Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Grayling to Ionia, Michigan

It was a pleasant drive of about 140 miles today, with good weather, good roads and mostly light traffic. What a change from our last trip!

We arrived at the Ionia Free Fair grounds around 1:00 pm, and became part of the early arrivers for the Escapees Great Lakes Chapter 6 rally, which starts tomorrow. It was surprising to discover over a dozen RVs already here! We found several familiar faces, and met more folks during happy hour in the shade of a tree.

Today is Bernie Patton’s birthday, so his wife Carole did what any loyal spouse would do – bought a cake at Wal-Mart!

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Bunny Ratcliff (center) is one of our Chapter 21 friends from Benson, AZ.

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Her hubby Bruce (center) had lots of stories to share.

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Everyone is friendly and had hugs to share with us. I enjoyed a brief chat with this solo lady named Judy Woodham, who was widowed. She downsized from a large 5th wheel to a slide-in truck camper and is very happy with her small house on wheels. Good for her! A lot of women just give up RVing when their spouse passes or can no longer drive.

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Our wagonmaster, Mike Foley and wife Kathy, made us feel welcome.

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Bill and Jan were also welcomed as VCRs-in-training. We recruited them to become Volunteer Club Representatives for the Escapees RV Club, and we’ll be training them during this rally. We know they’ll be great at the ‘job.’

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Bill, Jan, Don and I had dinner downtown and enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful architecture preserved from days gone by.

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1 comment:

  1. Looks like it's going to be another fun Escapee's Rally. Nice looking Birthday Cake.

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