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.

Alpaca ranch

Judy was getting bored so she found something to do, we visited a nearby alpaca ranch that has 51 of these South American critters.  They look like a small llama and this family raises them for their fiber.  You can eat them but a normal person doesn't eat their pets.  Each one has it's own name and personality.  The young lady who gave us the tour has had them since her grandparents got two (and a baby one for her) when she was a young child.

They are very friendly critters.  The owners have taken them to hospitals (inside and up the elevators!) to visit patients as a way to relax and calm patients.  When the young girl was a child she would watch cartoons on TV with one of her pet alpacas and share her popcorn with her pet in the house.  The have padded feet like cats & dogs.  I think Randy & Kristi need a couple for Devyn.

Grove, OK

Today we made the 90 mile trip up to Grove, OK.  We have been here 2 or 3 times before becasue this is one of our membership parks which cost zero to stay here.  We'll be here for one week relaxing.  We have already explored this area so don't look for anything earth shattering on the blog for the next week.