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We have a new forum, under the Lifestyle category: Motorhoming with Kids Post your ideas and tips for RVing with children and grandchhildren. Connect with other families. Suggest family-friendly destinations, kid-friendly events and child-friendly campgrounds. Discuss homeschooling, best motorhomes for kids. Share advice or ask questions ...

Here is the text of aztec7fan's letter that appeared in Readers' Forum: Attracting Younger Families To FMCA Dear Editor: I am glad to be back within the ranks of FMCA after being gone for a while because I did not own a motorhome. I joined several months ago, and have enjoyed my first two FMC magazines greatly. My letter is in regard to Charlie Schrenkel's "President's Message" column about gaining new members ("It's Our Family: Help It Grow," October 2009, page 8). My parents joined FMCA around 1968 and quickly relished the fellowship of other "bus nuts" they met at rallies, or when they found another "goose egg" in a campground or rest area. Some of my fondest memories are of rallies where, after the day's activities, a community campfire was started and someone would usually bring a guitar and play songs. Even as a teenager in the 1980s, I still liked looking through FMC magazine's how-to articles and seeing the latest, fanciest coach. But around that time, I also noticed a change in the membership of FMCA. There appeared to be more members who were at or near retirement age. Now, please understand, I have nothing against that demographic of the population. I realize that the typical motorhome owner is someone who has the money to purchase something larger than a trailer or pop-up and the time to enjoy it. Generally, this means people who are retired. But I believe that for FMCA to grow more quickly, it needs to appeal to the younger motohome owners. There are owners out there with kids and full-time jobs (like me), and we only have two weeks of vacation to take each year (plus an occasional long weekend). We probably would not be able to take time out to go to any of the international conventions, but local rallies could still appeal to us. I am not asking for a big change in FMCA, because it is still the best RV membership club. All I would ask is that the local chapters consider having one rally that might appeal to younger members, especially ones with kids. Have a visit to an amusement park once in a great while (I remember a rally in 1972 at Rocky Point, Rhode Island, which was one of the highlights of my membership as a child). Keep putting kids' activity pages in FMC magazine. Remember, younger members can belong to FMCA for a longer period of time and pass their love for FMCA on to their children.

Some customers are having a little trouble getting the Loyalty Card discount at Pilot Flying J locations. According to the company, this is the result of the process that customers are using at the different fueling lanes. Here are detailed processes that Loyalty Card holders should follow to receive their discount at any lane, any time. Loyalty Card holders will ALWAYS receive cash price and $.03 off diesel and $.02 off gas at any Pilot or Flying J. However, the process that is necessary to receive the discount varies depending on which lane is used. For RV or regular Auto Lanes: Insert Credit Card FIRST at pump. Insert Loyalty Card SECOND at pump. (As of March 14, Visa is the ONLY company that will allow you to fuel up to $495 in one transaction in RV lanes.) For Truck Diesel Lanes: Insert Loyalty Card ONLY, at pump to enable pump start. (DO NOT insert any other card -- e.g., credit card -- at pump or the transaction WILL FAIL.) Pump fuel, hang up nozzle, pull forward, go inside to pay. (Even if paying with credit card inside, you still will receive cash price and $.03 off.) ALL cards, regardless of age, can be used to receive the discount; cards just need to be registered at www.frequentfueleradvantage.com.