Monthly Archives: July 2010
Louisville…
We left Northgate RV Travel Park in Athens, AL about 9 am heading for Louisville, KY, about 250 miles away. For a change the roads were really smooth.
We pulled into the Louisville South KOA about 3pm, one hour later than we had planned because we didn’t realize that this part of KY is in the Eastern Time Zone.
We also had a problem getting parked. KOA parks always have someone leading you to your site in a golf cart. We were the first ones in, and then 6th more rigs pulled in beside and behind us. For some reason the parkers got confused and parked everyone else first. So we sat there for almost 25 minutes. I wanted to just go ahead to the site, but Jan said to wait. Finally I went back inside, and after almost a half hour we got parked.
A little after 4 we headed out in the truck to the Kentucky Exposition Center where The Rally is being held, starting tomorrow with two Early Bird days before the rally starts for real on Thursday, the 22nd. I wanted to do two things: double check the actual route into the rally, and see if we could go ahead and pick up our rally packets at Will Call. But before leaving the park I dropped off a bundle of Gypsy Journals at the office.
I am glad we did check the route, because it turned out the website directions were confusing when actually driven. But we weren’t able to pick up our packets because the lady had already left.
Leaving the Expo Center we headed over to Jeffersonville to have dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse. We both got the same thing we had last week in Montgomery, and it was just as good.
Coming back to the park I got a shot of these two unusual rigs. This one looks like a Stealth RV. I bet it’s hard to keep cool in the summer.
I’ve thought about selling ad space on our RV to help pay the bills, but this is a little over the top. I’m not sure Jan would go along it.
I did notice this neat new version of a trampoline, without the dangers of falling off and breaking your neck.
An hour or so later heavy rains moved in for the rest of the night. Hopefully it will slack off somewhat tomorrow, although there’s a 30-40% chance of rain throughout the rally.
More tomorrow from the Rally.
Quote of the day:
A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
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Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer…
Today started off with coffee and a relaxing morning enjoying the RV life. Then about 2:15 pm we left for my Uncle Theo and Aunt Virginia’s house to go to lunch about 20 miles away in Huntsville, AL at Macaroni Grill. We had a good meal and a great time getting together with them.
Getting back to their house, we said our goodbyes and left with some of Virginia’s delicious banana bread, and a fresh-made peach cream pie.
Theo and Virginia Calvin
Getting back to the rig, we left the pie in the fridge and drove next door to Ed and Jan’s to get together for some watermelon in the gazebo.
These two cuties are my 2nd cousins, Stahlie and Darby. They’re home-schooled and speak 3 languages, including Russian. Their father Wes manages the RV park here.
This young man is Luke, Stahlie and Darby’s younger brother. Behind him is his mother, Helen.
And this little ball of fire is Harlan.
About 7 pm we said good night and goodbye to everyone and headed back to the coach.
We had a great time here in Athens, catching up with the family. We definitely look forward to seeing everyone again next year.
Tomorrow we head north to Louisville, KY about 250 miles away. We’ll there for 8 days that includes attending The Rally, the largest RV rally in the country.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the day:
Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking. – Dave Barry
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