Rally's Over

GEAR is finished and we're back at home for a couple of weeks. Saturday was filled with a geocaching seminar, down time in the afternoon to stay out of the oppressive heat, dinner with friends and evening entertainment.

We didn't really learn anything from the geocaching seminar but that's not really why we were there. Following the seminar, we took a " want to be" geocacher out to learn the in's and outs of geocaching. It's a fun activity but it's definitely too hot. Temperatures are around a hundred.

After a couple of hours of down time in the air conditioning, it's time for dinner. La Casita , as usual, was good. Dos Equis , chips and salsa seemed to make the heat more bearable. Following a good Mexican meal, it's rush back to our rally for the final entertainment event of the rally, an Elvis impersonator.

He's billed as the best and lived up to the billing.

Carolyn seemed to be particularly infatuated.

Greater Eastern Area Rally (GEAR)

What a week! We're at the GEAR rally this week which is being held at the Richmond International Raceway complex. So, we're not far from home distance wise but we are a long way away in terms of environment. Our week started with volunteer work, albeit not very difficult work, greeting new arrivals for the couple of days prior to the start of scheduled activities.

Days start with doughnuts and coffee, then seminars on a variety of subjects throughout the day followed by happy hour, meals out or a pot luck with chapter friends, evening entertainment and finally sleep, much needed sleep. Interspersed between these activities is some time for viewing the latest motor homes displayed by numerous vendors and browsing the vendor booths that sell solutions to problems that I never knew I had. Some people must have these problems though since vendors seem to be selling their wares. Oh well, it's fun anyway.