Monthly Archives: May 2014
Finally . . .
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Jan and I were up at 6:30 this morning getting ready to make the 350 mile trip up to Elkhart to finally meet up with Nick and Terry for the first time since last July. But we had a last breakfast with Jan’s family here before we left the area.
We pulled out of the Timber Trails Campground out in Mulberry Grove about 7:30 to meet Jan’s sister Debbie, her husband Jim, and daughter Christian (Jan’s niece) at the Denny’s in Vandalia at 8am.
We’ve always enjoy our visits here with Debbie and her family, and this one was no exception. And it was really nice to have one last get-together with at least part of the extended family.
But since we had a long day’s drive in front of us, we were back on the road by 9 heading north on I-70 where we got on I-57 in Effingham. Later, we got off I-57 onto US24 and then took that east until we headed north on US421.
US421 took us all the way up to the I-80/I-90 tollway, where we headed east to Elkhart. And $10.50 and 50 minutes we were pulling into the Elkhart RV Park, kind of our home away from home.
We were quickly steered to our site right next to Nick and Terry. They were out and about, so Jan and I got connected and set up. As it turned out, Nick and Terry had seen us coming off the tollway and honked but we didn’t see them
Later, when they got back and we got our hugs, they came in the rig to check out the new floor. Then it was off down the road to have our first meal here at King Wha, our favorite local Chinese place. And it didn’t disappoint.
Getting back home, we visited with Nick and Terry for a while, but the long day and the change to EDT started to get to us, so we headed back home.
After everyone sleeps in tomorrow, Nick and I will go over some things to get ready for his self-publishing workshop that he’s giving here at the park on Monday, the 19th of May.
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Thought for the Day:
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich von Schiller
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Into the Heart of Darkness . . .
Tomorrow morning we head further into the Heart of Darkness, also known as The Nick Russell Zone of Bad Weather ©®™ pat pend.
And the closer we get, the worse the weather gets. By the time we actually get to Elkhart, we may be in the middle of the Biblical Ten Plagues.
We started out the morning meeting Jan’s sister Debbie, husband Jim, son Jason, and granddaughter’s Ella and Annisten at Denny’s for breakfast.
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Ella.
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Annisten
Both real cuties.
After that we all went back to Debbie’s for the rest of the afternoon. We got to spend a lot of time with Ella and Annisten, and then later Gwen when she came in from school.
We also got to see Debbie’s daughter Christina for the first time, since she’d been working before.
About 6pm we all headed down to Los Amigos, a really good Mexican restaurant here in Vandalia. It’s unusual to be able to get this many together at one time because of everyone’s schedule. And even then we were missing Jason who had to work.
(LtoR) That’s Debbie with her back to the camera, Annisten, Avery Jane, Gwen, Jim, Ella, Laura, Kurt, Tana, Christina, and Jan.
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Landon’s been taking swim lessons the last two weeks. Or rather drown-proofing lessons. Today was graduation day, and Landon passed and got his diploma.
But he sure doesn’t look too happy about it. Maybe it was that Pass/Fail Sink or Swim Final Exam that upset him.
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On another note, I got a call at 7am this morning from Gate Guard Services in Whitsett, TX, the office that we work out of. They are desperate for Gate Guards and wanted to know if we were in the area.
So if you’re interested in giving Gate Guarding a try, get Diane a call at 830-570-1319 to see about getting started.
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Tomorrow Jan and I say our goodbyes here and make a 340 mile run up to Elkhart for a while to meet up with Nick and Terry. We haven’t seen them since last July, and that’s just too long. We’re really looking forward to it.
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Thought for the Day:
"Of course truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense." – Mark Twain
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