PERRY, GA.  We are at the FMCA International RV Rally.  In the rain.  Seems every time we attend a rally lately it rains.  Hopefully tomorrow I can get a photo of this place.  Already there are acres of motorhomes, more than any rally we have attended before.  We are here early to attend the driving school today and tomorrow.  The actual rally begins Wednesday.

We are currently cold camping, meaning we are in an area without hookups for electricity, water, or sewer; but we knew this coming in, so we emptied our gray and black water tanks this morning before coming here.  We also made sure our 90 gallon water tank was full.  So, with occasional use of our generator, we live comfortably until the driving school is over tomorrow around 5 pm.  At that time they will move us to a location with electrical and water hookups.  Mid-week we shall take advantage of a pumping truck service to empty the gray and black water tanks.

This afternoon Betty and I attended an excellent driving lecture, which covered motorhome maintenance and safety matters.  This was the first phase of the school.

The reason we are in a cold camping area now is that we shall pull in the slide-outs tomorrow and bring up the leveling jacks in order for Betty to drive the motorhome for the second phase of the driving school.  Betty will receive hands-on training in our motorhome, driving it on the roads (including I-75), parking, backing up, etc.  They even will cover parallel parking the motorhome, something that I have not done.  I cannot even imagine when you would need to do that, but at least they are being thorough.

Tomorrow the weather is supposed to clear.  Hurrah!