For those who love Fall, welcome to cool nights and sunny days! With leaves losing their green color and turning their natural yellow and orange color, October is a popular month for travel. Originally the 8th month of the Roman calendar, the name came from the Latin ‘octo’ meaning 8. When the calendar was changed to the 12 month Gregorian, the name was retained but it became the 10th month.

In addition to Halloween, there are several significant events in the month, starting with October 1, which is National Homemade Cookie Day, then Columbus Day, which coincides with Indigenous People’s Day, International Day of the Girl Child, World Teacher Day, World Smile Day, International Coffee Day, and International Day of the Older Person which can be celebrated by most of us.

We may be at the end in the camping season, but we’re already looking ahead to the next. Our Wagonmaster Tim Haskell and his volunteer committee will present suggestions for 2025 camping places at the next meeting.

The nominating committee, the 3 past presidents, will present a slate of officers for 2025 at the next meeting October 24.

We will be asking for several volunteers: someone to plan the Thanksgiving meeting, someone to plan the Christmas meeting and someone to coordinate our 3 winter activities in January, February and March. Please be thinking about how you can contribute to the chapter.

Finally, the answers to last months quiz are:

1. Henry McCarty, aka William H. Bonney, aka Billy the Kid
2. Winter bananas
3. Psithursim
4. New Hampshire
5. John Chapman
6. Petrichor
7. Fruit
8. Yellow and orange
9. Egyptian
10. September, of course

Since nobody claimed the nickel prize, I’ll give it to the first person who sends me the QUESTIONS for these answers.

Suzanne