End of our month at C.A.R.E.

We have had an interesting and fun month volunteering here at C.ARE.  C.A.R.E. stands for Continuing Assistance for Retired/Recooperating Escapees.  This was a vision of Kay Peterson, Co Founder of the Escapees RV Club.  The residents are very appreciative of the volunteers that are hear and seem to be really pleased at having the volunteers.  As you spend time here, you get to know the residents and some will steal your heart!  You really get to know them if you get the chance to drive them to places they may need to go, such at the doctors or the store to shop..  This is an experience that I would recommend to all Escapees to have.  You will not be sorry.
We have made our reservations for the trip back to see the kids in Jacksonville, stopping at the Escapees RV Park in Summerdale, AL and attending the Escapees Chapter 57 rally at Harbor Lakes RV Resort,  and of course the Florida Good Sam Fall Rally in Eustus, FL,  Then on to NAS Jacksonville for Debby to have surgery on her eyes to take care of her cateracts.  At least we will be with the kids for the holidays. 

Y'all travel safe and I'll type more later,

Here at C.A.R.E.

We left McPherson Campground in McPherson, KS, which was a nice campground.  The owner had not had it that long and has been making improvements, but it is a small campground, but sure met our needs.  We next arrived at Cedar Valley RV Park in Guthrie, OK.  Once again, a nice campground that met our needs.  Staying only a couple of days at each campgrounds doesn't require us to have a lot of amenities, so even the simplest of campgrounds is just fine for us.  I'm usually happy if I get satellite and can put up my Ham Antenna.

Next we went to Lazy L RV Park in Sherman, TX.  Once again, a nice campground that met our needs.  It was interesting to take this trip towards Rainbows End.  This is where we observed the Eclipse.  Only 79% coverage here.

Next we stopped at Watts RV Park in Gilmer, TX.  Debby does really well in selecting our campgrounds and once again, this one was just the ticket for us.  The campground was nice but the road to get to it left A LOT to be desired.  We survived though and enjoyed out days there.

Our next stop was Rainbows End RV Park in Livingston, TX.  This is the National Headquarters for the Escapees RV Club and home to C.A.R.E.  (Continued Assistance for Retired/Recooperating Escapees)  This is an independent living facility, where the residents live in their RV and are provided meals and a place to play games and socialize.  There is a paid staff, but rely heavily on it's volunteers.  We will be volunteers here until the 1st of October then we will be heading east toward Florida.  We have enjoyed our time here so far, and hope we will enjoy our remaining time here.

We came a little early to get here before Hurricane Harvey arrived.  I am glad to report that there was not damage or excess flooding here.  They did close the headquarters as some of the staff were evacuated, and, of course, as the mail comes from Huston, there was NO mail service.  We were surprised that we had mail delivered to CARE yesterday, which was a holiday.

We are now watching hurricane Irma, and pray that it will miss Florida and the US altogether.  I would ask that everyone pray for the same.

Y'all travel safe and I'll type more later.