Travel Day

Today was another travel day. We left St. Louis this morning and we are in Kansas City, Missouri for the next three days. I didn't even know there was a Kansas City, Missouri.  We are staying at Worlds of Fun Village, they have a water park and thrill rides. I don't think we will be going to the parks but I hope to enjoy the pool. Not sure what we will do while we are here but I will keep you posted.

Our Day in St. Louis

We left Paduach yesterday and arrived in St. Louis, Missouri. Today we went downtown to the St. Louis Gateway Arch which was out of this world. I could not believe how big it was. I wanted to go up to the top but it was a four hour wait.  No way was I standing in line for four hours so we wondered around the museum and got some great pics in there. We then walked about a half mile to Busch Stadium in 95 degree heat. After all that we had worked up an appetite for some good barbecue so we headed to Pappy's Barbecue, it was featured on the food network a couple of days ago. We waited in line for one and half hours to get into and it was well worth the wait. We got to meet Pappy the owner and I even got my picture taken with him.

I am going to back up a little bit since I left everyone hanging about the picking that was suppose to go on in Paduach, Ky.  After we had a few cocktails we wondered up the campground where the music was going to take place and they had cancelled the entertainment.  OH WELL MAYBE NEXT TIME! The following day we took a tour of down town Paduach and we really enjoyed it. I even talked David into going in a Quilt Museum. We did take a few pictures of the river wall. David will post more pics to our web site.

Officially on the Road

After spending the last few days in Athens, Alabama attending my niece's high school graduation we have arrived in Paducah, Kentucky where we will be staying the next couple of days. We are staying at Duck Creek RV Resort which is an OK campground but the owner's are wonderful. When we checked in Virginia, owner gave us so much literature on the area I could give guided tours.  Her husband Mike then played some music for us on a bowed psaltery. Of course, David now has some guys he will be playing the guitar with tonight. I will try to post some pics of this later on. You know my husband he loves to pick and grin. We are sitting outside having a cocktail waiting on the show to begin.

Westward Ho, Once Mo'

We are headed west again, ultimately to Montana and a wedding, but after that we plan to just travel the west and visit areas we just want to see, places like Glacier National Park, the Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion National Parks, etc. But first, we are going to Forest City, Iowa to the Winnebago Factory to have the driver's side slide out glide rail re-installed. We were at Live Oak Landing in Freeport, Florida and when we put the slide out out, the glide rail, all 18 feet of it, came out. After a call to Winnebago, we finally got the slide out back in. We have plenty of time to get to Montana so we plan to take our time, go to a couple of bluegrass festivals, county fairs, etc. on the way to Montana.

Stay tuned to this channel, we plan to post plenty of pictures and video as we travel.

More later....

Wintering in Florida Again

Here we are back in Panama City Beach for the winter. Most all of the friends we made here over the years are back and we have enjoyed being with all of them again and we are having a great time. We both have taken up golf as a hobby and so far (so far) we are really enjoying the game, although it is a very challenging one.

Our Canadian friends have gotten everyone involved in bocce ball and the bi-weekly games are attended by almost all the residents here.

Bettye and Elton, friends we met while in Pigeon Forge, may come for a visit soon and we are looking forward to seeing them again.

More Moving On

The Outer Banks was an interesting place, to say the least. If you are someone who enjoys relative seclusion then the OBX is the place for you. It didn't suit us that well. Having to drive over 40 miles to do grocery shopping just wasn't for us. So, when Camping on the Gulf in Destin, Fl. asked if we could come down and help them out we jumped at the offer. We stayed there until just after Labor Day. We spent a couple of weeks in Georgia and then went back to Panama City Beach for the winter. It really was good to see so many of our good friends, and we have made many new friends since we arrived in October.

We just learned that a member of Derita's family has a serious illness, so when we leave Panama City Beach we will go to the family member's home to provide whatever assistance and support we can.