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!
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!
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!
Today, we visited Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds, AL. There are over 750 motorcycles on display and 600 in storage. There is a whole bunch of race cars, including 50 Lotus cars. If you want more information about the museum and the race track that's in the same location, check it out on Google.
We got there at 10:00am as they opened the doors and toured three of the five floors that are open to the public. We went out and grabbed some lunch before coming back and checking out the other two floors. The basement, where they do restorations, etc., is closed to the public.
Just sit back and enjoy the pictures. I'll label the ones I can.
