One week is 'in the books' here in Navarre, FL. The weather has been very nice. A couple cool days, but the rest in the seventies. The only downside to week one for me has been a persistent cough and pneumonia-like congestion. I finally broke down and went to the doctor today. Armed with an antibiotic and codeine cough medication, I look forward to rapid improvement during week number two.
We've still managed to take part in several activities. Wednesday was coffee and donuts as usual. I think it was the biggest crowd ever for our Wednesday gathering.
We attended the New Years Eve party. I believe I mentioned the party wound down at 9 p.m. It was a good thing since several of the "old people" were dozing off. Mary Ellen and I were very proud to be one of the last couples to leave. And it didn't come any too soon!
Our good friends Gerry and Linda Foyle have sold their RV and are renting a Condo right on the Gulf. It is gorgeous. They invited Dave, Janet, Russ, Beth, Mary Ellen and I over for drinks last night. The views are spectacular and most importantly they both love it. We went to dinner after at TC's front porch.
On another positive note, I haven't fallen off of anything this year. Of course this may be due to the fact Mary Ellen won't allow me to get more than a foot off the ground.
Other than the aforementioned activities, most of my recreation has involved lying down. I don't think I've ever packed as much sleep time into a week as I have the past several days. It seems like such a waste of time, but I feel much better after a couple hours in the rack. Once I get rid of this bug, I'm sure 'nap frequency' will revert to once a day.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Navarre
Its been awhile since I've put together an article. It's January 3rd, 2012 and I decided now was the time. I plan to do a weekly, more as a journal of our time in Navarre, FL than a brilliantly written BLOG.
We arrived in Navarre on Sunday the 1st. It was a good decision to store our travel trailer down here last Fall rather than having to dig it out of the snow in Elkhart. Just driving the truck down here sans trailer made so much easier. We spent our first nite only as far as Indianapolis. We visited two sons (Dan & Family) and Mark. Spent the night at Dan's and left in the morning to head down this way. First stop was Bowling Green, KY followed by Greenville, AL.
We spent New Years Eve at Day's Inn in Navarre and "crashed" the New Years Eve party at Emerald Beach RV Park. Good seeing many friends. The ladies who have been here since December 1st did a great job with the decorations, and there was enough food to feed every camper. About 50 people attended.
On the first of January we drove to Milton to pick up our trailer. Dave and Janet Lundgren also drove to Milton with us. Both of us stored our units in Milton.
Dave's battery in his 5th wheel was dead. We ended up jumping and charging it for about 30 minutes. We checked in around noon. Thusfar we hadn't experienced any problems, so I had to do something stupid to maintain my mishap record.
I won't go into the gory details, but suffice it to say the trailer fell off the blocks. This meant of course we now had no way of lifting it back unto the blocks. Of course we had more help than we needed from fellow campers. Our neighbor Jim had a jack which enable us to lift the trailer back onto the blocks. We were now ready to begin unpacking.
Yesterday, our Canadian friends, Linda and Gerry Foyle invited us for cocktails at their condo. They decided to sell their Class A motorhome and rent a condo for 3 months. It's on the 7th floor of the Colony Beach Condos. Three bedrooms, 3 baths and a view to die for! It's less than 10 minutes from their condo to emerald beach. We're planning to spend a lot of time with them, both here and their condo.
Many of you know about Dave Lundgren's surgery a few weeks prior to coming here. He is doing well but isn't there yet. This isn't a bad place to recuperate, but the post surgical problems make it less enjoyable than it might have been.
I failed to mention the weather. On the 1st, the day we moved in, it was 74 degrees. On the 2nd and again today the temp won't get above 44!! Of course we're being blamed for this change in the weather; at least the sky is clear and the sun is shining.
Till next time.
jim
We arrived in Navarre on Sunday the 1st. It was a good decision to store our travel trailer down here last Fall rather than having to dig it out of the snow in Elkhart. Just driving the truck down here sans trailer made so much easier. We spent our first nite only as far as Indianapolis. We visited two sons (Dan & Family) and Mark. Spent the night at Dan's and left in the morning to head down this way. First stop was Bowling Green, KY followed by Greenville, AL.
We spent New Years Eve at Day's Inn in Navarre and "crashed" the New Years Eve party at Emerald Beach RV Park. Good seeing many friends. The ladies who have been here since December 1st did a great job with the decorations, and there was enough food to feed every camper. About 50 people attended.
On the first of January we drove to Milton to pick up our trailer. Dave and Janet Lundgren also drove to Milton with us. Both of us stored our units in Milton.
