On The Road Again

We left home this morning for another excellent adventure. We are spending tonight at Mom's house and then will be working our way west across Tennessee and Arkansas. On Tuesday we will put in on the Buffalo National River in the Arkansas Ozarks for a ten-day float trip. After that we will work our way south towards Gulf Shores Alabama for a Country Coach rally, with stops at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas and Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi. Finally we will meet friends at Gryaton Beach State Park near Destin FL for a week of paddling. We will return home in about a month, just in time for a 10-day bike trip on the C&O Canal in Maryland. Life is good.

Almost Home!!!

We arrived at Mom's house yesterday afternoon. Today she has had me busy doing chores such as changing furnace filters and smoke alarm batteries. One of her filters is an unusual size: 10"x10". No one in Morganton has them in stock. Lowe's can order them, but you have to buy a case lot of 12, and it will take two weeks to get them. Being a practical kinda guy, I bought a 10"x20" and cut it in half. Two for the price of one! That seemed to work OK for now. I suggested she talk to some of her neighbors. Maybe they have some, or could go in with her on a case load.

We had hoped to visit with our friends Bob and Donna while we were here, but we learned yesterday that Bob had a heart attack on Saturday. They took him to the heart center in Charlotte on Sunday for tests and treatment, and now they have determined he will need to have bypass surgery. Our prayers go out to Bob and his family.

We will be home tomorrow. We have doctor's appointments in the afternoon and volleyball in the evening (I miss my volleyball!). I think we are ready to be home!

Home Again

Dorcas and I, and little Matilda arrived home last night late. After six nights at Mt. Pisgah CG on the Blue Ridge Parkway, we reluctantly left the relative cool there at EL 4980' and headed down the hill to the sweltering Piedmont. Had we not had appointments today in WS, we would still be on the mountain. We spent Sunday afternoon with my mother in Morganton, and helped her with some chores. Specifically, we hung some pictures, re-hung some pictures we had previously hung and moved some furniture. Mom is about to get all of her stuff settled and nailed down. Unfortunately, she is still missing a few things. They will show up sooner or later though, because we left nothing in Mississippi and we left nothing on the trucks.

I have posted several photos of Matilda previously, but Dorcas insisted I post this one showing Matilda with several of her favorite chew toys. Her most favorite chew toy is not shown, however. That toy's name is Dorcas. Matilda really likes how that toy smells and tastes, and especially how it squeals and moves when she bites it. I hope she outgrows that chew toy very soon.

We will be home for a few weeks and then off to the upper midwest. We will leave sometime near the end of June and will attend the first of three RV rallies beginning July 1 in Amana Colonies in Iowa. From there we will go on to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, coming back home sometime in September.