One couple drove 3,600 miles from upstate NY to attend. Nick Russell, the producer of this Gypsy Journal Rally, introduced the couple to all 500 or more attendees saying to them, "it's OK to take the chains off your tires now."
As is typical in this lifestyle, everytime one relocates or someone moves in nearby, you have new neighbors and the opportunity to make new acquaintances and friends.
Such is the case here. I have been caravanning with San Diego-based RV friends, John and Mimi Porter for over a month as we have moved from spot to spot. Here you see our coaches parked side-by-side.
Recently, we have developed new friends, Charley and Sheila Scarborough who are relatively "newbie" full-timers. Retired from Raytheon and amateur radio "hams", they are fun folks with a lively dog, all three quickly adapting to life in a portable home and deliberately changing venues. Others are people whose RV/travel blogs I follow, as well as some notable RV lifestyle authors and vendors. It's neat to put their faces and body language together with my impressions and learning received from reading their blogs and hearing about them.
This rally is the best one yet for me. I like attending seminars about living on the road topics. Examples are - "Personal safety for RVers", "Driving tips and techniques", Caring for the RV's exterior", "Highway history and backroad mystery", "How to write travel and life stories", "Fire safety". For the ladies there's "Crafts workshop; quilting on the road; RVing from a woman's point-of-view".
There's coffee and doughnuts in the morning, happy-hour late afternoons, Mimi's delicious dinners, and available entertainment (dancing and jazz) in the evening. Very full days!!
John and I have squeezed in some RC model flying "experiences." We both have a long way to go in reliably making landings where we want to!! Both of us have looming major repairs/replacements -- but -- it's fun!!!!
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