Four days away from a computer connection, I am having withdrawal symptoms. The Rally has been interesting; the new coaches are fabulous although I don’t think there are very many sales going on. Chris from Beaver Sales in Bend is here, he did the paperwork on our purchase last December. Scott the salesman that helped us along with Rich is not here. Monaco really puts on a nice Rally. There are adult beverages every afternoon and evening, the food is ok for a group of about 1100 people. We are scheduled to have the work done on the rig today. We have not seen the service people as of yet but hope they get whatever done today. The folks that volunteer here are totally amazing. When we pulled into the waiting area I guess there were about 100 rigs and when they opened the gates at 8:00 am I figured would be lucky to be parked by noon. WOW at 8:30 am we were parked and hooked up to the electric, and we are on blacktop… I may have mentioned this already in the Sunday’s blog but I do not have a connection so cannot remember what exactly I talked about...
I took the Women’s Driving Class and scheduled to do the “drive” part of it today. They do not take us out on the streets, PROBABLY a good move but have a driving course in one of the fields. Will update on the outcome of that later.
The only real excitement was spending 3 hours in Urgent Care Monday night (missed the dang Bingo) and three hours in the emergency room yesterday. On this trip I have had swelling in my left leg and foot and got to the point it was difficult to put shoes on, it was suggested by several people to have it checked out. At the urgent care they took blood work and when I called yesterday they said something was a wee bit high and suggested going to the emergency for an ultra-sound. What a way to spend the day … geeez I have to say the Salem Emergency was amazing, I did not have to wait at all and the staff there is great. They did the ultrasound and all is well. The doctors were concerned it could be a blood clot but all is ok. We were back in time for dinner which was fair. The entertainment was a bit boring so we went back to the rig and got some rest.
We were going to go down the coast with Trish and Tom this weekend but because of the incident with the leg, my doctor wants to see me early next week so we will be leaving possibly tomorrow before the rally ends officially. I was really looking forward to seeing the Oregon coast but Ed said we can come back up soon and spend a bit more time than we could now.
September 25, 2008
We spent yesterday afternoon with Trisha and Tom, had lunch and toured around Salem. The two things that needed fixing on the rig were taken care of yesterday. I did my driving class and it was fun. I really lucked out, they had four different rigs and I got to drive a 39 foot Contessa, in fact it was just like the first one we looked at. I did very well and will get an official certificate today. The entertainment last night was a comedian, singer, songwriter that was very good. He has opened acts for many of the country stars, his name is Jimmy Travis.
Ed and I are g leaving the rally a day early (today) after the award ceremony this afternoon. I am really enjoying the rally and would like to stay for the final dinner but also a bit anxious to get home. Several of the couples we had dinner with encouraged us to stay, so we shall see. If we do leave, I will have an internet connection at the park we plan on stopping at this evening.
We will be home this weekend and the fun begins laundry, lawns, housework, more laundry…. Etc ….
I think everyone is home from our trip, and hope all had safe travels. Looking forward to seeing everyone…
First trip around the course..
Backing Up!!! NO cones were hit!! woohooo. I did not hit any cones which is great!!!
On the road again........ homeward bound!!!
PS... we arrived at Seven River RV resort, very nice and they have a shuttle to the casino. We had dinner there and I came out ahead $20.25.. I drove 78 miles today plus pulled into the RV resort and into a narrow spot.. woohoooo!! We are hoping to make it home by tomorrow night!
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