Dave's battery in his 5th wheel was dead. We ended up jumping and charging it for about 30 minutes. We checked in around noon. Thusfar we hadn't experienced any problems, so I had to do something stupid to maintain my mishap record.
I won't go into the gory details, but suffice it to say the trailer fell off the blocks. This meant of course we now had no way of lifting it back unto the blocks. Of course we had more help than we needed from fellow campers. Our neighbor Jim had a jack which enable us to lift the trailer back onto the blocks. We were now ready to begin unpacking.
Yesterday, our Canadian friends, Linda and Gerry Foyle invited us for cocktails at their condo. They decided to sell their Class A motorhome and rent a condo for 3 months. It's on the 7th floor of the Colony Beach Condos. Three bedrooms, 3 baths and a view to die for! It's less than 10 minutes from their condo to emerald beach. We're planning to spend a lot of time with them, both here and their condo.
Many of you know about Dave Lundgren's surgery a few weeks prior to coming here. He is doing well but isn't there yet. This isn't a bad place to recuperate, but the post surgical problems make it less enjoyable than it might have been.
I failed to mention the weather. On the 1st, the day we moved in, it was 74 degrees. On the 2nd and again today the temp won't get above 44!! Of course we're being blamed for this change in the weather; at least the sky is clear and the sun is shining.
Till next time.
jim
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street
Just
when you think you’ve heard it all, he and the morons that surround him have
shown their support for the OWS deadbeats. That’s right, he understands why
these scum of the earth are out there. After all, the “economy is bad”. People
are unhappy. I guess this gives these losers the right to be out there
committing violent acts, raping, stabbing, shooting, bombing, public sex and
all sorts of bodily functions in public. Today they are planning to throw
Molotov cocktails thru Macy’s windows. But, according to our so called leader,
this is understandable. They’re upset!!!
The
former speaker of the house (Pelosi) is quoted as saying, “God bless the
protesters”. Of course I’ve known dear old Nancy was a nutcase for several
years. How can you explain these people. If they have a cause it seems to be
opposition to the Banks, Wall St., Jews, and of course, Capitalism. Now we know
of course that if you interview twenty of these creatures you’ll get twenty
different lame excuses. Excuses like the ‘bank wants me to pay my student
loan’. Duh!! Of all the nerve. Solution, lets graffiti the bank building. Wow,
what a concept. They complain they can’t find a job while they are adding some
very bad behavior to their RESUME. And, they are trying to destroy the people
and the institutions who are the very ones creating the jobs!!
Then
there’s the idiot who is whining about Target wanting him to come to work at
midnight on Thanksgiving. If I managed that Target store I would downsize the
“cart roundup crew” by one. Give the job to someone who wants and needs the
job. This bonehead can join the ranks of the unemployed and start whining about
that.
The
United States is becoming the ‘2nd coming of Rome. We the people
must quit bending over and allowing no prayer, no Christmas, no English
language, no pledge of allegiance and on and on. We’re in trouble gang.
Complacency is not the answer. We may wake up one day with ‘jack-booted thugs’
knocking down our door.
jim
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Thanksgiving
Nov.
16, 2011
It’s
a Wednesday, and I made myself a promise that I would spend two hours a day
writing. So hear I am sitting in front of my MacBook screen with the keyboard
under my nimble fingers waiting for an inspiration.
Thanksgiving
will be hear in a few days. Normally I don’t give the day a lot of thought, but
as I grow older it has more meaning than it did in the past. Thanksgiving day
is simply a reminder telling us we have many things for which we should be
thankful. These are a few of mine.
·
The
most wonderful wife and mother to our boys that a guy could ever wish for
·
Our
four wonderful sons
·
The
best nine grandkids on the face of the earth
·
Selling
our house in record time
·
Finding
an apartment that we both love
·
The
wonderful friends we have
·
The
fact that one of our friends (Dave Lundgren) made it thru surgery and is on the
road to recovery
·
That
Julie Lee is looking great after her nasty surgery
·
Our
three delightful daughters-in-law
·
The
fact we are both healthy with only 27 minor complaints!!
·
The
fact we have plenty of money if we die before next month!!
·
The
fact we only have 14 months of “you know who”
·
The
fact we haven’t had a flat tire on our camper in a month (Oh, I forgot it’s in
storage)
I
knew if I listed more than a few I would eventually “go off the rails”! But you
know what I mean. We should all reflect on how fortunate we are.
