Western Swing 2013 - 14 & 15 - In Cody, WY

There isn’t much to report for Wednesday and Thursday. We spent both days at the club rally. Byron was attending functions and Martha did transcription work most of the time though she did take a break. There were technical presentations on general motorhome issues as well as a craft time. Typically, these sessions wind up dividing the group by the sexes; the men tend to go to the technical sessions and the women tend to get involved in the craft activities. For the afternoons, however, most of the participants participated in the group events. On Wednesday it was a bean bag toss tournament. On Thursday the group event was bean bag baseball.

Martha and her partner were eliminated in the first round of their competition. The team Byron was on were victors in their first game, 15 to 12 but were miserably defeated in their second game by a score of 26 to 14. The events were a lot of fun with bean bag baseball drawing a larger group of spectators. We think the crowds were present to watch one team give the other team a hard time. There was a lot of “chatter” in both dugouts in all the games.

Thursday evening was the final dinner for the rally. It was also the night of giving out recognitions and awards for the photo contest, games, door prizes, and the 50-50 raffle. In the raffle the club raised $700 for the Paralyzed Veterans.

Tomorrow (Friday) we pack up, say our “good-byes” and head toward Denver before heading on to Colorado Springs. In Denver we’ll have dinner with one of Byron’s high school classmates on Saturday. On Sunday we’ll spend the day with Martha’s niece.