RV Super Show...

Billed as: The Good Sam RV Super Show.  There were RVs.  Good Sam had a presence there.  But, "Super"??

A couple years ago, the Good Sam Rally was held at PIR (Phoenix International Raceway); same place as this event today.  Previously, it was a national rally, with RV manufacturers, all kinds of RVs on display, and several huge tents of vendors.

This was not that.  This was an RV show - mostly local RV dealers, including the two Phoenix area Camping World outlets, looking to sell RVs (Camping World is part of the Good Sam conglomeration).  Because, as everyone knows: it is much less expensive to move all the RVs off your sales lot, put them in an expensive rented place, pay a bunch of people to get them moved... and then offer "RV Show Special Prices."  ;-)

Fortunately, we got free tickets when we checked in at our RV park.  As lifetime Good Sam members, we would have only had to pay $5 to get it ($10 to the general public).  I say "fortunately," because there are "RV Shows" all over the Phoenix area that are free... and, the same: move RVs to another place to try to sell 'em.

There were WAY fewer people, vendors, and display RVs compared to a real Good Sam national rally.  But, as Joan said, "We have the RV we like - I'm just going to see all the vendors!"

So, off to the Super Show...

For a diversion, there was also a display of pontoon boats...

Joan was wearing a Roche Harbor sweatshirt; the people selling the pontoons were formerly from Washington... one of them said, "I am surprised to see anyone in the desert who knows about the San Juan Islands!"  They visited for a bit.  I walked around on pontoons - all bigger than our petite pontoon.  I miss my pontoon.  And the dolphins.  But, I digress.

Into the vendor tent...

Not a lot of vendors, but not much duplication of wares.  We had a couple specific items we were interested in seeing.  Not wanting to cart stuff all around the show, we saw what we wanted and planned to come back on our way out.

Checking out some RVs...

NuWa owners have been a tad bit appalled at another manufacturer calling one of their models "Champagne" (NuWa's top  of the line 5th wheel - but, they are now out of the 5th wheel manufacturing business)...

Peeking around this one... yeah, "Champagne" is stretching things a bit.  This model had some great stairs - very solid, and they fold up into the doorway for travel.  I liked 'em!

Typically, you could not cover all of a big rally in one day - we were done with this in less than 2 hours.  Although we only went in a few of the RVs that had some interesting features I've read about.

Back to the vendor booths, we picked up an adjustable entry step, an awning sunscreen, and some windshield wiper covers.  The awning sunscreen was our main interest.  Here's how it looks attached to our awning...

Look really close, and you might see that entry step platform.  The vendor who was selling that had displayed them at Quartszite a couple weeks ago... "This one has been stepped on, but it's brand new; how does half price sound?"

Sold.  Turns out, he also had the awning sunscreen we were interested in.  And the wiper covers.  Heck, we could have gone to one place to get what we wanted.  ;-)

We got our exercise and were done before lunch.  Didn't have to pay "Raceway prices" for a hotdog; we had a nice sit-down meal instead.

Izzy isn't sure about the awning sunscreen - "That is different!"  She went out into the sun...

That contrasty light makes her look tough; the dogs being walked by our site seem to think so, too.

;-)