Day Two -- Western Gypsy Gathering

Janet Trannum in her seminar extolling the virtues of microfibers for cleaning the coach --

Today was a day of seminars -- I went to one on The Gypsy Journal's FAQ; a For Women Only Roundtable; Accessories for Better Air Card Internet Access; Passport America Discount Camping Club; and Honey, Let's Clean the RV. Forry attended Electrical Management Systems; Fire Safety with the Fire Guy, Mac McCoy; RV Insurance, What Affects Your Rates; The Great Rocky Mountain RV Adventure and came with me to Honey, Let's Clean the RV.

I must admit, we kept busy from 8 AM this morning until 5 PM this evening. There was an evening session of cards and games planned, but we came home to Auntie Violet for a dinner of crab cakes and fresh asparagus and didn't leave again.

I've made a couple small purchases from the vendors -- some new rugs for the bathroom made of microfiber to replace the old rugs that were falling apart and a couple more small glass nail files (I want to end up with one stashed everywhere I am!).

I did the paperwork on tire sizes and the gross weights of Auntie Violet in preparation for her "four corner" weighing appointment on Friday morning. She'll have each front wheel and each set of rear duals weighed separately so that we can see how well her cargo weight is distributed. (We do know from weighing on truck scales that we weigh less then the manufacturer's recommended total gross weight...). We also purchased a combination surge protector and electrical management system that will be installed tomorrow (We had wanted to get one last year, but the dealer sold out on the first day and we hadn't found what we wanted since!)

And it wouldn't be an RV Rally with Mac the Fire Guy if we didn't buy ANOTHER fire extinguisher! This year he has a special one that goes in the back of the refrigerator compartment (last year we bought an automatic one for the engine compartment...). There have been so many refrigerator recalls and fires in the past few years -- first with just the propane ones and then with the combo propane/electric ones. The problem seems to be in their design -- something about the compressors and the amount of heat they put out. (Sort of reminds me of the Toyoto debacle!)