First of all, yesterday was our daughter’s 33rd birthday. Happy birthday, Meghan!
At most rallies “breakfast” consists of coffee and doughnuts, with a pancake and sausage meal thrown in somewhere. We like our own coffee a lot better than what is typically served at rallies, but these breakfasts are included in our rally fee, so we go have coffee and sit and talk with folks. Mostly it’s about sitting and talking with folks. Larger rallies are social/educational events. Smaller rallies tend to just be social events.
The GLAMARAMA organizers had arranged for a morning and afternoon tour of a local Dometic factory today, with tours of a local Jayco factory tomorrow. Slots were limited, requiring an advance reservation, and a single school bus was contracted to transport each group. We did not go, but our GLCC friends who did said it was an excellent tour of a very impressive factory.
We went through the vendor buildings when they opened at 9:00 AM and took stock of who was there and what they were selling. We usually check out the vendors early in the rally but do not buy anything right away, giving us time to ponder possible purchases.
We did not attend any seminars today. Most of the chapter socials were scheduled to start at 4:00 PM including our Great Lakes Converted Coaches meeting. Linda and I were responsible for the food, most of which we had ordered from Pizza Hut on Tuesday. At 2:15 PM we drove to the Kroger on the northwest side of Goshen to get ice, bottled water, and diet Coke. (Pizza Hut is part of PepsiCo, so they only sell Pepsi soda products. I do not care for Pepsi and usually forego a soda beverage if Pepsi is the only thing available.) The food was supposed to be delivered to Gate 5 of the Fairgrounds at 3:35 PM but the driver was delayed by trains blocking his route. (This is common in Goshen.) He finally arrived at 3:50 PM. We transferred all of the food to our car, paid him, and headed for the pavilion. A few people had already arrived and they helped us unload the food and set it up on two tables. By the time we had it ready to serve most folks had arrived and most of them were hungry. We did not take a head count but I estimated 35 people, plus or minus. Once everyone had a chance to eat we had a short business meeting. By the time we were done and had everything cleaned up it was 6:30 PM. We went back to our GLCC parking area and visited a little longer with our immediate neighbors before retire to our buses for the evening. On the day of the chapter socials there is no evening entertainment; those who want to usually gather for cards or bingo.