Glen Rose, Oct 18

Tuesday, October 18

Greg gets up early and goes to help set up breakfast for the group.  Continental breakfast includes bagels, pastries, muffins, fruit, oatmeal and yoghurt, coffee and juices.

We skip a board meeting and instead take a ride into the countryside.  There are many fossils in the area, which was once under water, so we decide to stop by the river and look at rocks.  This little side road has two places where water covers the road, but it is very passable.  We find a few interesting rocks but no fossils.

Then we head back into town to visit Barnard's Mill & Art Museum.  Housed in an 1860 mill which later was a hospital, it features some local artists and many bronze sculptures, including one (by Robert Summers) of Tom Landry which is the model for the one at the Cowboys' stadium.

 Most of the works feature western, cowboy and Indian themes.

  Many photos outside too.

Many of the older buildings in town are made of stone and include petrified wood, which used to plentiful here, as part of their construction.

We join several Roadtrekers at a local spot called The Green Pickle for a lunch of green chili burgers, then head back to Oakdale park for a first-timer orientation, followed by an ice cream social sponsored by National Indoor RV.  There are several models of new Roadtreks outside and we check them out.  Road trek has about 6 or 7 different models, ranging from $70,000 to $140,000.  Those attending this rally range from 1990's models to a 2015 Mercedes model.  Ours is a 2006.

At 1:30 there is a short business meeting.  As in many organizations, most of the positions are uncontested in the election.  Roadtrek has 9 regions, each of which has multiple vice presidents and the Roadtrek organization has a president, historian, secretary and treasurer. Funding is from minimal dues and support from the Roadtrek manufacturer.  We are a chapter of FMCA - Family Motor Coach Association.

Next is a seminar on Technical RV Info, with Q&A and information on common issues.

Social hour is followed by a Tex-Mex dinner of Fajitas, beans and rice...

...which is followed by musical entertainment by a lively Blue Grass Band called "Cedar Junction".

Tonight we sit with Woody and Beth from North Carolina and Larry & Teri from Ohio.  Woody and Beth have been doing this for many years and had many entertaining stories.  Larry & Teri have exactly the same model as ours but he is an engineer and has made some interesting modifications.