07/29/18 - On 7/28, Aunt Esther and I got Indian food and celebrated Aunt Kay's birthday a week early since we are not going to be there next week.  We had some flowers and a balloon for her as well.  It was a good day but a little hard to say "good bye".

Today, Aunt Esther could not sleep so was up earlier than planned but I got up around 7 45 am.  We then started to get things ready to leave Bristol, Indiana.  We did empty out both gray and black water tanks before leaving the campground.  We had everything ready and I pulled out around 10 15 am.  I mostly had two lane highway and drove through a lot of little towns but traveling went well. Got to a rest stop a little after 1 pm and had some lunch and rested awhile.  I got to Uncle Allen's house in Plain City, Ohio at 3 45 pm.  We talked for a while and then decided to get busy and take the car off the RV.  When trying to park the RV against the house, there were some tree branches in the way, so Connie had to cut them off.  Got parked, plugged in and leveled.  They then decided that they were going to Mc Donald's for a sandwich so I tagged along.  I am off to bed and planned to do NOTHING tomorrow except maybe go to the grocery store!  Off to bed.

07/24/18 - On 7/19, I spent the day with Sue.  We did a lot of shopping because I was looking for two different type of step stools since I broke one in Wyoming and then left one at a rest stop on my way to Indiana so was down to one and it was small and really did not do the job.  We did find some but then found better ones so then we had to return some.  It was quite the day by the time I was satisfied. We had India food for lunch.  A good day.

7/20, We went for breakfast at Anna's Bread.  Was really an interesting little coffee shop. We went to a german store and got some german lunch meat.  We also stopped at an Asia market and I got some chinese sausage.  In the afternoon, we stopped to buy ice cream for the family wiener roast and stopped for some fresh garden tomatoes.  Then we went to Sue's brother David's house but due to the rain, the picnic was moved inside.  I met some of the family that I had not met before and was a nice evening.

7/21, I went in to have lunch with Aunt Kay.  She was not feeling very well so soon lunch, she went down for a nap and I decided to come back to the RV. 

7/22, We met at Sue's apartment, went to a movie and then had Japanese food for lunch.  We then decided to stop by a park with a nice hiking trail and pond.  It was a little windy but nice.  We then got some ice cream and decided to come back to the RV and start a fire since Sue had gotten me some wood to burn in the fire pit.  Later, we learned that Aunt Esther was on her way in and should be here around 4 or 5 pm.  Aunt Esther came later because she did stop off to see Aunt Kay but was not there very long.  She came out to the campground and my phone was not working and she waited and waited for me to give her the pass to get in. She finally followed someone in.  I never got her texts and then when she tried to call, my ringer was off.  I was so upset but we finally got it together.

7/23, I met up with Sue for lunch and Aunt Esther went in to spend the day with Aunt Kay.  Aunt Esther was very late getting back to the RV because the hospice aide did not come in to put Aunt Kay to bed so finally the staff at Greencroft put her to bed.  I was home all afternoon and then decided to make a fire in the fire pit.  Picture attached

Aunt Esther came home and we enjoyed an after dinner drink and she ate some left overs we had.  We a nice evening

07/18/18 - Today, I packed a lunch and sliced a fresh tomato to take with me and went to Goshen to see Aunt Kay.  I  had planned to get there before she left her room for the dining room for lunch but it took longer to get there than I had planned.  When I got there, she was seated in the dining room and getting her menu together.  We then had lunch and she loved the fresh tomato.  Aunt Kay then decided to sit outside for a while since it was a beautiful day.  While outside, she requested her nails to filed and then polished.  I then wheeled her back to her room and she requested help to go to the bathroom and then she was going to take a nap so I left.  I then went to another Walmart to see about a step stool but did not have any luck.  Back to the RV and Sue is stopping by for the evening.  We had a quick dinner of egg salad sandwich with fresh tomato, potato chips and then later did have some popcorn.  Sue brought out some wood and we had a nice fire in the fire pit. Was a great evening.  Off to the shower house (since I don't have sewer hook up) and off to bed.

