FMCA Rally

We are now in Indio at the Fairgrounds for this 5 day Motorhome rally - Family Motor Coach Assn.

We came off the Freeway and proceeded to the entrance as per the instructions. Much to our surprise, we  entered smoothly and were quickly escorted to our parking space in the Orange lot. We have Electric but 10 cords are run off each system so it is only basic service. See what I mean below. There were 1100 coaches in orderly rows.

We explored the grounds and found every Vendor you could wish to see. Thursday Ron and I split up and attended seminars on the 80 Uses for Velcro, Detailing your Coach in an Hour, Microwave Convection Cooking, RVing in Europe, RV Weight and Tire Safety, and Auxiliary Braking. We both got a few tips we hadn’t known and simpler ways to do things with new products. It was very interesting and the people attending were great fun to be with. By 3 pm in the afternoon, winds came up and blew like mad. The palm trees were bent over, the Vendors tent started lifting away and falling down and sand was swirling for a few hours. That added some excitement to the day.
I tried out a Sedgeway, very cool, lean forward on your toes to go forward and back on your heels to stop. The machine balances your weight about 100 times a minute.

Friday we started with 8:30 seminars again. They must not realize that I am retired and don’t chose these early hours. Today included RVing in New Zealand and Australia, Insider Cleaning Tips, Electrical Made Easy, and Tire Monitors. There was a Ladies Tea and Fashion show, which took an hour for us to get inside the building, pick up a cup of hot water with tea bag, sugar and cream and go to our seat to stir. I’d modeled the same fashions at Catalina so nothing new for me. I was so impressed with Janet Sadlack from Minnesota who did the Microwave Convention seminar that I repeated it today. In 2 hours she cooked Crumb Topped Salmon, banana bread muffins, sweet potato, Spinach Artichoke Souffles, Easy Spaghetti Pie and poached 2 eggs. I can’t wait to use my oven more effectively.

Just off to the Parade now. There has been entertainment every night, the Alley Cats, a Doo-Wop group, Igor’s Jazz Cowboys and tonight Billy Joel and Elton John from Las Vegas.

 We've really enjoyed this, learned a lot and would come again.