Saturday Afternoon at the Fall 2015 Rally

We are at the Fall 2015 Chapter 10 Rally in Columbus, TX.

Attendees include:
Bruce (Treasurer),  Yvonne (Secretary), and David Horton
Ray and Stephanie Borgman (Wagonmasters)
Bob and Cora (Historian) Boyett
Gene and Gina Jensen
David and Jan Wilson
Wayne and Beth Roberts
Phyllis Sanders
Loretta Wiehr
Nina Dobyns

Thursday afternoon is when the Rally began as we gathered at the Columbus RV Park.  Three of us are staying at the LaQuinta hotel across the street from the park.  Thursday night we had a potluck dinner with hotdogs and the fixings provided by the Chapter. Our business meeting followed dinner.  We accepted the new Bylaws for the Chapter.   The new Bylaws are a part of us joining the Escapees Social Network, Inc.  This is the new way that Chapters are being organized and run.  We affirmed the decision that I think we made at the last Rally to join the network.  Several of the advantages of joining the network is that headquarters will file the taxes for the chapter and provide liability insurance.

Friday we toured four of the local painted churches of the Schulenburg area.   Beautiful.   The ones we visited are Catholic churches.   Three of them started by Czech immigrants and one by German immigrants.   We stopped for a nice buffett lunch at the Oakridge Smokehouse Restaurant.   Desserts included peach cobbler and bread pudding which were good. In the evening some of us gathered for a game of Wizard, visiting and watching television.

This morning, Saturday, Halloween, October 31st, we had the traditional men's pancake breakfast in the Rally room.  Breakfast was all you care to eat pancakes,  sausage,  orange juice,  and coffee. With Bruce and Wayne acting as the cooks as has become tradition.  Following breakfast some of us visited and worked on a puzzle.

This afternoon we visited the Rohan meadery, in La Grange,TX.   Mead is a wine made with honey.   For five dollars we tried five samples of their product.   Cranberry mead was a popular choice with many.   Some tried and liked a more traditional wine made with pinot noir grapes.  Hard cider was also available for tasting.   They also had raw honey made on site available for testing and sale.  Also a variety of honey spreads.

This evening is our bring your own meat BBQ.  I believe we will be grilling over a pecan wood fire/bed of coals.  The wood provided by the park.