House, Auction and heading toward Elkhart…

It Has been a really long time since I last posted. We have been so busy that by the time we take time to stop we are so tired that I just haven’t felt like sitting down to write the blog. Well, this will be a quick re-cap…

We got home from our TN trip and started working on the house at full speed…we only had 2 weeks to get everything done and ready for the auction. We worked long, long hours hauling stuff of and packing. We finally had to hire a moving service to move things from storage to the house so we could get them ready…we just were running our of time.

Auction day finally rolled around…and we were exhausted…Our daughter, Jenni and family had been helping us on their off hours, and our daughter, Teri & son-in-law, Lynnie came up on Friday night before the auction and helped all evening  they all helped all day of the auction. We would have never been ready without all of their help…Thanks so much kids!! We love you! The temps were well over 100* auction day and things were not selling well…things going for practically nothing…but I told Mac, theses are things we don’t want anymore, so whatever we get it more than we had. But is was kind of sad to see all those years of “Stuff” just go away.

After the auction we had some cleanup work to get done..got that taken care of and all the paperwork on the house signed at the Realtor’s office.

Now we are finally ready to start making plans to head north & east toward Elkhart, IN to a couple of Rallies and to have some work done on the RV.

We bought a small trailer to be able to haul our Golf Cart with us. It is pretty neat. We need to buy a backup camera system so that we can keep an eye on it since we can’t see it out of our side mirrors…we will look into that when we get to Elkhart.

Wednesday, we were up and ready to take off towards our first stop…Montgomery City, MO. Went by Jenni’s to tell them all goodbye…and we were off…The trip was supposed to take about 4 hours and ended up taking about 7, I think. We had a small issue with the little trailer. We got checked in to the Lazy Day RV Park and settled in to rest thinking that we would be back on the road again Thursday morning…

well Thursday morning rolled around and we decided to stay another day. Mac needed to have some work done on the little trailer and we wanted to look around this area. We got the trailer worked on and had lunch at “Liquid” Bar & Grill…Ribeye Steak Sandwich..yummy.

We headed back to the RV park and worked on getting things ready to travel on Friday. Later in the afternoon we went over to Hermann, MO to look around. This is a nice small German town with 6 different Wineries…we were too late for any tours but we did stop in to the Stone Hill Winery Restaurant and had some Schnitzel…OMG…the best we have ever had!

Friday we were up and on the road to the Casino Queen RV Park in East St Louis,IL. The trip was pretty uneventful and we made pretty good time. We didn’t really care for the way the GPS guided us to the RV Park…right downtown St Louis! But we made it just fine.

Kevin & Arlene came over after we got all set up and we headed over to the Casino for some lunch and a little gambling…I think we all came out ahead…some more than others. We went back to the RV Park and Donnie & Karen were all set up so we all set around and caught up a little. Kevin & Arlene had to take off as they had plans with their son and grandsons for dinner. Donnie & Karen and Mac  I went back to the Casino in the evening and I lost what money I had won earlier but Mac came out a little ahead for the whole day…so I made him buy dinner…

Saturday morning rolled around and Mac & I and Kevin & Arlene were heading north toward Champaign, IL for an overnight stay before going in to Elkhart on Sunday.

A little fun on the way…

and this really neat cross at Effingham, IL

 

We got all set up in the D & W Camping RV Park in Champaign, IL. Nice little park with lakeside sites….

We will head on in to Elkhart, IN tomorrow morning to join the rest of the gang that are there and await the ones still coming….Stay tuned…

“Note”…This little trailer that we bought has sure caused a stir…everywhere we stop, people keep coming up to ask Mac where we got it and all kinds of questions. The owner of the company has offered to pay Mac a commission on every on he sells that Mac refers to him…nice!

(((Hugs)))

This Week….

This week has been really busy…We got back to Garnett on Friday and settled in to our RV site at the Garnett Inn Suites RV Park that will be home for a few weeks. Saturday & Sunday we just rested, made plans for the house, and packed up some boxes.

We found out that some good friends of ours, Randy & Terry Guiler, were at Fort Riley visiting their son and daughter – in –law and were heading home to PA on Monday. We made arrangements to meet them in Lawrence for breakfast at Ihop Monday morning.

