This morning, we moved over to the Airstream Service Center Terraport, to get one of the 24 spots available for parking with full hookups, while your Airstream is being repaired. We have an appointment on Monday, and this place has been busy all week. Last night we scouted the Terraport and found only six places open, so we decided to move this morning before things got going. It’s about half a mile from where we were parked to the Terraport, so we hitched up at 7:00 a.m., and drove through the mud from the rains the day before. Hoke’s limited-slip differential comes in handy on these occasions. When we arrived, there were only five spots open, as someone came in the night.

The rally events and activities today were great. After we finished setting up in our new parking spot, I walked back to the rally grounds to the ever popular flea market. I browsed the tables, and didn’t find much I was interested in, but there was a lot of buying and selling going on. I walked around the grounds taking a few more pictures, then wandered over to the Service Center where the rivet masters competition was being held.

Here a team of two, try to buck as many rivets as they can in a given time. The experts from Airstream, judge and count the number of good rivets that the team completes. I didn’t know there were so many ways to badly buck a rivet.

After lunch, Pat and I watched the cooking demonstration put on by the professional chef spouse of one of the rally organizers. Airstream provided a replica Airstream kitchen, so you could see that the whole menu could be made in your own trailer. We got to taste the desert, which was excellent, pears and crushed gingersnaps in a tasty ginger sauce. The dish looked wonderful too, oven roasted salmon, over risotto, on a bed of arugula. It would have been great to try that too, but we weren’t in that selection.

A side show act followed the cooking demonstration. The couple live in an Airstream in Pennsylvania and travel around doing their act. They’re semiretired, but wanted to perform for the rally. Pat didn’t think she would be able to watch, but found it very interesting. The act included fire breathing, sword swallowing, whips, and was very entertaining. I wonder what makes someone say, “Today I think I try to swallow a sword.”

The evening meal was one of the best I have ever had at a major rally like this: rosemary chicken, baked potatoes, vegetables, salad, pasta, french bread, and cookies for desert. People brought tablecloths, candles, martinis, bottles of wine, etc., and the place really looked good. That’s another thing I liked about his rally. If you wanted to walk around with a wine glass, martini glass, or a bottle of beer, nobody cared. I’ve been to some rallies where everything had to be hidden in paper cups. Yes, I know we sometimes camp in places that don’t permit alcohol on the grounds, but that’s not everywhere.

The evening entertainment was also some of the very best, probably the best I’ve seen at a rally: Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours. The act was entertaining, funny, emotional, and we had a great time. I tried to take a picture, but my good camera was back in Daisy, and the iPhone camera just couldn't handle the lighting contrast. It was a little cold sitting under the tent on this very cool night, but it was worth the chill to see the whole show.