We were one of the last rigs to arrive at the fairgrounds in Sedalia, so our site is in the extreme southwest area of the campground. We had some trouble getting in to the site. We were turning a curve and nearly had bedrail contact, so we had to back up and try a different approach. We had problems in our site, too, since the grass isn't entirely level.
We went over to pick up our welcome packets and to check out the vendors, since they were scheduled to close down at 2:00 p.m. today. We got our name badges and "goody bag," which included lots of ads and coupons as well as our programs and a map of the facilities.
While we were in the registration/hospitality building, we signed up to have our rig weighed by the Escapees Smart Weigh team next Friday before we leave.
We walked around the rigs in the near camping area, usually reserved for handicap access, but now also holding those who came early for the Escapees RV Boot Camp. We spotted Stuart and Lynn's Majestic and stopped to visit with them.
After dinner we walked over to the Matheson Bldg. for the entertainment, thinking we were early since the show was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. It turned out that there were announcements and door prizes at 7:00 p.m., so we found seats at the far rear of the audience. Fortunately, we were able to move up near the front because a couple left before the show started.
We were happy to have good seats for the Yakov Smirnoff show. He was funny, of course, and we laughed a lot, but we also learned some interesting things about Smirnoff's early life in Soviet Russia and his family's move to America when he was in his twenties. He earned a master's degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is now presenting a show called "Happily Ever Laughter" on the power of laughter to heal relationships and bridge communication gaps.
I really envied him the ability to talk to a large crowd about neuroscience and gender differences in the corpus callosum and have them transfixed.
Aunt Iris had hip replacement surgery. Beth called today, very concerned. Iris is in ICU with a partially collapsed lung and pneumonia. Beth blames the doc and hospital for keeping her mom too drugged up to move or even eat. We're all hoping that she'll improve with less pain killers.
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