Imagine our surprise when our friends Hoss and Janet pulled into Texan RV Park the day before the NRVIA Conference! We’d expected them the following week and certainly not staying at Texan RV Park! They showed up just in time for Hoss to help a friend of ours back his fifth wheel into the spot next to us. Seems they’d had the 5’ver for some time but never had to back it into a spot!
We had time to get caught up that day and part of the next day while we prepared for the conference, but once the conference started we were pretty busy and only had time to visit in the late evening. Monday and Tuesday I attended Lippert Component Training learning about levelers, slideouts, awnings and other Lippert systems.
Lippert provides major components to many of the RVs currently on the market and understanding of their systems means I’ll have a better understanding of how they should work when inspecting RVs. Sitting through hours of PowerPoint was worth it though when Cindy, Eric, Jane, Hoss, Ilene and I got together at one of the local Mexican restaurants Tuesday night and got caught up.
Wednesday the the Barkers and Shafers took a road trip out to Tyler, TX for lunch and a visit to the Tiger Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. We spent a pleasant day touring the compounds full of tigers, lions, cougars, and other cat species. The highlight for me was at the end when I had the chance to play peek-a-boo with a four-month old cougar.
Thursday was Senior Day at the Texas State Fair in Dallas so naturally with Hoss and Janet being native Texans they wanted to show off one of the greatest state fairs in the good old U S of A! We weren’t disappointed!
Like the cliche, everything’s big in Texas and so is the Texas State Fair. We had the opportunity to tour the livestock pens filled with cattle, horses, goats, chickens, turkey and more. We noshed on funnel cakes, corn dogs, kebabs, and tamales. We found inexpensive beer to cool us down and the girls even had a chance to taste some of the local wine.
All-in-all it was a great day with great friends and we’ve made memories of the past week to last us a lifetime!
Until next time: Safe Travels!
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