Wednesday we traveled to Pomona, CA where we parked on an asphalt parking lot to begin 5 days of rallying with the annual FMCA National Homecoming Rally. After half of a day of listening to generators and smelling the exhaust of the generators we paid to move into a site with electricity. We actually got a site near a shade tree so we are able to spend some time outdoors enjoying a cooling breeze in the afternoons. Speaking of breeze, it is unseasonably warm here in Southern CA but we are not complaining.
From out of all the seminars offered, the one we like best is learning how to play Pickleball! What a fun game. It was invented over 40 years ago but is only picking up in popularity in the last 10 years. It is played on a court the size of a badminton court, with a short net like tennis, paddles like pingpong paddles, and the ball like a whiffle ball. It is scored like volleyball, but service is like a cross between tennis and volleyball. It is a game that can be enjoyed by almost any age from 7 or 8 up to 97 or 100! I can’t wait to get home and introduce it to our friends.
We’ve met a few people, walked the Fairplex numerous times (getting in over 5 miles every day), looked at some of the 300 display motorhomes, perused the suppliers and exhibitors booths, and attended two concerts (a country western singer and Peter Noone & The Herman’s Hermits). The Fairplex has a NHRA (Hot Rod) museum, a railroad museum and a huge Garden Model Train working display. We’ve eaten donuts, ice cream, BBQ and beer.
Tonight we invited three couples from our Baja trip to join us for cocktails, keeping our friendships alive. We’ve been busy but not too busy. One more day of the rally and then we are off to taste wine in Solvang and Paso Robles.
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