Saturday morning, coffee was ready at the rally room at 0830 and demonstrations started at 0900. I talked about the GEO method for maintaining your waste tanks and showed everyone how to make the solution using Pinesol, Calgon Water Softener, and water in a gallon container. I've used this very successfully for many years with no smell or clogs. Next up were Jimmie Andrews and Marla Loring demonstrating their solar generators. Jimmie has a smaller one and Marla has a large one which is very heavy. It was very clear to all that solar generators are not really generators but more like large batteries. Both women had solar panels referred to as suitcase types but again, they were different. Both could be charged via an electrical plug and a 12 volt plug in a vehicle in addition to the solar panels.
Jimmie talked about knowing how many watts each appliance you want to use takes to run and pointed out that you could find that info on the appliance itself. Both women had various appliances that could be used with their solar generators. Contrary to what many people believe, solar generators generally are not large enough to run air conditioners. We all learned a lot this morning.
After the planned programs, sightseeing and lunch were again on the agenda. Elaine, Mary, Marla, Barb, and I decided to check out the Rockport Marketing Days. It was packed but we lucked out and got a parking place just as someone pulled out. There were lots of crafts and food available.
We also checked out the Castaways Thrift shop recommended by Jimmie. It was a very popular place with a long check out line so we looked by didn't buy anything. Then we went to Benchwarmers/Hudat restaurant also recommended by Jimmie. We gave her a call to verify that she was talking about this restaurant and she met us there. It's a unique place with two restaurants combined so the menu is very large and unique. They have everything from burgers to seafood to oriental food. We all ordered different food and it was great. Definitely a keeper.
I headed out about 5:15PM to pick up the pizzas for dinner while Barb made a huge salad to go with them. We usually do potlucks on Saturday night but pizza and salad has been a popular change at all our Rockport rallies since it is usually hot.
The group photo was scheduled for promptly at 6PM. Jimmie instituted the take it right at the time scheduled while she was president. Otherwise those that show up on time end up standing in place forever waiting on those who are late.......so, our picture includes those who were at the rally room at 6PM.
Pizza was good and plentiful and so was the salad. There were a few other items as well since our ladies always like to bring things
Quite a few of us headed to the pool as we did every evening" Nan led a water aerobics class which was a lot of fun. The salt water pool was very relaxing end to the evening.
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