Rally Ho!!!

Today we moved from Thousand Trails Orlando and are camped at Rally Park, an on-site campground at Lazydays near Tampa. We are attending a Country Coach owner's rally here. The rally is hosted by Country Coach Inc. but is also considered as an area rally for three Country Coach area chapters: the Florida Coast-Alongs, the Nor'easters and the Country Cousins, to which Dorcas and I belong. An early count showed 82 registered coaches. Rallies are a lot of fun. Good companionship, good food and drink, and good entertainment. Country Coach Inc. is subsidizing the rally to the extent that the rally fee is approximately equivalent to the camping charges. Country Coach expects to sell 8-10 coaches to rally attendees. If you buy a coach, after you negotiate your best deal, you spin a wheel to earn an additional discount ranging from $2000 to $10,000. Great fun and excitement, but Dorcas and I will resist the temptation to buy a new coach. Another great benefit at this rally is the complimentary coach service. Factory technicians will come to your coach and fix up to three items and spend up to one hour. With RV service rates here at $120/hour this is a big perk. We hope to get our money's worth. The rally ends on Wednesday, but Dorcas and I will stay at Rally Park until Thursday.