I forgot to mention that every morning Lee has been feeding a pair of local ducks. We got some cracked corn and they come up to him every morning and quack at him until he gives them their daily treat. Who knew Lee was the wild animal whisperer lol Here’s a great picture of my hubby and his ducks.
The last full day of the rally had an open house section where you could volunteer to show your rig. We had a great time both showing ours and seeing others and I got tons of neat space-saving ideas especially from Linda who has been doing this for 9 years and had a carpenter friend come in and build some custom drawers. My honey do list got bigger and bigger 🙂 It was also very gratifying to show other folks our open range. People really liked the floor plan especially where Lee had built me a desk and it was great to hear folks say what they liked. At first we kept thinking folks were just being polite, but when they were specific it was nice. Validated that we had chosen well!! Here’s some of the pictures I took (with permission) from other rigs and some cool ideas I want Lee to try to implement.
After the open house I took a nap 🙂 That was a lot of walking and I had to get ready for the big closing party. Linda had a Derby theme since Howard and Linda the rally organizers are from Louisville and everyone was supposed to bring a derby hat. I went to the thrift store and bought a sun hat and dressed it up with feathers and I took Lee’s fedora and put a beautiful feather in it. Lee said he had his “pimp hat” on lol. The hats were really beautiful and we watched the race. Then everyone danced and had a great time. Breakfast the next morning we said our farewells to many folks leaving and took a great group picture of the “newbie” class if 2014. Tonight we are going to one more informal bonfire and then we hit the road back home. What a jam-packed week and I am kind of excited to get back on the road to get a little rest lol. Can I say we were one of the youngest couples at the rally and the energy level of most of these folks put us to shame 🙂 Whew I need another nap!!
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Boy you’re fast with the pics Trace! What a blast the rally was. We also loved meeting you and Lee and everyone else! How exciting it will be for all of us to meet up along the road now and then with our new rigs!
Wasn’t the rally great! It was so nice meeting you two. There is so much positive energy flowing around here. Enjoy your new home on wheels. Hopefully we will cross paths in our travels.
You have a very nice blog btw.
Syl
Thanks so much I really appreciate that you like the blog and I totally agree about the positive energy it was wonderful to meet so many great folks. You and Gin are awesome and I would absolutely love to hang out some more. Thanks so much for teaching me about Poo-Pouuri…could be a marriage saver lol
Hey Girl! Was such great fun meeting you both. What a fantastic week! Thanks so much for the party at your new home, which is beautiful. I’m glad Howard posted all the blogs so I could find you. Someday when you are close to Alabama let us know and we will meet up with you. Loved all the pictures, great memories!
Great meeting you too!!!
Where did Howard post all the rally blogs??? I can’t find them