They keep Comin’, 150+ rig today. No rain since yesterday and several motorhomes still needed to be pulled out of the mud; we done pretty good with only five rigs needing tow assistance. Fortunately, the rest of the rally will be sunny and around a beautiful 92 degrees, with a possible gently breeze to blow the sweat away.

Back to today. It was kind of like an extremely large family reunion with cousin Billy John who likes to get his tongue stuck in soda bottles, and the niece who tears off all her dolls clothes claiming its some kind of government plot to sexually discriminate. And don’t forget Uncle Eddie who is worried that his pet rabbit will be roasted in the RV if he can’t get full hook up to keep it cool. (yes, I do like animals). It’s great to see people you haven’t seen for a while and meet new ones for the future.

Carol left me … only to go and set up the Shanty Shaker booth in the Row. She showed me a picture, she did a phenomenal job. Brian and Debbie will be there tomorrow for us while we finish Customer Service.

We made it to Sunday, the final day for Customer Service. It was supposed to be a record temperature day up in the 90s, it felt like it, the saving grace was an occasional gentle breeze. A lot of folks were not planning for the heat and wanted to upgrade their stay from boondocking to full hook up. (after registration closed we contacted the fair office and told them they could turn the heat down, we had enough rigs upgrade.)

Today was opening ceremony. Shawn the CEO of Escapees asked how many folks were “first timers”, almost half of the crowd raised their hands. After the opening ceremony we all ran (like a herd of turtles) out to ice cream. There are two things that motivate a bunch people this week, air conditioning, and food.

The entertainment was fantastic. They brought in a gentleman, Bill Lepp that is a storyteller who won the Virginia’s Liars Storytelling competition five times. People were still laughing after the show was over. I won’t try to relate any of the stories, I wouldn’t due them justice.

It’s off to bed in anticipation of a slower day tomorrow, its ROW TIME, I know ha ha.