Almost to Alabama

We are in Collins, MS at a small RV park behind a Best Western Motel.  There are 5 rigs here and we have all the level sites.  Tomorrow on the road to the Plantation RV park in Foley, AL.  The Plantation is an  Escapee Park and it well be like old home week when we get there.  Then we’ll move back in to the 5th  wheel.

Here are pictures of the rigs we have lived in since we started full timing on 17 May 2001.

This is our first home 26 feet with one slide.  We enjoyed living in it.

  

Next we bought this 5th wheel 33 feet 2 slides.  This was better.

Then we bought this 5th wheel 39 feet and 4 slides. It’s like living in a small apartment.  And then we went brain dead and bought this small 26 ft with a very small slide to live in for 8 months. I am ready to go back to the 5th wheel.

In the Land of Corn and Beans

I am sorry I haven’t post a blog in along time.  No excuses I was just lazy.  This one covers the last month.

We are at Brookside Campground which is located near Blooming Prairie, MN in the land of corn and beans.  They grow corn and beans all through this area.  It is starting in to the harvest time and as we drive around the area we are seeing the fields being harvested.  A little trivia, there are 2 kinds of corn growing here, the brown tassel is field corn and is used for cattle feed or making gas.  If it has a white tassel it is sweet corn and is used for canning or sold in the stores as ear corn.

We are staying in this area until the middle of next month. 

We worked at this park a few years ago and had a good time and are coming back next summer.  We are looking forward to it.

This is Coco, she runs the lodge.  She greets everyone coming in and prefers those who  bring food.

                                             

This is one of the campground cats.                                     A  soy bean field

                     

Drove to Vesper, WI to see my brother Jim and his wife Shirley.  Took Bev our sister who lives in Stewartville, MN  along.  It was a rainy day but not to much traffic.  I enjoyed seeing Jim and Shirley.  They live outside of Wisconsin Rapids about 10 miles on several acres of land.  In the spring they have a green house  selling  bedding plants.

The leaves are starting to change color.  We saw some very pretty trees along the Mississippi River but no pictures - too dark and too much rain. 

Thanks to the internet I was able to find and contact Tim Brown who I was stationed with in Vietnam. I  had  not seen him since 1966.  It sure was good to sit and catch up.

 

 

One morning we woke up to white stuff on the ground.  I am too far north too late!!!!!  It has been many years since we had built a snowman.

I had a high school  55th class reunion on 15 and 16 Oct. I can’t believe I been out of school that long.  The reunion was in Tomah, Wisconsin where I graduated from Tomah High School.  I  had a good time, it was nice to see many of those I was in school with.  It  was interesting to hear what everyone has done with their lives.

We have left Minnesota and are on our way to Alabama and warm weather and our big 5th wheel.  It sure will feel good to be back in it.  Last night we stayed in St Charles, MO where we met Bill and Sandy Baker.  They are old friends and we were able to hook up and have dinner and catch up on what each has been doing.