2013 - Aug 18 Indianapolis Red Bull Moto GP Race

Chad and I left his house at 7:00am and got to Indy a little before 11:00. We hooked up with my brother, Scot, who had ridden his bike from Columbus, OH to see the race.

The pictures tell the story. The weather was great and it was great for the three of us to be together for the day.

Events like this kind of get the old juices stirring again, but I think it would be better if I just stick too camping!

 

2013 - Aug 8-10 Big Little Rally, Transfer, PA

It took less than two hours to drive from Sheldon's house to the rally on Wednesday. We rolled in at 11:00AM and got a pretty good campsite. We were able to use the overhang of one of the buildings instead of our canopy, a good thing considering we had two days of rain. It started raining Wednesday evening and didn't really stop until Friday afternoon. Even then, it sprinkled a few time after that just to keep us on our toes.


The pictures kind of tell the story of the rally. The cool part was that it was absolutely free of charge. Camping, food, coffee, band, etc., etc. - no charge, compliments of Bill Kerola of Kerola's Campers in Transfer, PA. Bill sells  several brands of small, lightweight campers, so the rally was open to all small campers whether they were purchased at Kerola's or not. There were Aliners, R-Pods, Scotties, Vikings, just to name a few.

In addition to what's in the pictures, we went to Bill's shop to use the Wi-Fi and ended up buying a couple for Tilley Hats. A bit expensive, but they'll be great for rain, sun, and our trip to Africa next year.

We also explored a Corps of Engineers campground on Pymatuning Lake, just 3 - 4 miles south of Transfer. Nice campground, right on the lake. We'll keep it in mind.

It was a long drive home. We left Transfer at 8:30AM EDT and got home at 5:45 CDT. Another fun time!

2013 - Aug 6 Drove to Sheldon's house in Akron

We had a day to kill before showing up at the Big Little Rally in Transfer, PA, so we stopped in to see my nephew, Sheldon, whom we hadn't seen in nine years. He just moved into a new (built in the 1940s) house and was in the middle of renovations, but we had a great visit and enjoyed sleeping in a bedroom with its own bathroom.

We went out to dinner and sat around and caught up on all the news we had to share. Sheldon was up and gone to the hospital (he's a veterinary surgeon) before we got up Wednesday morning. We ate our breakfast in the camper and hit the road about 9:30.

2013 - Aug 4-6 Van Burenm SP, South Haven, MI

It was only about a two hour drive from Potato Creek to Van Buren on Sunday, but we managed to turn it into three and a half hours by stopping for lunch. Nine of the nineteen campers made the trip. It was cool, but pleasant on our first evening in camp, so we took the five minute walk to the beach to see the sunset. It was nice, but would have been better without the clouds.

It rained Sunday night and into the morning. We went into South Haven Sunday afternoon and checked out the shops and the Riverfront. Some of the group went to town for dinner, but Marsha and I cooked burgers over an open wood fire.

It rained some more Monday night. We hung out with Tom and Cathy and turned in early.