May 16, 2008

We’ve had a good time at the Bounders of America Rally in Richmond, Indiana. There were 140 Fleetwood Bounders of varying ages and it’s nice that everyone has the same great taste in motor homes. The rally theme was “Boundering In The Spring”. Early May is still springtime therefore we had cool weather and rain. We parked on grass so the mud wasn’t bad.


There was entertainment two nights. On Wednesday we listened to three guys playing acoustical guitars and singing songs from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This revived good memories for all.

On Thursday, we were entertained by a delightful family quartet, the Mossburg Strings. This is a group of brothers and a sister that play the violin and viola. They were fantastic. They played classical, patriotic, inspirational and pop music.


Here are a few more pictures from the rally.

The official rally photographer.

The BOA General Business Meeting.

The ice cream social.

Our new friends, Don and Betty Asendorf from Pennsylvania.

We met a lot of great people, had plenty of good food, great entertainment, informative seminars, the opportunity to meet with vendors for the latest and greatest gadgets and fixes for our motor homes and attended a wonderful seminar on health and wellness for people of all ages.

This morning, Charlotte’s brother, Bill, and his wife, Jeanette, surprised us by stopping at the Fairgrounds in Richmond where we are with our rally.

They have been touring Ohio with their Model T and were on the way home. They will be at the fairgrounds in August for a Model T Rally and Swap Meet and stopped to check out the facilities.

Because of all the rain the last few days, a few motor homes leaving this morning were having trouble getting out to the road. They were getting stuck in the wet grass and mud. Luckily, no one needed a wrecker. They used the coach jacks to raise the motor home and put boards under the wheels then move as far as possible and repeat the procedure. We left in the afternoon and didn’t have any trouble. There was a nice wind blowing and the area had dried up a little by the time we started on our way to Ohio.

Tonight we are at Alton RV Park in Alton, Ohio. This is a very clean and cozy park with only 35 sites. We had an escort to our site and short time later the camp host came to see if we needed help hooking up to the utilities. They really work hard to see their campers have a good experience.

They have this beautiful lilac tree growing near the office. It is almost as beautiful as the lady standing nearby. If you get close to the picture you can almost smell the intoxicating fragrance of lilac.

We will be here for two days so we can attend a wedding of Ray’s cousin in Grove City, Ohio near Columbus tomorrow. We look forward to a great day celebrating a marriage and visiting with family.