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OK, I lied, we got up Saturday, no hurry to leave with only an hour drive to Amana, but the noise was so bad we pulled out, got gas and then hit the road by 10:00. Instead of getting on I80 we decided to take route 6 over to Amana, nice drive, but it still only took us an hour. Lucky for us, when we arrived at 11:30, we were allowed to check in and we were shown to our spot. We got settled, met the rally organizers, Lori and Dave and then at 3:00 I headed up to the office annex to help put things together for the rally. There were a bunch of us helping, putting together goody bags, and getting the badges ready and we were finished by 4:30. Back to the RV where I gathered up Brad and Rudy and headed over to introduce them to Buddy and Theresa. We had a nice visit then headed back home for a late dinner.
Sunday the rally check in was scheduled from 2-4 and I was helping at the registration table. We hung out here at the RV until about 11:00 then headed in Amana for lunch, a little walk and some shopping a couple of the shops in town. Back home, then about 1:30 I headed up to the registration table, to get ready. We had 40 rigs to register and it took the better part of the 2 hours that were scheduled. Back to the RV to get cleaned up and ready for a catered dinner at 6:00. We had salad, pork sandwiches, baked beans, mashed potatoes, pickles, iced tea or lemonade, and cookies for desert, pretty good. After that a local historian came in a gave a talk on the history of the Amana Colonies, how they came to settle in Iowa where they lived as a communal colony until 1932, when that changed. It was interesting, the speaker was very knowledgeable, kept it interesting and was able to answer any of the questions. After that home for a good nights sleep after a very busy day.
Monday there was a coffee and cookie gathering that Brad headed out to, me I stayed home. Then we were scheduled for the 10:30 walking tour though town. It was a great informational tour that last about 1.5 hours in 90 degree heat. Our tour guide was wonderful and tried to keep us in the shade, and really didn't try to hurry through anything, even in the blazing heat. There were 6 of us from the tour that went out to lunch together, and I think a nice time was had by all. After that back to the RV for a cool down then off to town for some supplies. On our way home we headed over to 'High Amana' to do a tour of the General Store there, where it is mostly still original as it was in the 1930's. It was well worth the ride over and the ladies there gave us a little history of the place and were enjoyable to talk with. On our way home we remember to get our daily geocache, even in the 100 degrees, then back to the RV for another cool down. We just had a few left overs for dinner, then about 8:00 we headed down to the camp fire, yes it was still hot out side, so the circle around the fire was rather large. We lasted a little over an hour, then the bugs got too bad, so back home, a walk for Rudy, AC turned down and off to bed.
More to follow,
Diane and Brad
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