Departed PA Dutch Country Campground, an Encore Thousand
Trails park to make our way to the Pennsylvania State Good Sam Rally. It was a
long commute … about 6 miles. Charlie and I had a debate … hook up and tow the
jeep or not … no, not really! He said he would drive the jeep and I would drive
the RV. I reminded him about the narrow bridge, because of bridge work and he
agreed that maybe he should drive … no need for a new paint job! LOL
We came out of the campground onto Route 72 N and we took
that road all the way to our turn onto Rocharty Road. I love this area, where we can see and marvel at the simple life of these neighbors! Arriving at the Lebanon
Expo Center and Fairgrounds a quick 10 minutes after we left! Gotta love those
long moves!
Since the move was so quick, we might as well talk about the
Pennsylvania Good Sam Rally. After we never got notification that the Delaware
State Good Sam Rally was cancelled, we were nervous about this one. But, we
reached out to the State Director and verified that they were a go!
It was definitely the smallest state rally we have been to,
with less than 40 rigs. They aligned their event with the largest RV show in
the Northeast, the Hershey RV Show. But the alignment, did not help with the
attendance at the Rally. We did have friends, that have been following us or we
have been following them … since last spring at this Rally.
Hello Joe &
Debbie Trice!
We also had two visits from members of our Good Sam Chapter
and residents at Majestic Oaks, Bill & Debbie Schaffer! They visited one
day and then hit the RV show. Then they came back on Saturday for more fun at
the Rally! We enjoyed simple breakfasts every morning at the Rally.
Everyone from Pennsylvania and surrounding states that
attended the Rally were very nice and accommodating. We did learn a few new
card games … we played a Horse Race Card Game and a Chicken Round-up Card game.
I will have to look up the rules … I think both were played with dice as well! We played Euchre and they wanted to teach us 500, but too much to learn! Bill
knew how to play 500, so he played and he won! Great job Bill!
There was one table for the Flea Market and one vendor, but the Chapter Raffles were plentiful! Most of them were a 50/50.
Friday was the opening ceremonies. We marched in the parade to represent Carefree Sams, but spoke about the Florida Rallies! There were two Pennsylvania Chapters that marched, two out of state chapters and one state, Maryland.
There was one chapter raffle for a quilt, a member of the R&R Sams from Maryland won it.
Anyone that has attended a Florida, Georgia, or Tennessee Rally knows that
there should be so much more! At the
closing ceremonies it was discussed how to increase their chapter numbers and
their rally attendance numbers
We had two pot luck meals and both we awesome, with an overabundance
of food! They had adult crafts on Friday and Saturday, both sessions
were well attended. I am not a crafty person, bit Debbie attended Saturday’s
craft session and she was able to do Friday’s craft on Saturday! We did get to see someone launch a balloon from the parking lot at the Expo Center.
Saturday night, we enjoyed the 2nd Look Band,
under the outdoor pavilion.
They were good and played a variety of country and
old time rock-n-roll! There was some dancing involved!
Sunday morning came quickly and there was a musical worship
service, before the closing ceremonies. The closing ceremonies is when they
gave out the door prizes.
If we were in the area at the time of another Pennsylvania Good
Sam Rally, we would attend!
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