Chanute visit that made Judy VERY happy

On April 30th we traveled with Tom & Heather to Chanute for service on our HitchHikers.  Their service was completed in one day so they headed to Michigan on May 3.  We have been traveling with them since leaving Gulf Shores, hope they enjoyed it!!  We did.  Here's what has Judy so happy..............into service we go.

Nothing like paying someone to make a big hole in your home.

Yup, she now has a washing/drying machine on board.  She's VERY happy!  It is small, will take longer to do the laundry but it's in the RV and she's loving it.
We were in service for 4 days spending 3 dreary nights in a motel but it was worth it.  We also had LED clearance lights installed, two tank valves replaced, two plastic water nipples replaced with brass and had NuWa look for two water exterior water leaks.  We did have fun enjoying Chanute with Tom & Heather (TCTom) and Roy & Laurie (Highway Ranger). We also met Ray & Cece (Ray & Cece) who are on the NuWa Owners Forum and we hadn't met them before.  Santa Fe Park is a cross roads for HitchHiker owners. 
Following the work completion we moved 25 miles north to Iola, KS to a campground, below, with full hookups so Judy can test the washer/dryer to make sure all is well.

Dinner was leftover pork, krout, and mashed taters.  It was good!
  

Poteau, OK and Hollister, MO

We arrived at Long Lake Resort on Monday the 25th for one night after a 217 mile tow.  We chose a pull through site as they have very narrow back in's, Tom & Heather are also here.  Here are our neighbors......

This is a very nice park off the beaten path so it's quite and dark at night; it would have been a good place to stay for a few days but Judy was anxious to get to the next stop.

Tom & Heather are in one site and we are beside them.  We're in Hollister, MO for 4 nights to visit Branson and Wes & Tonia. The afternoon we arrived we met at Branson Landing so Judy could see the water fountain display, have dinner and have Aunt Annie's pretzels.

Here's Tom & Heather, us, and Tonia & Wes the second day.  We took the Branson Scenic Railroad on a 40 mile round trip into Oklahoma. 

Ya think Judy's happy?  Me?  I always enjoy a train ride.

Tom & Heather are behind Judy.

Here's Wes, Tonia and daughter Jessica.

This picture is from the glass domed observation car.  No one stayed up there very long because the sun made it much too hot.

After the train ride we went to Hard Work U (College of the Ozarks) for lunch at their culinary arts program.  We always eat here once a visit, good chow and it's fancy. 

 AND.....I had to have a Hard Work U fruit cake.  Hey Clayton, you have one coming too!

One night at 2am the tornado sirens went off.  We saw many RVers walking toward the office so we we joined them in the shelter which was the storage barn for the lawn equipment, above is Tom & Heather with Shadow.  Judy and I and Patches are below.  No tornado but lots or wind and rain.

Every time we are in Branson we see Judy's favorite show, SIX. The brothers use no musical instruments, they make all the sounds themselves.

 OK.....I enjoy them too, we all did.

Salado and Caddo Mills, Texas

We left Ingram Saturday and made 164 miles to Union Grove COE (Corps of Engineers) park on a nice lake.  It was full for the weekend so I'm glad we had a reservation.  Tom and Heather are with us as we both have service appointments in Chanute, KS next week and we are working our way there.  The reason we came to Union Grove COE  was to see Haleigh and Dallas but they were sick so we missed them BUT we made it to Opa's Schnitzel Hut again.  We found this German restaurant last year and it's a jewel! The best German food we have found in 9 years of travel.  
OH, it was SO GOOD!

  

Judy had to have a shirt.

Here's Randy................

And here's his snowmobile replacement......

Nifty huh?  Nice of him to buy and garage it for me.

Jody sent us a new class picture of Dustin......

A great picture of Devyn & Molly.

On Sunday we towed 190 miles to Caddo Mills, TX and NE Dallas Campground for the night, that's Tom & Heather's rig on the left.  We arrived at 12:30 so had lots of time to relax and do a few chores.

The Texas HitchHiker Rally is over

Here we are in Western Town, the campgrounds meeting hall we have been using for our gatherings.

Here's Judy at the wildflower seed place in Fredricksburg.  She and several of the ladies went there to check it out, they have LOTS of wildflowers growing for their seeds.

We had a muggles breakfast for supper one evening and she (and a few helpers) made muggles for the group.  It's the first time she's made muggles for more than 50 people.  We had the white elephant party the last night of the rally and Judy chose a bunch of lottery tickets which were stolen from her but she stole them back.  When it was all over the end result was she kept getting fewer with the winnings until she got nothing.  Several of the guys got together 3 or 4 times and enjoyed playing Texas Holdem.  We had happy hours each evening and spend a few hours chewing the fat with friends during the day.  We made reservations for next years rally.

USAF Band of the West

Judy noticed that the USAF Band of the West was giving a free concert in Kerrville so she organized all 31 of us already here for the rally to attend.  The seats didn't have enough leg room for me so we went down to the front row with all the room I wanted.  It was a good concert but we wished there was less jazz and more 40s big band music.

Following the concert we all went to Billy Gene for dinner.

Then it was back to the campground for a late happy hour.

Johnson Creek RV Ingram, TX

We arrived at John Creek for the TX hill country rally on Saturday April 2.  The rally is scheduled to start April 12 but we are early as many of our RV friends also spend the month of April here so it time to kick some tires and socialize.

One of our first stops was Classic Burger, we've now been there twice with more to come.......

We made a trip to Fredricksburg to have lunch at a German restaurant but it was bad, no pictures for bad food.  We did get to checkout the graveyard and some bluebonnets.

                                              Of course there the daily 4pm happy hours.

This is the start of a happy hour on the patio overlooking Johnson Creek.

The campground owners have always had horses, don't see them riding them, especially these little ones.

We haven't ate at this chicken place, yet, but took a picture and asked Devyn if Dan was driving this car would she go with him?  Dan said he likes the car.

Judy and Heather have joined the Kerrville Center for Fitness and the do water aerobics weekday mornings.  If she isn't doing aerobics, shes walking 2 miles a day.  It's official, she's lost 80 pounds and is looking VERY good.  My little Judy!