Owensville, MO Lost Valley CG

Our next stop was a membership park in the boonies of Missouri.  We hadn't been to this membership park and wanted to take advantage of it being free....well, no charge other that the membership we purchased in 2008......gotta get some return on that investment.  It very large and aimed at families, very good pools and buildings and activities but we don't use that, except the pool Judy worked out in.

Delayed departure

Due to this little bugger we spent an extra day in Chanute and got to visit NuWa's shop again.  We were going to leave Thursday but at 5:30am a water leak sensor went off.  The cold water plumbing entering the water heater had a slow leak, not urgent so I sent back to bed.
When I got up I removed the nipple that was leaking, well, half of it.  It broke off inside water heater.  I quickly decided to contact the shop and they said come on in.  Half an hour in the shop and squeezing into the cabinet it was repaired.  Some bad luck with the leak but great luck where it happened!

Chanute &New slide seals

We had our HitchHiker in the shop for a day and a half to have all the white slide seals replaced with new black seals.  The original white seals are a pain in the butt to keep clean and get the slide sides dirty.

As you can see the QC inspector was keeping a close eye on the work when we stopped by.

While we were here we visited with a couple from NH who were at the Texas rally and came to Chanute to trade their HH in on a new unit,   Roger and Barb Maxey were also here for two days when they dropped off their HH and Ford Super Cruzer for NuWa to sell.  Due to some health issues they are selling their HH and will consider a motorhome so Barb can get up a walk to stretch her back.
We did the laundry and had the chance to check our some of our favorite local restaurants.

Chanute Veterans Memorial

History of the Chanute National Guard.

Some of the stones that individuals or organizations can purchase to support the memorial.  See the top middle one?

Here's a close up.  Our RV club..... the Haulin' HitchHikers.

We have been waiting a couple years for it to be built and we all think they did an outstanding job!  It is adjacent to the Santa Fe Park and Campground.