Happy
Thanksgiving! JIM
Sunday, October 23, 2011
October Surprise
We decided some time ago that rather than wait till the snow accumulates in Elkhart in January, we would take our trailer to Florida this month and store it there. We won't have to dig it out of two feet of snow as we did last year in January. Now we can just drive the truck to pick up the trailer in Florida and pull it a few miles to Emerald Beach in Navarre.
So, on Saturday the 22nd of October we picked up the trailer from Wana RV in Shipshewana, IN and hit the road. We had taken it to Wana for a Fall checkup. Since we were twenty five miles East of Elkhart we didn't go toward Indy on Rt. 31 as we've done in the past. We were close to I 69 and decided to take 69 to Indy with plans to spend the nite at the KOA south of Louisville. Alas our plans were about to change.
I've come to the realization that our FLAT TIRE in the Muncie, IN area has become somewhat of an annual event! You heard me correctly. We had our 6th flat in 5 years. None of our Florida friends can match that. To add to the misery, we sat in our truck along I 69 for 2 hours and 15 minutes waiting for Good Sam to dispatch help. Part of the problem was that Good Sam dispatched the 'tire fixer man' from KOKOMO. If you know Indiana, Kokomo is about 50 miles on country roads to get to the Muncie area. It took the guy another thirty minutes to accomplish the task. When he finished we resumed our journey. We had to find a tire store and buy another tire. God knows we wouldn't dare drive very far without a spare.
My friend Jeff Bloss is my tech support guy when it comes to everything you need to know about RV's. This includes tires. Turns out I have 14 inch wheels. Don't get me wrong, I did know this. What I didn't realize was that Jeff's former trailer from the same manufacturer as mine came with 15 inch wheels. Jeff believes my trailer is too heavy for the size of the tires. Rather than bore you with more details, suffice it to say that Jeff is doing in depth research (at no cost to me?), in order to come up with the best possible solution to my tire woes.
Discount Tire in Muncie sold us and mounted our new tire as a spare. We were there for about an hour. By this time Louisville was out of the question. We camped near Muncie. We were both in need of sleep.
Sunday the 23rd was uneventful. In other words, no more flat tires. We're at the KOA in Bowling Green, KY. We've stopped here a number of times, but it's under new management and it didn't meet our expectations. The site and grounds were OK, but they now close from noon to four every day. They don't have a brochure. They sell propane but they didn't have any. The women's shower room was a mess. Just so you don't get the wrong idea, Mary Ellen told me about the shower room!
Tomorrow we're planning on getting to Birmingham South. I'll let you know how that turns out. Wish us luck.
Jim
So, on Saturday the 22nd of October we picked up the trailer from Wana RV in Shipshewana, IN and hit the road. We had taken it to Wana for a Fall checkup. Since we were twenty five miles East of Elkhart we didn't go toward Indy on Rt. 31 as we've done in the past. We were close to I 69 and decided to take 69 to Indy with plans to spend the nite at the KOA south of Louisville. Alas our plans were about to change.
I've come to the realization that our FLAT TIRE in the Muncie, IN area has become somewhat of an annual event! You heard me correctly. We had our 6th flat in 5 years. None of our Florida friends can match that. To add to the misery, we sat in our truck along I 69 for 2 hours and 15 minutes waiting for Good Sam to dispatch help. Part of the problem was that Good Sam dispatched the 'tire fixer man' from KOKOMO. If you know Indiana, Kokomo is about 50 miles on country roads to get to the Muncie area. It took the guy another thirty minutes to accomplish the task. When he finished we resumed our journey. We had to find a tire store and buy another tire. God knows we wouldn't dare drive very far without a spare.
My friend Jeff Bloss is my tech support guy when it comes to everything you need to know about RV's. This includes tires. Turns out I have 14 inch wheels. Don't get me wrong, I did know this. What I didn't realize was that Jeff's former trailer from the same manufacturer as mine came with 15 inch wheels. Jeff believes my trailer is too heavy for the size of the tires. Rather than bore you with more details, suffice it to say that Jeff is doing in depth research (at no cost to me?), in order to come up with the best possible solution to my tire woes.
Discount Tire in Muncie sold us and mounted our new tire as a spare. We were there for about an hour. By this time Louisville was out of the question. We camped near Muncie. We were both in need of sleep.
Sunday the 23rd was uneventful. In other words, no more flat tires. We're at the KOA in Bowling Green, KY. We've stopped here a number of times, but it's under new management and it didn't meet our expectations. The site and grounds were OK, but they now close from noon to four every day. They don't have a brochure. They sell propane but they didn't have any. The women's shower room was a mess. Just so you don't get the wrong idea, Mary Ellen told me about the shower room!
