March 17, 2014 - Saint Patty's Day

So since we couldn't return our locator cards and get our welcome packet on Sunday, as we weren't sure where they were going to put us, I knew from past experience that we needed to get the packet in the morning of the first day of the rally. Even though it it poured all night, we were able to walk on the pavement to pick up the blue tram in our sneakers. It was cold, raw  and lightly drizzling. The wind made it worse on the open to air tram. We ended up putting Starbuck Road on our locator card. Laurie and I went to sign up to make a glass bracelet and Laurie was dismayed to find out that one of the other crafts was sold out since we didn't get there until 9 AM. Neither of us could remember that we had to get to the Multipurpose Barn at 7 AM in order to sign up for the crafts. We did get the bracelet craft scheduled for that same day. All of us walked over to the vendor barn only to find out that they wouldn't be opening until Tuesday. From there George and Bob went to one of the seminars that they were interested in, while Laurie and I sauntered back to the multipurpose only to find out that we were late to the Bean Bag Tournament. We finally did get a an opposing team. We did better than expected however we still lost 21 - 18. From there we met up with they guys and went to the food court for lunch. George and I had pulled pork sandwiches and shared a basket of fries which came to $23. Wow sticker shock, however they were tasty. Bob had a hamburger and Laurie had pulled pork too. We also had water and I had a cranberry juice. After lunch Laurie and I went to our class to make the bracelet while George and Bob had to go move the Rvs. They left laughing that they might tell us where the RVs were being parked. Laurie gave them one of her famous expressions which we all laughed about. When we arrived at the craft class, our classmates were already seated which means one needs to get to their class probably at least 30 minutes in advance. We couldn't sit together and the women at Laurie's table began begging me to control her as I think she was giving them once of her expressive faces. LOL! I told them that it was their fault that they split us up, and now they had to deal with her. She made a pink, green and white bracelet with cabachon glass. I made multicolored glass which I can't remember what its called. After that we took our bracelets back to our RVs