Monthly Archives: September 2011
One last time . . .
for Nick to make me get up at 7:30 in the morning.
At least for a while.
Jan and I headed down to the Vendor’s Building about 8:15 to say our goodbyes to friend’s new and old. Then we started working on cleaning up and sweeping out the meeting rooms. A number of people pitched in to help and the work went quickly. So with everything pretty much wrapped up, Jan and I headed out for lunch and some errands.
Our first stop was the local Goodwill store to dropped a donation of clothes and books, then it was across the street to the Sonic Drive-In. And after a great lunch of footlong chili dogs and Chedr-Poppers,
Next up was that mecca of RV’ers, Wal-Mart for a few things, and then finally back to the rig.
And for the first time in a couple of weeks, a nice long nap, only slightly interrupted by the light rain accompanied by very high winds.
Nick called about 4:30, and a few minutes later, we headed out to CJ’s HighMarks for dinner.
The ‘we’ in this case, consisted of Jan and I, Nick and Terry, and Mike and Elaine Loscher. It was really nice to have a nice, leisurely dinner, knowing that we can (and will) slept in tomorrow morning as late as we want.
From our table we had a great view of the neighboring golf course and the approaching storms rolling in.
We had a great meal. The steaks that Nick, Jan and I had were some of the best ever, just about perfect.
And as usual, we sat around talking long after finishing our meal, just letting ourselves unwind.
We finally got back to the rig a little before 7 just in time for more rain to move in. This is getting monotonous.
Tomorrow, we do nothing.
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Thought for the Day:
Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.
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Bella’s and At-A-Boys . . .
Another morning up at 7:30.
Make it stop! Make it stop, please!
First off, a couple of At-A-Boys (or Girls) for two of the vendors here at the Gypsy Journal Rally.
The first one is for Marla Mallory of Cruising American RV. Two years ago at the last Celina rally, I bought 12 LED lights from Marla to replace the ones in our coach. About a year ago one of the screw-on glass covers came loose and broke. She replaced it at no charge.
Great Service. Thanks Marla.
Second up is Daryl Lawrence of Lawrence RV Accessories. This past March I bought a TireTraker Tire Pressure Monitor System from Daryl at the Gypsy Rally in Yuma, AZ.
Sometime since then, the little pop-up antenna on the monitor unit came loose and got lost. When I checked with Daryl earlier this week to see if I could order a new antenna, he gave me a whole new receiver unit at no cost.
Again, Great Service. Thanks Daryl.
For lunch, Jan and I made our 3rd trip to La Carreta this week for more of their great Chicken Tortilla Soup. Nothing like trying to run a good thing into the ground.
After the last of the classes finished up at 5 pm, we got together for supper at Bella’s Italian Grille with our new friends, Mill and Nancy Pierce. Jan met Nancy at one of the classes and found out that she and her husband have been doing oil field gate guarding down in Texas this last year, so we had to get together and pick their brains about what it’s like.
We had a great time getting to know them, and would have spent longer at Bella’s if we hadn’t had to get to the rally in time for the 7pm festivities. Hopefully we’ll be able to keep in touch and maybe get together with them down in Texas.
Tonight was our final meeting, with Nick giving out the last of the door prizes, including the big ones of a Kindle and Sea Eagle Inflatable Kayak.
Nick and Terry always come up with great door prizes, and this year they outdid themselves.
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Next up, to close our the rally, was another great performance by the McKinney Washtub Two.
Tonight pretty much wrapped up this year’s rally. with only an early morning get-together for coffee, doughnuts, and goodbyes. After that, people will start pulling out, or being pulled out by one of the fairground’s tractors if they get stuck. We’ve really had a lot of rain this week, and some people that got in OK may have a hard time getting out.
Others will probably take the fairgrounds up on their offer to stay over a few days at the regular rate, just until things dry out a little.
It’s been a great rally and everyone seemed to have a good time, despite the weather. I mean, what’s an RV rally without a little rain.
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Thought for the Day:
“All warfare is based on deception. Every battle is won or lost before it is fought.” – Sun Tzu
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