New York Escapee's Rally

We have something in common with our friends, Darrell and Judy, a 5 o'clock Charlie cat. Katie apparently sleeps all day and decides to get up early (way too early for us) to play. She wants at least one of us to get up with her and enjoy a time of togetherness. We don't have the same wishes but Allan is usually the one who gets up with her at least for a while. She makes biscuits on us, walks across us, and scratches her paws down the mirrored closet door making a sound like scratching on a blackboard. Allan has tried using a spray bottle when she does this. It has helped some. Katie is becoming a more sociable kitty. When we have friends over she comes out and sits in the middle of the company. She is, so far, not a lap cat though. She also likes our computer case. We found her with half her body in the side pocket. Not sure how she did that.

Our RV has been sitting here for 3 months so Allan thought it would be a good idea to do a trial run before leaving for home. We signed up for an Escapee's rally in New York and attended it this past weekend. We left Friday morning using our check off list. It took 3 hours to arrive with no problems on the road. We got in about 2 o'clock with it just starting to rain. We were dry camping for this weekend which is no problem for 3 days. We did not use the generator. Breakfast was provided for Saturday and Sunday morning and we had a huge chicken dinner grilled outside on Saturday night. They had a chapter meeting on Saturday morning which we attended. They scheduled two social hours and ample time for getting to know people and free time to sight see. They had a 50/50 raffle and an auction with the proceeds going to CARE. (total $250) The auction was a lot of fun. We had to bring a pound of something in a paper bag. We brought grits and it sold for the highest bid of the night. On Friday night we had a campfire

From New York Escapees rally

inside since it was raining and sang old songs. Another activity we participated in was 20 mystery bags you had to guess what was in them being as specific as possible.

From New York Escapees rally

We got 2nd place and received a $10 gift certificate at the cider mill store which Allan got a strawberry rhubarb pie.

We made several new friends whom we hope to see again down the road. John and Christine were interested in seeing our truck and RV as they are planning to go full time this year. John drove the truck to see how a medium duty handled. We also got to see their vintage 1975 Airstream trailer. We met so many nice people who allowed us to join them at their rally

From New York Escapees rally

Saturday we drove to Saratoga Springs to see the horse race tracks. We were able to get some pictures even though it was closed for the season. Many of the houses in the area had unusual architecture.

Sunday before heading back for Killington, we drove down the road to a working horse farm. They had a horse you could feed peppermint candy to. There were goats the kids could pet and get their picture with and make a frame for the picture. Pony rides were a hot item. A group of young girls were learning vaulting on a Haflinger (breed of horse). I got some pictures of that with Allan's camera so we probably won't have those developed until Christmas.

The drive home was uneventful other than Katie complaining. She doesn't like being in the carrier and would rather be at Allan's shoulder doing her back seat driving routine.

We have completed three more lean-tos this week. We hope to have them all completed within the next two weeks. As long as the weather holds out and the remaining ones are not rented we should be able to do that. Wednesday and Thursday temps are to be only 60 with lows in high 30s. I may have to get my winter clothes back out.