9/18/2010 Old Stuff,,,New Stuff

I took some pictures when we went to see Lake Michigan and forgot I had them in the camera. Here they are.

A duck I saw in the marina.

Doesn’t every downtown area need a nuclear reactor?

On the morning of the 16th I turned on the computer and guess what number showed up on the counter on this blog?

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Thursday took us back to Michigan to pick up the forgotten fishing poles. On the way we saw this sign for a gas station and we were hoping this was a mistake! Sure, we’d love to see diesel be $1.11 cheaper than unleaded but this is ridiculous!

Fishing poles secured, a final goodbye to Rick, our salesman and we headed back to Indiana.

Friday brought us to a move to Illinois.

We stayed in a really nice campground called Lakeside Campground.

We had hoped to stay for a couple of days but there was a Corvette car show going on in town the place was jammed packed. We got the last space available for that night and it was only open that night.

We met a real nice couple, Brownie and June, and hope to meet them on the road again some day. They aren’t fulltimers yet but are giving this lifestyle some serious thought. C’mon guys, take the plunge!

On the road again this morning and we’re heading towards Missouri. On the way we saw this cloud in the distance and couldn’t figure out what it was. As we got closer we realized that a farmer was liming his fields.

So we crossed into Missouri…..

….and we weren’t too far into the state when we saw this giant cross!

We didn’t see any buildings in the area so don’t know where the church is that this belongs to.

Around 3 o’clock we pulled into the Stanton-Meramec KOA. Does that sound familiar to some of you? This is where we workamped with Barb and Dan back in the summer of 07. We even have our same space as then, good ol’ site seven. It was like coming home again. It was so nice to see Dan and Barb again. We’re going to be here until Tuesday morning as Dan set aside three nights for us.

For dinner we ordered from the kitchen here in the campground. Bob had a half rack of ribs that he just couldn’t stop raving about and I had a pizza that brought back good memories of a tasty treat that I enjoyed very much a couple of years ago here. Oh yeah, its good to be back.

As I type this we are under a severe storm watch. Hail the size of tennis balls have been reported in the outlying areas. I hope that doesn’t happen here,,,,not now, not with the new rig….oh please, not now.