Escapade 2016

The weather here in Essex, VT has greatly improved.  It is much cooler than on Saturday.  I think it will be near 90 today, but there are lots of clouds.

Opening ceremonies were on Sunday at 3 p.m.  Mom was thrilled when she met Kay Peterson.  She and her husband are the co-founders of Escapees.  She is now 89 years old and such an inspiration.  She spoke at the opening ceremonies.  Kay gave the folks a big hug.  Kay's daughter Cathie has been the president of the club for several years, but the torch was passed to her son, Travis and his wife, Melanie at the opening ceremony.  The folks went to a social last night and they spoke with Cathie for quite a while and received hugs from Travis and Melanie.  Hugging is big at Escapades.

Kay Peterson speaking at opening ceremonies.

Sunday night there was entertainment.  It was good, but the sound system wasn't working the best.  Mom couldn't understand the punchline.

Yesterday, the classes began.  Mom took four classes.

Last night, they went to the Xscapers social.  They are part of Xscapers which  is a "branch" of Escapees.  It is for anyone, but the main focus are those who are working and living on the road.  Basically, is it the younger generation.  Mom doesn't really like socials, but Dad wanted to go.  She had a nice time speaking with Cathie, Travis and Melanie.  She was excited to meet a person that she has only seen online. Either the woman is shy or just didn't want to talk to Mom because she was not very social. Didn't want to talk at all. Mom left feeling sad and wondering what she said wrong. Dad said not to take it personally.  He said that Joey is more social on the blog than in person too.  Wait...what?

The folks then attended another night of entertainment.  As they looked around, they realized they were the youngest in the audience.  I guess the Xscapers decided to stay at the social.  Much of the music was from the 40's - 60's.  They did sing some disco songs, but those did not go over well.  Mom laughed because some of the people were dancing, but when "The Hustle" was played, they didn't know how to do it. The solo group had the most fun. They danced a lot.

The Marlins

The Marlins singing country songs.

There is another greyhound here.  Her name is Lee.  She is 12.  She is a brindle with a white face.  That girl has energy.  We have seen her running around.  She prances when she walks.  Dad took a real liking to her.  I didn't like that.

We have a pet parade on Thursday.  I am going to wear my Halloween costume again.  It got lots of laughs the last time. 

We found out that someone has stolen our credit card number.  They had a nice dinner last night in California at a Chevy's.  They spent $225.  The credit card company noticed there was an issue and let us know.  

Joey,

The Greyhound Who Is Making Lots Of Friends

Escapade 2016

The weather here in Essex, VT has greatly improved.  It is much cooler than on Saturday.  I think it will be near 90 today, but there are lots of clouds.

Opening ceremonies were on Sunday at 3 p.m.  Mom was thrilled when she met Kay Peterson.  She and her husband are the co-founders of Escapees.  She is now 89 years old and such an inspiration.  She spoke at the opening ceremonies.  Kay gave the folks a big hug.  Kay's daughter Cathie has been the president of the club for several years, but the torch was passed to her son, Travis and his wife, Melanie at the opening ceremony.  The folks went to a social last night and they spoke with Cathie for quite a while and received hugs from Travis and Melanie.  Hugging is big at Escapades.

Kay Peterson speaking at opening ceremonies.

Sunday night there was entertainment.  It was good, but the sound system wasn't working the best.  Mom couldn't understand the punchline.

Yesterday, the classes began.  Mom took four classes.

Last night, they went to the Xscapers social.  They are part of Xscapers which  is a "branch" of Escapees.  It is for anyone, but the main focus are those who are working and living on the road.  Basically, is it the younger generation.  Mom doesn't really like socials, but Dad wanted to go.  She had a nice time speaking with Cathie, Travis and Melanie.  She was excited to meet a person that she has only seen online. Either the woman is shy or just didn't want to talk to Mom because she was not very social. Didn't want to talk at all. Mom left feeling sad and wondering what she said wrong. Dad said not to take it personally.  He said that Joey is more social on the blog than in person too.  Wait...what?

