Thursday, September 20 - More Escapees Fun (Sedalia, MO)

 

Wednesday we took our time getting out for the day.

After showers were done and we were dressed for the day we rode over to event buildings to take a look at the craft sale that was starting at noon.

Then we walked around the hospitality room to see what was happening. We found not much happening so we were off to town to find a bank to get some cash.

Back at the rig we just computered and Jesse napped.

I made us chicken tacos for dinner then afterward we headed over to the  Mathewson Center for tonight’s entertainment.

First on the agenda was door prizes. I understand that there were several couples that have been in Sedalia for a while soliciting local businesses for donations.

They were able to secure all kinds of 10-25 dollars certificates from local eatery’s. Many of the participants in our market place donated their goods for prizes. There were gift cards from Walmart, Staples, tire centers, car wash places, health food stores and some local grocery stores. They said the value of the door prizes were over $15,000. WOW! (But non of us won anything) :~(

The entertainment was Ham-a-rama. Many of the talented attendees sang, told jokes, danced, played musical instruments and read stories. We were pleased and entertained.

Today the first thing was the pet parade. We took our boys as did many of the other pet owners to the front of the activity buildings and walked them past a line of dog watchers. You could dress them in costume or not..Your choice.

I had planned on ours being in costumes but I left them in the totes we stored in the car back in Colorado, along with the bike seats and seat posts. But we have the bikes!!!! At the end of the parade all the dogs got a treat and had time to exchange email address. LOL.

The parade was very cute and I was really happy with the way the boys behaved.

Jesse took the boys home to rest and met me back in the hospitality room for the HAIR RAISING CHILI COOK-OFF!

There were about 12 participants and you could walk through the lines and sample each chili. If you liked it you put money in their bucket and whoever had the most money won an apron and $100. All the proceeded went to Care. Our favorite was Hobo-chili.

Our assistant coordinators Mark and Dortha Hall 

After all the chili was gone we went back to the rig for a short time until we met again at the Mathewson Center for closing ceremonies.

Our coordinators Bob and Molly Pinner thanked all the volunteers for their hard work to make the rally a success. We sang the Escapees song and they gave out a few more door prizes.

Back home again we feed the boys and then met up with Bob, Barb, John and Bridget and went to Denny’s for some dinner.

After dinner we decided to play a card game named “9 hole golf”.

We played in the same building that they were holding a  farewell dance party so we could here the music while playing. Good fun!!!

 

Talk about fun and funny…..What do you think Jesse and John are doing?

Tuesday, September 18 - Transportation, Crafts, and Adoption (Sedalia, MO)

 

Today started out early again. Jesse was volunteering for transportation and I volunteered in crafting.

Jesse shuttled attendees from the campground to wherever they wanted to go via golf cart. He said it was fun and he stayed busy from 8:15 – 11:30am.

I started at 8:30 and helped 5 different women make quilting wall hangings. I also showed others how to make bows from paper. The quilting was much fun and I was learning while helping. I think I may try making one myself.

After my shift was over at 11:30, Jesse and I met up and got some lunch. We sat with Glenn & Sylvia while eating. Jesse had a hamburger while I had a hot dog and we shared some fries.

We walked around the market again and stopped to talk with Miller Insurance. We are thinking about switching our residency to South Dakota and wanted to know the cost difference.

We are going to talk further about it and will let you know what we decide.

By this time it was 2pm, so we went back to the rig to relax before going to happy hour.

We have been think about adoption for a while now.

We really weren’t sure if we were ready.

We decided to go ahead and give it a try.

We were adopted by the class of 2007.

 

After the adoption ceremony and announcements, we broke up and went different ways.

Six of us all jumped into our truck in route for some dinner, by way of Dollar Tree and Walmart. John and Bridget needed to get some decorations for their table  -  for the chili cook-off.

We went to Applebee’s for dinner joined by Don and Suzie.

After dinner we went to Freddy’s for frozen custard.

We dropped everyone home and came home ourselves. It’s been a long fun day, and I am ready to just relax.

HUGS!

Monday, September 17 - Dyer/Smirnoff (Sedalia, MO)

 

Saturday when I left you we were on our way out to dinner with several other couples. What Jesse and I didn’t know was they were going back to Kehdes. Two of the couples received a gift certificate and wanted to use it. Jesse and I said okay and we just ordered different food than last night.

It was a bunch of us so we had to wait a few minutes to be seated. The waitress was very good and entertaining, so it was a good night. Lots of laughter.

 

On Sunday we took our time getting out of the rig then made our way to the market place. There were many booths set-up with just about anything you could think of. Although we didn’t find anything we couldn’t do without.

We also met up with Jeanie and Allen Webster. We hadn’t seen them since the 1st RV-Dreams Rally in Branson. It was fun getting caught up with them.

We also saw Ken and Cindy Frerick’s and their two puppies. They were just arriving so we only visited with them for a few minutes.

We attended the 1st-timers orientation and opening ceremonies. After there was an ice cream social.

Once we returned to the rig I prepared dinner. Jesse got the grill out and I made sides.

At 6:30 we drove up to pick up John & Bridget, Barb and Bob. Bob wasn’t there, he was still working transporting attendees to the Mathewson Center in the golf cart.

Promptly at 7:00 they started off with door prizes, then the entertainment was Yakov Smirnoff. He was really good and had the whole audience laughing all evening.

Today were up early. We had breakfast in the hospitality room that was given by the Knights of Columbus. You received pancakes, biscuits and gravy, ham, bacon, sausage, hash browns, eggs cooked to order, juice and coffee for $6.00 per person. What a deal! We also had the pleasure of Mark and Dortha as our companions.

After breakfast we were off to a seminar on RVing to Alaska. Since we are making plans to go to Alaska in 2014 we thought it would be informative. We really didn’t learn anything.

Then we made our way back to the market place to walk around some more before returning to the rig for some R&R.

We had leftovers for dinner and then went back to the Mathewson Center for more door prizes and entertainment for the evening. It was George Dyer, he has a act in Branson. He is a tenor and has a really nice voice. His show was pretty good, but last nights was better.

We came home to no electricity in the campground. Hopefully it will come back on soon.

Hope everyone has a good day!