Thursday, after I got out of my cool bed at 12:35pm, we sat around in the heat as a few more campers arrived. We ended up with eight campers, twelve people and a few oscillating fans to create a breeze for us to shoot.
Friday, we drove the twenty miles, more or less, through the country (and I mean country) to the Moonshine Store, founded in 1889 by William St. Martz. It's out in the boonies outside Martinsville, IL at the intersection of two blacktop roads. No other buildings are visible from the site. Nice little place and the burgers are great! Check it out at themoonshinestore.com.
Friday evening was warm. Some of the group went to the park restaurant for dinner. Marsha and I were still full from our lunch at the Moonshine Store, so we sat around camp until the rest got back. The group got smaller over the course of the evening. Fred, Paul, Rich and I finally headed for bed around midnight.
Saturday, we went to the park restaurant for breakfast, then stood around and watched a little rain shower pass through. After that, Marsha, Rich and I went for a ride to go check out Millcreek County Park where we saw a large tree trunk sitting on the rear end of a boat. Ouch! Later that afternoon, we got a pretty good rain with a lot of storms in the area, but it let up in time to have a nice evening around the fire.
As Aliner Gatherings go, this wasn't a very big one, but it was a nice sized group. No management needed.
