Today is the last full day of the FMCA Great lakes Area Glamarama Rally. This morning I got up at 6:30 AM to take Abby out and then to brown a chuck roast for a slowcooker recipe which I need to post online. Then we all headed down to the pancake breakfast for all of the rally participants. They had one of those super duper pancake maker machines that automates uniform pancakes in size, shape and thickness. It also pours 4 rows of pancakes at a time, and travels along the length of the griddle which is about 8' in length. The cooks stand along the griddle and takes care of about 40 or more pancakes. And once the cakes have been flipped and have cooked on both sides, then some of cooks will put on a show and flip the pancakes up in the air and have the person with the plate catch them. We actually saw this same type of machine at another Area FMCA chapter rally. We have also seen smaller ones at campgrounds that have pancake breakfasts for large crowds. We decided to duck out of the rally activities and go sightseeing. George drove as he will actually stop for breaks or for lunch. When Bob drives, he and Laurie can't make any decisions as to where to go or what to do. So after we decide we want to go to lunch, then he will drive by 10 places without stopping. 99.9% of the time I get to plan the activites and places that we go to see. Laurie and Bob call me the Tour Guide. I like doing it so its not a problem at all. Laurie actually suggested to tour Notre Dame University and Bob came up with the National New York Central Train Museum, which I was amazed by. I had planned to take them today to two vehicle museums and hour away. Bob was told by a gentleman at the pancake breakfast about the very museum I had planned to take them too, and had already checked out the website and retrieved the address and GPS cordinates. So I will give Bob half credit for coming up with the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Auburn, IN which is located in the old Auburn factory showroom. Now if you are a car buff like Bob, you will love this museum and the adjacent National Auto and Truck Museum. I particularly love the toy and minature collection in the National Auto and Truck Museum. When I was a child, I was considered a Tom Boy as I loved toy trucks, cars as well as full sized cars. During the 1960's -'70's, I knew every car name and could identify them from their fronts or backs. Of course that was when the vehicle models all had names. At some point the model names changed to a combination of capital letters and or a combo of numbers and capital letters. Afterward, we ended up coming back to the Rally and the motorhome smelled heavenly. Probably drove Abby nuts all day as the pot roast cooked all day in the crockpot. Bob and Laurie came to dinner and then they went to the evening entertainment. George and I stayed in and watched classic CSI and 48 Hours. Tomorrow some 500 motorcoaches need to leave the fairgounds by 12 noon. Should be interesting to say the least.
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