MONDAY:
After getting home so late last night from our Ohio trip, I really slept in today. About noon, I drove to Lockport to help Annalynn assembly her wedding invitations. It was sprinkling most of the way. During the afternoon, Christianna and Grandma Antoinette came to help. We worked until 4:45 pm, when we had run out of stamps.
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| GRANDMA ANTOINETTE AND ANNALYNN |
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| CHRISTIANNA |
TUESDAY:
Packing the motor home again! I folded all the wash so we would have what we need for this weeks camping jaunt to the Syracuse State Fair Ground for the Good Sam Rally.
I couldn't decide what clothes to bring so most of what I own is out in the camper. Bob went to the bank and had a couple other errands. I checked food and packed that in motor home.
We had supper early so we could attend a class at the Verizon Store from 5:00-7:00. (It’s free) Two young men presented the class, they were
excellent. But I want to go again. After an hour and a half, I was beyond
keeping up. I missed some on videos and
on downloading apps. Don’t they all make
it look so easy? These little IPhones can do a lot of things and we only had the basics. There is an Advanced Class offered also.
After class we buzzed thru the grocery story real quickly for a couple items.
WEDNESDAY:
We left home about 9:00 am., and found our designated parking lot at the fair grounds very easily. We are “DRY’ camping in a field. Some are paying for electric which is
supplied by big generators placed here and there; they run day and night. Out
in Indiana at
a rally there was a power surge or something and we lost a TV to that problem,
not again.
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| BIGGEST GENERATOR THAT I"VE EVER SEEN |
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THE CAMPERS PLUGGED INTO THIS UNIT.
LINES LAID THRU THE WATER AND MUD. |
Coming into the parking area we were directed to a special
lot for time to unhook the car.
(Toad) Then we drove into parking
line to the field parking. I sent a text
to Betsy to say we made it. Bob had the
coach set up in no time; he says it’s because he doesn’t have to do the
electric, water and sewer. Excuse the
pun but its Polish Baths now.
We walked to shuttle station for a ride down to registration
building. BIG LINES of campers signing
in. Then we hitched a golf cart ride to
the seminars. The shuttle wasn’t close
folks; at pick up or drop off, so it’s lots of walking. My hips hurt!
My knees hurt! Sudden realization
hit me; I may not be able to do this.
Dammed old Arthur!
The seminar was “DON’T TRADE YOUR COACH, UPGRADE”. A self made man was the barker and he was
selling every product necessary to “Upgrade-clean” your Coach. Believe me when I say, the products weren’t
priced like the Dollar Store prices.
I came back to the Coach then. Bob stayed down there for another seminar
which was cancelled and he came back to the coach too. We sat around reading the schedule and had
our 4:00 o’clock coffee.
He wanted to hook up the generator exhaust before using
it. So I waited to cook.
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BOB PUTTING GENERATOR EXHAUST TOGETHER.
USE WAS REQUESTED SO OTHER CAMPERS WOULDN'T BE RECEIVING THE FUMES.
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| EXHAUST IS ASSEMBLED. |
Bob grilled a big steak and I made a baked potato and salad,
also a dish of fresh strawberries.
About midnight we had a dish of Butter Pecan ice cream. ROUGHING IT SMOOTHLY!
Bob gets annoyed with me when I say that I need
groceries. “Don’t we have enough food in
there now?” “If you want to eat hot dogs
all week then we have enough food, okay Bob.
Bob’s sister Jane called on Face Time. We had a nice visit. I am starting to love the I phone! I played around with mine during the
evening.
THURSDAY:
It’s raining, it’s pouring!
It’s a monsoon! Bob has already
gone down to the show area, he put my Coach boots and Coach umbrella inside for
me. I changed all my purse items and put
them in my back pack so as not to ruin my Coach purse. My oh my, my grand kids have given me many
nice Coach Gifts. There isn’t any WiFi here so I guess I type in Word and copy
and paste to the Blog when I get home.
Now thru the I phones, we are suppose to be able to hook up to computer
for Internet, thru something called Hot Spot, which is another Techie thing to
learn.
There are more campers coming in this morning, in all this
rain.
I had a front row seat for all the action in the parking lot. A big 40 footer is stuck,
spinning his wheels. Call in the
tractors! It’ still raining! Bob just called, he advised me to stay in
camper it’s so wet down there, which cancels our lunch date. Oh, oh there is a big red and white wrecker
on the scene, flashing lights, wonder which one he is going to tow? This is unbelievable folks! I’ll make some bacon and eggs.
