Entegra's Coach Academy '17 Rally - Day 4

On the last day of the rally, John and I joined friends at breakfast where Chuck called out some names for door prizes. If your name was called, you would spin a wheel that decided your prize. The last guy that was called won the grand-prize - a cool standup electric tricycle.  Everyone was so excited for him - that was a good note to end the rally on.  We said good-bye to all our Entegra friends and headed back to our coach.  Before we hit the road we had a few things to take care of like getting the Jeep washed. After, we walked around a lake at the town center. When we returned, we decided to stay one night and head out the next day.

Entegra's Coach Academy '17 Rally - Day 3

This was the best day of the rally, packed with information and good times!  After breakfast, we attended P.J.'s class on do-it-yourself RV maintenance - good information. Then we went to the Spartan building and talked with Mike O'Neil, we all know him better as 'Big Mike'.  It is always nice seeing Big Mike, he knows these chassis like the back of his hand. He answered our Spartan questions and he explained to everyone the correct order to clear the three air tanks. It was another good class.

We took a lunch break before the next class which was on the Aqua-Hot system. Another good class and I won a annual maintenance kit that came in a cool Aqua-Hot bag-case.

Next was the audio visual class that was lead by three smart guys. We got a quick overview of the new audio system. We don't have that one, but we enjoy hearing about the new stuff. Then the guys answered our questions about the specific system that is in our RV. And John won a JBL bluetooh speaker!  Craig Smith, President of Xcite Solutions, offered to go to our coach and give us a quick tutorial on our equipment.  We had a little time before our next class to we jumped at the offer. Wow, we never knew the Rand GPS could do all the stuff he demonstrated. By the end of that session we realized we were only using about 10% of what our Xcite system could do. We now have our phones setup on the Xcite bluetooth - which is so helpful when he is guiding my parking at RV resorts. We now send our SiriusXM to play over the house Bose system, and now use filters to locate FlyingJ's on the GPS while also showing the weather plotted with colors on the screen. Thanks Craig!

Then we headed to the best class - Wine Tasting, where there was a fun-loving good group of people and a wonderful host Wes, he knows wine and taught us a lot. We sat with our terrific friend Marie and had a great time! 

John line dancing

Tonight's bar-b-que dinner party had a theme of "Diamonds and Denim" with a band playing country music. Everyone looked great, decked out in their cowboy hats and boots, with the ladies iced in sparkling stones. There was line dancing and two-stepping. We shared a table with Jerry and Marie and we all had a delicious dinner and a grand time dancing for hours - fun night.

Entegra's Coach Academy '17 Rally - Day 2

After breakfast, our day started with a 90 minute '1-on-1 tech coach' session. Mike O'Connell, a knowledgeable Entegra Technician, met us at our coach and covered everything from front to back, inside and out.  He answered all of our questions.  We have owned our coach for over a year - we have taken it on many trips, even to Alaska. You would think we knew everything about it, but we didn't. In that hour and a half we learned so much, Mike was so helpful!

We picked-up our boxed lunches, which were pretty good, and ate before we boarded the bus to the Entega Factory Tour. Brittany was our guide on the informative journey through the factory; it is amazing to see the craftsmen work on the coaches from start to finish. At the end of the tour, we got to walk though the new 2018's Entegras that are ready for delivery.

Tonight, the dinner was a buffet of chicken, salmon and beef with all the accouterments. The dinner party theme was music from 'the 80's'.

     Music was a major part of my life in the 80's. I was a sophomore in high school in 1980 and I was going to concerts every month. In my senior year, I worked at a record store in the mall.  Do you remember record stores?  Before the 80's were over, I was living in England, enjoying concerts in London every chance I got, I was even at the Live Aide concert. 

So I loved a night of 80's music and the band did a very good job covering the songs. 

Entegra's Coach Academy '17

Goofing around in the big chair

We slept in a little longer this morning and didn't get on the road early. Got to Elkhart Fair Grounds a little late, the Welcome Reception for the had all ready started.  As we pulled into the fair grounds, we were greeted by Todd, who was helpful and efficient. He escorted us to our RV site and after we were parked he delivered us to the reception. It was terrific to see all our Enterga pals again. We spent the evening catching up with our good friends Marie and Jerry, it was a wonderful first evening to the rally.

Camp Atterbury, Indiania

Pond in front of our RV site

Today we rolled away from Baileyton RV Park in Johnson County Tennessee and drove to Camp Atterbury just outside of Edinburgh, Indiana. Camp Atterbury is an military training facility.  They have a wonderful RV park where every site is a long pull-thru with a fire ring complete with firewood. We like this RV park; this is our second time here, we stayed on our way to SpringFest last year. We are now headed to Entegra's Coach Academy, it kicks-off tomorrow on the 19th at 3pm with a Welcome Reception and classes are held on the 20th and 21st

Brotherly Love

John with his brother Eddie

We got together with John's baby brother, Eddie, and his wonder wife, Arlene. They live in beautiful Johnson County Tennessee.

It was good seeing them. They look
terrific and it was so nice catching up, it had been 5 yrs since we've all been together. The day passed quickly and our time together was much too short.

Eddie, John and Arlene

The Snake & Backbone Rock

Before we get to Nova Scotia, we have a few nice stops. We arrived in Tennessee today,

the forest covered hills are gorgeous. We are staying at the Baileyton RV Park for two nights.  It is a nice park with long
pull-thru sites, they have a swimming pool and a driving range for us golfers.

We are getting together with John's brother tomorrow. This afternoon we explored: we found 'The Snake' and backbone rock, two of Johnson County landmarks.  The Snake is a 33 mile road that is said to have 489 curves on 3 mountains. It is a favorite with motorcyclist, we loved driving it in the Jeep!