I had spent two hours yesterday cleaning and waxing our coach, so it was no real surprise when we woke up to rain. It was nice that the rain stopped while we prepared to travel and emptied the holding tanks. We had arranged with Leon at National RV Refrigeration, in Shipshewana, to get an ARP (Absorption Refrigeration Protection) controller installed on our Norcold refrigerator. His shop was on our way to the American Coach Association National Rally in Goshen, Indiana, so it could not have been more convenient. The installation only took about 30 minutes, including all of our questions. Leon was a wealth of knowledge and patiently answered every question. He also showed us how to read the refrigerator fin temperature on the front panel. The ARP controller will give us some peace of mind keeping our refrigerator from misbehaving.
Since today's move was so short, Joani just followed me in the car. We had already driven to the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds the day before, so it should have been easy, right? Wrong. It was very unsettling driving the coach without my navigator. At least I recognized when we were lost. After finding a place to pull over we conferred with Google maps and got our bearings. A few extra left turns, a bit of backtracking and we finally made it - 34.9 miles (74,207.8 total).
Parking at the fairgrounds was a bit confused. Four guys took a meeting, compared notes and decided we should be at site 246. The first try at parking left us on the wrong side of the hook-ups. The next try left us hanging in the road and too far from the utilities to hook-up. Our parking guide went for help and after a short conference, they decided I should park in another direction. Everyone was parked on a SE-NW line except for us facing SW. It all worked out and we got settled in. We were greeted by Debby with our registration package which included a really nice ACA 25th Anniversary blanket and various other information and trinkets. Ray and Pauline welcomed us and filled us in on the Southeast Chapter schedule of events.
There wasn't even time for a short nap before heading out to the SEACA (Southeast American Coach Association) chapter "social hour" and dinner. There was quite a turnout for our pre-rally (50 coaches expected from SEACA - and nearly 250 coaches registered for the ACA rally). Below you can see Ray trying to manage the semi-rowdy crowd. Everyone had a good time and enjoyed lots of great food and lively conversation.
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