Day 33 of our 2025 RVing Adventure with Historical & Musical Interludes

It's Tuesday June 3rd, day 33 of our 2025 summer adventure. It's the early bird day for the Tennessee Good Sam's rally.

I got my walk in around the City Park. This morning there were a ton of young baseball players arriving for a Cal Ripken Tournament as I walked the trail.

Charlie and I had a few things to take care of in the rig, while we were waiting for Jim and Debbie to arrive today!

Gary, Sheryl, Tim, and Debbie finished setting up the Yankee RV Tours booth this morning and preparing the paperwork. It looks great under the pavilion. It's visible from the traffic on Wears Valley Road.

When Jim and Debbie arrived, just before 1pm. They needed a part for their RV. Since they do not tow a vehicle, Charlie and I drove them around looking for the part. Every where we went it was a special order and it would not arrive until after we left Pigeon Forge. So, tomorrow they will call Thor and see if they can order it and send it to our friends in Indiana. That is our next destination when we leave here on Sunday.

Tim, Gary, Sheryl, and Debbie manned the Yankee booth this afternoon while rally goers were checking in.

The theme for the rally is American Pride, so Yankee's Red and Blue are perfect for the rally.

How did Good Sam's get started you ask? The Good Sam Club got its start back in 1966 when a small Southern  California magazine, Trail-R-News, published a letter from a subscriber that recommended distributing decals to trustworthy RVers willing to offer assistance to fellow RVers. The publisher liked the idea and came up with the name the Good Sam Club, based on the parable of the Good Samaritan who helped a traveler in need. Bumper stickers were printed, the Good Sam guy got his now familiar halo and wide grin. 

The soft opening of the rally began tonight with a Sweet and Greet event. They had a great ice breaker called "Mingle Bingo." Each bingo card had different actions about people. You had to interact with other rally goers to see if any of them could fill in the blank you needed. We were trying to fill in the blanks to for the BIG T on the bingo card. It was a neat way to get to know other rally goers!

After the sweet and greet, we enjoyed a few games of Samgo (their version of Bingo.) It was a small group, because it was the early bird day. Debbie Dashnaw and I played Samgo. I won the first game and the coverall! It cost me $10 to play and I won $25, so it was a net positive night!

Stay tuned for more Two Lane Adventures.