Monthly Archives: August 2010
Eastern Gypsy Rally – Day 2
Today started out great, but ended in a drag.
Jan and I headed over to the Meeting Hall a little before 9 am, where Jan had a class on Bicycling for RV’ers while I started checking out the vendor area. Then at 10:30 am Jan had a class on RV cleaning products.
At 11:30 Jan and I headed out for lunch at Subway on our way down to RV Surplus to pick up some flyers to give out at the rally.
Then at 1, while Jan attended a For Women Only group while I drove over to Phoenix Commercial Paint where Michele Henry had another one of my cargo bay doors ready.
Three down, Four to go!
At 2:30 Jan had a massage given by a lady here at the rally. After the massage she was so washed out that I took her back to the rig for a nap. Apparently feeling like this after a good massage is normal.
About 5 Jan and I headed out for a great dinner of fried chicken at Ryan’s, and then it was back to the rally for the evening’s festivities in the tent. And a big crowd was already there.
The evening started off with Dennis Hill warming up the crowd with his dance routines.
Next, Nick introduced the McKinney Washboard Two who will be performing at tomorrow night’s show.
After the evening’s door prize giveaway’s we come to the “drag” part. And that was, of course, the First Annual Hoosier Honey’s “Beauty” Pageant.
Note the quotes around “Beauty”.
Here’s the first two contestants. 
Note the lipstick on top of Nick’s head. He’s enjoying this a little too much.
And here’s a crowd favorite, Haley Halitosis.
And here’s the whole group. I think they’re comparing armpit hair!
And the winner of the First Annual Hoosier Honey contest is…
Haley Halitosis!
That’s about it for today.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the Day:
“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” –Josiah Charles Stamp
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Eastern Gypsy Rally – Day 1
Today was the first day of Nick and Terry Russell’s 2010 Eastern Gypsy Gathering, and things got off to a great start, with even more rigs coming in this morning.
And this was one of them. Apparently the owner has a lift system that he uses to raise and lower the car. I guess it beats towing it.
The rally started off at 3pm with Nick and Terry talking about what was upcoming during the next 4 days. Next, the many vendors lined up and introduced themselves. I’m really glad to see so many vendors here since I think this is my favorite part of the rally.
Then about 4:30 there was a 60 minute Q & A panel with a team of experts onstage to answer your RV questions.
There was a great turnout and the tent turned out to be very comfortable with a nice breeze most of the time. 
One of the many vendors here is Michele Henry of Phoenix Commercial Paint , who is re-painting my cargo bay doors. And here’s an example of some of her work. She just finished a full-body paint job on this coach about two weeks ago. And she’s a beauty.
At 5:30 we took a 90 minute break for dinner, and then it was back in the tent at 7 pm for the first night of the door prize giveaways. Tonight’s prizes were mostly restaurants, to allow winners to use their gifts before they leave town.
After that Nick & Terry, Stu & Donna McNichol, and Jan & I headed over to Mancino’s Pizza for a late dinner. Nick and Terry are normally too busy taking care of rally problems to be able to eat during the 5:30 – 7 break time.
More rally news tomorrow…
Quote of the Day:
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."
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