AVC SPRING MEGA RALLY PART II

Hi again. During the rally, although busy working, we did have fun. Ron Kohn spares no expense when it comes to rally entertainment. Our headliner was "Willie Nelson" as well as Ron & Kay  Rivoli.  The Rivolis are known to most RVers because they compose and perform songs that tell about incidents that many of us encounter while driving around this beautiful country.

Our last bus trip began with a visit to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (no pictures allowed).  There are two with the second one in Washington DC.  The Fort Worth one makes more than 65% of our paper money.  After that we  had lunch (BBQ - what else) then visited one of the many horse ranches that are north of the D/FW area.  The day ended with a visit to the Texas Motor Speedway where we all got the chance to do two laps around the track in an "official pace car" which were all new Camaros.

My only complaint was that they didn't go fast enough.  The drivers kept it at 80 mph.

Our last full day had some of the guests and staff participating in a kayak race on Grapevine Lake and the evening ended with a great dinner.

The rally ended on 4/15 but Ken and I are still in the D/FW area visiting with our daughter Kristine, her husband Hank and their daugher Payton.  We will leave here next week and head south to check out the Corpus Christi area.  Adios till then.

WILLIE

RON & JUANITA KOHN with WILLIE

RON & KAY RIVOLI


and now "MINUTE TO WIN IT"                                                                        

SHERYL OUR CHEF MOVING COTTON BALLS WITH HER NOSE

YOURS TRULY STACKING 8 DEBBIE CAKES, THEY STAY BETTER WHEN SQUISHED

GETTING THE TISSUES OUT OF THE BOX




OUR LAST BUS TRIP

GEORGE DALY HORSE FARM

BETTY ENTERING PACE CAR AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

KAYAK RACES

FAREWELL PRIME RIB DINNER

ADVENTURE CARAVANS SPRING MEGA RALLY DALLAS TEXAS

We arrived at this very nice campground,  The Vineyards, operated by the city of Grapevine in Texas on April 27th a week before guests started arriving.  This is not the typical municipal campground. Before the rally we had time to visit with our friends Bob & Lynette Groves and our daughter Kristine and her family. We also found out some of Texas wine is pretty good and had the opportunity to bottle our own. During the 11 day rally we had four bus tours, games, meals, entertainment and work.  Our bus tours included a VIP tour of the largest indoor sports arena in the world (the Dallas Cowboy Stadium).  Everything in Texas is BIGGER  I have to admit that, even though we are not football fans, it was quite impressive standing on that end zone.  We toured Fort Worth and Dallas.  Our tour of Dallas included The 6th Street Book Depository Museum and Dealey  Plaza as well as sites made imfamous by JFK's assasination.  Our bus driver was a historian whose focus was that time in history.  The Dallas/Fort Worth area has so much to offer as far as history and entertainment.  We have visited before because our daughter and her family live there but, we were glad to have another opportunity to see the sites some ofwhich we have not seen before.

This is Part 1, Part 2 to follow soon.

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        The Vineyard Campground

 

The rally started with a bus trip to Fort Worth 

BREAKFAST AT GREAT WOLF LODGE

FIRST BUS TRIP

DALLAS COWBOYS STADIUM

BETTY IN THE END ZONE

FORT WORTH CATTLE DRIVE

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE FROM THE FORT WORTH CARRAGE MUSEUM

OUR FRIEND AND FELLOW STAFF MEMBER, BARRY

THE BELOW PICTURES ARE FROM THE FORTH WORTH RODEO WE VISITED

HOLEY BOARD COMPETITION

HEX ONE OF OUR FIRST CONTACTS WITH
ADVENTURE CARAVANS AS OUR TAILGUNNER
IN MEXICO 2007

PAYTON THE CHAMP

THE LONGHORN CATTLE DRIVE SCULPTURES
DALLAS

WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED

TWO HOMES WHERE LEE HARVEY OSWALD LIVED


SOUTH FORK RANCH WHERE THE TV SHOW DALLAS WAS FILMED
 

                                                                                                        THE GUN THAT SHOT JR

JOCK'S LINCOLN

A UNIQUE PIECE OF FURNITURE