Monthly Archives: September 2009
Gypsy Rally – Day 3
Today was the 3rd day of the Rally, and like yesterday, it started out with coffee and donuts at 8:30.
At 9 we had our first class. Jan’s class was on “Healthy Eating on the Road”, and mine was on “Getting Better Signals on Your Cell Phone and Air Cards”.
We decided to take off and run some errands at 10 since we were not really interested in any of the seminars being given in the 10:30 – 12:00 time period.
After stopping by the local Moose Lodge to try and renew my membership (they weren’t open yet) we drove about 10 miles along the lake to the small town of St. Mary’s to a place we’d been told about called “Lost in the Fifties”.
It’s a 50’s style diner with an amazing memorabilia museum. They even had one of Elvis’ three pink Cadillacs. And the food was really good too.
We’ll try to go back later in the week so I can get some pictures.
On our way back to the rally, we stopped at the Moose Lodge and I was able to get my membership renewed..
Getting back to the rig, we had about an hour to rest up before our next class at 1:30 pm.
This class, called “Don’t Replace, Refurbish”, was one that both Jan and I wanted to attend. Given by a couple, the class told us how to upgrade the interior and exterior of our coaches without spending a lot of money. Right up my alley.
At 3:30 Jan went to “Meandering down the Highway” given by Nick Russell, the Gypsy Rally’s founder. It talks about traveling the back roads of America in an RV. I went to a Geeks on Tour class about Google Earth. ]
Google Earth is a free program from Google that gives you a virtual 3D globe on you computer that lets you zoom in on any place on earth.
After a break from 5 to 6 we had a pizza party, with all the pizza we could eat. And then at 7 pm we had a musical show by a husband and wife duo called One More Time. In the past they’ve performed on cruise ships and clubs. Now they’re full time RV’ers who travel around to rallys around the country and put on shows.
They have a very professional act with costumes and choreography. And they’re really good, with a lot of oldies and jokes. They’re doing a second different show tomorrow.
We’re looking forward to it.
We were back to the coach by 8:30, looking forward to tomorrow.
Later…
Gypsy Rally – Day 2
Today was our first full day of the rally seminars.
We started off with coffee and donuts at 8:30, while also checking out the vendor wares on sale.
Jan got some microfiber cleaning products and I picked up a book on the history of RV’s. It’s hard to believe RVs have been around for over 100 years.
At 9 am Jan and I split up and went to separate classes. She went to a “Cooking On The Road” seminar and I went to one on “Electrical Management Systems”
Then at 10:30 am, I went to a class on Blogging for the RV’er and Jan went to one “RV’ing Alaska”. I guess she wanted to be sure that we didn’t miss anything last year.
Lunch was from 12:00 to 1:30, so we went back to the China Wok Buffet again, knowing it would be quick, because we wanted to run by Walmart to pick up some stuff.
At 1:30 pm I had a class on “Managing Digital Photos with Picasa”. Picasa Photo Editing Software is a free program from Google that will find, sort, and manage all the photos on your computer. They recently came out with a new version and I thought this class would be a good way to catch up on the changes.
At same time, Jan went to a class given by Gypsy Journal’s Nick Russell called “Highway History and Back Road Mystery”. Jan has taken this class before, but says there’s always something new.
At 3:30 we both attended a seminar talking about ‘Hosting in State Parks”. We both learned a lot about being a volunteer campground host.
When the class was over, we went to our new favorite Mexican place (in Ohio, anyway) La Carreta. As before, Jan had the Beef and Bean Nachos and I had another bowl of the Chicken Tortilla Soup.
At 7 we were back for the door prize giveaway. I won a T-shirt and Jan won a bottle of energy drink. Wahooo!
About 7:45 we went to a talk of “100 Years of RVing”. There was some really great pictures of RVs from the very early 1900’s. Neat!
Tomorrow is another day…
