Rally Time

Wow, I missed a day. We spent all day Monday at the Oasis Palms RV Park cleaning the coach and doing laundry. The basement on the drivers side is now organized and everything was accomplished except washing the outside of the coach. Our neighbor stopped by to visit and deliver a bag of tangelos. We had never had them and had to look up what they are a combination of. They are tangerines (of course) and pomelos. Next, we had to research pomelos. There are an ancestor of our current day grapefruit. Ah ha! Tangerines and grapefruit. Yukon Ray (our neighbor) also gave us a helpful hint about eating them. Salt sprinkled on them lightly increases their natural sweetness.

We were out of the park bright and early today and headed to Indio for the FMCA rally. We met with the rest of our Alpine Coach Association at the Fantasy Casino and then caravanned to the fairgrounds where the rally is being held. When we registered, there were 19 coaches in our group and by the time we arrived, the count was up to 30.


The caravan to the fairgrounds went fairly smoothly and we were all lined up in a holding area so we could unhook our toads (cars). It was quite a sight to see all of the Alpines together.


After a short visit period, we were led single file to the parking area. We are parked on the asphalt so it isn't too dusty and we have power. The vast majority of the participants are dry camping so we feel pretty lucky. As you can see, we are parked nose to nose with just enough room between us to open our slides and park our cars. What a way to meet new friends!


That's the back of our coach and we are in the middle of the row. So, you can get an idea of how cozy we are. Tomorrow, there will be several more rows of coaches parked behind us when the general admission starts.

We picked up our information packets and name badges then spent some time visiting and getting set up.


About 4:30 the "wine & whine" session started at the end of the row. Everyone brought their chairs, beverage of choice and snacks. We had the opportunity to meet some new friends and catch up with some old friends.


Before we knew it, it was dark and we headed back to our coaches for a bite of dinner.

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