Attendees in the Cam-Plex
Ours has the white roof.
Class of 2007
The new RV with veranda that Nanc wanted, but $800,000 was not in our budget.
Practicing what I learned at the mine.
Mud volleyball on the 4th.
WOW!!
We are nearing the end of our stay in Gillette, WY with the Escapees RV group and have had a wonderful time. This was the 48th Escapade and the 30th anniversary of Escapees but only our second Escapade. There were over 1000 RVs and more than 2000 people in attendance. We went on a HOP (previous blog) before the start of the rally and met many new people including Norm Payne, a fulltimer since 1999 whose web site I used extensively while preparing to go on the road. We also talked to Mark Nemeth who coordinated the Boot Camp we attend last year and discovered he is a master brewer who makes a great tasting beer. At the rally we attended several useful seminars on all aspects of fulltiming. We also hooked up with the Class of 2007, many of whom we met in Goshen, IN last year and had a potluck dinner with about 40 people who started fulltiming in 2007. We had camped beside Lanny and Lois Swanson in Bozeman and discovered they had also been at RV Boot Camp last year and were in charge of morning coffee at the Escapade this year. We volunteered to lend a hand and got up at 5 AM for three days to dispense coffee and donuts and meet and greet. The evening entertainment was excellent with a country group called Chugwater Band one evening and singer comedian Jimmy Travis another evening. They had some RVs for sale and we found one we really thought about buying. On the Fourth of July we went to the local parade in which the Escapees had a float and also went to the community park where they had free hot dogs and many activities. The fireworks were at the Cam-Plex where we are parked so we had front row seats. We will be leaving here on Sunday heading to Denver then flying to Jamaica for the Yanni - Becton wedding. It's a hard life but someone has to do it.
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