Day 21 –Travel Day – Burns OR to Redmond OR – 150 miles through OR

We are parked at the Redmond OR fairgrounds along with 2000 other RVs. I hated to leave our beautiful campground, but off we went at 8:45. Along the way we saw some interesting sights. First was fencing in a barrel shape filled with rocks. We couldn’t figure out what it was or why it was there until our bus driver here at the fairgrounds told us it is called a ‘rock crib’ and used to stabilize fences at corners. Then we saw a herd of 15-20 pronghorn. These are my favorite hooved-animal next to kudu, and I did get an amazing photo of one of the pronghorn. It is on the right in the center. If you click on the photo, you can see it better.

We got all set up at our site which is lucky to be right next to the road and not in the middle of a double row of RVs. We may get a little dust from the gravel road where the tram buses pass by often, but it is worth it to have some extra room. They do come by with a water truck to spray the dust down. We took a tram ride to the main entrance and around the area. They are using 6 big buses to cart everyone from their RVs to the main exhibition/entertainment area. Nothing much starts until tomorrow. We do have 30 amp electricity which is good. And satellite reception.

Lorri, our bus driver, did give us the name of a good tire place, and Bill called them about 4:15. They said they weren’t busy, so he took the Tracker in to get the nail pulled out and the tire repaired.

After he got back, we got on a bus to take us up to the exhibit area to see Debbie Reynolds who was putting on a comedy/film clip show at 7:30. Luckily we got there early as it was totally filled by 7. The show was much better than either of us anticipated. She told stories, showed some of her film clips and sang along with many of them. At 78 she can still sing quite well. The show lasted about 50 minutes. That will probably be the highlight of my week at the rally.

The temperature here has been a relief. Today it only got up to 76 and tonight it is supposed to get down to 43. We are in heaven.