07/17/18 - On 7/16, I started early in the morning calling several mobile RV repair people to hopefully get the leveler repaired.  The first call was an answering service yet they stated they were back from vacation.  I called Sue and asked her if she could go by the shop to see if they were closed so I could try someone else.  Sue called me back and yes they were in the office but were booked out until 8/6.  The gentleman then gave me a few other names and I went to the office and got a few more cards.  So I continued to call and leave messages.  One gentleman called me back and informed me that my leveler should never be separated and I would have to purchase a whole knew unit and I needed to call Winnebago and order the part.  I got on the computer but did not learn very much but got a phone number and called and left a message.  Then someone told me that I should call the manufacturer of the leveling system and I got a number.  When I called, the gentleman was not sure of what the actual problem was so asked me to send some pictures so he could see what parts I needed for the repair.  The gentleman called back and informed me that it looked like the separation could be put back together and informed me how to do it and let the repairman know because I really did not need the part.  What a relief so I called the gentleman back and told him I had instructions on how to repair it and I would like an appointment.  He set me up for Thursday at 2 00 pm.  In the meantime, I got a called from one of the other mobile RV repair people I had called and explained the situation.  He sounded so much more confident in trying to help me than the gentleman I had the appointment with on Thursday.  We ended the phone call with "if I needed him, I could call".  I thought long and hard but went to bed.

Today I got up and decided that I had to go with my gut feeling so I called Mike back and asked if he would put me on his schedule because I just felt better about his knowledge and confidence that I just did not sense from the other guy.  Mike informed me that he could actually stop this afternoon.  I was delighted.  He stopped by, we assess the situation, he got some tools out and within about 20 minutes I was repaired and the RV was leveled!!  What a relief and only $175 later.   I then called and left a message to cancel my appointment on Thursday.  I spent the evening with Sue and we made liver, onions and mashed potatoes.  It was very good.  We went to Walmart to see if I could purchase a step stool but they did not have what I wanted.  Will check around.  Off to bed

07/15/18 - I left Morris, Illinois at 8 35 am and had about 155 miles to Bristol, Indiana where I am going to park for two weeks. I  had a good trip and got to the campground at a little after 12 30 pm.  I am so disappointed in the campground since I wanted full hook up but the only spaces have water and electric.  Plans are to take the showers in the shower house just behind me.  Things were going well until I learned one of the levelers was completely off it base.  So now I am not very level so will call someone to tomorrow to see if they can come and help me.  I am hoping it will be an easy fix but who knows.  It is very humid today so feels uncomfortable.  I did start the air conditioner but it could not handle it very well while the sun is out  There is no breeze but things have cooled down a little and with the fan, I am doing fine.  I am off to bed early and so nice to know I don't have to drive tomorrow. 

07/14/18 - I got up at a little before 8 00 am.  I put stuff away, got the car ready and left the parking lot at 8 55 am.  I had a good day of traveling.  Stopped at a really nice rest area and spent about an hour and half since I would be too early to park at Walmart.  I got to the Walmart parking lot in Morris, Illinois at 4 00 pm.  Drove the parking lot and decided to park at the very end.  Now there are signs to the left of me that state no truck parking but no signs where I am so not sure if they will leave me alone!!  It is quite muggy and my weather states there should be rain but there is no wind so things are a little uncomfortable right now.  It is suppose to cool off to 70 degrees so should be able to sleep.  I now have driven a little over 900 miles.  Sure will be ready to park at the campground tomorrow.

07/13/18 - Oh my, Friday the 13th. I had a good traveling day.  Got up at 7 45 am.  It had rained some during the night but is drizzling this morning.  I left the Walmart at 8 55 am.  Soon it started to rain some but then cleared off.  I had a nice rest stop for lunch and took my time since I left a little earlier than planned and would have gotten to the Walmart in Des Moines too early.  I also need to fill up some jugs with water so was about a hour and half for lunch. After lunch, I drove in rain most of the way.  It was a light rain but the roads were wet.  When I got to the Walmart in West Des Moines, Iowa, I checked out the parking lot and there was very little opportunity and then I got to a sign that said "truck route" so turned there and now there is lots of room to park but there are signs posted every where "no truck parking" and "will tow". Now I am in the Sam's Club parking area.  I parked and pondered a while and then decided to be smart and go asked someone.  This guy tells me straight across is also Sam's parking lot and I can park there because no signs are posted so that is what I did  Now I can sleep without worry.  While I had the generator running, I made tea for tomorrow and used up a lot of water so will have to get more at the next rest stop when having lunch.  Oh, it just started to rain.  That is good because then it will cool off things.

