Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Good Sam Rally

We drove from Las Vegas back to Phoenix - or rather just to the west of Phoenix - to the race track where the Good Sam Rally was held.  The trip is through some very beautiful country, in cluding the Joshua Tree Forest.



I like the Joshus Trees because they are like the saguaro cacti.  They each stand alone and have an individual character.  Trees are grouped in what we seeas  a forest so in this case, you can't see the trees for the forest.


The Rally itself was amazing.  Imagine 3800 RVs parked in the same place.  We have an aerial view that we bought but here is a view from our RV.


There were many more motorhomes than trailers of fifth wheels.  That surprised us because it is such a change from Canada.  And oh! the size of the Rv industry here is SO huge.  We had no idea that there is such a range of products and services.  We only see a very small portion of it in Canada.

We took advantage of the availability of services and got our front window fixed (yes AGAIN) since it was beginning to crack up into Dalton's line of vision.  In Saskatoon, it took 2 months to get the window in and then there were shipping and handling charges on top of the cost of the glass.  Here, the glass is available the next day.  Arrangements were made with SGI AND the service provider paid our deductible.  It was amazing!  The only one who is poorer is the Saskatoon glass company.  SGI paid less to get it done; we paid nothing; and the local service provider got business.  There were also mobile services for awning repair, vehicle cleaning and oil changes.

There were entertainers every night: Bill Cosby, Martina McBride, Bowser's Rock and Roll Party and Ticket to Ride (Beatles tribute).  There were also loads of seminars.  Dalton went to a couple of really good technical ones that he thought were particularly helpful. 

Now we are back in Las Vegas getting ready to begin to move north.  We are going up through California, Oregon and Washington into the Lower Mainland.  It is hard to believe that the winter is over!

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