Kansas Bound--Day 9

The rally wrapped up this evening. Most of the coaches will be pulling out first thing tomorrow morning. It has been a busy three days, especially for the club officers keeping everything running smoothly. I was responsible for collecting the receipts from those that had spent money connected to the operation of the rally. Also had to get the invoices from our supplies, such as the caterer, the golf cart supplier, etc. Barring any surprises all the checks are written and distributed. We did sell some of our Monaco America merchandise so there was additional income in addition to the fees charged each coach that attended the rally. Also, we had 22 applications, accompanied with their rally fee, for the Fall 2010 Rally that will be in October in Tucson, Arizona.

Yesterday afternoon was the Monaco America County Fair. This gave folks, many of whom come from large cities around the country, to dress up in their version of what they think the typical county fair attendee looks like. The picture to the left is our Wagon Master (the person who does all the planning and work to put on these rallies twice a year) Gary Granat. Gary is joined by Judy Wagner in their "country finest". During the afternoon the folks entertained themselves with washer toss games and bean bag baseball. Prizes were awarded for the winning teams and individuals in these games. The picture to the right is Gary trying his hand at the washer toss game. The day ended, after dinner served by our outstanding caterer, with everyone moving indoors for bingo.

Also yesterday, in our semi-annual business meeting the election of officer's was held for the next year. Tonight before dinner our new officer's were recognized. Our Wagon Master (1st Vice President) was elected to move up to the office of President. My brother, Bill, was elected to take the Wagon Master position. I was reelected for another year as Treasurer. The two busiest jobs in the club, on a year round basis, are the Wagon Master and the Treasurer. With both of those jobs now in the Stone's hands it will be a busy year in Oklahoma. The after dinner entertainment tonight was the showing of the movie Roxanne with Steve Martin. Since I had previously seen this movie I elected to go back to the coach and get a jump on cleaning up all the paperwork and financial records for the rally. That is now pretty much under control and will be less I have to deal with once we return home. Our plan is to stay around this area tomorrow and do a little sight seeing before packing up on Sunday and heading home.