Oregon

After our relaxing time in Washington, we headed for Salem, Oregon and the Monaco Come Home Rally. But first, there was a stop at Les Schwaab to have four more tires put on the coach. John decided after the blow out, it was time. After getting new shoes on the coach, we headed for the Oregon State Fairgrounds where we met up with the Mann's and the Tuller's and the rest of the parking crew. John spent the next few days helping the guys mark out the parking spots for the coaches expected at the rally. Peggy spent the time getting ready for the beading classes she was going to teach at the rally, and shopping. Along the way this summer her digital camera started failing, so she bought a new one and finally got the DVD/VCR recorder/player she had been wanting for the coach. Parking for the rally started on Saturday, and while John helped park coaches, Peggy worked with the crew at the front gate greeting all the participants and handing out goodie bags.

The parking crew getting their morning briefing.

The rally was lots of fun and Peggy had a great time teaching the beading classes. We made some new friends and renewed old friendships - that's the best thing about the rallys. After dinner entertainment one evening was "The Platters" - John says that only one of the group is from the original group, but they sure had the sound and everyone had a great time - John even got up and danced with Peggy to several of the old songs.

After the rally, we moved down to Eugene for a couple of nights and had a wonderful visit with John's sister Susan and husband Jeff. Then it was off to Camp Monaco in Harrisburg for a couple of nights and some maintenance work on the coach.

One of the little critters that lives in Susan's backyard

Washington State

After a one night stop in Spokane to do some major shopping at Costco and Super Wal-Mart, we traveled to Leavenworth, where we stayed at theThousand Trails park. We stopped there to meet Happy Trails friends Mike & Bev Rugland, and Ollie & Judy Carreiro. I also got to visit with my friend Fritzy. However, I think he doesn't like me cause he hisses at me a lot! One afternoon as Peggy & Bev were coming back from lunch in town, they see this big coach backing in the site next to Mike & Bev - would you believe, it was Marty & Gladys, who are friends of John & Peggy's from Monaco Romers. Small world we live in. We all had dinner together and a wonderful visit that evening.

Next stop was the Thunderbird Preserve in Monroe, WA. There we met up with Happy Trails friends Tom & Jan Tuller. It was a great week of quite relaxation. John & Peggy did a lot of reading and puttering. We were parked right on the river........the days were warm and the nights cool, and we even got some of that famous Washington rainy weather. We went out to dinner a few nights, and one evening we were joined by more Happy Trails friends, Glenn & Terry Mann.