The Show is Just About Ready

Setup for Escapade kept us pretty busy, and I missed out adding photos into the blog. These are some of the table center pieces that Carol and I made. The road runners are cut from card stock paper, attached to a length of bailing wire. The rocks and cactus are made from florist foam, glued to the paper plate, and small rocks added as the desert floor. We created 40 for the tables in the Hospitality area in the main hall, they were all unique, no duplicate design. The neat thing was the end result. The center pieces were sold off, the money donated to C.A.R.E. C.A.R.E. is an Escapee organization designed to provide assisted living style care to Escapee members no longer able to care for themselves, or just need time to re-cooperate from an illness. C.A.R.E. is an all volunteer staff, and operates solely on donations.

The week before Escapade begins we offer "Boot Camp" classes to folks new to RVing. The classes teach the basics of RV care, fire safety, RV insurance, road side assistance, and what to expect in the RV community once they are on the road. Once Escapade opens there are many other seminars available ranging from what was taught in "Boot Camp", selecting the right RV, WiFi options for the road, social gatherings, photo contest, nightly entertainment, and HOPS (variety of  local one day tours). That nightly entertainment I just mentioned included bands such as "American Rogue", which played Celtic. The second night entertainment was "Redhead Express", they are a brother/sister band playing a wide range of of music, gospel, bluegrass, country, and a little rock. The final night was our "Escapade's Got Talent" talent show. A little history on the title, the first name years ago was " Burnt Sulfur ('cause they stank). This year we had some pretty good acts, ranging from skits to line dancing to blues to rock and roll.

Thursday closed the Escapade for this year. We celebrated fiesta style, with food, drink, and music. Today will be busy with breaking everything down and packing it into the trailer, sending it back to Livingston Texas, awaiting shipment to Rock Springs Wyoming next year.