Monday March 20th 2017

I went back to Tucson for the second day of the Escapee’s Escapade. I got there around nine. This was right in the middle of the first round of seminars of the day. From a review of the schedule, I knew I wasn’t missing anything vital. By arriving at nine, I avoided most of the traffic coming through Tucson.

Sun reflecting off the mountains behind some of the RVs at the Fairgrounds 

The second round of Seminars for the day started at ten. I went to a presentation on RV Caravans to Alaska. Unfortunately, it was extremely sales focused. Like many of the seminar sessions, it was presented by one of the vendors that are there to sell product. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing as long as they also convey some basic information about the overall topic. In this case the presentation was ninety percent marketing and 10 percent something else.

Two presentations I attended were presented by the Geeks on Tour. They sell training, information and support for various technical necessities of the RV life style. Specifically, I attended a presentation on using Google Photos to store and manipulate all of the pictures I take and a presentation on what some of the many pieces of technology available to make life on the road simpler. The Geeks are a husband and wife that travel most of the year in their motorhome. Their presentations were ninety five present informative and only about five percent marketing.

The other presentation I attended was on tire pressure monitors. It was about fifty fifty informative vs. marketing. A strong case was made for having a tire pressure monitoring system along with the features it should contain. The presenter’s product obviously had all those features, but he acknowledged that other products had many of the features as well. It was presented more as; these are good things to consider, once you do your homework, you’ll buy my system. I liked the approach.

Woodie and the Long Boards.  (Low light out of focus picture.)

I took a break after the last seminar and drove back into Tucson for dinner. The evening entertainment started at 7PM. A Beach Boys tribute band called Woodie and the Long Boards performed. I really enjoyed all of the Beach Boys music and watching some of my fellow attendees dance in the aisles. After a break they returned as an Eagles tribute band. Not being a real Eagles fan, I headed for home. It was almost ten when I got back to my RV home. Not really late, but a long day. Tomorrow I need to try and make the 8:30 seminar, but I don’t plan to stay for the night session of star gazing. So, it should be a shorter day.