February 10, 2024
After we finished work today, we had lunch with our South Carolina friends. I went to school with Donna and Karen and we graduated together. Every time we come to the area we meet up with them. Today we dined at El Cerro Grande. The food was very good but the fellowship was even better. We sat and talked for a couple of hours or more. It was great to see them and tentative plans were made to see them again before we leave.
February 6 -9, 2024
We have two days off now, Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday, 2/6, we just chilled out and Chris and Jim came over and we played some Euchre and Five Crowns. It was a lot of fun. On Wednesday we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and we opted to go to a couple of RV dealers in the area. They are plentiful and very close. We can see just about any make and model we would like. It was like our own private RV show. However, the first order of business was to have breakfast at Johnny D’s Waffles. This is one of our must eat at restaurants when we come down to the area. My favorite is the Red Velvet Waffle. It is absolutely the best.
Thursday it was back to work. While waiting on some campers to leave, I did the dishes. Once I had finished I noticed a large amount of water on the floor. We soaked up the water and left towels down and went back to finish up. Once we were done for the day, I checked under the kitchen sink and noticed a very small amount of water on the floor. Actually it was on a paper towel I had put down to determine leak. I had Nancy run some water and I checked some fittings. Nothing. I had here plug the sink and let it fill part way. Then when the plug was pulled I found the leak. The drain pipe was loose at the “S” trap. I tightened it up and no more leak.
Friday 2/9 we had plans to go to Chris and Jim’s for dinner and games. We opted to bring a salad. They were fixing a Parmesan Meatloaf, made from ground chicken and some steak fajitas. I am not a big fan of ground chicken or turkey but the meatloaf was good. I wanted to do a fancy salad, so I decided to do one I remembered from when I worked at DeValleta, a poached pear salad. The salad is a combination of 50/50 mix of spring greens and spinach, halved cherry tomatoes, crushed walnuts, sweet diced onion, and bleu cheese and the poached pears. The pears were poached in a port wine. It turned out very good. After dinner we played Rummy Cube.
February 5, 2024
Cold and rainy today. The rain stopped early morning but it was still cold and windy. We had a total of 8 departures today. Nancy made a round first while I enjoyed my second cup of coffee. She also made contact with the Rangers. I went out around 11:00 AM and caught a couple of the sites. One left. Went back out at 12:00 noon and finished the last site. Shortly after I returned home, the Ranger arrived. Nancy got up on the roof and tossed the limbs down. She saw no obvious damage. I guess time will tell. This is the second time in our last two visits that we had tree limbs come down on our roof.
February 4, 2024
It is Sunday. That means that we will be busy today. Last Friday we had 40 arrive. We have 48 departures today. Our portion is 25. It is just the way it works sometimes. No big deal. Since the weekend is over, most people head home on Sunday. We finished up by 12:45. The weather is supposed to turn a little ugly tonight. Nancy and I were watching TV around 10:30 PM when we heard a loud thump. We checked the entire RV and found nothing. Then Nancy decided to check outside. Apparently a limb fell on to the roof. So tomorrow we will contact a Ranger so we can get a ladder and remove the limb and check for any damages.
February 3, 2024
Both hosts are on duty today. We have a total of 7 departures. Very easy day. Since there were so many empty sites, we started doing our Site Safety Inspections. We talked to Chris and Jim and opted to have dinner tonight and play some games. Before our departure from home, I had made and froze three lasagnas. We had one for dinner tonight with some garlic bread and a very nice salad that Chris and Jim brought. After dinner we decided to play Mexican Train Dominos. This was their first time. We had a great time.
February 2, 2024
Our first official day of work. The Mays were off today. We have new golf carts this year. They are gas powered and a lot nicer than the electric ones we have had in the past. The job is to get to the office around 08:00 hours to get our list of departures/moves. We picked up our list and toured the parking lots for trash detail. After we did that we made our first round. No one was moving so we went home for another cup of coffee and just wait. We only have 16 sites to do today. People slowly trickled out and by noonish, we were done. Day 1 done.
February 1, 2024
To our surprise we are not on the work schedule today. So we decided to run a couple of errands. We were just finishing up dinner when Chris and Jim Mays dropped in. They arrived today and our co hosts. We met them two years ago and had a great time together. We would have dinner and play cards or other games. We have kept in touch ever since. Such is the life of RVers. They also had an RV friend with them, Faye. She was very nice and we had a short but nice visit. One of the topics of discussion was the increase in camping fees here at Huntington Beach as well as the apparent lack of campers. The park seems less full than we remember.
