Not many pictures, but she's stoked about qualifying for the National Championship Meet in June.
Our Alto R1713 in Florida
We're lovin' it!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
2012 - Apr. 21 & 22 - Illinois State Gymnastics Championship
The meet was in Pana, IL, about an hour from our house. Adi competes in the Trampoline, Double Mini, and Floor (tumbling). The only event for which we had good seats was the Trampoline, so I got a good video of her first place performance.
Not many pictures, but she's stoked about qualifying for the National Championship Meet in June.
Not many pictures, but she's stoked about qualifying for the National Championship Meet in June.
Monday, April 2, 2012
2012 - Mar. 30 - Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum, Decatur, IL
My friend, Mark, called emailed me this morning and suggested we take a drive to Decatur and check out the Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum.
http://www.chevrolethalloffamemuseum.com/
So, we headed for the old Eagle Food Store on Rt. 36 east of Decatur. We got there about 11:00, paid the $7.00 admission fee and went in to explore.
What a surprise! Sure beats the milk, bread and vegetables that were in there the last time I was in the Eagle store! There were 81 cars as well as some bicycles and motorcycles on display. The curator says that the contents of the museum change all the time based on the availability of different cars that are consigned to the museum for display.
We spent a couple of hours with our tongues hanging out, then went to Krekles for lunch topped of with some of that famous Krekles Custard!
Enjoy!
http://www.chevrolethalloffamemuseum.com/
So, we headed for the old Eagle Food Store on Rt. 36 east of Decatur. We got there about 11:00, paid the $7.00 admission fee and went in to explore.
What a surprise! Sure beats the milk, bread and vegetables that were in there the last time I was in the Eagle store! There were 81 cars as well as some bicycles and motorcycles on display. The curator says that the contents of the museum change all the time based on the availability of different cars that are consigned to the museum for display.
We spent a couple of hours with our tongues hanging out, then went to Krekles for lunch topped of with some of that famous Krekles Custard!
Enjoy!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
2012 - Mar. 21 & 22 - Port St. Joe to Chapel Hill, TN via Florida High Spot, Then Home
We left St. Joseph Peninsula SP a bit after 8:00 this morning and headed for Lakewood Park on Britton Hill, outside of DeFuniak Springs, near Paxton, FL. Got that? It was the high point of our Florida tour. That's because it's the highest point in Florida - 345 ft. above sea level! After global warming melts the polar ice caps, this will probably be the only inhabitable area in the state of Florida.
After Britton Hill, it was just a lot of windshield time - a total of 510 miles of it today. We pulled into Henry Horton State Park, near Chapel Hill, TN at 6:00 and set up the camper. We stopped here on our way home from Florida on June 28, 2009, my birthday. Nice park. We've been hanging around waiting for the ranger to check us in, but he hasn't come by. Last time we were here, we ate hot dogs for my birthday dinner, so this time we are going to head for the restaurant, here in the park, and let the ranger catch us later. I'll be back.
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We're back from dinner. We walked in there about 7:30 and had the place to ourselves. The food was good, but I hope tonight wasn't indicative of their normal crowd or they're losing a ton of money.
Well, enjoy the pictures, such as they are. It's 9:00 now, and I'm going to turn in early so we can make it home at a decent hour tomorrow. Looks like it could rain on us quite a bit of the way.
I'll post when I can!
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*3/22:
I didn't get a chance to post this until we got home at about 5:15PM today after a 433 mile drive. We left the park this morning at 9:00 and pretty much headed for the barn. A few rain showers between Nashville, TN and Marion, IL washed most of the pollen, salt spray and other loose stuff off of the car and the camper.
It was a great trip for us. Hope you enjoyed it!
After Britton Hill, it was just a lot of windshield time - a total of 510 miles of it today. We pulled into Henry Horton State Park, near Chapel Hill, TN at 6:00 and set up the camper. We stopped here on our way home from Florida on June 28, 2009, my birthday. Nice park. We've been hanging around waiting for the ranger to check us in, but he hasn't come by. Last time we were here, we ate hot dogs for my birthday dinner, so this time we are going to head for the restaurant, here in the park, and let the ranger catch us later. I'll be back.
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We're back from dinner. We walked in there about 7:30 and had the place to ourselves. The food was good, but I hope tonight wasn't indicative of their normal crowd or they're losing a ton of money.
Well, enjoy the pictures, such as they are. It's 9:00 now, and I'm going to turn in early so we can make it home at a decent hour tomorrow. Looks like it could rain on us quite a bit of the way.
I'll post when I can!
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*3/22:
I didn't get a chance to post this until we got home at about 5:15PM today after a 433 mile drive. We left the park this morning at 9:00 and pretty much headed for the barn. A few rain showers between Nashville, TN and Marion, IL washed most of the pollen, salt spray and other loose stuff off of the car and the camper.
It was a great trip for us. Hope you enjoyed it!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
2012 - Mar. 20 - Our Last Day at St. Joseph Peninsula
Marsha got up early this morning and went for a walk on the beach. After I got up and took my shower, we went for another walk on the beach. Then we went to the Tradin' Post to use the WiFi.
On the way back to the campground, we went over to the cabin area which is on the bay side of the peninsula. Some people we met earlier today said we could use their boardwalk to access the bayside beach if we wanted to take a walk over there, so that's what we did. They weren't home, but we enjoyed the walk. The water was more calm than on the Gulf side, but just as windy.We met some girls pulling a cooler down the beach on a BoogieBoard. Cool!
Back at camp, we cooked dinner. Right after dinner, we were almost overrun by people wanting to take a look at the camper. After they left, we had to hurry and do the dishes so we could catch our last sunset before we leave tomorrow morning. On the way home, we're going to go to Paxton, FL. Near there is a small monument marking the highest spot in Florida.
Stay tuned!
On the way back to the campground, we went over to the cabin area which is on the bay side of the peninsula. Some people we met earlier today said we could use their boardwalk to access the bayside beach if we wanted to take a walk over there, so that's what we did. They weren't home, but we enjoyed the walk. The water was more calm than on the Gulf side, but just as windy.We met some girls pulling a cooler down the beach on a BoogieBoard. Cool!
Back at camp, we cooked dinner. Right after dinner, we were almost overrun by people wanting to take a look at the camper. After they left, we had to hurry and do the dishes so we could catch our last sunset before we leave tomorrow morning. On the way home, we're going to go to Paxton, FL. Near there is a small monument marking the highest spot in Florida.
Stay tuned!
