Washington State Rally

All set up on the Lynden Fairgrounds

I caravanned over to the Lynden Fairgrounds with the other FVE's and we all set up camp to enjoy the next three days. I spent some time wandering the fairgrounds with Bitsey and Henry (Yes - I took Miss Whiner - a big mistake) and then walked up the street to do some browsing through all the neat little shops they have in town. I love Lynden - it is such a quaint “Dutch” little town and the people are all so friendly in the shops. I bought some really “terrific”  things - a hose connector and a strap & screw for the couch handle at the hardware store. I lead such an exciting life - I can hardly contain myself sometimes!!!!
I had just got back to the rig when Dale arrived and it was almost time for “Happy Hour”. I quickly made up some Guacamole and Salsa in my Tupperware “Quick Chef” which I LOVE! (A plug for my consultant - my daughter Kelly). No really - I do love the great little chopper, whipper, mixer and serving bowl all in one - no electricity needed so great for boon docking - no Rig should be without one.
We didn’t join the group for dinner in town as we had plans for dinner. We then changed the plan to have Shepherds Pie by ourselves. As we were walking the dogs around the grounds, we passed the "San Juanderer's" group having their pot luck dinner. They insisted we join them even though we said we had dinner plans but of course Dale doesn't like to pass up a “Party” and so we joined them. I quickly whipped up a couple of Banana Cream Pies to take as dessert (good thing I bought those bananas the day before!). We had such a great evening with them and met a lot of nice people once again. WIT members are all so friendly and very inviting. We met another couple who have a “View” - sister to our Navion - and so spent the latter part of the evening chatting and comparing our rigs with Max and Anne. We got so caught up we didn’t have time for a campfire that we’d planned for later in the evening. The only down part of the evening is Dale was having sore back problems.

Friday and Saturday were pretty low key. We did some visiting with the some of the members of our group and other groups. We checked out the dealer rigs onsite but still keep coming “home” to our own little Navion. The big rigs have a lot of room and handy little gadgets etc. but I really like our cozy little home. I wish we could think of a name for it - all our RV’s have had names but we’ve had this one over a year and it’s still nameless - any suggestions would be helpful!!!

I helped our new area Reps - Christy and Rick in the WIT store on Saturday AM - all that experience I had at GNR came in handy! We had “Happy Hours” and my “Vegetable Braid” was a big hit at one so I had to make another one the next day. We didn’t partake in any of the games because Dale was really suffering with his back so spent a lot of the weekend laying in bed.