Yesterday Bob and I spent 3 hours driving the disabled carts around. There was not much going on here, so the job was pretty easy. Most people just needed to get to the information desk to get their welcome packet. It was interesting meeting people and finding out where they were from and what brought them here. I had someone who twisted her ankle and had to take her to first aid. Bob had someone whose rv was parked way out in the hinterlands, in an area that we were not supposed to go to. But this woman was getting very sick. So Bob drove her there. People are so interesting. There was one couple where the husband could hardly walk. It took him five minutes to get from the door of his rv to my cart which was parked no more than 10 feet away. I am always so impressed when I see people with such limitations who are going and doing anyway.
By the time we finished our shift it was getting very dark. It looked like a huge storm was coming in. And come in it did. The wind was fierce. We were worried enough that we pulled in the slide. The rv was shaking. But at 5:30 was the dinner for the volunteers. It was about 400 feet to where we were to go, but the wind was really strong and it was starting to pour. I was going to drive the 400 feet (For those of you who know me, you know that my husband had to be very tired and the wind had to be very bad for me to be willing to drive 400 feet.) But as we got out of the rv a disabled cart drove by. They gave us a ride right to the door. Nice. There are about 750 volunteers and they all were there for dinner. It was actually pretty good. Steaks (what else would you expect in Wyoming?) and mine was even medium (I was afraid it was going to be well done.) The rest of the food was good too. We met some interesting people. The woman who sat next to us said that her husband died a number of years ago. She stopped traveling for a while because of the memories. Then she decided to get on the road again. She joined FMCA and is even on the board. Most of her traveling is from one rally to another. She says that she feels safe and well taken care of when she goes to rallies. She is probably about my age. I am so impressed. She has a big class A rig and drives it herself (with her dog). I don't think I could do that.
Today the weather cleared up. It is sunny and warm, but still a bit windy. Bob went to a seminar this morning and was disappointed that it was essentially a sales pitch for a certain brand of tow bar. I cleaned up Betsy and then went grocery shopping in town. We then decided to go back and take a look at the various exhibits. But the exhibits do not open until tomorrow (even though the rally supposedly begins today).. Very disappointing.
In the meantime, we noticed that water was running out of our water tank - not a problem since we are hooked up to external water. But Bob checked on it and discovered that our water pump is not working so well. We could probably get by, but there is a company right on site with a mobile rv repair service. They will come by sometime before we leave on Sunday. Probably a little spendy, but very convenient.
In about an hour or so I have another shift of disabled cart driving. (It is actually Bob's shift, but we decided that it would make more sense for Bob to make dinner while I drove.) Right now Bob is taking a nap and just relaxing. I think tomorrow will be a busy day. Seminars, exhibits, a company is coming to wash our rv and another company is coming to dump our tanks. No volunteer work, just busy enjoying ourselves.
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