January 31, 2024
Today is our first travel day for the new year. We left the house about 10:30 ish. No big deal as we are only going to Murrell’s Inlet, South Carolina. It’s about 4 hours away. During the drive we encountered a few very light rain showers. No big deal. We arrived at Huntington Beach State Park and stopped at the office. We met with Chase, one of the Park Rangers. We signed our paperwork and received our packet. The packet contains our hang tag, our time sheet, our Safety Inspection Sheets, and our work schedule for the month. The Site Safety Inspections are to be done during the month we are here. There are 6 tent sites and 175 RV sites, less the 2 Host sites. Fortunately, we are at the same site we have been at the last 2 times. We are scheduled to work Thursdays thru Mondays. That leaves Mondays and Tuesdays for our off days. We got parked, set up, and had a nice hot shower. We have never had good WiFi. The WiFi is great within the immediate vicinity of the bathhouses. We even had spotty cell service when we were with AT&T. We recently switched to T-Mobile and when we were in Colorado, with no WiFi, we discovered the T-Mobile Internet. After leaving Colorado, we held on to the device and used it last September when we camped at Bandit’s Roost. We held onto it to test for this trip. I set it up and low and behold, it works great here. According to the device, we have a mediocre signal but when we connect it to our King WiFi Extender we are able to use our streaming services. It also allows me to work on this blog and to take my Sani Serv online exam. In the years past, we watched the same DVDs multiple times.
July 22-23, 2023
Saturday was just a long travel day. We drove about 5 1/2 hours but we crossed into the Eastern time zone so we added an hour to our day. We reached the Asheville KOA West campground. It was quiet and very shaded. Unfortunately we had to unhitch to level. The RV needs to be relatively level to allow for proper operation of the slides. We settled in for the evening.
Sunday morning we arose and went about packing up. I emptied the black and grey tanks as it will be sitting in our driveway until September. As we were hitching up one of the work campers came by and Nancy started talking to him. He was a Greensboro firefighter at one time. We knew some of the same people. Small world. We finally got hitched up and on our way. It felt strange driving east.
When we arrived home, Phillip had Braxton out in the front yard playing. He did not know we were coming home. He was very surprised. The smile on his face and in his eyes said it all. And then the wonderful hugs we got from everyone. Phillip backed the RV into the drive while Nancy and I went inside to get hugs and say hi to Andrew and Michelle. Then I went back out and Phillip and I unhitched the RV and set it up. The long process of moving back into our little cottage began. Since we rented it out while we were gone, almost everything went into storage or packed into a closet. It will be several days to get everything where it belongs. The RV needs a deep cleaning in and out. There are a couple of minor repair items to do. We have until mid September to get it ready for a one week trip to Wilkesboro, NC to see some of our RV friends. The RV has logged 8,855 miles in the last one year, 3 months, and 4 days. While the trip was definitely worth taking and quite the adventure and experience, It’s still good to be home. Phillip and Michelle made a wonderful dinner for us. Smoked beef tenderloin, doctored green beans (bacon and onions), sautéed mushrooms, smoked shrimp, and for desert peanut butter pie. It was fabulous! And greatly appreciated. And we are definitely in time for Braxton’s 8th birthday.
July 21, 2023
Only one thing on today’s agenda. We are meeting up with a dear friend of ours from back in our Pearl Street Carmel days. When we lived on Pearl Street in Carmel we had a great family move in next door. That was Rick and Kay and Richie. Our children and Richie played together and Rick and Kay and Nancy and I would play a lot of Euchre. Rick was a musician and played with Henry Lee Summer as well as other bands like Roadmaster. We had some great times together. Then we moved but we still got together. Then we moved to North Carolina and they wound up moving to Nashville. We stayed in touch and one weekend we met in Asheville and again played Euchre everywhere we went. They moved back to Noblesville and when we visited Indiana we would try to see them as much as we could. Unfortunately Rick passed away 5 years ago. We have kept in touch with Kay and she moved back to Nashville. She saw my Facebook post about coming to Nashville and reached out to us. Today we are having lunch with Kay and a friend of hers, Chris.
We met at the Aquarium Restaurant in the Opry Mills Mall. It was a very interesting place. They actually encourage you to get up and walk around the restaurant. That is because you are dining with very large aquarium all around you. It is really neat. The food was very good but it was so wonderful to see Kay and to meet Chris. We talked for quite a while and catching up with each other. Unfortunately they had to leave but it was so great to see them.
