{"id":370,"date":"2006-10-09T23:04:38","date_gmt":"2006-10-10T03:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=370"},"modified":"2006-10-09T23:04:38","modified_gmt":"2006-10-10T03:04:38","slug":"townshend-vt-youth-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Townshend VT youth rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry we&#8217;ve been out of touch for a few days.   We&#8217;ve been attending a Youth Rally in Townshend, VT, and the  campground was in a valley where cell phones don&#8217;t work and wi-fi doesn&#8217;t seem to exist.  So, I took a few days off &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Townsend kids.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Townsend%20kids.jpg\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Kids awaiting judging of their pumpkins.  Everybody won!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The rally was spectacular.  Fabulous fall weather, colorful foliage, and real fun for the kids, who were numerous.  We had kid-themed dinners, a hayride and ghost stories, bonfires every night, a pumpkin-carving contest, and just plain great fun with great people.  I have to acknowledge the efforts of Doug and Jamie (a blog reader!) and Robin &#038; Richard, who co-hosted the event.  Nice job, guys!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Townsend judges.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Townsend%20judges.jpg\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Our three pumpkin judges: Pamela, Elaine, and Michelle<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We saw a few old friends there, and made a few new ones.  Donal and Amanda showed up in Vintage Thunder, the blue\/green Argosy trailer that we used to own.  I checked the trailer out and she seems to be in fine shape.   Her new owners are very happy with their purchase.   We&#8217;ll be courtesy-parking with them in a few days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gail Buck.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Gail%20Buck.jpg\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Gail Buck and her pink-themed Airstream<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We also met J. Rick Cipot and his future bride, Sandi.  Rick will be contributing to a future issue of the magazine.  He&#8217;s a former photographer for National Geographic and a high-grade Airstream nut, like the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rick Cipot.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Rick%20Cipot.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"451\" \/><br \/>\n<em>J. Rick Cipot gets a kiss from Gail&#8217;s dogs<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve posted many more pictures on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/airstreamlife\/sets\/72157594320884739\/\">our photo album<\/a>.  By the way, <a href=\"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/weblog\/Bald%20Mountain%20Camp%20Ground.kmz\">our Google Earth location for this past weekend can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we are in Bridgewater, MA, courtesy parked at Mike &#038; Bonnie&#8217;s house.  They&#8217;ve got a nice paved and flat driveway with plenty of room for our little traveling circus.  We last stayed here two years ago, in the Argosy.  We&#8217;ve got plenty to do in the area, so we may be here for three nights or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry we&#8217;ve been out of touch for a few days. We&#8217;ve been attending a Youth Rally in Townshend, VT, and the campground was in a valley where cell phones don&#8217;t work and wi-fi doesn&#8217;t seem to exist. So, I took a few days off &#8230; Kids awaiting judging of their pumpkins. Everybody won! 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