Oct 28, 2018 - Last day at the Cabin

Date: October 28, 2018 Weather: sunny, beautiful Temperature: start 51º High 68º Wildlife count: White-tailed Deer Year List: 359 Birds: We sold the house on October 7, after it had been on the market for less than 2 days. We have spent the month with family helping us to empty the house of our things, although we sold the house furnished, and move-in ready. Today was our last full day in the house… Before worship, I ironed what I thought were our last shirts, and we enjoyed worship. Lunch was at Jimmy’s Egg at the counter. Once back, we...

Oct 24, 2018 - Modes

When I drive, I'm often looking for cycling conditions. Is there a shoulder? How wide are lanes? What kind of traffic is there? How much traffic? What speeds posted and actual? Is there any signage for bikes? Hills: grade, length? Much of what I see is unattractive for cycling. So far, I've followed only one signed bicycle route: the Mississippi River route in western Kentucky. The way reminded me of cycling in Europe, with narrow lonely roads to funky or semi-charming little towns. No one was touring, though. Wheat harvest is underway,...

Oct 21, 2018 - Travel Day Again

Travel Day Again! We were up at 5:00 and shared our coffee as we talked about the things we needed to do in order to be back on the road by our planned 8:00 AM departure. As soon as it was light enough outdoors, I was out in the 29 degree temperature getting ready to go. The hardest part was rolling up a 50 foot water hose and the power cord. The water hose ended up all over the basement storage bay as it refused to remain coiled in any normal manner. The power cord was stiff from the cold temperatures and difficult to coil and stow in the...

Oct 21, 2018 - Eureka Springs & Branson

Because of rain on the horizon, we decided to move on toward Branson today. We stopped in the little quaint town of Eureka Springs. We did some window shopping but it was actually too cold to just wander around so we found a cozy cafe and had hot coffee and an early lunch. Then, it was an easy run to Branson. They have improved the road system around here so much there really was no traffic tie ups at all. Also in our favor is this is kind of a shoulder period for them. Summer is over and they are about ready to start the Christmas shows....

Oct 17, 2018 - Last day with Pat and Bridget

This adventure started last Monday evening when Pat and Bridget pulled in next to us here in America's Best Campground. We had dinner that night and talked about what all we wanted to do while we were here. On Tuesday we started in earnest (Sue and Bridget)trying to decide what was a priority to see and then when could we get the best seats and what nights were best for us. Now here is the score for the last nine nights. Dinners out...NINE. Shows...SEVEN. Needless to say throw in the days we went to Silver Dollar City (2), Springfield (Bass...

Oct 16, 2018 - Must be Tuesday...that means the Texas Tenors

Today is Tuesday. Let's see, that means tonight we will see the Texas Tenors in the Moon River Theatre. Sue and Bridget are looking forward to seeing the show and Pat and I do not know what to expect..but I am getting ahead of myself. After the early morning (ha,ha, it was 9:00) nature walk. It was cool (the low 40's) and Ziva was not really wanting to stay out too long. Upon our return I had breakfast and spent some time drinking coffee and surfing the web while Sue fixed her oatmeal and ate at her computer. About 11:00 we got a text from...

Oct 15, 2018 - Cloudy, Cool, Mexican Food and Pierce Arrow

Up early but not too early. It was a cool 39 degrees. Ziva and I prepared to walk. I was bundled and she in her fur coat. She was a great girl. The walk was less than 10 minutes. Thanx Z...We got the Bus warm and enjoyed staying in and warm. Several rigs pulled out. It looked like about 40% of the park emptied out. I mention this because when we came back late this afternoon the park is almost full. They replaced everyone who left and added more. And today is the 15th of October. Around noon we headed out to take care of several items on...

Oct 14, 2018 - Overcast, cool and Bass Pro...the mothership

Up early...on a Sunday, to make sure we helped Pat mark something off his bucketlist. He has always wanted to visit the Bass Pro Shop home, or as I call it the "mothership". We were out of here by 8:00 a.m. The first stop was the Belgian Waffle shop on Hwy 76. Sue and I have been eating there since the 80's. We think it is great and as of now...so do Pat and Bridget. It is great when you have a sure fire place to eat that never disappoints. So far this trip we have done that with Florentino's and Belgian Waffle. We have spent years doing...

Oct 13, 2018 - Some Rain, Some Football...and another show

Well it was cool, damp and spitting rain for our nature walk this morning. Ziva took a cue and the trip did not last as long as usual. The temperature was a balmy 48 degrees. Not a big deal because it warmed up to a whole 53 degrees. The biggest variation was the degree of the rain. Some spit, some drizzle, some just straight rain and combinations of all of the listed plus anything else Mother Nature could decide to try. We stayed in until a little after noon. We headed to the outlet malls to do a LITTLE shopping. Maybe a few items we were...

Oct 12, 2018 - Our stay in St. Joseph

* We stayed two nights in st Joseph, Missouri. * Both days rainy. *We went to the house Jesse James lived for 100 days with his wife and two children. One of his gang members killed him for $10,000, which he never got. *Then we went to the Patee Museum. Was once the biggest most modern hotel in the world. The headquarters of the pony express was in the hotel. The pony express started in St Joseph they rode 1800 miles to Sacramento in 10 days. Pony Express last only 1.5 years due to railroad. *Fun day exploring and learning! *We had...

Oct 12, 2018 - Nothing but Six..

Six was all we did today...if you do not take into account we spent some time at Florentino's. Both of us were exhausted from the last three days so it was a good day to do little. I took Ziva on her nature walk around 8:00 a.m. The good thing about cold rainy weather is that Ziva does not want to stay out as long as in good weather. Anyway I really made it hard on Ziva when we got back to the Bus. I closed off the door to the bedroom so Sue could sleep a little longer. Ziva normally goes in and jumps on the bed with Sue when we return from...

Oct 11, 2018 - Oh, what a Day...

I will paraphrase the Four Seasons's song of "Oh, What a Night". It has been a really active and long day. I was up about 6:30 and was back from the morning "nature walk" with Ziva by 7:15. Then we hustled to get ready to leave by 8:15 a.m. We were ready on time, as were Pat and Bridget. So off to Silver Dollar City and breakfast. We arrived and were eating before 9:00 a.m. We were ready for the opening ceremony and the flag salute. Then off to get Sue and Bridget signed up for the cooking class at 2:00 p.m. Then it was off to move around...