Happy Easter!

I was sleeping so good this morning I didn’t get up until about 10:30 and made coffee while Jan heated up muffins.

I worked on web stuff for a while and then went out and mounted a new rack on the side of my electrical bay to hang my dogbone power adapters so they don’t just have to lay on the bottom of the bay.

About 1 pm our son Chris called to say Hi and see how things were going.

I was also trying to help Nick with a clogged black tank valve, but after flushing and refilling it a few times, he finally got it to dump.

Certainly glad I didn’t have to lend a hand.

About 1:30 I made a run to Home Depot for some 4-40 screws and then on to Wal-Mart for cake flour, strawberries, and whipped cream.

She wanted to bake her world-famous pound cake for dessert tonight after Terry’s fantastic Mexican feast. So after a short nap, we headed next door about 5:45 for dinner with Nick and Terry.

And boy, was it good. Shredded Beef Tacos with homemade pico de gallo, chicken enchiladas, and of course, refried beans.

Muy delicioso!

After that great dinner, we sat around for a while trying to make room for pound cake with strawberries and whipped cream, and trying to nail down our plans for the next few weeks.

We know we’re leaving here on the 27th, and heading over to Williams, AZ to take the Grand Canyon Railway day-long trip to the southern rim of the Canyon. While we’re there we also want to check out Bearizona, a drive-thru wildlife park in the area.

After that the plans start to get kind of hazy. We’re trying to get tickets to The Talk day-time talk show. If so, we’ll probably try to stay at the Soledad Canyon Thousand Trails near Acton, and then head up to Park of the Sierras Escapees park in Coarsegold, CA near Yosemite where we stayed last year.

If our tickets don’t come thru, we’ll probably head straight up to Coarsegold. But who knows?

It could all change tomorrow.

After all, that’s part of the fun, isn’t it.

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Thought for the Day:

"If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way." – Mark Twain

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Got up.

Had coffee and banana nut muffins for breakfast.

Watched Dr. Who marathon on BBCA.

Later, had leftover pizza for lunch.

Watched more Dr. Who marathon on BBCA.

Went to Radio Shack, Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart.

Tried to watch more Dr. Who marathon on BBCA.

Talked to DirecTV again about my dying receiver/DVR.

Miss Terry fixed a delicious lasagna supper, topped off by Jan’s great lemon bars.

Came home.

Watched Dr. Who season premiere on BBCA.

Wrote blog.

Watched more Dr. Who marathon on BBCA.

Went to bed.

Fell asleep.

I’ve reposted some of our time at “The Rally” in Louisville, KY last July.

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Thought for the Day:

After working for a university for ten years and observing a number of classes and professors, I often wondered whether the course material made the professors so mind-numbingly dull or whether they were dull to start with and gravitated to such course material.

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The Rally – Early Bird Day 2

Originally posted on July 21, 2010

Today we decided to try another well-known restaurant here in the Louisville area, although in this case it’s actually in Indiana, which of course is just right across the Ohio River from Louisville. So we left about 11:15 am heading about 25 miles north and out in the country to the Joe Huber Family Farm and Restaurant.

The Huber family has owned this 200 acre farm since 1843, but the restaurant got its start in 1967 when the family begin advertising “Pick Your Own” fruits and vegetables. It turns out that the customers were hungry after picking in the fields, so the family began serving box lunches.

Then in 1983 they built the restaurant that began it all. Today it’s a tourist destination, with a petting zoo, gardens, rides, gift shops, and meeting halls for wedding receptions, reunions, and company picnics.

And the restaurant is great! Here’s my Country Platter Dinner.

It had Fried Chicken, Country Ham, Corn, Cole Slaw, Chicken N Dumplings, Mashed Potatoes, and Green Beans. And It was “All You Can Eat”

Believe me, this was all I could eat. In fact I had to take some home.

And the grounds were very nice, too.

After a great meal, we got back to rig about 2 pm, and it seemed like a good time for a nap.

Then, about 3:30 pm we went over to look at the new RV’s on display. These next two photos are of 2010 American Eagle, the same one as our 1999 Eagle. This one lists for $580,000.00. Guess we’ll have to wait for that Mega-Millions winning ticket.

One of the other rigs we looked at was this Prevost from Parliament Coach in Florida.

We really need a place to store our crystal glassware!

And what’s even better, you can buy it today for half price, only $975,000. What a deal!

Then about 6 pm we walked over to Freedom Hall to see the Monarchs, a 60’s rock and roll group. Two of the band are original members from when the band formed in 1960. They had a number of hits, including “Look Homeward, Angel”, which made it to #13 on the Billboard Chart. They toured with Dick Clark, The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers, Dion, and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, among others. I remember seeing them in Birmingham, AL in 1965 on the Dick Clark’s Cavalcade of Stars. And they still sound good.

After the concert we walked back across the parking lot to our truck, passing a display of old RV’s.

This one looks like the one from Lucy and Desi’s “The Long, Long, Trailer”.

We got back to the rig about 9 pm and started planning our day tomorrow.

More then…

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