From Donut’s To Ribeye’s
Today was the first ‘real’ day of the Escapade. Thursday (when we arrived) and Friday are considered ‘Early Bird’ days for those who want to come in a couple of days ahead.
It was also the first day that the vendors were open, so about 10am Jan and I walked over to Old Pueblo Hall to check things out. They have coffee and donuts available, and lucky for us, we got the last two donuts from Dennis Hill. Then we spent some time walking around the Market, checking out the new stuff and saying ‘Hi’ to a lot of old friends, most of whom are from the days of Nick Russell’s late, lamented Gypsy Gathering Rallies over the years.
A little later I walked over to the other side of the building to check out the facilities of the room where Jan and I will be giving our Gate Guarding Seminar this coming Wednesday at 11:30. Later we came back to the rig and Jan heated up last night’s Luckie’s Thai leftovers. Still delicious.
While Jan read, I went back over to the hall about 1pm for the Seminar Presenter’s Meeting so that all of us could get familiar with the equipment we’ll be using, like the sound system, wireless mics, and the video projector. Looks pretty much the same as what I used for Nick’s rally’s so it shouldn’t be a problem.
About 3pm Jan and I walked over to Thurber Hall for the Escapade Opening Ceremonies.
There are almost 900 RV’s here, so we probably had 1600 – 1700 people there, a pretty good size crowd. The first thing they did was to draw tickets for the 4 $200 door prizes to open the show. And No, Jan and I didn’t win.
Later, after the ceremony was over, we connected up with Bob Parker and Donna Huffer, as well as Nick and Terry, and we all headed in toward Tucson for have dinner at the Silver Saddle Steakhouse, one of our favorite local places.
They grill their steaks right in front of you, on a open pit, my favorite way of doing a steak.
But one thing that has always disappointed me about the place is the lack of a Ribeye on the menu. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another steak place that didn’t serve a Ribeye. But tonight we were in luck.
They had a 17 oz. Bone-In Ribeye on special, and boy, was it good.
Tomorrow starts the first day of seminars so Jan and I will be checking out the many choices. Really looking forward to it.
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Thought for the Day:
“I don’t know what use any one could find for a machine that would make copies of documents. It certainly couldn’t be a feasible business by itself.” — the head of IBM, refusing to back the idea, forcing the inventor to found Xerox.
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