The folks then attended another night of entertainment.  As they looked around, they realized they were the youngest in the audience.  I guess the Xscapers decided to stay at the social.  Much of the music was from the 40's - 60's.  They did sing some disco songs, but those did not go over well.  Mom laughed because some of the people were dancing, but when "The Hustle" was played, they didn't know how to do it. The solo group had the most fun. They danced a lot.

The Marlins

The Marlins singing country songs.

There is another greyhound here.  Her name is Lee.  She is 12.  She is a brindle with a white face.  That girl has energy.  We have seen her running around.  She prances when she walks.  Dad took a real liking to her.  I didn't like that.
 

We have a pet parade on Thursday.  I am going to wear my Halloween costume again.  It got lots of laughs the last time.

Joey,

The Greyhound Who Is Making Lots Of Friends

I Kissed A Horse And I Liked It

Wow, a week ago today we were moving into our new home.  The week definitely went fast and we covered some miles.  We are now in Chino, CA and Dad is back at work.  Today, Mom started getting things organized in our new home.  There is still a lot to do.

 

Organizing is exhausting!

After we left the dealership, we stopped at an RV park in Abilene, TX.  The park was filled with oil field workers.  It was a very basic park.  The problem was that it was muddy.  The mud was bad, but then add little rocks to it and that is some nasty stuff.  Scout and I had trouble walking with the rocks being stuck to our paws.  Mom had to rinse off our feet every time we went outside.  We only went out a few times due to that.  It was not fun. We were glad to get out of there.

The next day, we headed to Pecos, TX.  We spent the night at an Escapees park.  We knew the reviews were bad for this park and we had heard it was the worst park in the Escapees system, but we wanted to see for ourselves.  Yep, it was bad.  It is not full of retirees.  It is full of oil field workers. We don't have a problem with that, but we do have a problem with the condition of the park.  It looks very run down.  It is basically just a parking lot with trailers on it.  Escapees should be embarrassed to have their name on this park.  The park manager spoke to us and told us that no one wants to work there.  He and his wife have a deal where they work for nine months and get three off.

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Dad and Scout walking through the park.

 

Bed of a truck and tarp over the roof.  This was our view.

Sites are close together.

We were able to walk to a nearby park.  There was mud, but grass, so we were good.  The next morning, we walked up to some horses.  The horses were very curious and followed me around as I walked outside their fence.  One of the horses leaned down and I kissed her nose.  She was sweet!

We finally left Texas on Wednesday.  We saw some pretty scenery as we left Texas and drove through New Mexico and Arizona.

 

Parked at a rest area.

Scout looks pretty happy at this rest area.

We arrived at an Escapees park in Benson, AZ on Thursday. We stayed there for two nights. Our stay was free thanks to our friends, Val and Lee.  They had won a free stay there, but couldn't use it, so they gave it to us.

Our site was quite large.

See, we have lots of room.

We were not allowed to sniff the landscaping.

We walked through the desert and got lost.  Yep, we did.  It was getting dark and we thought we had stayed on the main path. We turned around to come home and we were lost.  Mom got scared. She was worried about wildlife and cacti. We found our way home just as it got really dark.

This is the large dog park.  Just gravel. :-(

Another scene heading into the desert.

 

The sun is setting.

Is Scout happy or concerned?

This is the club house.  There is an exercise room, library, etc.

People lease the lots and they really take pride in their homes.

There is a train track going through this yard.

This is where people dry camp (camp without any hook-ups).

Pretty views.

This park is very nice. Dad asked Mom if she would want to stay there in the winter. She told him no.  She said it was not a good park for us because of all the cacti and no grass.  We also had to be on the lookout for rattlesnakes.  They do come into the park.  We were told so by one of the residents.  The people there were very nice.  One man gave Dad a tour of his home. A welcome wagon even came by while the folks were gone.  They left them a packet of information.

Scout is enjoying the new rig.

The folks visited Tombstone, AZ while we were at this park. We will tell you about that next time.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Happy To Have The Tires Stop For A While