Ok..so I'm into remembering the good parts not the bad.
Nick and Terry (and their volunteers) have put on an excellent rally. There are about 130 rigs and over 200 people here. Some full-timers like us and others who just love the Gypsy Journal and rv'ing. We have been subscribers to their journal for over a year and love getting the new one in the mail. We read Nick's blog every day too.
Nick tells excellent stories and Terry always has great recipes to try. Here's the address to their website.
http://www.gypsyjournal.net/index.html
I went to a couple more classes yesterday. The first was a round table discussion just for women. We talked about everything from how we deal living 24/7 with our spouses/significant other to new gadgets for the kitchen. It was good to hear others have some of the same concerns and issues I have had. And reassuring too.
In the afternoon I went to a class given by Chris and Jim Guld the Geeks on Tour.
http://www.geeksontour.com/
They demonstrated Goggle Earth a really cool software application available for download. This is an amazing application. If you've never checked it out..please do..It is just incredible the information Google has put into it. You can download the beta version for free or pay a yearly $20.00 fee which gives you GPS capability and faster performance. We have been using the free version for a while but I learned there is so much I didn't even know was there. So check it out and enjoy!!!
http://earth.google.com/
At 5:30pm the class of 2007 got together and had a pot-luck for dinner. Yummy food..shrimp..chicken and noodles..scalloped ham and potatoes as well as several kinds of dip and salads. We had a chocolate birthday cake to celebrate Gary and Marcia's birthday.
After dinner the closing ceremony was held. Many door prizes were awarded. We won a set of cutting boards and some Eniva VIBE a nutritional supplement. I haven't tried it yet so don't know how well it works. It is advertised to provide "The Essence of Vibrant Life".
All of the volunteers were recognized and Nick and Terry gave us a $25 gift certificate good toward the next rally or one of their books or CDs. That was a very nice surprise. We're looking forward to attending the next rally either in Arizona at Casa Grande in February or back here in Celina next September. We'll see how the plans go.
We came back to the rigs and sat around a big campfire and visited until late. Nick and Terry joined us for a while. The Margarator was in action again.
This morning we started saying good by to some of our classmates. Linda and Ron along with Marcia and Joe pulled out to continue their rv'ing adventures.
Afterwards we packed up and took the house over to the north side of the campground to be weighed. Joyce and Rick Lang operate http://www.rvsafety.com/ .They travel around to rallys and other locations and weigh RVs. They also teach the importance of weight safety in towing. We learned we are just great. We are very weight conscious and were pretty sure we were OK but having had 2 tires blow out this summer had us concerned. It was very good to learn our weights are well within the limits of our tires and the chassis of the truck and rig.
Now if we can just get the tire company to agree and "PAY FOR THE TIRE REPLACEMENTS!!"...we're still waiting for their inspection of the last blown tire.
We're staying here until Sunday. Then we'll move up to Grand Rapids Michigan for a few days to visit Suzanne and Gary. After that..back south toward NC..home is calling.
Love to you all..Deb
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