Monthly Archives: March 2012
Leaving Yuma . . . almost.
Today was the final wrap-up of this years Western Gypsy Gathering, finishing up with coffee and donuts, and a lot of hugs and goodbyes. All the attendees were supposed to be off the fairgrounds by noon, so the exodus soon started, with some lining up at the dump station before heading home, or just back on the road.
But luckily for us, a number of people stayed around long enough to help us clean up the main hall by stacking the tables and chairs, and then sweeping the floor.
Then it was our turn to head back to the rig and pack things up to travel. Normally we hang around for a few days at the fairgrounds with Nick and Terry while they wrap things up with the rally. But there’s a horse show coming in to the fairgrounds right after us today so we have to be gone by 5pm ourselves.
We all pulled out a little after 2pm and headed down the road . . . about 15 miles away to the Foothills area east of Yuma. We had been invited to spend a few days on Daryl and Cheri Lawrence’s RV lot while I help them out with some website stuff, as well as helping out Charles and Chris Yust who are also parked here.
After Nick and I got our rigs parked and hooked up, we all sat around in the shade and just had a great time talking. Then a little before 7, Chris Yust and Cheri Lawrence set out a great dinner with grilled halibut Chris caught in Alaska, grilled shrimp from Galveston Bay, with baked potatoes, salad, and French bread, along with cupcakes for dessert.
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And here’s the cook, Chris, hard at work.
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And when the food is laid out, the crowd closes in, kind of like a pack of hyenas surrounding a limping antelope. You just know it’s not going to be pretty.
Tomorrow, I’ll be working with Daryl and Chris on website stuff, and hopefully we’ll also be able to visit the Yuma Indoor Flea Market too. We’ll see.
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Thought for the Day:
It is hard to understand how a cemetery can raise its burial costs and blame it on the higher cost of living.
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Last Full Yuma Rally Day . . .
Today was the last full day of the 2012 Western Gypsy Journal Rally in Yuma, AZ, and also the time for my last seminar of the rally called “10 Things Every RV’er Needs”. Running from 10:30 to 11:30, I guess it went well because we had people still hanging around asking questions up until noon when I had to go out front and man the front gate so Jan could attend a Pet First Aid seminar.
Then after Jan’s class was over, she came out to join me on the gate while I went back and brought us out hot dogs for lunch. When we got off at 2pm, we had planned to check out the Yuma Indoor Flea Market down the road, but decided to wait until Nick and Terry can go with us, probably on Saturday.
We spent the rest of the afternoon back at the coach, with Jan reading on her Kindle while I took a nap. Then about 5 pm we met up with Al and Adrienne and drove over to have dinner at Mi Rancho, another very good local Mexican restaurant that they had found.
This is Al and Adrienne’s first RV rally and they’re really excited with everything they’ve learned the last few days, so we spent the entire meal just talking RV’ing.
We finally got back to the fairgrounds a little before 7pm, just in time for the final round of door prizes, including a Sea Eagle Inflatable Kayak, and a Kindle. Then, with everything over, people pitched in to put away all the tables and chairs, leaving just enough out for the final coffee and donuts get-together tomorrow morning before everyone starts heading.
As usual at a Nick and Terry rally, we all had a great time and are certainly looking forward to the next one.
Although Nick and Terry, probably not so much.
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Thought for the Day:
Whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back.
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