Friday was a very busy day at the rally. You will remember from the last post that we started with a fantastic breakfast and went on to a presentation by Betty Grant. Next up, our president, Jimmie Andrews gave a demonstration with her Bluetti. It all started way back in Feb during the frozen ice and snow storm. Jimmie decided that she was never going to be cold again so she bought a Bluetti to power her electric blanket in her RV. Well, she has learned a whole lot about how you can use it since then.
She showed the power available changed when you hooked up different devices like a fan, a slow cooker, and even a small 500 watt heater.
It made it easy to understand power usage as she demonstrated each device and even some used together.
Our chapter always does rig inductions, blessings, christenings....whatever you choose to call them when we have a new member or a member with a new to them rig.
In the past Jimmie has used a big water gun but this time she came prepared with bubbles which she handed out. You can use see them here if you look close.
And then we get to look inside the rig to check the layout. That is always fun and enlightening.
This time all three rigs were Class Bs and each had a slightly different layout. The smaller the rig, the more important the layout is.
We were all supposed to bring an old T-shirt and scissors if we had them. I brought two T-shirts and our craft master Olivia brought a whole bunch so everyone could participate in making a dog toy. Here she is demonstrating how to cut up the T-shirt.
If you did it right, you ended up with with one long strip that you cut in thirds. Tie a knot in one end and start braiding it. So easy. Thinner strips for small dogs, bigger strips or maybe six thinner for large dogs. I have a dachsund so I made a big dog one. Believe me, she needs the stronger one.
Everyone had a good time doing this. Those without dogs did one for a friend and I think some animal shelters were going to be recipients too.
These are Xena's. I made two and a friend made one for her. I love them for the RV or the house because she likes you to throw them and they are soft when they hit something. I made a similar one for Harley years ago for the RV and Xena still plays with it at home.
Friday evening we all met to play The Price is Right. Our officers put a ton of effort into this from buying/finding prizes to pricing everything to setting up the whole game. Here is one of the "come on down" panels. Everyone got a ticket when they arrived and they drew numbers for each panel.
Winners were all smiles.
The winners from each panel advanced to the next level where they chose a prize, named a price, and eventually spun the wheel.
There were big prizes and small prizes and even a boobie prize or two but everyone had a really great time.