We left the mall and stopped at a post office to mail out the last postcards for this trip. We hit the grocery store as well as tomorrow morning we are leaving Nashville and will make an overnight stop in Asheville before reaching home.
July 20, 2023
The campground actually serves breakfast in the morning from 8:00AM to 10:00AM. Nancy wanted a decent breakfast so I got up early with her and we went to the office and had breakfast. It was actually really good. Our Plan A was to go on a tour of Nashville through Lawman Tours. He gave you a 3 hour tour and took you to some hidden gems and told you a lot about the history of Nashville. He is a retired Nashville Police Officer. However, for the last couple of days his car has been in the shop for repairs. Since we have other plans for tomorrow and Lawman Tours was out, we went to Plan B.
Plan B is to take the Nashville Trolley Tour. It is about 1 3/4 hours long and it is a narrated tour. So after breakfast we hailed another Uber and went to Stop 1 to catch the trolley. It was an interesting and informative tour. Our driver was Amy. She was very good. We rode the entire circuit once and decided that there was only one other stop that we wanted to get off at. Most stops will cost you to get admission into them. And the prices, I thought, were a little high. For example, that beer I had yesterday a standard 16 ounce bottle? It was $9.
The stop we got off at on our second time around Stop Number 7, the Marathon Motor Works. The original business was a steam engine auto builder. There are nine left in the world today. One is in the Tennessee Museum (which is totally free) and five are in the Motor Works showroom in Nashville, across the street from the trolley stop. There are two in Argentina. The manufacturing facility is now multiple shops, including wine and distillery tasting, a Harley Davidson souvenir shop, a couple of restaurants, and many other trinket shops. The main reason to stop was the Harley shop for me. We walked the building for a few minutes. I had to check out the Jack Daniels shop. No free samples there. No alcohol there actually. Coffee, rubs, chocolates, trinkets. Next we stopped at Legends Distillery. There we got some free samples of whiskey, moonshine, and assorted flavors such and creams. A couple were pretty good. You could have up to 5 one ounce shots. After that we checked out the winery. They had tastings but at a price. We opted for lunch at the Southern Deli. We each had a Rueben and they were very good.
Our last stop was the Harley shop. I have been collecting poker chips on this journey and once in a while I would even get a shirt. Like I did here. After we finished shopping, or rather I finished shopping, we hailed an Uber and we went back home to chill. We got back just before rush hour. The use of an Uber is a good deal for getting around a large city. Now I know why I love my country living.
July 19, 2023
I cannot remember who told me that Nashville was a terrible place to get around especially with a long bed truck. They suggested to use Uber. We have plans for the Grand Ole Opry tonight so we opted to go to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum this morning. I had down loaded the Uber app last night and had reserved a pick up for 9:30AM this morning. I later discovered this act cost us an additional $10. After scanning prices of several attractions, I thought the area was a little pricey but it is tourist season.
Our Uber driver was right on time and we had a nice ride to the museum. We had also prepaid for admission tickets so once we entered, it was a breeze to go through the process to enter. We opted for the Audio Tour for $5 more. It was well worth it as it explained a lot about what we were seeing. The tour starts on the third floor and you work your way down. The exhibits are only on 2 floors. The first is shops, offices, etc. Of course the tour starts with the beginning of country music. At one time it was called country and western but it truly is a blend of several different styles. The museum has some great displays and artifacts. Seeing some of the names of the earlier pioneers of country music brought back memories to my younger days. As a child I remember watching Hee Haw every Saturday night. I also remember attending the Grand Ole Opry when I was very young. The location was the Ryman Auditorium. It is still a music venue but not the home of the Grand Ole Opry.
There were a lot of educational displays. I learned a lot. The museum was a great time. We chose an oversized guitar pick as our Christmas ornament. It’s very cool. After the museum we decided to walk the two blocks up to Broadway. Broadway is also known as the Honky Tonk Highway. There are several bar/restaurants along Broadway. We could see the Ryman Auditorium from Broadway. I also remember the Ernest Tubb Record Store. It was a couple doors down from our eatery. We chose Rippy’s BBQ. They had seating on a balcony or two above street level. We stayed on the first floor. From every bar along the street a live band was playing. The sounds were overwhelming. Since I wasn’t driving a beer sounded good. I selected a local bottle of beer and it was quite good. We got a sampler platter of appetizers and some loaded pulled pork nachos. Way too much food. Did not realize the portions were so large. We took some home with us. When we finished eating, we caught another Uber back to the campground. We had time to rest and relax for a bit and then shower for our next event.
