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NMLS ID# 19116 Roughing it FALL 2016 VOLUME 13 NUMBER 4 Smoothly October 2016 Volume 13, Number 4 Roughing It Smoothly® magazine is published four times a year by Book Production Resources for Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc., 105 2nd Street NW, Red Bay, Alabama 35582. BPR offices are located at 1403 Cedar Point Way, Monroe, Georgia 30656. Periodical postage paid at Monroe, GA and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send all changes of address to Book Production Resources PO Box 1150 Monroe, GA 30655-1150 6 22 60 This issue of Roughing It Smoothly® has a printed distribution of approximately 27,000 copies, an online distribution of 42,000 copies, and a dealer distribution of 12,000 copies. It was printed by American Printing Co., 428 Departments Features Industrial Lane, Birmingham, AL 35211. Copyright © 2016 by Book Production President’s Corner 4 Dealer Profile 52 The Allegro Bus 45 OPP Resources. All rights reserved. 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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Typesetting and Page Makeup, Andy Cargile News You Can Use 74 Copy Editor, Carolyn Thompson Tiffin Allegro Club News 44 • See page 22 National Advertising Director, Dale Cathey Serious Tech Talk 79 Contributing Writers: Fred Thompson, Bob Tiffin Management Team 46 Tiffin, Suzanne Clemenz, Danny Inman, Dave Mark Phillips Sedona & Terri McClellan, Dr. John Pilarczyk, Mary Cover: Great Smoky Mountains Findley, and Sally Moore. • This Place Is Addictive Contributing Photographers: Fred Thompson, From the Road 50 Suzanne Clemenz, Dave & Terri McClellan, Sally See page 60 Moore, Mike Wells, Mark Phillips, Great Smoky Mountains Association, and Mark Richardson. Roughing It Smoothly circulation jumps to 81,000 printed and online magazines. Over 27,000 Tiffin owners are now receiving tion. Color prints are welcome and we will use Serious Tech Talk The Allegro Breeze 31BR is now shipping to dealers. 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Field trips on rallies have become so popular in recent The Tiffin The third year—doing one big event to develop at the local club level and even lished better communications with the buses were arranged to take in the area’s years that they sell out within a week— a year—the club decided to do a rally in more so at the annual rallies, plus their Sideroads publication, and continued with attractions and local entertainment and sometimes much sooner—after they Nashville. Of course, that’s the entertain- loyalty to the Tiffin brand was just amaz- well-planned rallies. At the time Jimmy brought in the regional culture. Games are announced. To be fair to our owners Allegro Club ment capital of the South, and they drew ing. It wasn’t long at all before we began and Gail started, we had an active mem- and ice cream socials, plus themed events who want to attend a rally, the Moores a really big number of owners who drove to see repeat business.