Opening Day!

Donna and I were surprised today when we found parking that was only a mile away from the Big Tent RV show!  We found out later that early in the day, the parking was even worse, so it seems that the afternoon is the time to visit the show.

As you can see, the crowds are much like what you would expect from a good state fair, but everything in the tent related to rv's or eating in some fashion. We found several things that we'll have to "think about" and revisit.

It's appropriate that the first thing you see as you enter the tent is an instant money machine!

We found all the vendors to be very friendly and helpful, and most of the public was congenial.  You would think that with so much buildup that just getting in the door would be impossible, but it was easy to navigate from booth to booth.  Of course the vendors were doing all they could to entice people to stop and chat, so we selected a few that looked good: Escapees Club, Alaska RVing information, and Indian Tacos on Fry Bread.....Oh, skip that last, I meant to say Healthy Living with 187 varieties of Aloe Vera (actually, the lotion was very soothing in the dry Arizona climate!). Before we left the inside of the tent, we (almost) bought some socks:

Outside we checked out a couple of cool golf carts:

and a sign for the patch of sand we're calling home:

Tomorrow it's more of the outside stuff.