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM PICTURES
The Grand Ole Opry is located next to Opry Mills Mall. It was relatively easy to get to so we drove the short distance. We had paid for parking close to the venue. Once we got there we were told where to park and that if we so desired, there were golf cart shuttles to take us from the parking lot up to the Opry. We had no sooner gotten out of the truck when we hailed a nearby golf cart. We were dropped off right at the front doors. It was great. The driver was very nice and explained who was performing tonight and where to stand to get a ride back to the parking lot.
The seating inside the Opry is pews. This is just like in Ryman. The reason is that Ryman was a church at one time. Nancy walked around a little and decided that there was no bad seat in the house.
The shows are telecast on Circle TV as well as simulcast on WSM Radio. There were large “ON AIR” signs that were lit during broadcast. The timing is right on the money for this reason. The opening act was Riders In The Sky. They have been around for a very long time. They did 3 numbers and then the next act came out, Zach Top. And then we saw and heard Mike Snider and Rhett Walker before intermission. There was a 15 minute intermission, T.G. Sheppard opened the second half and then we heard from Bobby Bones. He was a comedian not a singer but he was funny. The next act was making her Grand Ole Opry debut, Kasey Tyndall. And the closing act was Charlie McCoy. He is another one that has been around for years.
It was a great night. The music was great. The venue was gorgeous. We had a great time. After the show we decided that we would try and walk across the wooden bridge to get to the parking lot. It was not very far at all. The weather was warm and humid but not too bad. What a day! Time to go home and get some sleep.
July 17, 2023
Travel day is upon us once again For the most part, the drive was uneventful. However, once we arrived at the campground we found a couple of items. First, we were going to have to unhitch as the site was not real level. I like to have the level as close as possible so it does not put a bind on the slides. And then, I plugged our electric cord in and the 50 amp breaker felt loose. We were getting no 110 volt power to the RV. We called the office. Someone came out immediately. We assessed the issue. I could move to another site or wait a few minutes for them to switch out the breaker. I chose to stay and wait.
In the meantime, I stretched our extension cord to the site next door and finished setting up the RV. Once they were done with the breaker, I put the extension cord away. I say extension cord but it is 6 gauge wire and 30 feet long. Very heavy. We were on Interstate 24 when we traveled through St. Louis. We had a slight delay and slow traffic. We had a truck and a rescue pass us as well as an ambulance. However, by the time we got to where traffic was moving again, we saw nothing. The highlight of today’s travel was I got to see the Gateway Arch. Nancy had been there before and had been up in it. I had no desire to do so so we continued on our way.
Tomorrow is another travel day and we will make it in to Nashville.
July 16, 2023
Today is our last day in Hannibal. It has definitely been a great stop. Today we decided to go try and take some pictures of the murals that didn’t have a lot of cars in them. This is Sunday so our hopes are high. Additionally, Nancy wanted a better picture of the Mark Twain Steamboat Captain statue without a light in the background. Since I had to go back to the riverboat gift shop anyway, it worked out nicely. We drove through town taking some great shots of the murals.
One of the most interesting things we learned on the tour yesterday was the story behind Clemens Field. Clemens Field is a baseball field that several teams have played on at various levels of competition including minor league. The really interesting fact about this field is that has a tall stone wall built entirely around the field. The Admiral Coontz Armory is located here also. The reason for the stone wall is not to prevent people from getting in but to keep people from getting out. During World War II Clemens Field was used as a Prisoner of War (POW) camp for German prisoners. Legend has it that several townspeople were so kind to the prisoners that when released after the war, they stayed in Hannibal. We finished our tour and went back home to rest for the last event of our stay.
At 2:00PM we went to the office/gift shop and we were escorted to the small theater room. It was here that we were entertained by a gentleman that took on the persona of Samuel L. “Mark Twain” Clemens. For about 45 minutes he told us stories of his life. He was very entertaining and the language was accurate for the time period. It was a good show.
July 15, 2023
We started the day by taking the hour ride on the trolley of the Hannibal Tour Company. It was very interesting. Edward, our driver, told us about the history of Hannibal and some of its more famous residents. In addition to Samuel Clemens we saw the home of “The Unsinkable” Molly Brown (a Titanic survivor), Cliff Ukulele Ike Edwards (most noted as the voice of Jimny Cricket in Pinocchio. We saw the boyhood home of Mark Twain, and others that were inspiration for his books Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. One very interesting fact was how Mark Twain got his pen name. It has to do with measuring the depth of the water. A knot was put into a rope every 6 feet or 1 fathom. As the crew reached a knot, they would yell “mark one” and the next one was “mark twain” 12 feet. This came from his days as a steamboat captain.
