2015 May 13 - Gathering of Aframes at Montauk State Park, Missouri

This is the third time we've been to Montauk. It's a great park where the sprig waters for the beginning of the Current River. There is a trout hatchery there and this year, a couple of the fishermen in our group caught enough trout for a real nice trout dinner. Everyone pitched in with a dish of something and we ate like kings and queens, as usual.

It rained for the  last day and a half that we were there. We has to pack up in a light rain on Sunday morning, but it wasn't bad. We ate at the lodge on Saturday evening, so we didn't have to deal with the weather.

2015 May 05 - May in Brown County is always a good time

Vicki, Fred and Marsha & I organized the 5th annual May in Brown County camp-out. It was a great time. In fact, I was having such a good time that I didn't take many pictures. Between the eating, visiting, wine tasting, tossing Jarts, and my duties as an organizer, ther was hardly time to drink beer or take pictures.

I think everyone had a good time though.

2015 Apr 25 - Saturday was a beautiful day in Colbert, OK

After the storm on Friday, Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day. Marsha went shopping in Dennison, TX with Irene and two other women. I just hung around the campground and swapped lies with the guys.

There was a catered dinner and a big group campfire down by the river that evening. Marsha headed back to the camper about 9:00, but I hung in there until about 10:45. It was an enjoyable day.

Sunday started out sunny and hot hot, but started clouding up around noon. Debbie and Frank, who are thinking of buying an Alto camper, drove down from near Oklahoma City to look at ours because they had never seen one in the flesh. We spent about an hour showing them the camper and answering their questions. After they left, we went back up to the Rally Room and ate leftovers with the few rally goers who stayed the extra day.

We'll be heading toward home in the morning. One thing is for sure: We won't be traveling on US 69 for more than the ten miles it takes to get us to an alternate route. It's probably the worst paved road I've ever driven on, and being from Illinois, that's saying something!

2015 Apr 22-24 - First 3 days of trip to Colbert, OK for an Aliner Rally

We left the house at bout 10:00 and drove 251 miles to Mark's lake house on the Lake of the Ozarks. We used the house for fixing dinner, bathroom duties, and watching TV since TV reception on our antenna was nonexistent.

We lounged around the dock before dark and just relaxed. Mark's neighbor, Terry stopped in to check out the camper and returned later with some crappie that he had in his freezer. We plan to grill them Sunday night. We got up Thursday morning and drove 435 miles to Colbert, OK to attend an Aliner Rally put on by the South Central Region of the Aliner Owners Club. The campground, River View RV Park is on the banks of the Red River. The riverbank on the other side is in Texas.

Thursday evening, after setting up, we visited with old friends, Bill and Irene, as well as others we hadn't seen in several years. We hit the sack about 10:00pm and I was out like a light! I started raining sometime after midnight and rained pretty much all day on Friday. The large concrete pads in each campsite are beautiful, but I managed to park the camper so that the only low spot is right outside the door, so with all the rain, we have no trouble cleaning our shoes off before entering.

Friday morning at 8:00, there was coffee and conversation in the Rally Room. Someone brought some pulled pork, so we all went back to the campers and got bread, buns, chips, etc. and had pulled pork sandwiches for lunch.

It was back to the rally room for a hot dog dinner and pot luck on Friday evening. While we were up there, a pretty good storm came through. It pulled up the stakes on two of the three awning poles on the camper, one of which it bent in a 'U' shape. Looks like I'm in the market for a new pole.

Oh, well. It's supposed to be sunny and in the mid 80's tomorrow. We're looking forward to that!

 

2015 Mar 31 - Camped at Clarksville, TN Overnight on the Way Home

We could have made it home today, but it would have been after dark, so we decided to stop at the Clarksville RV Park and take it easy. We got there at about 3:00 and just relaxed. We'll get home tomorrow afternoon and have plenty of daylight left to put the camper away and get the car cleaned out.

It was a great trip even though the first month's weather wasn't very nice. We enjoyed the time we spent with Marsha's relatives and the time we spent with my relatives. Most of all, we enjoyed the time we spent with each other. That's what makes a trip like this most enjoyable.

See you on down the road!