07/12/18 - On 7/11, Philip, Virginia and Rosie left around 2 30 am for the Denver airport since they were going to New York to visit family.  Around 11 00 am, Virginia sister Mary and her Mom left for the Denver airport since they were going to Pennsylvania for the week.  It was so nice to just be alone and get things done.  I did some things around the RV, did laundry and then since I was sitting on the edge of a field of just weeds, I decided to drain the gray water since no one was home.  I made some macaroni and cheese to eat when traveling. 

This morning, I could not sleep so I got up a little before 7 00 am and took my time with morning chores.  I then started to unhook things and since I was using a hose that they also use to water the garden, I had several things to unhook and then hook up.  The connection leaked last night and so I was in some mud to get things re-connected.  I took my water regulator off and went into the house to make sure everything was locked up and of course left it so now I have asked Susie (Virginia's sister) to please drop it in the mail for me since I really need it.  I then put the hoses on a pile and wrapped up the electric cord as well.  Finally, I was ready to lift the levels and get out the wood underneath.  The ground was so sandy that I could not budge the wood.  So now I am taking a wrench and digging a hole to get underneath the wood to remove it.  I only had to do one because I figured out how to pull out of the spot with driving over the other two.  I moved the RV and then was able to get the other wood out!!  I then hooked up the car and finally pulled out of the driveway at 9 35 am.  I had a nice rest stop for lunch, then stopped for gas and arrived at the Walmart in Kearney, Nebraska at 5 08 pm.  I lost an hour since I am now in the Central time zone.  It was rather warm here (96 degrees) when I arrived but opened windows and had a good breeze.  It is now cooling off.  Off to bed.

07/10/18 - On 7/4, we had a great chicken barbecue with family and friends of Philip and Virginia.  It was a great evening.

7/5 - I did some laundry, made some phone calls to get quotes for insurance for the RV and car, got a prescription ordered and started to pack for my trip to Delaware.  I went to bed early. 

7/6 - Got up at 3 30 am, finished packing and left for the Denver airport at 4 30 am.  I had a good trip, parked the car, a shuttle to the airport and off to Philadelphia where I was picked up by my brother Daniel and his wife Mary Ann.  We had a good trip to their house in Delaware.

7/7 - We got up early to leave for Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania for a wedding of my great niece, Cynthia. It was a little over a 2  1/2 drive.  The wedding was at 10 00 am.  It was a fairly large wedding and we had a great time since there were other family there that we had not seen for quite sometime.  We left the reception and headed back to Delaware.  We stopped off at Mc Donald's for a snack and we think Daniel might have gotten some food poisoning since he did not feel good and ended up with a lot of diarrhea.  Off to bed.

7/8 - We decided to relax a little and only went to church and not Sunday School.  Had a great lunch and did some relaxing.  We took the golf cart and went over to see the beginnings of Deborah's new house.  We learned that the little calf of Daniel's discovered the electric fence was not working so we got him back in.  In the evening my brother made a fire in the ring and we had some s'mores and Jesse, Christina join us with the neighbor Chris.  It was a nice evening.

7/9 - Daniel and I took the golf cart and rode the fence to find the problem and now the electric fence is working again.  Mary Ann and I went to her sister's house to cut some spearmint tea for me to take back to Wyoming.  Since we were never sure of traffic, Daniel and I left early for the airport in Philadelphia.  We had great traveling and got there quite early but that is better than sit in traffic and worry whether one is going to make the flight.  Daniel also had a good trip back to Delaware which I was happy about.  Our flight was very full and I ended up in the middle seat so I was not very happy.  It was a non stop and a little over 4 hours so I was not too happy.  We actually got in early to Denver and that was great.  By the time I got to the shuttle, shuttle to car and out of the parking lot it was almost midnight.  I had a good trip back to Philip's house.  I got to bed at a little after 2 am!!

Today, I slept in. Virginia called and stated that they had some visitors over night that would like to see the RV before they left.  I then did some chores around the RV and then Rosie and I ran errands in Cheyenne.  I picked up my new glasses. I definitely need to get use to them and I felt I should be able to see further than I can but now think I just need to get use to them.  I will give them a chance before I do too much complaining.  Also got some groceries to get ready for my next traveling.  I had dinner with Philip, Virginia and Rosie.  Rosie also came out to the RV and washed my window shield both in and out.  It was wonderful.  They leave early in the morning for New York.  Off to bed