Day 3 of the National Cedar Creek Rally

7:00am  That's how late we slept in this morning.  Since getting Butch, we've been up at 6, even though he has not caused us to be up so early.  We would just wake up and worry about him so we took him out.  I'm hoping for 8:00a tomorrow.

Today several most of the group headed into downtown Kansas City for either the Hallmark Factory or the WWI museum.  At 2:00p we were supposed to be at Cabela's about 12 miles across I-70 into Kansas for a cooking demonstration.  We opted to just meet the group at Cabela's.  It was going to rain most of the day and we didn't want to be wandering around downtown in the nasty weather. 

The 2-hour demonstration at Cabela's was quite interesting. The fellow who did the demo was a VP with Cabela's and also a scout leader. His name was Rusty and he was quite a showman! He was using cast iron dutch ovens to make beans and then a peach cobbler.  We were told to return outside 45 minutes after the food went on the fire so we could eat what he had made.  He also had made brats while we were all inside the store.  We met up with two other couples and talked for the entire time; he probably wanted us to be shopping but we had other plans.  The food was delicious. I'll probably make the beans, but in the crockpot instead.  Cast iron dutch ovens are way too heavy to be carrying around in an RV. 

The drive to Cabela's required going through downtown KC.  The roads are all under construction with multiple lane closures, and it was raining on top of all that.  The drivers on this side of the state are as rude and inconsiderate as those on the east side. 

This evening several of us just sat in the clubhouse and gabbed.  We're lobbying for next year's rally to be in Nashville.  I guess the location will be determined at a later date, but we're putting in our two cents worth.

Butch doesn't seem to mind going out in the rain to do his business.  That's good, because it supposed to rain for the next 24 hours.  He doesn't mind being in the cage while we're gone during the day either.  We're so lucky to have adopted this perfect companion.