Our RV Adventures

Today was hopefully our last early morning for a while. . . a long while, I hope. I got up about 7:15 and started coffee while Jan was in the shower.

About 8 we walked over to the Vendor Building to have one last donut (or maybe two) and say our goodbyes to new friends and old.

By 9 most people had headed out, but some hardy souls stayed to help us put away the tables and chairs, and then sweep out the Vendor Building.

By about 10 we finished up and went back to the coach to get ready to move back over to the stables where we were the week before the rally started. Since we were just moving a couple of blocks we didn’t need to pack like we were hitting the road.

We did see this nice hot air balloon floating off in the distance. Really colorful.

Around 11 we pulled out of our site and across the road to the parking area. There were still two coaches parked in the area we planned on moving to, so we started up the generator to run the AC’s to keep the coach cool, since it was in the mid 80’s and getting a little toasty.

Around 11:30 Nick and I took a golf cart tour around the fairgrounds to check for any stragglers. Everyone was supposed to be out by noon, but there’s always a few who wait until the very last minute to leave.

A few minutes after noon the last coach left our area so we headed over that way, stopping off to dump our waste tanks on the way. A few minutes later we were parked back in our old spot and getting set up. Then within the next hour, Tom and Barb, and Nick and Terry joined us here.

Finally it was time for the next item on the agaenda . . . a nap. It’s been so long I’ve almost forgotten what a nap feels like.

It felt gooood!

About 2:30 I called in our prescriptions to Sam’s Club to be picked up tomorrow, and then al ittle before 3 Nick called to say they would be ready to go to ‘lupper’ as soon as Terry finished up some Gypsy Rally paperwork.

And in a little while, the six of us headed over to Texas Roadhouse for an end-of-rally steak dinner. Jan mentioned that since we were eating so early we would be hungry enough by 8 to go to DQ.

And we were . . . and it was gooood! too.

More tomorrow . . .

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Thought for the Day:

"From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia…could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide." — Abraham Lincoln.

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Today was another early morning because Jan had front gate duty again, so it was hot coffee to the rescue again. So after sampling a donut or two, I took Jan out to the the front gate to start letting in day visitors.

While she was at the gate, I once again made the circuit of the vendors checking out a few more items I was interested in. It was also fun talking to people who had enjoyed my two seminars and wanted to ask more questions.

When Jan got off the gate at 10 we checked out the vendors again. Actually Jan has been so busy that this was the first time she’d had a chance to shop. But she made up for lost time.

A little after 11 we drove over to the Der Wienerschnitzel across the street. We really like their hot dogs and corn dogs for a quick and easy meal, and they’re pretty inexpensive too.

Then it was thru the parking lot to Wal-Mart to stock up on a few sundries, and also pick up some canned goods for the Food Bank Drive the Gypsy Rally does.

Getting back to the rig, Jan realized she had time for a nap, the first one in a good while. So while she took advantage of that situation I went back to talk to one of the vendors about my rig and toad insurance.

More about this tomorrow.

About 4pm I went back to rig to get Jan and we headed out to the front parking lot for golf cart rodeo. What’s that, you ask?

Golf Cart Rodeo is where a husband and wife are in a golf cart, trying to drive thru a maze outlined with cones. Sounds pretty simple, right?

Well, the hard part is that the driver is blindfolded, and their partner has to give them voice instructions telling them which way to turn. Put all this together and the hilarity ensues.

Here’s Nick guiding Dennis and Carol Hill thru the maze. You’d think Dennis would be a little better at this since in his RV Driving School, he’s used to telling people how to drive. But apparently not when it’s his wife. They set the slowest time of the day, 4:56.

And here’s Nick almost getting run down by Carol Hill.

And here’s Nick almost getting run down by Jeannie Sparks.

Are you starting to see a pattern here?

You got penalized for hitting cones and going off course. However no one could make up their minds if running down Nick was a penalty, or bonus points. Luckily Nick was pretty fast on his feet, so we never had to call for ruling from the referee on that.

One of the funniest things was watching husbands trying to guide their wives by telling them “Go this way, Go this way” while gesturing with their hands.

I mean, is there a part of the whole ‘blindfolded’ concept they missed?

About 5:30, the rodeo over, and Nick still in one piece, Jan and I headed back to the rig for a little while. I think I actually got a short nap in, but I’m not sure I’d really recognize a nap now, since it’s been so long since I’ve had one. So maybe, maybe not.

About 7 we walked over to the main building for the closing meeting and the last door prize drawing.

Jan just had to show off her new ‘Landon’ shirt made from a digital photo by one of the rally vendors.

Finally a little before 9pm, Nick & Terry, and Jan & I headed over to IHOP for supper. We stayed there until almost 10:30 talking over the rally, It also didn’t help that once we sat down I think we were just too tired to move again right away. I can just imagine how tired Nick and Terry are, because Jan and I are just exhausted, and we didn’t do near what they did.

But it’s a good tired. At least that’s what we keep telling ourselves.

Tomorrow all we have rally-wise is the coffee and donuts farewell get-together from 7:30 until about 9, so it’s another early morning, but at least the last one.

I’m tired. I’m going to bed.

More tomorrow . . .

P.S. But it’s a good tired!

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Thought for the Day:

Be the kind of person that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, they’re UP !!"

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