Hawaii Five-O Theme Song

This is great - watch for the marching band performances on the field.

New Accessory - Aug. 2010

We were in Elkhart, IN, which is where we picked up the Roadtrek three years ago. We happened to be at the same campground where they were having a big Rally for the Class A motorhomes. We were able to go to the vendor display and bought a flag holder and three flags - USA, Hawaiian and Air Force. We usually display it on the front but here at Lake Monroe we parked nose first so we displayed it on the back. Pretty cool, huh?

Labor Day - 2010 - Indiana

We haven't posted in ages because we had major computer problems. I'll post the most current and work my way backwards until I get caught up.

We are spending Labor Day weekend at Monroe Lake outside of Bloomington, Indiana.
We arrive here Thursday night with no reservations. They place has over 200 sites but they were completely full until the day after Labor Day. First they said we could stay one night without any electricity at a tent site. But after visiting and touring the Roadtrek they found a site with electricity that we could spend the night. We got set up and shortly they showed up to tell us we could stay as long as we liked. They contacted the person who has reserved our site and she had also reserved two other sites so she gave this one up to us. All the sites are in the forest, so lots of shade.

There is a trail that you can walk down to the lake through the forest. We did that the first day and drove down the second. The hill coming up was a killer. This lake has the nicest swimming area that we have ever seen at a lake.

On the way back we saw our first sign of Fall - the leaves are starting to turn. We are heading South.

San Antonio River Walk

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I created this last month and had problems posting it than forgot to do it. The River Walk is just gorgeous and a fun place to visit. When I went to school here almost 50 years ago it was a dirty, scary place. We had a great time.

The Bridges of Madison County and John Wayne

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We arrived in Iowa a few days ago. We have the outline of a map that we fill it with a sticker of the state once we have visited that state. I can't see filling it in if we are just driving through. We have to do something to make a memory before we can fill in the state.
I searched and searched the Internet for something memorable to do or see in Iowa and there really was not a whole lot. But as it happened I stumbled upon "Bridges and Madison County" on the map. After investigating I found out that's where the movie The Bridges of Madison County was filmed in 1995. I loved that movie. Think I've seen it 5 times or more and still cry as if it was the first time. We decided to take a ride out there and what a serendipity day we had.

Our Lady of the Lake - San Antonio, TX

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We went to visit Our Lady of the Lake College where I went to school in 1961 and 1962. The name has changed to Our Lady of the Lake Univeristy, it is now coed and the campus is much larger than it was when I was there.

COE Campgrounds

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If possible we stay at Corps of Engineers campgrounds. They are almost always on or near water, the sites are generous and if you are 62 or over they only cost half the amount to stay. The sites are usually $20 or so a night so that means we stay for $10. Not bad for water front property.

One of our most memorable stays was in Waxahachie, TX in COE campground which was on the water but was thickly wooded. Shortly after sundown we were surrounded by thousands of fireflies. I did not take this picture as my camera is not able to do this. I took it off the internet but it does show a little of what it was like for us the three nights we stayed there.

Great Visit

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While in San Antonio we were able to visit Lydia Rood and her family. Lydia and I worked together in Honolulu during the ISPED days. Her husband Rob is in the Air Force and they have been stationed in San Antonio for the last couple of years. They are on their way to Germany, their new assignment, by the end of this month. Carl and I were so grateful that they took time out from their busy schedule to have us over for the most delicious salad and pizza.

May 2010 Start of Trip

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I did this ages ago and forgot to post it. Sorry about that.

Corpus Christi, TX

We went to Corpus the Tuesday before Memorial Day and spent the week there. Used the RV park as our home base and did day trips. The day temperatures were in the 100s. The RV park that we were at had huge trees that was a big help to keep the temperature livable. We are changing our plans and heading north. It is way to hot to tour the South now. We'll go north and come down the east coast and do the south in the fall.

Reunion Time

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Hilyard, Carl and I were classmates in Hilo where we all grew up. After Hilyard got out of the Navy he went to TX to attend college there and never moved back to Hawaii. We had lunch and spent most of the afternoon at the Talett's beautiful house. We had to leave for a while because the tornado was heading straight for us. We were afraid of hail damage to the motor home. The tornado touched down in an open field so there was no damage. We returned after it past and finished our visit. Both Hilyard and Phylis are great singers and were performing with the symphony that night and the next. We were planing on going to see them but the campground gates closed at 10 so we weren't able to attend. Very disappointed - thought we were over the curfew years. We had hoped to get together with Air Force friends who also live in Waxahachie but we never able to get in touch with them.

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Customize your own digital scrapbooking design May 4th - May 19, 2010

We left Kona on May 4th. Long trip - we went to Honolulu, Las Vegas, Denver and finally Oklahoma City. Carl had his doctor's appointment and stress test the following day. All went well. Friday night was spent with Gay and Charlene Morrison in Midwest City and Jaydene Morrison, who just happened to be in town for her granddaughters graduation. Charlene and I taught together when we lived in OK.

Visited with Chuck and Lura Lee in Harrah then up to Broken Arrow to see Shantel and Mike. First Mother's Day that we were near the children in 15 years. The weather was predicted to get very bad so we left in a hurry the next day. Went to a campground that we were familiar with, Red Rock Canyon, and stayed a couple of days. 21 tornadoes touched down and 5 people were killed. Lots of damage and very close to where Chuck lives. Our friend Pats house had damage but the police were not allowing any one on that street unless you lived there.

We planned to spend the night at Lake Thunderbird in Norman but when we got there it was closed to do major damage from the tornadoes - the whole marina was wiped out.

The next day we moved on to Sulphur, OK. Had a great spot on the water and very few people. Spent 4 days there then moved on to Willis, OK. Both places were really nice Corp of Engineer parks and like Sulphur very few people also.

We are leaving for Texas tomorrow.