{"id":1552,"date":"2025-12-17T15:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2025-12-26T08:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:27:53","slug":"2026-mcdowell-mountain-airstream-rally-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/2025\/12\/2026-mcdowell-mountain-airstream-rally-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 McDowell Mountain Airstream Rally Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>McDowell Mountain Regional Park, AZ<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Rally Dates: 26-28 February 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/rallies\/MCDOWELL26\/\">Registration Opens Here at 8am Saturday, 27 December 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/McDowell-Rally-Site.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/McDowell-Rally-Site.jpeg 639w, https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/McDowell-Rally-Site-300x120.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a great chance to camp and socialize with all the amenities and attractions of Fountain Hills, Scottsdale and Phoenix close by. And, with such great natural opportunities nearby this will be \u201clightly scheduled\u201d rally in a premium group area with Ramada, BBQs and facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t care for driving into town? There are also enough fantastic mountain bike and hiking trails (Scenic Trail is a magnificent hike; bike, too, for the adventurous!) available right in the park to keep anyone busy all weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the back of the success and rave reviews of last year\u2019s \u201cstructured pot luck\u201d, we will be repeating it again this year (details below). Please plan to supply your own plates and cutlery for all meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PLANNED ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Arrival Day, 26 February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Happy Hour \u2013 BYOB and an appetizer to share, get to know your fellow campers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Morning hike or bike<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let\u2019s do Lunch \u2013 meet up for no-host lunch together in Fountain Hills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Happy Hour, BYOB, hot coals provided at BBQ for cooking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evening campfire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Morning hike or bike<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Happy Hour games: Spinners, Cornhole, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Structured Potluck (see below)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evening campfire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday \u2013 Departure Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Depart By Noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>RALLY &amp; CAMPING FEE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>$10\/person Rally Fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>$70\/Rig Camping Fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>YOUR HOSTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosts: Jot and Linda Hollenbeck<br>Co-host: Debbie Whitmire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CAMPSITE INFORMATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>16 sites available at Group Location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is dry camping, so come with full water and empty waste tanks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Dump station available. Water at Ramada (not a fill station however)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The group site has washrooms, showers, Ramada with electric power and lights, BBQs and campfire area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tables, lighting and charcoal grills aplenty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cancel-policy\"><strong>CANCELLATION POLICY<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rally Fee<\/strong><br>As with all Four Corners Unit rallies we are unable to offer refund of the Rally Fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>REGISTRATION PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Upon rally release on registration day, you must <a href=\"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/rallies\/MCDOWELL26\/\">sign up and pay the rally fees here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>MORE INFORMATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maricopacountyparks.net\/mcdowell-mountain-regional-park\/\">McDowell Mountain Regional Park Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?hl=en&amp;gl=ca&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;fb=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ftid=0x872b9bde79d541c9:0x8f770169c9b53558\">Google Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trailforks.com\/tracker\/map\/?ping=33.685917,-111.739960\">Trailforks Trail Map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/rallies\/MCDOWELL26\/\">Register here Saturday 27 December 2025, 8am-ish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Four Corners Unit of the Airstream Club at McDowell Mountain Regional Park near Phoenix and Scottsdale for a lightly scheduled winter rally. Enjoy desert hiking, mountain biking, group meals, and campfire camaraderie in a premium group site, with easy access to Fountain Hills and outstanding Arizona outdoor recreation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rally-news-and-announcements","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourcornersunit.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}