Gypsy Journal Rally -- Thursday

This was the last day of the rally seminars. This morning, Patsy went to a session on "RV Fire Safety", and then both of us went to a seminar on "RV Weight Safety". The latter was really good for us, since we are in the market for a new motor home. For me, it clarified the weight ratings that are available to assess the design of a motor home.


After lunch, we both attended the last two seminars. One was presented by the personal protection people and was titled "RV'ing the Heartland of America". It was a presentation of the central US states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and parts of Oklahoma and Texas, and the simple, but special offerings of each.
The last seminar was presented by the rally organizer, Nick Russell, and was titled "The Frugal RV'er". In the session, Nick discussed ideas to minimize the expense of RV'ing, whether full-timing or not. A lot of what he presented were things that we have been doing, but were good suggestions.


For dinner, our group decided to go to the local Chili's for dinner. It was the smallest Chili's restaurant that any of us had seen, and it took us the better part of an hour to get a table for six. In the picture above, you will see Linda and Bob Klyne at the front end of the table. They have a web site called: http://www.because-we-can.net/ . We met them at Quartzsite after contacting them through the web site. They ended up agreeing to go to Puerto Penasco with us, and then on to Organ Pipe Cactus Memorial National Park.

The couple sitting across from Patsy and I are Linda Oddo and Mike Desch. They have been organizing the RVA Quartzsite meeting for the past couple of years, and this year, also organized the arrangements for the Puerto Penasco trip. They also were a part of the group that continued on to Organ Pipe. We had met them last year at Quartzsite.

After learning that Bob and linda were attending the Gypsy Journal Rally, Mike & Linda and Patsy & I decided to join them. 'Spur of the moment' decisions like this are one of the benefits of RV travel.


With all of the travel, we have spent the past 4 weeks together. Tomorrow, we will go our separate ways. Bob and Linda will spend a few days in Tombstone before traveling to northern Arizona to work in the Petrified Natural Forest. Mike and Linda are heading to Yuma for a couple of weeks. Patsy and I will head for El Paso and Odessa to visit her cousin, and then to the RV show in Dallas next weekend.


We all plan to meet at Quartzsite for another, yet unplanned trip next year!!