Spent September 7-12 in Winkler, Manitoba for the Triple E / Leisure Travel Van 50th Anniversary Rally.
The rally was held at the Mennonite Winkler Bible Camp. They treated us great — fed us three meals a day, met a lot of interesting people from all over US and Canada. Got to see new products, go on various tours around the area and we got a few repairs done to our rig, including a new 2 door refrigerator.
The last evening featured Ray St. Germain and fireworks. Ray St. Germain performing was a real coincidence. I just started a book about one of the best guitar players Ever to live, “One Long Tune: The Life and Music of Lenny Breau”, in which Ray is quoted often, besides finding out that Lenny was married to his sister. I had never heard of him before, and here he is performing at our Canada rally. I talked to him briefly after the performance. Interesting guy with an interesting career. Weird…