May 9, 2013 - The Mother Ship

Well... here we are again at the aluminum capitol of the world!! Wonder if the Alzheimer's cases are more frequent around here??? Or maybe that's only when you live in one of the bullets.... ?? Anyway... we came up here to have the fresh water tank taken out and replaced because it was leaking! It resides between the floor and the belly pan so you can't just give it a good looking over. Best shot was to come up here where they know everything Airstream and have it fixed! And we could have the wheel bearings greased and the brakes checked....

May 8, 2013 - Dayton, OH

This is one of the favorite parts of the world for us! Don't know why we don't spend more time looking around the area! The Renfro Valley area is a small area without the gazillions of people of Nashville or Branson.... and all the old fogies of country music entertain there! ^_^ I wish there was a way to make the pictures show the scope of the scenery.. For someone who loves trees, it's perfect! I've added so many pictures of it during the years that we can look back at them instead of subjecting you to the repetition again... Right now...

Oct 1, 2012 - Urbana, Illinois to Dayton, Ohio

It was a brisk 52 degree, overcast morning which pretty much stayed with us today (even stayed in the upper 50's). We are noticing less color change as we are traveling east, even though what has changed is more muted. Just past the Pittsboro, Indiana exit, we noticed an overpass named "Jeff Gordon Blvd"...ah, yes...forgot he was originally from around this area. Spent almost 2 hours going through the Indy Speedway Museum and taking our "lap" around the track. Nick got a front row seat and had an unencumbered view of the track. I had been...

Sep 9, 2012 - Air Force Museum

9/8/12: Our first stop was Dayton Ohio. I know that doesn’t sound very sexy, but it was well worth it to see the Air Force National Museum. We would highly recommend this stop to everyone, even if you are not that much of a history/aviation buff. It is fascinating, and it is HUGE. We arrived as it opened at 9 and left as it was closing at 5 and did not see everything. There are 8 separate areas to tour. They are divided into groups, Presidential, Research & Development, Early Flight, Cold War, WWII, Korea, Vietnam & Middle East , and Space....

Jul 3, 2012 - Day 4

Today we went back to the AF Museum to see some of the other exhibits. Eddi and I had been there last year, but my sister had never been. Eddi wanted to see the stained glass window from the chapel at Wheelus AFB, since she graduated High School there.

Jul 2, 2012 - Day 3

Today we visited the Presidential Airplane hangar of the National Museum of the Air Force. Leaving the museum, we went to a local Wal-Mart, then getting turned around on the way back to the base because of all the electrical repair going on from last Friday's storm. Roads were closed so the crews could work without having to worry about traffic. My Garmin kept trying to take me back to a closed road. Needless to say, we finally returned to the campsite.

Jul 1, 2012 - OK in Ohio

Our series of summer crisis didn’t end with Dad and Diane. In the middle of all that was going on here, we discovered our daughter, Sarah, was also in the hospital in Georgia. Will it never end??? She had another episode of loss of muscle tone, so they transferred her from Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA to Emory down in Atlanta. More tests were run, but the doctors are still not able to determine what is causing her problems. It’s hard to accept, but unfortunately they told her that she is going to have to learn to live...

Jul 1, 2012 - Day 2

Our drive today took us from Knoxville, TN to Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, OH. Mostly driving along I-75. We encountered an accident North of Lexington, KY that delayed us for about 30 min. Arriving at the FamCamp on Wright-Patterson AFB, we encountered high winds and rain. Thay had had a severe storm come thru on Fri and many limbs were on the ground. Thankfully, by the time we got to our site, the rain had let up and I was able to get set up without getting drowned.

Jun 20, 2012 - Days 9-11 In Dayton Ohio

Day 9 - Off to see Aunt Peggy In OoooHIGHooooo..... Mindy came and picked us all up and we went out for breakfast at this pretty cool restaurant. Think it was called Bob Evans. Anyway we had a great breakfast there before heading out to visit Aunt Peggy. Nice drive out to where Aunt Peggy was staying, lots of trees, lakes and fields. As we walked into the facility, there is this aviary with pretty little birds inside. Several of the residence were sitting around this aviary. Only a few were actually sitting outside because it was just too...

Jun 15, 2012 - Day 8...Its a Adam Lambert kind of day.....

Day 8...Did you know that Adam Lambert was born in Indianapolis Indiana? I didn't know that either until I googled him. Kind of ironic that we listened to his music on the drive today. Wow wow wow is it HOT HOT HOT here in OHIO..We are currently holed up in Aunt Peggy's house in Dayton. Thank goodness for air conditioning..LOL..wow..deja vu..feel like I have said that before. Anyhoo..this be a short blog...which will be rewritten later when Rose finds her camera. Lets hope we didn't leave it somewhere!!! The doggies are happy cause they get...

May 20, 2012 - Cincinnati To Dayton

Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Connecticut and died in Connecticut but at age 21 she came to live in Cincinnati with her father. Her family members were against slavery and participated in the Underground Railroad. She met her husband here - he was also an abolishonist. Eventually her exposure to the pain of slavery and the struggle of runaways traveling the Underground Railroad led her to write Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book is credited with contributing to inciting the Civil War and to Lincoln's emancipation of the Slaves. Legend has it...

May 9, 2012 - Dayton Friends

Left New Germany State Park en route to Dayton, OH to visit with some of our Ham Radio Friends, Keith and Marian and Lou and Sandi. We arrived at Keith's house (where we will be parking our RV) around 5:00pm. Then he drove us to a great Mexican restaurant (El Cazador) for a great dinner. There we met Marian (Keith wife) and Lou and Sandi Pauly. After a great dinner we went back to Keith for the fellows to enjoy their regularly scheduled IOOK (International Order of the Krazies) Ham Radio Net on 40 meters. This is where everyone gets...