Sep 3, 2011 - Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge

It was 74 and humid in New Albany, IN at 6am when we dropped our loaded trailer and grabbed an empty one. Sure have a difficult time with the humidity. Be glad when fall gets here. Our next load picks up in at 6pm in Indianapolis, IN. It delivers in Carson, California on Labor Day. Being only 100 miles away, so we had lots of free time. So....lets grab my trusty road atlas...any state/national parks or wildlife refuges in the area? Yes! Right off the interstate was Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. Looking it up on-line with my netbook...

Aug 30, 2011 - August 29 & 30 - 24th Stop

Only half the roads on the way here were bad. We sure miss the Florida and Tennessee roads. My daughter, Lauren and grandson Ryan, came over for dinner Monday night. She moved here after her divorce was filed. We had a final cheese and crackers event with Ken and Wanda because they will leave Tuesday morning to get back to TN a couple days earlier than we will.

Aug 11, 2011 - Indianapolis, IN

We are definitely heading home, or at least moving west, we will be in Arizona by the end of the month. We did take the time to stop and tour "Indianapolis Motor Speedway" Wow what a great place to visit!! One of the highlights of our tour was a lap around the 2-1/2 mile track. We averaged the amazing speed of two hundred miles per hour, (pause) slower than the Indy cars. Oh well! we did get to visit the Press center, stand on the finish line, drive through Gasoline Alley, and listen to a very knowledgeable tour guide! Our visit also...

Aug 5, 2011 - Omi's

Monday, August 8, 2011 Wow. When I typed the date all I could think was this is the last week of my 20's. Insane. I'm in Indy. I came here for Josh and Jade's cousin Paige's bridal shower. It was beautiful and I had a wonderful time. We went over to Sandy's that night and hung out with Paige and Amanda. We all painted our toenails (I painted Omi's bright hot pink. She said it was the first time she's ever had her toes painted.). We then ate pizza and played the German version of "Sorry". It was hilarious. Omi get so into it and gets so...

Jun 25, 2011 - Nashville, TN to Indianapolis, IN 330 Miles

We traveled through more beautiful terrain; especially green rolling hills in KY. As we crossed the Ohio River into IN it was more industrial for a while. Then we saw beautiful, flat, green farm country until we neared Indianapolis. Both TN and IN have had lots of rain lately. I guess they are getting our share too. Indianapolis is huge and bustling! We came through at 4p; rush hour in full swing. My nerves were shot by the time we found our campground in Cicero, IN. I started supper while Charlie set up. He noticed a worn spot on a tire....

Jun 21, 2011 - Indianapolis

It had to happen. We bought lots and lots of groceries and then the refrigerator quit working right. It was cool, but not cold enough, and the freezer wasn’t freezing. Fortunately, we were only 100 miles from Red Bay, so we headed back to Tiffin on the 13th. They got us in immediately, found a cold refrigerator where we could put our food and then had to decide what to do. They did say we were way past due for a new one. With a new refrigerator installed, we went back to Hohenwald, Tennessee, on the 16th and departed on the 20th. We had...

May 29, 2011 - Day 2 - Topeka to Indy

Drove from Topeka to Indianapolis today - 500+ miles. The wake up call came at 5:30 am - it was so weird because we fell back to sleep and the guy at the desk called again at 5:45 am and said, "This is your reminder wake-up call." What??? How did he know we didn't get up. I checked behind the pictures to make sure Norman Bates wasn't peeking in the room. The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers are really flooded. There were several fields under a foot of water. We found a McStop along the MO interstate - I guess when you are in a hurry...

May 11, 2011 - Indianapolis, IN

Folks, the votes are in, and the winners are: (1) For the state with most roadkill (mostly armadillos and 'possums): Missouri. And (2) for the state with the most highway ruts: Indiana. As soon as we crossed the Illinois border into Indiana, we spent 96 miles bumpity-bumping. I'm fairly certain that we must have lost some nuts and bolts along the way (and the humans aboard probably loosened some of their marbles). It's still hotter than you-know-what, with humidities to match. We're only planning on staying here one night, before heading...

Apr 8, 2011 - Went to Indianapolis...I wish it would've been different circumstances

I headed to Indianapolis to be with Jade and the family during a very hard time. We lost another amazing woman to cancer. Sonya Rogier will be greatly missed. She was a beautiful, smart, peacekeeper and I'm glad I knew her. I made it in time to talk to her before she passed. I know she's resting now and she's with Josh.

Oct 22, 2010 - Guess what!!

We have our own WiFi now through Verizon so I should be able to keep up with this no matter where we go!! It's great! We took the day off yesterday.... pretty bad when you have to take a day off from retirement! *!* But we all just enjoyed a day of walking and reading and petting and snacking and..... It was great. We really like this KOA.... I didn't get a picture of their horse .. but we got to feed it a few times. It almost scared Bran to death on one visit! The girls didn't bark or anything... they were really good about it... the horse...

Oct 21, 2010 - Margie's Quince

Didn't get to take pics of Marge's house because it was dark when we got there... but she did show us her yards. She has what must be a flowering quince??? or are all 'quince trees' shrubs??? Anyway she gave us one and it got my curiosity going! Can't wait to see the place again in the spring! ^_^ Anyway ... here's what I found out! Quince Quinces, a hard pome fruit similar to apples and pears, have an intense sweet candy-like fragrance. They are too hard and acidic to eat raw, but delicious when cooked by a wide range of methods. Barb...

Oct 20, 2010 - Back log of pics...

We FINALLY got our own wireless from Verizon so I should be able to keep in touch better from the road! Thank you, Sharon for sharing how it works!!! ^_^ We're making dinner for Marge (Phil's sister) tonight so I have to run... More later... Love to all!!! God BLess!!! P & E