2017-12-26 Christmas With the Kids

The kids arrived at our house around 11:00. They had their private (just them) family Christmas on Christmas Day and Christmas with Faith's family on Christmas Eve.

We all decided to go to Engrained Brewery for our "Christmas dinner." Lots less fuss and mess, and it gave Marsha and me one more thing to get the kids for Christmas. Only problem is that the only leftovers are what you bring home in a Styrofoam box. The food was good, as usual, and the beer was better!

There are no pictures of it, but Chad got me a didgeridoo. I played one in Australia and, evidently Chester, Santa's elf who keeps an eye on us to see if we're naughty or nice, saw that I enjoyed it and told Chad about it. I haven't quite got the circular breathing mastered, but when I do, the people in the campgrounds will really be impressed!

2017 Oct 3-8 - LBL Rally and Grayson's 8th Birthday Party

This was our 7th year to attend the Land Between the Lakes (LBL) rally at Piney Campground outside Dover, TN. It was kind of a typical rally - lots of fun, visiting and joking around. The potluck was huge with 44 camping units in attendance.

The door prize I won was a real cool solar powered motion detecting security light for the camper. The weather was absolutely perfect until a few showers showed up on Saturday afternoon. Then it started raining pretty steadily during the night and was raining while we broke camp on Sunday morning. Not bad though!

We got to Chad's house about 2:30 that afternoon after stopping for gas and lunch in Effingham. Grayson's birthday party was at 3:00, so we time it almost perfectly. We stayed there for a few hours and headed  for home at dusk which got us home about 8:30.

Good time! We just left the camper in the street because we're leaving for our last camping trip of the year on Wednesday. See you there!