New Bloggers!

Yesterday's schedule had no seminars, so we worked at the computer help desk all day. Keeping our skills sharp - seeing so many different computers and issues. Today we had our 'Every RVer Needs a Blog' seminar. We had another good crowd. And, by the time we got home, two new Blogs had been created and added to our list on GeeksOnTour! Wow - it is so gratifying to teach people how to do something and then see successful results. Check them out: The Traveling Farrars Spilsbury Travels Jim and I love doing this. In each seminar one of us 'drives' the computer and the other stands up and presents. It works really well. We're a good team. And, I wanted to mention one woman's comment at the end of class. I particularly enjoyed it when she said, "I was about to ask my daughter to help me make a web page, now I'm going to make one and show her how!" Rally Day 2 <-- a=""> --> more of Rally Day 3

Scenes from a Rally (FMCA)

Just a few hours earlier, this was an empty field. Dozens of volunteers are trained as 'parking assistants'. They do an amazing job to take a steady stream of RVs and get them parked systematically in these empty fields. They label every location with Lots and streets. We're in Lot VE. Jim tells me to white out the t and we'll be in LoVE. awwwww Plenty of grassy area to walk Odie. Lots of Datastorm dishes around. Jim counted 31 who were located on the Datastorm Users map. This is how they provide power.

And, here we are.

We had much fun at the reception last night. We met old friends from Palm Creek RV, and we made new friends with Duane from Passport America . We've used the Passport America discount camping with great success in all our RV travels. Now they're embarking on a new venture called www.MyRVSpace.com. I've just joined it and I'm real curious to see how it goes. It's a a FREE social networking, information and entertainment site created for campers and RVers. This morning we were hoping to go to the exercise class, like we have at rallies in the past. I could have sworn it's usually held at 8am - but it was 7 :-( No way we were going to make that. Unfortunately, the free donuts and coffee was open at 8 and on our walk. Oh well, so much for good intentions.

Off to work at the Computer Help Desk.

Rally Day 1 <-- -->Rally Day 3

Seminar Crowds

It's been a busy day here in Perry, Georgia. Two of Jim's seminars today, High-Speed Internet and Safe Computing. Check out this crowd! And, here's Mr. Geek himself (yes, that's defrag on the screen behind him. This is the Safe Computing seminar): Now we're off to an appreciation party. --> Rally Day 2

New Tutorial Video on Wi-Fi

Check it out - I just recorded a new 'screencast' type video tutorial for our Geeks On Tour homepage. It's about how to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot, AND, how to disconnect when it connects automatically to one you don't want! Just go to GeeksOnTour.com and look at the sidebar at the right. You'll see a few links to video tutorials listed. This is the latest one, dated March 2007. brrrr - it's cold in Georgia this morning. 41 degrees when we got up. We're moving over to the Georgia Fairgrounds today. That's where the FMCA convention will be starting Monday morning.

Friend and Family Trail

The more you live on the road, the more you develop certain paths to and fro. And, it's wonderful to have friends and family to see along the way. After leaving Peace River, we stopped in St. Pete and visited with Lynne and John. They made a yummy 'Mexican Combo' dinner! Then it was on to my Dad's place in northern Florida. Such a peaceful place to sit and watch the lake, and the birds, and the alligators, and the otters. We really did see all of those things here! And, Candy's Azaleas are just beautiful. Even though a freeze last month killed off a lot of the foliage, the blossoms are doing well. And, their driveway is the perfect place for our pre-rally cleanup! Now we're at an RV park just outside of Perry. We'll move over to the Fairgrounds on Saturday. They don't turn the electricity on until Sunday morning. We're spending time here doing some last-minute seminar preparations.