Beware Patches.....bath time!

I I think this weather is making up for the cold wet winter we had, it's been really great the last couple weeks. 4pm and 86 degrees under an all blue sky. So nice in fact it was time for Patches annual bath whether she was ready or not. She was not. The cat survived but it was touch & go for Judy.

Yesterday afternoon we had our usual happy hour, or two, or three.

This morning the guys had breakfast here at the CG then Jeff took us for a ride to meet Wayland Long at 2L Custom Trucks in Poolville. This is where Jeff purchased his Freightliner last year. Wayland is an interesting character, a real Texas redneck who says what he's thinking. We talked about lots of things besides trucks.

We are in a much better place now...but not dead!

We escaped the Thackerville thistles yesterday and drove 65 miles to Bridgeport, TX. Jeff & Susan are here and Dave & Trish also arrived. Goody goody. This is a nice place, anytime the campground entrance speed limit is 35 mph you know you are going to be off the beaten path. This is probably the quietest and most peaceful CG we have been in in quite awhile. No street lights so it's also very dark at night. We'll be relaxing here for 5 nights & check the area out.

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.