{"id":653,"date":"2011-05-09T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T04:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=653"},"modified":"2012-12-25T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T00:21:15","slug":"whew-all-the-duties-and-visits-are-over-time-for-some-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2011\/05\/09\/whew-all-the-duties-and-visits-are-over-time-for-some-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Whew! All the duties and visits are over – time for some adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post will be longer than usual because I didn’t do any work since just before we got to King City on April 25th.<\/p>\n

The GMCWS Rally<\/h3>\n

The rally in King City, CA was my first as president of the GMCWS Motorhome Club so I had lots of learning to do while performing my Presidential duties.\u00a0 I had a blast and everyone was very complimentary.\u00a0 The reason that I haven’t posted again since we arrived is that I was too busy and having too much fun.\u00a0 The people are all so nice and they share a love of the GMC so they must be fun to be around.<\/p>\n

For photos from the rally see this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark’s Family in Sacramento Area<\/h3>\n

Immediately after the rally was over on Monday morning Carol and I had to make a beeline to the Sacramento area because our grandson, Alex, had a Tee-ball game that evening.\u00a0 We only get to see our grandchildren once or twice per year and every minute is important.\u00a0 Getting a chance to be present for an important event in a grandchild’s life is precious because they are few and far between.<\/p>\n

We spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights there and had a great time.\u00a0 The most notable thing is that my cat allergy was apparently gone.\u00a0 My son’s mother-in-law Linda had given him a treatment – herbal, homeopathic, or whatever – for allergies and he said that it made his pretty severe allergy to grass – as in lawn mowing – go away.\u00a0 I have (or had?) a very severe allergy to cats and the allergy causes itching and asthma.\u00a0 If I stay in a house with normal house cats (there is one exception) for more than a couple of hours I end up wheezing and it is difficult to breathe.\u00a0 The effects last for a couple of days.\u00a0 I took the remedy as instructed for almost a month before our visit and had no perceptible reaction even after being in the house for several hours each day and spending the last evening sitting on the over-stuffed sofa (usually verboten) in the middle of the carpeted living room (cat dander central) with 3 cats sitting on the floor in front of me and I had no symptoms.\u00a0 This is a miracle — really.<\/p>\n

Other than the cat thing there were several well planned and cooked meals.\u00a0 Mark and Kristin are a great team.\u00a0 They work together to run their really large and successful dog boarding and training business – The Local Bark<\/a> – and are raising 3 beautiful, well-behaved and extremely smart (of course) children.\u00a0 We didn’t visit their business this year but know that is doing well and growing really fast.\u00a0 It is really impressive how they handle their hectic lives so well.<\/p>\n

Here are some photos from our visit with Mark’s family: \n\n

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