Thackerville. OK

Hello Thackerville. Good bye Thackerville. We left about the same time, took different routs, drove at different speeds, some stopped for pets or lunch yet the 3 couples all arrived at the same time to register at Red River Ranch. We are leaving tomorrow, 5 days early. Sand burs, sand burs and more sand burs here. Way too many for all of us! They stick to everything, clothing, shoes, socks, tires, pets; they track into our homes and trucks. We did go into Gainsville, TX for lunch and some errands today and did laundry yesterday. We stopped at Winstar Casino to check it out. It was open 2 years ago when we were here and there was lots of construction going on but this place is huge. I had to use the 3 picture panorama to get it all. Hey Jean.......the $$$$ is here just waiting for you!

That's Jeff's nice Freightliner truck in front of our Ford in the one picture. We both have the same red awning on our HitchHikers. Good weather still....mid 70s daytime & mid 50s at night. We'd stay longer if it wasn't for the darn sand burs. Lots of grasshoppers too but we can live with them, make good fried snacks to go with happy hour. Speaking of happy hour.....gotta go!!

Bye bye Chicken Creek till next year

Well, the rally is over, there were 9 couples here and we met one new couple, all the others we have bumped into around the country the last few years. The first photo is one you haven't seen on my blog before, final good bye's at the dump station as we all pulled out! No shit. We had a good time and the weather was outstanding. Wes & Harold were the ladderball champs.....get ready for a challenge Ron & Lois. Too bad Wes will not be at the International rally. ya lucked out. Off to Thackerville, OK three of us go........see ya there.

Muggles & smoked brisket & ribs

Friday morning Judy made muggles for the group, many of us did some work on our HitchHikers & we even had a few euchre games. Wes started to smoke the brisket & ribs about 7am and we ate about 5pm. Everyone brought a dish to pass, Judy made German potato salad for Wes. A few of us ate too much. A very relaxing day and the weather is still great.

Party time at Chicken Creek, time for pizza

Thursday evening after three more couples arrived we all went into Tahlequah to Sam & Ella's Chicken Palace for pizza, very good pizza.

Chicken Creek Classic rally

After some running around Tuesday morning we left Chanute before noon and arrived in Chicken Creek, a Corp of Engineers park in Cookson, OK. Wes & Tonia, the hosts, were already here; just behind us Bruce & Bunny arrived. We set up and spent the evening visiting. The weather is really great, 70s daytime & 50s at night.

On Wednesday we washed the trailer as a few more HitchHikers arrived from Chanute.

NuWa visit

On Monday we were up early and dropped off our home at the service department at 7am along with several others from the city campground. We then had breakfast at the Grain Bin downtown, there were 4 or 5 couples and Judy had her usual....pecan waffles. We all did the 10am NuWa manufacturing tour and then hit the parts department for a few items we needed. The two finished HitchHikers have full body paint, no decals. We picked up our home at 3pm and returned to the city campground, Santa Fe Park, for the night.

Made it to Chanute, KS

Yesterday we started at 8:45 and no wind! Sweet. We did get rained in but no heavy downpours. I started driving and after we were through St Louis Judy drove for a few hours then I took over driving through Kansas City to Chanute. Judy is a much better navigator than I am. We arrived in Chanute about 4:30 and luckily a friend, Jeff, saved us a site, actually his was big so we shared it. The Santa Fe city park is overflowing. One of our friends dry camped in the grass. On Sunday there was some truck & HitchHiker washings going on, a little beer drinking too. Late in the afternoon many of us gathered behind our unit in the sunshine and out of the wind for happy hour. Two couples are here settling into their new HitchHikers, several are here for service appointments, and one for parts. The park is full of non HitchHikers due to a city celebration yesterday and a class reunion this weekend. Up early tomorrow to be at NuWa by 7am.