Two weeks in Onsted

Devyn helped us make a ladderball game & tested it with Judy....Devyn won.

                      She's not afraid to mix it up with the boys on the soccer field,   She scored a goal too.

Checking out the wetlands. She drove me there in the Gator, after the ride I told Randy that when she gets her drivers license in a few years he should remove all but one spark plug wire to slow her down!

We are heading back to KS for two weeks so we took Patches to my sisters to cat sit.  We'll be spending some time in a motel & Patches doesn't like motels or spending time in the truck.  Thanks BJ for watching Patches for us!

We got to see Kristi & Randy & Devyn while we were here, well yah, that's why we come back.  We saw Devyn's last 2 soccer games which they won.  We also got to cut the grass which we do enjoy.  Their Ally cat injured her shoulder so we got to care for her, she's being kept inside.  We also had dinner with Chris & Amy plus their two young'ens Caleb & Sidney.  Judy had a doctors appointment and I had a tooth pulled so we are taking care of business too.

Back in Onsted!

We made it back to Onsted and our summer pasture home on Saturday June second.  We spent the afternoon & Sunday with Randy and Kristi and had supper with them & Kristi's parents Irene & Benny.  Good to see them all again!  Benny is doing GREAT!  Tuesday we picked up from school our favorite Michigander.....Devyn.  It didn't take long for her to continue to give Granny lessons on how to play Pounce!  Next week the school year ends and we are looking forward to spending more time with her, ya think! 

Danville, MO

Today was a travel day, we left about 9:30 and made 291 miles, arriving about 3pm after we made a lunch stop to break up the day.

NuWa day

We dropped our home sweet home off for some service today.  We are having all new faucets installed, a larger & better TV in the bedroom installed and our annual routine service.  After the 7am drop off we go to the Grain Bin for breakfast with several other NuWa owners who are also there for service.  Then, at 9:45, we all return for the factory tour.  We were impressed with the large openings in this one unit, it's going to had lots of slide out space!  Our HitchHiker was done at 3pm so we returned to the city campground to "test" things, we had a small leak in the new bathroom sink faucet & lost one satellite feed to the downstairs TV so returned Wednesday for quick fixes.  Patches got to roam all around & explore the waiting room!  Once more back to the city campground and all is well.  We'll head out tomorrow, Thursday, for a 3 day trip to Onsted.  

Veteran's Day

We went to the Veteran's day ceremonies in Chanute.  It was quite impressive for such a small town & we were impressed with a large (250 at least) turnout.  What also struck us was all the families there with young children.  Mom & Dad were teaching & showing their kids about the sacrifices our troops have made.  Impressive.

HitchHiker is home in Chanute, KS

Today's plan was to go to the Cherryvale COE park.  But on the way we decided to continue on to Chanute where we have a service appointment next Tuesday.  It was only a few more miles and we like Chanute & know we'll see some RV friends in the city campground.  We arrived and set up then visited with a RV forum friend, Brutus Driver, before heading out to a late lunch.  This evening we sat behind the trailer and watched a softball game behind us.  Fortunately there were no foul balls bouncing off our home.

We got our kicks on Route 66 & returned to the Coleman Theater in Miami, OK

Today we rode 25 miles north to Miami, OK to return to the Coleman Theater.  It a very fancy restored 1929 theater we visited a couple years ago.  This afternoon they had a professional Wurlitzer player in from NYC along with a singer plus they showed 4 silent movies.  Of course the Wurlitzer provided the music for the Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy and third film.

After the show we rode a couple miles outside of Miami to the old Route 66 which still has some of the old pavement visible under the current layer of gravel.