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| UMMM! |
I brought my address file so I can enter them
into my phone; guess I’ll go do that.
Bob returned to the motor home about 4:30 pm. He was exhausted, cold and wet. His face showed pain but he pushes to do it
all. He had attending the following
seminars:
1) Understanding,
Monitoring and protecting your RV electrical system. (We need another part for safety)
2) The
Perfect Trip at your Fingertips. This
was a Trip Planning Microsoft program, Bob received an updated DVD for free
from salesman-$89.00 on market. He, who
talks the longest, gets the freebies.
Ha.
3) He
stopped at Colton’s (dealer from Buffalo) to visit with
Jimmy Colton.
4) He
went thru one isle of vendor building. He didn’t know which Microsoft towels I
wanted.
We had supper and then went over the schedule for
Friday. The Get Re-Hitched Event will be
tomorrow. It’s sponsored by Reese
Hitches. We watched some TV. I had finished one book and started
another.
FRIDAY:
Up at 7:00am. Bob
showered while I made him a sandwich to take with him. He reported that the food lines were terrible
long yesterday and all chairs were wet; Pepsi was $4.00 a bottle. While talking to someone, he was told there
are 3000 motor homes registered for this event, if they are all here, that’s 6000
people. (If 2 in a rig) He did get a
sausage, pepper sandwich but no Fried Dough, Sweet Waffles, or regular fair
treats. Darn! Today all the tours start, Winnebago sponsors
an Ice Cream Social and Mr. Las Vegas (Wayne Newton) is the entertainment for
tonight.
We went thru the vendor building today. I purchased some micro fiber cloths that I
like. They work great to wipe down the
shower. Bob bought the electric
protector that he thought we should have had 10 years ago, to protect against different levels of
power supplied.
It was a good show but
I didn’t find the new style carpet for outside that doesn’t kill the
grass.
This afternoon we attended the “GET RE-HITCHED” program
sponsored by Reese Hitches. The line weaved and turned to enter the stage area. We went thru a counting machine as they wanted to know how many attended as they were hoping to beat last year's record of 1087 couples. A minister lead the crowd in repeating wedding vows-we had to say "I DO!" We took
pictures of some of the cute couples that did dress for the occasion. Good Sam gave 2 round trip tickets for use
any where in the US to the longest married couple and the newly weds.
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ALL UNKNOWN
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EXCEPT THIS HAPPY COUPLE
BOB AND CAROLE
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CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMEN FROM RANSOMVILLE, NY |
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We came back to MH and had our coffee and decided we were
too tired to go back down for the Wayne Newton show. Maybe we will see him on the news
tonight. Now to relax.
SATURDAY:
No alarm today, we relaxed and had a good breakfast of bacon
& eggs. Bob wanted some since I had
cooked them for myself the other day.
After we drove around in the car trying to locate 2 Holiday Rambler
couples from our area back home. They
were in the Orange lot and it was muddier
there. We heard today that they sent
about 400 MH’s to park in the shopping Mall due to the conditions in each
parking lot.
We made our dinner meal about three o’clock and went back to
the show. We went thru some new Allegro
MHs, then for ice cream. We went to find
seating for the Reba McIntyre show. While waiting, other campers told us we didn't miss much last night as the Wayne Newton show was a disappointment. His voice is gone, they said it cracked and he couldn't hit the notes. Reba on the other hand, was very good. We enjoyed every song,
she is quite the entertainer.
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| REBA |
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| BOB SNUCK AROUND TO GET THIS PIC OF HER SOUND CONTROL BOARD. |
The show was over about 8:15. We headed out for the Tram ride back to the MH. We dug out some goodies and opened a bottle of Coke and went outside to sit for the fireworks.
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| PRETTY! |
We plan to leave in the morning for home. It’s been a great time.
SUNDAY:
We left about 9 am. The first rest area had a McDonald's and I had mentioned stopping for pancakes for Bob's Father's Day treat. Well, we weren't hungry yet. You guessed it, the next four areas didn't have a Mickey's place. We ended up stopping at the last one before our exit from thruway which was 15 miles from home.
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| 1350 CALORIES! |
At home we visited with Sarah who had came home for Father's Day. Then we cleaned up and headed to Lockport for dinner that Christianna, Annalynn and Rocky had prepared. Deb & Rocco came home last night from Europe so they had many stories and photos.
A big week for us, lots of fun! Hope you have a good one and thanks for clicking in.
GOLDEN GRAM
