David, I think you nailed it with the "trendy" comment, people had to have something to talk about at the water cooler at work on Monday, and if you fit, you fit, motor home, hats, T shirts, jackets, banners, plus, there seemed to be a lot more folks willing to spend their butts off to go, now they got kids that have to be "involved", trips over a weekend to play some sort of "game", is the trendy thing now, still costs money, but it's the "in" thing now. Times they have changed. Just sayin! Bob