Saturday, October 5, 2013

October 5, 2013---Bishop, CA


At 8:00 this morning, we went to the Tri County Fairgrounds, not far from where we have the motorhome parked.  There was a full schedule of events planned for today.

Our first place to stop was at the pancake breakfast, sponsored by the local Lions Club.  The pancakes and sausages were good and so was visiting with the couple sharing the table with us.  They were from Nevada and in Bishop for the car show.

With happy tummies, Bill went to the Car Show and I went to the Swap Meet.  I have no idea how many cars were at the show, but there were a lot.

The Swap Meet had a lot of sellers with a wide variety of items to sell.  Present were lots and lots of buyers, me included.  I went to just about all the booths.  My problem was that I bought several things right after I got there so I had some heavy purchases to pack around the rest of the morning.  

One of the vendors was a black guy singing as he worked around his booth.  He had a really good voice.  I bought something from him and he said, “I will have to charge you for this bag.  Oh, here is an old bag I can let you have for free.  Every time I look at it, I think of my sister-in-law, because she’s an old bag, too.”  When I good-naturedly scolded him for his comment, he said, “You just haven’t seen my sister-in-law!”  It’s always fun to meet someone with a sense of humor.

Bill had called to tell me he was walking back to the coach.  When we came into the fairgrounds we had followed some of the Car Show cars and parked fairly close to their registration table.  When I left, I went to the gate we had come in earlier.  It was locked.  Every place I tried to gain freedom was either locked or was a dead end.

I asked a lady walking along, where I could get out.  She pointed toward a trailer and said that might be a way.  It wasn’t!  It would have taken me to the Car Show area and I thought the Honda was too dirty to convenience anyone that I was an entry in the show.

I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the lady waving at me.  I turned around and went to her where she was unwiring a gate to let me out.  Then she rewired the gate.  It surely was nice to have a new helpful friend.

I hadn’t been back at the MH for very long when there was a knock at the door.  When we were camping at a BLM campground in Lone Pine last October, we met Craig and Betty and their scruffy little dog, Sammy.  They had read on my blog where we were parked here in Bishop and looked us up.  It was great to see them and, of course, I had treats for Sammy.  I also got to scratch his tummy for a few minutes and that made my day!

Bill and I relaxed most of the afternoon while we watched the Oregon Ducks beat the University of Colorado  It started out as a somewhat close game, but then the Ducks “turned on the heat” and won 57-16!








Sammy

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