4-23-2023 TRR Junction TX Rally

 I headed towards Junction Texas on Wednesday for a rally with the Texas Ramblin' Roses. It rained off and on but not hard most of the way up through Kerrville Texas. There is a big change in the terrain between Kerrville and Junction with several steep hills up and down. There are also signs indicating gusty winds. that means intermittent not steady but I had no problems because I was prepared having traveled this way many times. Once through there the skies were clear and sunny.

I arrived at Tree Cabins RV Resort and got all set up. 

When I hooked up my water hose, I got a drip in spite of really tight connections. When I touched the actual water connection on the RV, there was water squirting everywhere and it wasn't coming from the hose connection. I quickly shut thigs down when I realized that the leak was coming from thepart in the RV so I unhooked and ran my hose around to the other side of the motorhome where I have an old fashioned fill opening. I filled my fresh water tank and was all set for the duration.

Tree Cabins RV Resort is located on Lake Junction which as a widen area of the Llano River. This is our second rally at this park. We were there first rally ever last year so we showed them the ropes.

It's a smaller park but nice. Some shades ties, some open, some pull through's, some backins. they have a nice bathhouse and some very nice cabins as well as a rally hall.

We always do rig inductions for any new or new to RVer RVs at our rallies. It's like a ship christening. Mary Ann wields the water blaster with aplomb.

We also had a ranger from south Llano State Park come to talk to us about the park and the 100 year Texas state parks anniversary.

We took on a special project for this rally which was to make some squares for a quilt to celebrate the anniversary. I did the brown on on Goliad State Park. The park will put all the squares from us and others together as a quilt and it will be displayed. Neat project. We also donated to bird projects at the park.

Of course, we also had a potluck with chili furnished by the hosts and some others.

Games are always a fun rally pastime. Rummikub, Farkle, and Samba are popular. Samba requires way too many cards for me but I like the others.

two of our members are talented guitarists and singer so a sing-a-long concert popped up one night down at the pavilion and again the next night up at the rally room.

Dedicated game players are not stopped by darkness moving in.

One event we don't have at every rally is a farewell cake and presentation for our 90+ year old chapter member Joyce. She is heading out soon in her Phoenix Cruiser for her place in New York and we will miss her at our rallies.

Oh, and I forgot to even mention the two really exciting events. Wednesday night, one of the ladies alarm systems went off.......4 separate times. I usually close my windows and blinds and run the A/C but that night it was so nice out that I left everything open. Yikes! Funniest thing was that the lady with the alarming truck had her windows closed, her A/C on, and her hearing aides out.....she never even heard the alarms, lol.

Second less than fun thing was the storm on Saturday night that was accompanied by thunder, loads of lightning, and even some hail. Fortunately, no damage was sustained by anyone.

All in all, it was a great rally. We ate out a couple of times and visited South Llano state Park. There is another post coming on the park.

2022-04-11 Junction TRR Rally

 From Fredricksburg, I had a windy drive to Junction and the Tree Cabins RV Resort for a Texas Ramblin' Roses Rally.  The office was not manned but Olivia, one of the hostesses, had a list of the RV sites we were assigned to so I pulled in and hooked up.

I was lucky enough to get a site with a tree. It was a buddy site so I just hoped that the other site was occupied by one of our group members. No problem with that as we had every site in the park plus one of the cabins.

The park is right on the river so our women that love to fish were right there. We actually scheduled a rally here because last year we were at South Llano State Park and some of our members ended up in town at this park because the state park was all booked.  Booked but 4 or 5 sites sat empty all weekend which has been a huge problem with RVers reserving and then not showing up. Anyway, the river access is far better here than it is at the state park.

The park has a very nice rally room. It's up at the top of the hill which is a drawback but there is a parking lot so it's all workable.

We had our potluck here, played games, had a Skymed presentation complete with wine and cheese, and we also had a really neat craft presentation from Lisa Ward. The craft involved wildflowers, a hammer, and paper to make a picture.

You place the flower on the heavy paper, cover it with thin baking paper, and pound the heck out of it.

And you end up with a very nice picture like this one.

Or, you can also use a T-shirt and end up with a great piece of wearing apparel like this.

We also did our normal rig christening tour for new members or members with new to them rigs.

As you can see, our ladies drive or pull all kinds of RVs.

Some rigs are quite unique like this one. Looks and drives like a car but.....

has everything you would find in a very small RV.

Space is expanded with this nice little screen room.

Inside has everything you would need including a microwave and A/C.

You will see every size rig from small to large.

These ladies are full-timers and want for nothing in their shared home.

The park had no bluebonnets or wildflowers this year but there was wildlife.

A nice shady spot to enjoy the riverr.

And fish!

It was a great rally and we have already booked the park for next year.