Michigan Fall Good Sam Rally

September 6 – It rained during the night but was clearing off by the time we got ready to leave.  Not much to do to leave but bring in the slides and put away the water, sewer and electric.  There was no rush since we were only about 70 miles to Harrison, but the first road was wavy and narrow and lots of traffic.  I know the people behind me were not happy.

We arrived just before noon at the Clare County Fairgrounds in Harrison, MI for the Fall Michigan State Good Sam Rally.  They were not the most organized we’ve ever dealt with, but really nice people.  They don’t really assign you a spot so in seeing the size of our RV they took up to a nice long open area spot to back in (the guy actually asked before we went  to the spot if I was good at backing in), well, backing was the least of the problem.  The site was very high in the back and Bill and I spent an hour trying to level.  We blocked up the front tires and moved around in the space but the leveling system kept saying we were at too much of an angle.  So Bill drove the truck to the entrance and told them we needed a different spot.  The next spot was a little difficult to get into, but I made it and the guy said he was very impressed with how I handled our RV.  We leveled in no time!  We are closer to our neighbors than in the other space but this was much less hassle.  The sites are all full hookup with 50 amp but the water pressure is only 20-22 so we filled our fresh water tank and just use our pump and get great pressure.

Everyone is very nice and there are quite a few Canadians.  There are only about 100 RV’s here and that makes the vendors and things not as good as larger rallies but that’s OK.  We finally got registered and got our rally bars and First Timer ribbons.  The opening ceremony was pretty quick and then the entertainment was awesome!  Just a 2 man group but they were one of the best we’ve had at any rally.  When he got out his trumpet I told Bill how I love the trumpet, especially Herb Alpert and don’t you know that was the first trumpet song he played was a Herb Alpert song.

Once the entertainment ended it took a bit to get organized for the day’s door prize drawing.   As usual we didn’t win that or the 50/50.  They served cookies and lemonade and we had some had headed back to the RV rather than play penny BINGO. 

We set up the TV but nothing we really wanted to watch so we read.  I stayed up until I finished my book but Bill was asleep by then.