Posts Tagged ‘FMCA Rally’

Post- Rally Activities

Posted on October 4th, 2009 by by Administrator

Friday our Gypsy Gathering rally ended, and after the morning coffee and donuts, I walked over to Dave and Jean Damon’s fifth wheel trailer, where Jean, a professional masseuse, gave me an wonderfully relaxing massage. Jean was trained in the Philippines, and by the time she got done kneading and prodding my sore, tired muscles, [...]

The Best Laid Plans

Posted on August 16th, 2009 by by Administrator

We had another busy day yesterday. I had a lot of work to get done, but I decided to cheat and go play for a while first. There was a gun show in Shipshewana, the Amish center 20 miles east of Elkhart, and I have wanted to get out that way and drop some bundles [...]

Road Trip To Traverse City

Posted on July 25th, 2009 by by Administrator

We left Bowling Green State University Friday morning, and though I had been worried that we might get stuck in the field where we were parked, we got out just fine. We stopped for fuel, then drove north about ten miles on Interstate 75, skirted the west edge of Toledo on Interstate 475, then picked [...]

Final Thoughts On FMCA, And Other News

Posted on July 24th, 2009 by by Administrator

With the FMCA rally over, we took in just about enough to cover our expenses getting into the event, and make a small wage for ourselves, if we had been children working in a Chinese sweat shop someplace. Financially, it was just about our worst rally ever, even though there were thousands of RVers in [...]

Vending At FMCA Rally

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by by Administrator

Do you have any idea how early in the morning 7 o’clock comes around? Who the heck came up with that idea?
We’re night owls. I usually don’t start any serious writing until about 9 p.m. and usually get to bed between 1 and 2 a.m. But here at the FMCA rally we have to be [...]