Tomorrow we're planning on getting to Birmingham South. I'll let you know how that turns out. Wish us luck.
Jim
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Lackawaxen
The month of August has come and gone. It seems the entire month has been spent 'on the road'. We've just returned to our "condo style apartment home" which we continue to love by the way.
We spent five days at my son's (Jim) vacation home in the Pocono mountains of Lackawaxen, PA. Jim's five kids were there. They range in age from seven to sixteen. They are blessed with my good looks and they are all witty and charming. The three girls also happen to be beautiful! We had a good time between trips to the lake and the top of the mountain. The Lake and Ski area were required trips in order to use cell phones or be able to connect to the internet. The lack of TV and the internet necessitated conversation while we were at the house.
Deer and the occasional bear made the indoors rather appealing to me. We didn't see any bears, but they have wandered through the yard at other times. Jim, Pat and the kids left on Saturday, and we had planned to stay a few more days. However, Mary Ellen's sister, Carol, had another stroke (number 5 according to the MRI). She is doing very well now, but we left the mountains on Monday to spend a little time with her in Stow, Ohio.
Before we departed we managed to find a casino! Surprise, surprise. So on Sunday we headed down the mountain and 90 minutes later ended up in Wilkes-Barre, PA and the Mohegan Sun casino. We spent four hours or so. It was a very nice casino. I highly recommend it. Mary Ellen proceeded to lose $60 or so, while I managed to win $.14. I actually managed to play for three or four hours on twenty dollars and still came out ahead. I believe I'm blessed with a skill for managing slots. Managing slots does NOT mean winning, it means NOT losing. It was fun.
When we returned from the Casino we had dinner at the Summit restaurant at the top of the mountain. It was a beautiful nite and we sat on the patio overlooking the ski lift. The food was outstanding. I had a half rack of baby back ribs. I can't imagine anyone eating a full rack. The entire meal exceeded our expectations.
So on Monday we left around noon and proceeded toward OHIO. We had planned to stay over somewhere on the way to Carol's. We had stayed in Dubois, PA on our way to Lackawaxen and we ended up stopping there again. On our trip east we stayed at the Hampton, so we decided to try one of the other hotels. We pulled into the Best Western. I went in to see about reservations. Mary Ellen remained in the car but decided to turn off the engine while she waited. Before I go further I should mention that every time we venture outside the borders of Elkhart, Indiana, whether we are driving the truck, the PT Cruiser or pulling the trailer with the truck, we have had some type of incident requiring roadside service. So, on returning to the Cruiser after getting a room for the night, Mary Ellen turned the key to start the car. NOTHING. It was dead. No click, no nothing. Dashboard lit, but no headlights. Warning bells worked to alert us to an open door, but no ignition.
Rather than call emergency road service from Good Sam, Mary Ellen suggested we use our Chrysler roadside assistance. She called and with very little discussion with the gentleman on the phone, he told us he was sending a tow truck. Within ten minutes the tow truck was there. One of the nicest men I've ever met came over, introduced himself and suggested he try jumping the battery. He did and it started. However, he said that chances were very good that if we turned the car off, it would never start again. He suggested he would tow it to the Chrysler dealer down the street (3 miles away). Of course it was five o'clock and the mechanics had gone home. They assured us they would get to it first thing in the morning. They called us around nine and told us the battery had a hole in it and wouldn't take a charge and had to be replaced. Why you ask did the battery have a hole in it. It developed a hole due to bouncing around under the hood. Why you ask was it bouncing around. Simple, there was no battery tray holding it in place. The dealer said he had never seen a car without a battery tray. They didn't have any trays, and we didn't want to spend another day waiting for one. So, they held the battery in place using duck tape, bungie cords and glue. I made that up. But they told us they thought it would be OK till we got home. So we paid the $176 and left Dubois by ten a.m.
We arrived at Carol's about one p.m. Our dealer in Elkhart where Mary Ellen bought the 2009 PT Cruiser ended up reimbursing us the $176. They have no idea why the Cruiser came without a battery tray, but we have one now.
After a visit with my two sisters and another dinner out with Carol we left for our "condo style apartment home", which we continue to love.
jim
We spent five days at my son's (Jim) vacation home in the Pocono mountains of Lackawaxen, PA. Jim's five kids were there. They range in age from seven to sixteen. They are blessed with my good looks and they are all witty and charming. The three girls also happen to be beautiful! We had a good time between trips to the lake and the top of the mountain. The Lake and Ski area were required trips in order to use cell phones or be able to connect to the internet. The lack of TV and the internet necessitated conversation while we were at the house.
