Sunday, July 10th., 2022…… Today was lawn mowing day! After breakfast, Cathye headed off to church
and I went out and got out three of the mowers and topped off the gas in them.
Penny came by around 11:30am and we started out. It only took about 2 hours
from start to finish. Next up is the ‘west 40’ field grass. I have the guy
coming on Saturday to do that. I will need to use the zero turn and make a pass
around the perimeter of the field. If I do it, I can get closer to the fence
lines. But, with all of the high brush
out there, it will be a task! Once we
got everything washed, I left them to dry and came in to rest for the day.
Monday, July 11th., 2022…… Today would have been Jeff’s 52nd birthday. We will be going
out later with Penny and Cherrelyn to have dinner and a drink in his honor. First
up for me was a dental appointment. Today was just a cleaning. Since my
appointment was at 7:30am I got that done and stopped and got breakfast and
brought it home.
Tuesday, July 12th., 2022…… The only thing on my agenda today was both of us had haircuts. We went
off and got those done and came back to do a little more prep on the trailer.
We will be heading a whole 12 miles down to Brownsville tomorrow. We want to
check-in and get the trailer parked in a nice shady spot but we won’t stay in
it that first night. I hooked up the truck and we were done for the day.
Wednesday, July 13th., 2022…… Cathye headed off to SHEM and I finished loading up the trailer and my truck. When she got back, she jumped in her truck and I followed her in mine and we drove down to Pioneer Park. While she checked in, I scoped out the available spots. She chose one that was really easy for me to back her trailer in to and we got everything unloaded and set out in quick order. This was a shot before we got the awning up.
We hung around
for a bit, then headed back home for the day. I decided to get the mower out and run it
around the fence line. Boy, was that a task! It would have been rough enough just
to get through the weeds, but since they were way overgrown, I was out of my
league! Plus, I had to maneuver around
the wild blackberry bushes (and the thorns!). I had set up the mower without
the bags so they wouldn’t clog, but it was just too thick. So, I disconnected
everything and set out again. This time I could make it all around without too
much trouble. I came in and rested and
planned out tomorrow. The next trip down tomorrow would be the bikes and the
dogs and the food. After getting all of that together, we drove over to The
Depot in Albany and had a nice seafood dinner.
Thursday, July 14th., 2022…… We decided to take two trips down
this morning. The first one was in the Acadia with the dogs and the groceries.
Cathye stayed there and kept the pups and put away everything, while I went
back and exchanged the Acadia for the Honda, which has the bike rack on it. Once
I got back, we were there for the duration! We walked around and checked out all of the
trailers and met our neighbors. Steve and Bea and Jennifer are both from
Washington and they all will be fun to be camped next to! We took Rylee down to the river
for a swim. I got in this time so she would actually follow me out to the deep
water instead of laying in the shallows! After that, we got the bbq grill out
and got ready for dinner. Ron and Teri were joining us for hot dogs! We had beer and dogs and had a great time
visiting with them!
Friday, July 15th., 2022…… This morning the housekeepers were coming to clean so I had asked Penny
to come let them in. We walked down to the one food truck at the rally so far,
and had breakfast burritos. When we got back, we jumped on the bikes and headed
into town to see who had set up for the weekend city-wide yard sale. It was
officially supposed to be tomorrow but we wanted to take a bike ride anyway. We
found a few folks who were setting up and looked around. Cathye found a pad for
her chaise lounger ($5.) and I loaded it on my bike and we headed back home. That
lounge chair is vintage and is out for sale along with some other items on a
table. Trailer folks will be walking by looking for items to buy. We decided to
go out again for a meal and rode the bikes back into town and went to the
Brownsville Saloon and had dinner. Cathye likes the video slots there but they
didn’t like her this time! Oh well!
After that, we rode back home and settled in for the evening. Yesterday,
we found a trailer that had old radios out for sale. We knew these were ones we
sold to a couple at Cathye’s estate sale! So, we went back to see if we could catch them
at home. Nope! We went back later for
the Smores night and he was there. Turns out he remembered me! I was the guy reaching
up and grabbing the radios (they bought 30!) from the shelves and making a pile
for them. Anyway, he turns them into a Bluetooth radio speaker that you can
operate from your phones. Many of the vintage guys have them out on display. One
of our neighbors said he had one he paid over $200.00 for! So, he is making money from our stuff. Cathye
was so happy to see that these are still out there being enjoyed! He told Cathye he would do her radio for free
and would come by and get it later. We headed back to camp and settled in our
chairs and the neighbors came by and joined us for drinks and good
conversation.
Saturday, July 16th., 2022…… I got a text this morning at
7:00am from my field mower guy, saying that he was already there and would be
unloading and getting started early. So, I got up, got dressed and drove back
home to talk to him. There were some areas that I wanted covered and I also
asked him to get as many of the blackberry bushes cut up as he could. He had
already made a couple of passes and said he figured I was having issues and
took them out with no problem! I left
him a check and headed back to the campout. Cathye took her pie down to turn in for the
baking contest. She made a triple berry pie. Judging is later, after the kid’s
pie eating contest. We’ll see how she does. We took the dogs out and walked
around some more. The open house was today from 11:00am-2:00pm so we needed to
hang around for that. Word was out that we were in the park and the public would
be invited to come by and walk around and tour whatever trailers had their ‘open’
signs out. I think we must have had 30-40 folks take a peek at ours. Of course, we already had our chances to go
tour around in the last few days. I found my favorite! This is a 1947 Aero Flite trailer. It is
known for it’s ‘trolley car roof’, which I always thought was very cool!
It was restored by the folks at Flyte Camp RV Restoration in Bend. Those guys had a tv show on HGTV a few years back. The owner said the restoration for this guy was right around $120k! But it is beautiful and well worth the price, I guess. Of course, they have all types at this outing. There was also a row of Aloha ‘World’s Fair’ model trailers. Very rare and these were totally restored and beautiful!
We went back to the main stage and watched the kids eating pies! There were some that went in for it!
Lots of fun! Later, Cathye returned to the stage area and
found she had won second prize for her pie!
Yaay! I’m so proud!
We were also on the route for 'The Amazing Race'. They had 7 teams of four competing and we were right between two of the stops. One was were they had to have one person dress up with diving gear and a flamingo and maneuver through an obstacle course. It was hilarious!
Later, we went back to the food
carts and found that they all were shut down for the rally! We spoke with Wade, the organizer, who told
us some of his booked trucks didn’t show plus those that did felt they weren’t
making enough money and were leaving early. If he does this next year, he said
he has learned from it and will do better next time. No worries, we went back
and fixed sandwiches and had cottage cheese and watermelon. So, we didn’t starve!
Later in the evening, Cathye’s late husband’s son’s mother, Pattie, came by
along with her significant other, Dan, who brought his guitar. Not shy, he
started right in and sang a dozen songs for our little group. Rylee slept through
most of it!
We finally called it a night and
went to bed. Last night here. It was really fun! We will be planning on doing more of them
around the area. Here are more shots of
the rally, both day and evening…
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