{"id":2446,"date":"2014-10-09T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T04:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=2446"},"modified":"2014-10-09T21:00:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T04:00:51","slug":"day-12-and-where-weve-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2014\/10\/09\/day-12-and-where-weve-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 12 – and where we’ve been"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I go crazy at rallies these days. I can’t stop talking about my GMC. We arrived at the French Camp RV Resort and I immediately had to visit friends – and we are all friends – and see what everyone has been doing. I did three different tech sessions – a computer one that was my idea and two that I was asked to do. I really enjoyed doing them and got good feedback from people. One guy even told me I had a good voice. I know my singing voice is non-existent so knowing that it has some redeeming qualities helps my self esteem in that area. I also ran the karaoke “machine” which is my laptop connected to a sound amplifier and a video projector. We mostly did sing-a-longs with someone leading the singing – Carol did a lot of that and did great. I “sorta-sang” Sinatra’s New York, New York as my public singing debut. It was less than successful.<\/p>\n

The rally lasted 5 days and on Saturday our old (I mean long-time) friend Andy came to visit us at the rally and again on our way from the rally to our son\u00a0Mark’s home in the Sacramento area. We and Andy met another long-time friend, Dianne, in Galt which is about half way between the rally and Mark’s. We had a nice lunch and decided to see if we could get any other Amdahl-ers there at the same time. It is hard to believe that it had been 22 years since we worked and played together.<\/p>\n

We spent 3 nights at Mark and Kristin’s and really have to admire them for what they are doing. It is hard to believe how much they get done every day and the kids are really amazing. I know I am biased but they are happy, healthy, smart, and ambitious – involved in scouting, dance, theater and sports. I am a proud grandpa.<\/p>\n

Tonight through\u00a0Sunday morning, we are on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay at a GMC rally. The official host club is the GMC 49ers but the real host is Desmond. He lives and works on the island and somehow got permission for us to stay here for the weekend as a special class of antique vehicles (or something). There are supposed to be 47 GMCs here and the Blue Angels have already been practicing. Here are our photos from today:\u00a0\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t