Deer and the occasional bear made the indoors rather appealing to me. We didn't see any bears, but they have wandered through the yard at other times. Jim, Pat and the kids left on Saturday, and we had planned to stay a few more days. However, Mary Ellen's sister, Carol, had another stroke (number 5 according to the MRI). She is doing very well now, but we left the mountains on Monday to spend a little time with her in Stow, Ohio.
Before we departed we managed to find a casino! Surprise, surprise. So on Sunday we headed down the mountain and 90 minutes later ended up in Wilkes-Barre, PA and the Mohegan Sun casino. We spent four hours or so. It was a very nice casino. I highly recommend it. Mary Ellen proceeded to lose $60 or so, while I managed to win $.14. I actually managed to play for three or four hours on twenty dollars and still came out ahead. I believe I'm blessed with a skill for managing slots. Managing slots does NOT mean winning, it means NOT losing. It was fun.
When we returned from the Casino we had dinner at the Summit restaurant at the top of the mountain. It was a beautiful nite and we sat on the patio overlooking the ski lift. The food was outstanding. I had a half rack of baby back ribs. I can't imagine anyone eating a full rack. The entire meal exceeded our expectations.
So on Monday we left around noon and proceeded toward OHIO. We had planned to stay over somewhere on the way to Carol's. We had stayed in Dubois, PA on our way to Lackawaxen and we ended up stopping there again. On our trip east we stayed at the Hampton, so we decided to try one of the other hotels. We pulled into the Best Western. I went in to see about reservations. Mary Ellen remained in the car but decided to turn off the engine while she waited. Before I go further I should mention that every time we venture outside the borders of Elkhart, Indiana, whether we are driving the truck, the PT Cruiser or pulling the trailer with the truck, we have had some type of incident requiring roadside service. So, on returning to the Cruiser after getting a room for the night, Mary Ellen turned the key to start the car. NOTHING. It was dead. No click, no nothing. Dashboard lit, but no headlights. Warning bells worked to alert us to an open door, but no ignition.
Rather than call emergency road service from Good Sam, Mary Ellen suggested we use our Chrysler roadside assistance. She called and with very little discussion with the gentleman on the phone, he told us he was sending a tow truck. Within ten minutes the tow truck was there. One of the nicest men I've ever met came over, introduced himself and suggested he try jumping the battery. He did and it started. However, he said that chances were very good that if we turned the car off, it would never start again. He suggested he would tow it to the Chrysler dealer down the street (3 miles away). Of course it was five o'clock and the mechanics had gone home. They assured us they would get to it first thing in the morning. They called us around nine and told us the battery had a hole in it and wouldn't take a charge and had to be replaced. Why you ask did the battery have a hole in it. It developed a hole due to bouncing around under the hood. Why you ask was it bouncing around. Simple, there was no battery tray holding it in place. The dealer said he had never seen a car without a battery tray. They didn't have any trays, and we didn't want to spend another day waiting for one. So, they held the battery in place using duck tape, bungie cords and glue. I made that up. But they told us they thought it would be OK till we got home. So we paid the $176 and left Dubois by ten a.m.
We arrived at Carol's about one p.m. Our dealer in Elkhart where Mary Ellen bought the 2009 PT Cruiser ended up reimbursing us the $176. They have no idea why the Cruiser came without a battery tray, but we have one now.
After a visit with my two sisters and another dinner out with Carol we left for our "condo style apartment home", which we continue to love.
jim
Monday, August 1, 2011
ON GOLDEN POND
Oops, it's not Golden Pond, it's Hunter's Pond. It's just that some days it seems like Golden Pond. I'm not getting lost in the yard or bumping into trees. If I start doing that we'll have to move somewhere without woods and a pond! Actually we still love this place. We are getting tired of the dirty and nasty Canadian Geese, but they usually only pay us a visit once a day. We do have a friendly deer that stops by once a week. She's beautiful. She seems to be a loaner. Most deer I know run in packs. I think our deer is somewhat antisocial. We also have a cardinal couple (Carl & Carla). Recently another male cardinal showed up. Carl wasn't happy. He chased the new guy. Recently I saw Carla talking with the new guy. A think a divorce is imminent! I failed to mention 'tommy the turtle'. Tommy is about 10 inches long and has a beautiful black and gold shell. Tommy walks across our patio about once a week. I think it takes him a week to make the circuit of the apartment buildings. Well, enough about our nature preserve lest you think I'm losing my marbles. Or maybe you've thought that all along. Anyhow...
