DW and I sort of felt the same way about Trailblazers - we bought our TM to use on basecamping canoe trips. A few years back we were contacted by members of the Charter Chapter when they were planning an activity in our home town and just wanted some local knowledge. We felt sort of obligated to attend. We were surprised to have a great time and now regret when we can't make one of their rallies. There is no problem with a TM that someone at a rally can't fix. Sometimes the rallies are at urban locations we probably wouldn't visit on our own but sometimes they are held at really great locations we wouldn't have known about otherwise. (And it's about the only organization were we at 60ish are relative youngsters!) So I'd encourage our friends on the forum to try a rally and see if you do like it. - camp2canoe
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