Interesting Week End

Well, it's been about 3 weeks since I posted so I will update y'all on the events.  We left Lazy Day RV  Park in Danville, MO and headed to 370 Lakeside RV Park we in St. Peters, MO.  It was only a 58 mile drive but we made it with no issues.  We stayed there for a couple of nights before heading to Dam West Campground at the COE park at Carlyle Lake, in Carlyle, IL.  This is really a nice park, but only offers electric.  I would come back here again if ever in the area.

Lazy Day RV Park

370 Lakeside RV Park

Dam West COE Park

The reason we were in the we were in the Carlyle, IL area was for me to attend my 50th High School Reunion.  We had a good time and it was good to catch up with some of my class mates.

We had a get together on Friday night a Main Street Brewery, an micro brewery and eatery.  Debby and I had dinner and then went out to the Beer Garden to meet with other class mates.  We had a really good time and it was good to see every one.

The next day, Saturday, we toured the "old" school.  Many things have changed as when we went there, half of it was high school other half was junior college.  Now it is all high school.  They have about 2500 students currently enrolled.

After the tour Debby and I met with my cousin, Pam, who I had not seen since before I graduated from high school for a light lunch.  It was really good to catch up with her.

Then Saturday evening we attended the main event, the actual reunion.  It was at a great venue and had a really good band.  The band was a little loud where we were sitting, so talking while they were playing was difficult, but they were really good.  The reunion was held at Gateway Classic Cars.  There were MANY classic cars for sale there, but, in my opinion, very over priced, but enjoyable to look at.  It was good to catch up with old friends.  Surprisingly we only had 46 that were no longer with us, but several could not be found.  The folks that put this  together should be praised for their hard work!  They really did a great job!

On  Sunday, we made the trip to Effingham, IL to visit with Dorthy Combs, a friend of ours from State Farm, who hired Debby at State Farm.  She seems to be doing well and enjoying her retirement years.  She  worked for State Farm for 55 year.

Next we went to visit with my son and his family.  My how the grand kids have grown!  We don't  get up this way to visit with them very often, but it was good to see them.

That'a about it for now.  We head north tomorrow and I will update you later.

Travel Safe and I'll type more later.

Forgotten Pictures

I forgot to post some pictures of W.A.C.O air museum and the Jack Daniels Distillery.  So, here they are.
                                                            W.A.C.O.

Jack Daniels Distillery 

I'll try to remember the interesting pictures next time.  

Travel Safe, and I'll type more later.

How Time Gets Away!

It is hard to believe that it has been so long since I updated y'all.  We have traveled A LOT since I last posted.  We left Red Bay and went to Natchez Trace Thousand Trails Preserve.  Our site as nice an level, but it took forever to get to it from the entrance.  We had to drive to the rear of the preserve and the roads were/are THE WORST we have encountered in the Thousand Trails system.  I filled out a survey and told them if they don't do something about them, someone is going to have some MAJOR damage to their coach.  They responded by saying they are planning to repave some of the roads when the money gets available.  They had several loads of rock that they put into "seasonal and annual" sites, I told them they should at least be putting some of it in the pot holes.  They also seem to cut the grass when the sites are vacated, and evidently ours had been full A LOT!

We left Thousand Trails Natchez Trace and drove 47 miles (about an hour and a half) to our friends John and Jan Hartman's in Spring Hill, TN.  They have a beautiful place and we stayed in their driveway for a week.  We really appreciated their hospitality. I backed down their winding driveway to park, but with John's help directing me, I made it.  

Next we headed to the Dayton Hamvention.  There were 3 of us that traveled together the 380 miles to Troy, OH.  We stayed at WACO Air Museum where Lou Pauly used to volunteer at  They had 4 RV sites, of which 3 had 50 amp service and ours had a solid 20 amp service.  We managed with the 20 amp very well.  We enjoyed the Hamvention and, of course, we attended the gathering of the faithful of the I.O.O.K. (The International Order of Krazies)  I did spend money I had not  planned on spending, I bought a Heil Pro 7 headset.

When we left Troy, OH, Debby and I drove 288 miles to Okaw Valley Campground in Brownstown, IL.  This is a real nice campground privately owned and operated.  It is not very big, but it is a nice place to spend the night.  The next day we drove to Sikston, MO to attend Escapee's Escapade, a nice drive of 258 miles.  The bad part was going around St. Louis.  Interstate 270 helped A LOT.  I would not want to go through downtown, even on the interstate.  As you can see, we were once again on the coffee and doughnut team.  This means early rising in the morning to get everything ready.  Today was the last day of the Escapade so we will get to sleep in tomorrow morning.  The Escapade was held at the State Fairgrounds.  Full hook ups with 50 amp service.  The weather overall was nice, but we did have some rain and did have a couple of rigs get stuck.

Tomorrow we will head east again to Danville, MO for a couple of weeks and then to St. Peters, MO for a couple of nights.  We are headed back to Illinois to attend my 50 year high school reunion.  I'll try to do a little better on updating y'all.

Travel Safe and I'll type more later.