56th Escapade - Monday

Today was the first day of seminars at Escapade, so it was a day of learning for many folks here. We were on the ROW for the middle part of the day, but we each got to attend one session - Dwayne attended one on "Detailing the Outside of Your RV in 1 Hour", and Patti attended one on "Free Camping on Your Public Lands" - and we both enjoyed them!

Some interesting numbers:

• Yesterday, they said that there were about 2400 attendees, and almost 60 of them are children of the Xscapers (the "younger" branch of Escapees, more targeted toward families).
• When they asked the number of first timers to raise their hands, it appeared to be well over half of the attendees.
• I (Patti) asked one of the registration folks about the number of first timers, he confirmed that it was well over half of the group, and that this is always the case. I found that to be odd... that would imply, I think, that most people attend only one Escapade?
• The registration guy said that there are about 700 rigs on the grounds - that was a surprising number to me also - if there are 2400 attendees, and most rigs have 2 people in them, 700 rigs would account for about 1400 attendees. While the Xscapers with children have more than 2 people in their rigs, there are also a large number of Solos. He said that there are a lot of "walkins" - people who are not staying on the grounds - maybe staying in hotels, or in other campgrounds, I guess. Based on the cost of staying on the grounds, and the problems we had with electricity, I can understand why people might elect to stay offsite, but it sure would be inconvenient to have to drive over and back and be a distance from the rig.
• On Sunday, we didn't count, but we think we had about 60 folks in the Christian Fellowship service.
• Today (Monday), we had 20-21 - but it was at 7am!

We started our day with a fellowship gathering at 7am - 20+ folks came to study the Bible together at 7am this morning!

The evening event starts with door prizes and then entertainment.

During the door prizes, a slideshow of pictures taken around the event are shown - we were in a picture with our banner from Opening Ceremony on Sunday.

The entertainment was The Marlins - they were really enjoyable...

Selfie!!!