Bremen, IN

We made it to Bremen, IN even after zig zaging through Lafayette, second time through there and second time getting sorta lost so there will not be a third time.  It's hot, 88 when we set up.  As you can see we are in the grass and rain is predicted the next two days so it might be interesting when we leave Saturday morning.  John and Glyenda Gregg are already here so we had the chance to see their brand new full body paint, very nice.  They had it done at Mike's where ours was done two years ago.  We had a long happy hour with them this evening.

Clinton, Indiana

We are closing in on Goshin, IN and the Escapade rally.  Today was a 173 mike trip to Terre Haute then north 20 or so miles to Clinton and Horseshoe Lake Campground for the night.  After a spaghetti supper we sat outside with Patches, she decided to go into a culvert by the yellow post in the bottom picture and explore,  She was in there about a half hour and came back out the same side.  .

Litchfield, IL Honey Bend CG

Monday we made an easy 3 hour drive to Litchfield, IL crossing the Mississippi River again.  After getting set up we discovered that a tree was blocking the rooftop TV dish that we thought would be OK.  We hooked back up and disconnected the utilities and moved forward two more times without success so no DirecTV! We get a couple local channels on the antenna and I have lots of movies saved on the DVR.
About 4pm we drove to Edwardsville to visit Kay and Charlie, HitchHiker RV friends from Gulf Shores. Last November Kay had a serious stroke in Gulf Shores and has been recovering at their home.  After an hour or two we headed home and stopped at Denny's for a late supper.

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.