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