The tour took us through Historic Downtown Hannibal and then to Riverside Park. In the park we could see the island that was the inspiration for the island in his writings. We saw the Mark Twain Lighthouse from the middle of town. It is a memorial to Mark Twain and not a lighthouse to guide ships. It sits atop a hill with 244 steps to get to it. Or you can drive most of the way up the hill, which we did later in the day. The tour drove us down to the river and then up to Lovers Leap.
The tour started for us at the Mark Twain Cave Campground where we are staying. There are also the Mark Twain Cave, the Cameron Cave, and Mark Twain Live attractions on site. Once we got back, we decided to drive through town again. Our first stop was lunch. We chose to dine at Becky Thatcher’s Diner. The food was very good. After lunch we drove up to the lighthouse. There were still too many steps to climb so we just took pictures from the parking lot.
After the lighthouse, we stoped at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum. For the one price you got to tour the interpretive center (a timeline of Twain’s life) and from there you take a short walk to tour the Huckleberry Finn house. Then another short walk through a beautiful garden you arrive at the Mark Twain home. Upon exiting the home you go through the gift shop. Then another short walk you are in the home of Lara Hawkins (the inspiration for Becky Thatcher). From there you could walk through the office of Judge Clemens, Justice of the Peace (Samuel’s father). Then you walk into Grant’s Drug Store. Samuel and his family lived upstairs with the Grants after Samuel’s farther died.
Once you exited the drug store you were on Main Street and straight ahead is the statue of Tom and Huck. From there we took a short drive to the Museum and Art Gallery. On the way there I made a stop for Nancy, the Bits and Pieces Quilt Shop. Both quilt shops were recommended on one of our campground sites.
The Museum and Gallery was great. On the first floor were a few scenes set up to depict some of his great works. Two of my favorites were Huck Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. The mezzanine level had a display of his steamboat days. The second floor had several artifacts but the neatest display was the original artwork of Norman Rockwell. Rockwell illustrated Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The artwork was wonderful. After we finished this tour I wanted to get some pictures of the flag display in town. I was also curious as to what it was as I noticed Maryland’s and North Carolina’s state flags. As it turns out the flags are from the original thirteen colonies. Time to rest and shower for the main event tonight. The town has several murals painted on buildings. Beautiful artwork.
BOYHOOD HOME / MUSEUM PICTURES
The main event is a dinner cruise on the Mississippi River aboard the Riverboat Mark Twain. Unfortunately it was not a paddlewheel. However, it was awesome. We boarded the ship a little after 6:00PM after we had our picture taken. The weather was gorgeous. We were escorted to our table. We decided to get a drink from the bar before we left the dock. A little after 6:30PM we left the dock and we decided to go out on the deck for a bit before dinner. It was very nice. Our table was on the first deck and we went up to the second deck and sat in some chairs on the bow. It was very relaxing. The call came out to return to our table to prepare for dinner. It was a buffet dinner and you were allowed one trip through the line. Coffee, tea, and water were also included. The meal consisted of roast beef and/or chicken, green beans, the Captain’s Macaroni Salad, baked potato, green salad, and a dinner roll. The meal was delicious. Before and after dinner a band was playing. The music was very good. The staff was very friendly and provided good service. The dishes were cleared and they brought around dessert. Dessert was a very sweet and fudgey brownie. I could not eat mine. I prefer cake brownies.
After dinner we went back up to the second deck and sat down. We started conversing with the couple in front of us. It was an enjoyable time. The route was a half hour north on the river, turn around and go half hour south of our starting point and then back. The sky was very hazy as the Canadian wildfires are still causing issues. It was neat to see the Tom Sawyer island from a different perspective. And then to see Lovers Leap from the river was cool as well. We saw a few very cool houses from the river. After docking we walked to the Mark Twain Steamboat Captain statute. We also got a couple of good pictures of the lighted lighthouse. It was a great night. Another item scratched from the Bucket List.
July 14, 2023
Today we opted to go at our own pace. No alarm clock. We are just going to take a drive through town and scout things out. Then we are going to run some errands. Nancy wants to get her hair cut. I need to find an auto parts store. According to some tips from other RVers, they recommended checking out the two quilt shops in town. Nancy being the quilter, I made sure she could see it. We drove through town and found a parking lot. It was just across the street from the Hickory Stick Quilt Shop. It apparently is a very famous shop. One of the top in the US. It had a lot of really neat stuff in there. I finished walking around a lot quicker than Nancy. I went outside and sat in the shade on a bench. Very relaxing. Once Nancy was finished we walked down the block.
