This is the last day of the rally, and the only planned activities are a business meeting followed by dinner on the economy—that’s Army talk for eating dinner in town.
About noon, we took the audio CD guided tour of historic Carthage.  It took us forever to synchronize the start of the tour with the start of the CD as several of the tour markers had been removed.  However, once we found the start, the tour included many historic houses and other buildings, dating back to the mid 1800s.  There are many historic houses in Carthage, and most have been restored.  I opted out of a Walmart trip and returned to the motorhome while Kay toured the Precious Moments Chapel and Gardens, followed by a shopping trip to Walmart.  At 4:30 PM we attended the business meeting, and was once again reminded of why we retired—it was so much like the last few years of work!  I hate meetings!  After the meeting, we joined the other rally attendees for dinner at a really good Mexican restaurant for our meat and vegetable of the day.  Upon returning to the campground, we readied the RV for travel, and Kay adjourned to the rally room for a game of “31”.
This has been an outstanding rally, we met some great new friends, and enjoyed good conversations and laughter.  Among our best finds were new friends, Mickey and Menlo, from Texas.  We can’t wait to visit with them again in late September.
Kay’s Take:  On the last day of the rally (Thursday) I went to Precious Moments Chapel and Gardens just on the edge of Carthage.  The artist who developed the precious moments characters – drawings, sculptures, etc. is a fervent Christian man and he built a chapel depicting many Bible stories using those characters.
 

The crowning glory is the back wall of the chapel which has the Hallelujah Square painting.  It’s wonderful!  He painted his mother in there and his grown son who was killed in a tragic auto accident.  So many families were there with children and the children were very responsive to the murals.  I think the artist must have a heart for children’s ministry.  The grounds were beautiful with many blooming flowers and sculptures.  It was 98 degrees so I didn’t tarry outside very long.