Weeks Recap on the WOW Rally in Las Cruces

Recap of what’s been going on here, at the rally, in Las Cruces
Wednesday was the Farmers Market Downtown, the Rally had it from 8am to noon, NOT. Dave and I went on our own and we got there about 11am and there was hardly anything there. I think it may have taken us 10 minutes, at the most, to walk thru the whole thing. The Rally also at 11am was going to caravan to the Stahmann Pecan Farm for a tour, Dave and I decided to pass on that. We took off looking for a park with tennis courts so we could go practice pickle ball. We found a park and practiced for an hour then went to PetSmart and even went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to pick up Kim a birthday present. At 2pm they had a seminar about maintenance and service so Dave and I both went to that, which I think I slept thru about ½ of it. After that we took off on our bikes and rode to old town Mesilla, which was a pretty cute town. At night it was bring Heavy Hors d’ oeuvres to share and a talent show, not many signed up for the talent show. There was a lady that played the accordion and that was about it. Rusty decided to bring up couples that had been married the longest and play “Not so Newly Newlyweds” that was pretty funny.

Thursday at 10am we caravanned to White Sands National Monument. We had our picnic lunch then climbed the dunes and some even used the sleds to ridge down the dunes, it was pretty funny watching some of them riding the sleds. One lady wanted a picture of her riding the sled to send to her granddaughter, she said let her see what her 73 yr old grandma is doing. At 4:30 it was back to the Rally Barn for the Pony Races. They had 5 stick horses and you had to bet on who was going to win, you should have seen these people riding those stick horses, pretty funny. The proceeds were being donated to Habitat for Humanity, which they ended up raising $400.00 pretty good.

Friday morning we went into the room where our group was and Don Lange, regional president, had invited us to sit with him, shocked the shit out of us because no one had really talked to us the whole time we have been here. Dave got to talking to him about the way we have been treated by everyone and even said the 1st night, Don himself asked us to stand and never asked us our names. Don said he didn’t know our names that’s why he didn’t introduce us, Dave said that’s why these chapters aren’t getting any new blood everyone stays in their click. Don said he was very sorry that no one had talked to us and said they will make it a point to do better on this. I guess after we left he must have had a meeting with everyone because now everyone is talking to us. I can hardly walk Valley around without someone walking with me, Thanks a lot Dave. They are even asking me to come by and see them when we are in their area, yea right. Too bad they weren’t that friendly at the beginning.
Friday we caravanned to Sunland Race Track and Casino had lunch there, gambled a little then went and bet on the horses. Lost at gambling but won on the horse races. Friday night they had a BBQ dinner, good shredded beef, then had a Western Band play for a couple hours.

Saturday, today, is the final day of the rally, so tonight it’s a hamburger cookout and street dance to the 50’s. This morning we went to play pickle ball then went to the farmer’s market, a lot more people there this time but still no vegetables or fruits.

That’s about it our exciting week at the WOW (Way Out West) Rally.