It was lunch time so and we happen past Ole Wolfhound Pub. It looked and sounded good so we went in for lunch. Low and behold, they had Yuengling on tap! We haven’t had one of those for over a year. Not real popular west of the Mississippi River. It tasted so good. We ordered a couple of appetizers and a sandwich and split them. The appetizers were a Cork Cake (breaded crab meat paddy) and Pot O’ Gold Bites. They were white cheddar macaroni and cheese with bacon, breaded and fried. They were very yummy! The sandwich was a breaded pork tenderloin. It was very moist and easy to chew. Delicious!! It came with home made chips. Great meal.
It was starting to rain so we decided to return to the RV and chill for a little while. After resting for a while we went to check out the Cave Hollow Winery. We each chose a flight and sat outside and tasted our wines. Some were better than others but nothing I would buy. Descriptions of the Cave Hollow Wines and the West Winery Wines. On the way back to the RV, we stopped at the office. We talked to a young lady and we decided that tomorrow, we will buy tickets for the Trolley Tour for 10:00AM and the Live Show for Sunday. Thus concludes our day.
July 13, 2023
After some texting with Philip, I double checked the trailer plug. It appeared to have one spot where the truck blade missed the plug slot but went to one side. I pried the opening so that the connection would be better. Tomorrow, I’ll find an auto parts store to get some dielectric grease to help the situation also. I tried the Loves Truck Stop when we fueled up but they did not carry it.
Easy travel day. No big surprises. No mishaps. It was a relatively short trip. We had very nice roads the entire way. We arrived at our campsite and decided to just chill after we set up. We sat in the air conditioning and relaxed. We started our laundry and got our showers. Very relaxing.
July 12, 2023
We arose today and hitched back up. We left Minooka Lake and Kansas, headed to Missouri and Wallace State Park. Again the trailer brake warnings were constant and nothing I tried eliminated the dinging or the warnings. Very frustrating. We arrived at Wallace. Fortunately it was only a 4 hour drive today. Here at Wallace we only have 50 amp electric. We can’t wait to get to our next stop, Hannibal, Missouri. We have a full hook up site so we can shower and dump and do laundry!
July 10-11, 2023
Travel day. We are heading to our first COE (Corp of Engineers) campground. We are going to Minooka Lake (Wilson Lake) in Kansas. Today is the longest drive day. We will be traveling about 7 hours. We had some challenges earlier in the morning. For some reason Trip Wizard started taking us on some questionable routes so I opted to just follow US 24 from Colorado Springs up to Interstate 70. Apparently I missed a couple of turns so I had to keep stopping to get my route straight. And on top of that, I kept getting a “Trailer Brake Disconnected” and “Check Trailer Wiring” warnings. The dinging was driving me nuts. I had just replaced the pigtail before we left Arizona and all was working well. We pulled up to a stoplight. I had the red and some time, so I shut the truck off and after a few seconds restarted it. So I basically rebooted the truck. It worked. No more problems. We pulled into the campground and they had a couple of very cool decorations at the entrance. The campsite was not a pull through but we do have water and electric (50 amp). That means we can run both air conditioners. Definitely need them as the temperature is around 90. Threat of severe thunderstorms for this evening.
Around 10:00PM the wind started to pick up. Like about 60 mph. We have been living in this RV for over a year. This was the worst storm we have experienced so far. It got so bad that we put Ashes in his carrier in case something should happen. We woke up the next day and discovered that we survived without any damage. Nancy enjoyed her time outside before the temperature reached the expected 99 degrees..
July 9, 2023
Our last day of work as Host at Cheyenne Mountain State Park. I am including various photos of the campground. This evening Carissa and family are coming over for dinner and a campfire to do s’mores. We are all packed and ready to hit the road. Carissa is bringing pizza so we don’t have to cook. It was the best pizza we had since we left North Carolina. It’s pretty bad when Little Caesars is the best pizza we’ve had. Rain has threatened but nothing we couldn’t handle. I was able to start and keep a campfire going. The grandchildren had so much fun the last time making s’mores. We were able to get the s’mores in and all was well with the world. Grandma had to have a couple of pictures of the family. After pictures they went home. We went inside and prepared for the next day. Tomorrow we start our 13 day journey to home. Seems unreal.