Escapade Rally back in Gillette

So we've been back in Gillette for the Escapade Bash.  An RV group that was started in 1978 by a couple that wanted to connect like minded RVers on the road full or part or occasionally traveling.  Miss Kay was at the Rally to celebrate the 35 years of the club.  She's this adorable and witty 86 year old 4 foot 11inch woman who started the club with her husband.  She gave up RVing when her husband died a few years back but is still helping her family and others run the club.  There are approx 50,000 members.  I would guess 1500-2000 of them were at the Rally in Gillette.  There big thing is Hugs.  Everyone gets a hug.  No hand shakes or waves.  The have numerous "sub" groups that connect you with like minded people.  We hung out with the Boomers (Baby Boomers) one time, Randy checked out the Geocacher's, and the SOWERS (Servants on Wheels Ever Ready).  It's like a Habitat for Humanity but involving Christians and projects to help build, repair, maintain, or anything else for Christian based organizations.  Churches, Christian schools, camps, missionaries residence to name a few.  There are projects going on in 39 of the 50 states that you can help with for a months committment.  There are 2 projects in Wisconsin, so we'll have to check those out for when we come back.  Anyway, its a way of giving back and helping while we still get to travel. 

We even were surprised tonight when a picture of our coach and truck showed up on the big screen in the nightly slide show of the days events.  The official photographer told me she just like how our coach looked and all the added "extras".  So she took a picture today and threw it in her slide show.  I still feel like we're the circus coming to town and just need that little red wagon attached to the back.

 

Kinda bummed this week as we found out the renters in our house in Fort Atkinson moved out July 1st and the management company has yet to let us know.  The only reason we found out was that James drove by and saw no cars in driveway and a ton of garbage out by the road.  Amber went over and looked in the windows, sure enough all empty.  Lawn needs mowing, waterfall for pond had tripped a breaker and stopped.  Fish appeared to be alive.  So now we've got to figure out what to do next, and how to take care of the yard and pond 1200 miles away.  Maybe we'll try selling it again, as that is our whole goal in the first place.  Emailed the management, but no response.  She'll figure it out when the rent doesn't come in.  Don't we feel secure.   Pray for guidance and the answer to our dilemma, please!

This is Buddy's new Thundershirt.  I found a pattern on the internet and made him one, as he is not a fan of thunder and lightening.  We'll see how he does at the next storm we have.