We had such a great visit and did a lot of catching up…too bad we didn’t have longer but they were headed home and needed to get on the road. So after about 1 –1/2 hours we said our see ya later and they took off headed east and we headed back to Garnett…

 

After getting back to Garnett I had a doctors appointment for a check on my toe. I had surgery on it back the first part of June and it hasn’t been healing like I thought it should. I was sure it was infected…sure enough! Doctor started me on some antibiotics. Finished all of my tests but one and will have to have it when we come back in October…

We have been working on the house and are just about finished…whew! We are exhausted! We finished with everything inside the house on Thursday.

The carpet cleaner was there on Friday to clean all the carpets…That sure gave us a lift of spirits…We also hired a couple of ladies to come and clean the house and windows on Tuesday and then it will be ready to show!! YEAH!!

Now Mac has some  yard work to do and then we just wait for the auction dated to get here.

I have spent the day today working on the RV..re-arranging things, cleaning, and Mac has been doing laundry and doing a little cooking…

I think we are on the downstretch…

only one week from today until the auction and we will see if the house sells or we keep it listed with the Realtor..Wish us luck…we are gonna need it!!!

(((HUGS)))

Friday, July, 23rd Ozark, MO to Garnett, KS

We were up and on the road fairly early today. We only have about 4-1/2 hours to go on this last leg of our trip home. The trip was uneventful with only a couple of stops for fuel. Shadow took it all in stride and just rolled over and took a nap…lol

We took  state highway 14 to hwy 160 to Springfield, MO and to I-44 west to hwy96 to Carthage, MO.

Then we turned north on Hwy 71 to Nevada, Mo.

At Nevada, we got on Hwy 54 west through Fort Scott, KS.

We even saw a Tin Man in front of this Store

We passed this RV Park…Mac checked it out a few months ago and spoke to the owner. He only has about 10 –12 sites but he has made it very nice and there is also a lake.

We took Hwy 3 at Bronson, KS because Mac didn’t want to follow a couple of trucks hauling some huge I-Beams. From there we turned west on Hwy 31 to Hwy 59 in to Garnett…whew..

We made it to the RV Park about 2:00 and got set up in our old site.

As I have said before, this park doesn’t have the “it” factor…no amenities…but for us it is perfect. The sites are nice with a small grass front yard, picnic table, and grill. The people are very friendly, and with Passport America it only costs us $12.50 per day +tax.

After getting set up we were off to the house to get started…we worked for about 2 hours. The house will be completely empty in a couple of days. We made arrangements to have the carpet cleaned on the 30th. We also are going to have someone come in and clean it from top to bottom because I just won’t have the time to get it done.

I think that catches me up to the weekend, and now I will only post a couple of times a week since we will be doing the same thing everyday…lol

(((HUGS)))

Arkansas, Thursday, July 22nd

We were up and ready to leave pretty early this morning. We didn’t even unhook the RV from the truck last night. We maneuvered around the construction and got on 63 headed toward Springfield and then to Ozark, MO for the night.

 

We passed through several small towns and had a very nice drive. Very pretty country.

We made a couple of fuel and food stops.We took a shortcut around Springfield on a county road to Ozark, MO and Stage Stop RV Park. This park is just a gravel parking lot, but $20.00 a night and right behind Lambert’s Cafe made it good for us…lol. We didn’t unhook the RV from the truck again today, but got things set up and the RV level.

After cooling off, we headed over to Lambert’s for dinner. I had my usual, Chicken Fried Steak, and Mac had the Hot Beef Sandwich. Both were very good!.

This is what we took back to the RV for leftovers…

Back at the RV we just watched some TV and got online for awhile. Turned in early….tomorrow is our last travel day for awhile….

(((HUGS)))

Tennessee, Wednesday, July 21st

We were up early getting things ready for our travel day to West Memphis, AR, and an overnight stay at Tom Sawyer’s Mississippi River RV Park. Lisa & Tony came over for hugs & goodbyes.

We were on the road by 9:30 headed west toward Nashville…our trip was uneventful but seemed like it took a LONG time…we passed through Nashville with no problems…

made a few stops for fuel, food, and potty breaks…

finally we got to Memphis about  the start of rush hour…uggh.. and then after working around road construction we arrived at Tom Sawyer’s. This is a nice park right on the Mississippi. We had a pull-thru site right on the river. We watched barges going up and down the river.

 

It was nice for an overnight or a short stay, but overnight, a terrible odor overcame us even made it  into the RV…not sure where it came from but it was so bad that it made me ill just breathing. Not much sleep going on until early morning. We were up and outta there Thursday morning pretty early so that we could make it to Ozark, MO by mid afternoon.

(((HUGS)))