davis Creek Rally Dale & Virginia Leipper, 2006 Boca Springs rally, Mt Family open house. 1996 Lahontan rally, 2004 Dayton rally 2005 Jerry & Dyann Sandwinds, 2005 Rye Patch rally, Trailer Park Troubadours concert. Virginia Leipper, Roy Douglas & Jerry 4 SNU presidents |
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7 |
upper left |
2011 |
9 |
35th Anniversary rally SLT |
Dinner cruise on the MS Dixie |
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7 |
lower left |
2011 |
7 |
Hickison Rally |
Doris & Dyann in Doris’s flamingo attire |
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7 |
upper right |
2007 |
10 |
Ft Sage rally |
Roman & Melissa visited the nearby Railroad Museum in Portola |
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7 |
lower left |
2012 |
9 |
Cantaloupe Festival Rally |
Celebrating Jessielynn’s 1st birthday |
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8 |
upper left |
2014 |
6 |
Sweetwater Rally |
Randy & Vicki’s solar lights |
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8 |
lower left |
2005 |
8 |
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Jerry’s flamingo made by his cousin |
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8 |
upper right |
2007 |
4 |
Lahontan Rally |
Don & Gail’s solar flamingo |
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8 |
lower right |
2012 |
7 |
Weed Heights rally |
Wheels & Doris’s flamingo lights |
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9 |
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2006 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
Overview of Unionville rally |
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10 |
upper left |
2012 |
8 |
Obsidian Rally |
Fixing brunch from left Marla, Barny, Vicki & Marybeth |
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10 |
middle left |
2014 |
8 |
Obsidian Rally |
Celebrating Bobbi’s birthday |
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10 |
lower left |
2006 |
7 |
Obsidian Rally |
visiting Sagehen Summit Randy Diane Jerry Dyann |
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10 |
lower middle |
2014 |
8 |
Obsidian Rally |
Overview of Obsidian rally |
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10 |
upper right |
2011 |
8 |
Obsidian Rally |
After dinner campfire & eating ice cream |
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10 |
lower right |
2014 |
8 |
Obsidian Rally |
Obsidian rally participants |
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11 |
middle page |
2011 |
9 |
Obsidian Rally |
Obsidian rally sunset |
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11 |
middle left |
2006 |
7 |
Obsidian Rally |
relaxing at Obsidian rally |
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11 |
middle right |
2013 |
8 |
Obsidian Rally |
Don fixing sourdough pancakes |
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11 |
lower right |
2006 |
7 |
Obsidian Rally |
“formal” dinner at Obsidian |
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12 |
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collage of later SNU |
Upper left Dave at Washoe Lake rally, 1998 WBCCI International rally, Sweetwater summit rally. Mesquite rally, cookie cutters made by Wes, Clint’s picture of Jerry, Root’s Airstream, Randy cooking waffles, Region 12 rally, Madison WBCCI International rally, 1980 SNU caravan, Don’s solar panels, diorama. Unionville rally, Twin Lakes rally Pyramid Lake rally |
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13 |
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2005 |
5 |
Boca Springs rally |
group shot of Boca Springs rally participants |
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13 |
upper left |
2010 |
6 |
Unionville Rally |
dinnertime |
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13 |
upper right |
2006 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
peacocks |
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13 |
middle left |
2010 |
6 |
Unionville Rally |
after the rally the sheep mowed the lawn |
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13 |
middle page |
2008 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
brunch Melissa made smoothies Carmen, Randy makes waffles |
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13 |
lower middle |
2006 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
campfire gathering |
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14 |
upper left |
2006 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
brunch at the Old Pioneer Bed & Breakfast |
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14 |
middle page |
2006 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
Dave providing local history at the brunch |
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14 |
upper right |
2010 |
6 |
Unionville Rally |
Unionville rally site in the county park |
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14 |
lower left |
2008 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
Sunset at Unionville |
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14 |
lower right |
2006 |
5 |
Unionville Rally |
Vicki at the Old Pioneer |
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15 |
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Unionville Rally |
composite of leveling techniques at Unionville rallies |
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16 |
upper page |
2009 |
7 |
Peterson Ranch Rally |
rally site at Peterson ranch near McArthur, CA |
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16 |
lower page |
2005 |
7 |
Kingston Rally |
Rally at Roy & Bonnie’s place in Kingston, NV |
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17 |
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2015 |
5 |
Lassen rally |
group shot of Lassen RV Resort rally participants |
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18 |
upper left |
2006 |
10 |
Orchard Rally |
rally site at the Orchard part of Ft Churchill |
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18 |
middle left |
2007 |
5 |
Ramhorn Springs |
rally site at Ramhorn Springs north of Susanville |
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18 |
middle left |
2011 |
9 |
Campground by the Lake SLT |
dinner time at the 35th Anniversary rally at South Lake Tahoe |
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18 |
bottom left |
2010 |
11 |
Mesquite Rally |
Mesquite campground in Death Valley |
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18 |
middle top |
2000 |
5 |
Washoe Lake Rally |
Dinnertime at Washoe Lake |
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18 |
middle |
2012 |
8 |
Cantalope Festival Rally |
Rally in Fallon at the Cantalope Festival |
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18 |
middle bottom |
2004 |
6 |
Boca Springs rally |
dinnertime at Boca Springs |
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18 |
upper right |
2007 |
9 |
Lahontan Rally |
rally site at Lahontan Beach 7 |
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18 |
middle right |
2013 |
6 |
Green Creek |
rally site at Green Creek near Bridgeport, CA |
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18 |
bottom right |
2004 |
4 |
Pyramid Lake |
rally site at Pyramid Lake Pelican Point |
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19 |
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SNU Logo |
The original logo of the SNU. Jerry Thornburg made this comment about the SNU sometime around 2006. It has become the tag line for the SNU as it describes us perfectly. |
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Back cover of the book |