So let's talk about people...we met our snowbird friends for a 'summer reunion'. We met at a campground in Champaign, Illinois. Now normally one would assume that if you are going to an RV Park, one would have some sort of RV or at least a tent. However, the day we were to pull our trailer to Champaign, the brakes went out on the truck. This was on a Saturday afternoon. The only place open was Sears. They found a broken brake line on the left front. The only problem was they couldn't get the part until Monday. We decided to drive Mary Ellen's car and stay at a hotel in Champaign near the campground. On interstate 80 around Chicago we had a blowout. By the time we waited for emergency services to arrive, had lunch with our Son, Tim, bought 2 new tires and got underway, we had lost 4 hours. I should mention Tim lives just a few miles from where we had the blowout. The rest of the trip was uneventful. We were the last to arrive at the campground, but made up for it quickly. The gathering was fun with the exception of Dave's back. He has had back problems for some time now, and the doctors can't seem to find a cure. On the last day in Champaign Dave developed severe pain that radiated from back to front. He wouldn't go to the E.R. of course, and eventually the pain diminished enough that Dave felt he was ready to drive home. Just prior to the reversal I told Dave we were going to take him outside and shoot him! I was very glad we didn't have to follow through. Dave has a difficult decision coming up. Whether to have surgery or not. We're all hoping he's in much better shape when we get to Florida this January.
I can't believe it's August already. I have to admit I'm actually looking forward to some cold weather. The ninety degree temps are really getting old. We have plans for another trip to Ohio, perhaps PA as well, and will probably take our camper to an RV Park for the month of September. The end of October we're planning to take the camper to Florida and store it down there. When January comes around, and it's time to prep for Florida, it will be such a relief not having to dig out of the snow and ice. We'll only have to drive the truck to our Florida storage facility and we're home free.
Lastly, I just have to mention the morons in Washington. I won't even bother giving you any details. I'm sure you're all as sick of this crap as I am. If you're not, nothing I can say will ever change your mind. My suggestion to all of you who are fed up with this Washington crowd is to vote for ANYONE who ISN'T an incumbent. That's right, throw them all out. And most of all throw out the clown that occupies the White House.
JIM
So let's talk about people...we met our snowbird friends for a 'summer reunion'. We met at a campground in Champaign, Illinois. Now normally one would assume that if you are going to an RV Park, one would have some sort of RV or at least a tent. However, the day we were to pull our trailer to Champaign, the brakes went out on the truck. This was on a Saturday afternoon. The only place open was Sears. They found a broken brake line on the left front. The only problem was they couldn't get the part until Monday. We decided to drive Mary Ellen's car and stay at a hotel in Champaign near the campground. On interstate 80 around Chicago we had a blowout. By the time we waited for emergency services to arrive, had lunch with our Son, Tim, bought 2 new tires and got underway, we had lost 4 hours. I should mention Tim lives just a few miles from where we had the blowout. The rest of the trip was uneventful. We were the last to arrive at the campground, but made up for it quickly. The gathering was fun with the exception of Dave's back. He has had back problems for some time now, and the doctors can't seem to find a cure. On the last day in Champaign Dave developed severe pain that radiated from back to front. He wouldn't go to the E.R. of course, and eventually the pain diminished enough that Dave felt he was ready to drive home. Just prior to the reversal I told Dave we were going to take him outside and shoot him! I was very glad we didn't have to follow through. Dave has a difficult decision coming up. Whether to have surgery or not. We're all hoping he's in much better shape when we get to Florida this January.
I can't believe it's August already. I have to admit I'm actually looking forward to some cold weather. The ninety degree temps are really getting old. We have plans for another trip to Ohio, perhaps PA as well, and will probably take our camper to an RV Park for the month of September. The end of October we're planning to take the camper to Florida and store it down there. When January comes around, and it's time to prep for Florida, it will be such a relief not having to dig out of the snow and ice. We'll only have to drive the truck to our Florida storage facility and we're home free.
Lastly, I just have to mention the morons in Washington. I won't even bother giving you any details. I'm sure you're all as sick of this crap as I am. If you're not, nothing I can say will ever change your mind. My suggestion to all of you who are fed up with this Washington crowd is to vote for ANYONE who ISN'T an incumbent. That's right, throw them all out. And most of all throw out the clown that occupies the White House.
JIM
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