Wow! Finally! Whoopee! We will sleep in our house tonight! We are still trying to get STUFF back in its place. There are a few little odds and ends that need to be taken care of. But we are back in it. At least for a couple of nights.
Then we are off on Thursday morning to join the Bluff City Sams Chapter for their November camp out. We are looking forward to sharing a Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday night served by the park staff.
Wall Doxey State Park is a really nice Mississippi Park. They have a lodge and many buildings that were built back during the depression by the CCC's.
More later...................
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
My My! this past month has flown by!
These past few weeks have flown by. We got the floors installed in the house. We will be getting the cabinets and counter tops in on the 29th and 29th. A new refrigerator and dish washer will be delivered the 30th. The we begin the miscellaneous repairs. The sun room floor, the legs on furniture and putting the house back together.
We left on 10/12 and went to Jackson Tennessee to do the Tennessee Fall Samboree. We had a great time with about 150 rigs in attendance. We had 120 registered when we arrived and boy did the drive ups start coming.
After the Tennessee Samboree we caravaned to the Mississippi Fall Samboree in Columbia. Of course, we ate at the Round Table twice. We had a great time visiting with old friends.
Today we arrived back at the Agri-Center International Campground in Memphis. We will be here until the end of the week. After the new appliances are delivered, we will move home and put the motor home in storage for a few days. Out next trip out will be to Wall Doxey State Park with the Bluff City Sams for their Thanksgiving camp out.
more later..............
We left on 10/12 and went to Jackson Tennessee to do the Tennessee Fall Samboree. We had a great time with about 150 rigs in attendance. We had 120 registered when we arrived and boy did the drive ups start coming.
After the Tennessee Samboree we caravaned to the Mississippi Fall Samboree in Columbia. Of course, we ate at the Round Table twice. We had a great time visiting with old friends.
Today we arrived back at the Agri-Center International Campground in Memphis. We will be here until the end of the week. After the new appliances are delivered, we will move home and put the motor home in storage for a few days. Out next trip out will be to Wall Doxey State Park with the Bluff City Sams for their Thanksgiving camp out.
more later..............
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Back home to ground zero.
We are back from a wonderful time at the Georgia and Alabama Fall Samborees. They were both great with some fantastic entertainment, vendors and hospitality.
It was an expensive trip. We stopped in Pell City, AL on Wednesday evening 9.10. When we tried to put our driver side slide in on Thursday morning it would not go. We called ERS and a couple of hours later the service man arrived and got it back in manually ($140). We were on our way but much later than planned. We called Charles Newton, Georgia State Director to let him know we were running late. He suggested that we call Bleakley RV at Unidillia. They had the slide motor and luckily a mobile RV repairman was there. He picked up the motor and was at our rig in Perry about 7:50 AM Friday morning. He installed the new motor (gear box was bad)($754.xx for motor). The labor and service call was $150. The good thing is that the slide works better than it has in some time.
Monday afternoon we received a call from the neighbor that picks up our mail and watches the house. Water was running out the front door. We called our son, Chip and he and a buddy went over ans cut the water off and got ServPro out to begin the cleanup. They pulled up all carpet but the front bedroom, about half the laminated tile in the sun room and vacuumed up about 500 gallons of water. It took until Saturday to get the humidity levels down to 40 percent with a number of fans and 2 dehumidifier running. They came back on Monday this week to clean up the scraps of carpet and padding that was around in every room. We have water damage to the kitchen and master bath cabinets. Several base boards were removed to get moisture from the walls.
The insurance adjuster came yesterday (Monday 9.22) and did his thing. We expect to hear from that tomorrow.
We are also working to get everything ready for the Tennessee Fall Samboree 10.16-19.
We are not stressed over the house. It is only stuff and could have been much worse.
More later as we go to TN and MS Fall Samborees.
It was an expensive trip. We stopped in Pell City, AL on Wednesday evening 9.10. When we tried to put our driver side slide in on Thursday morning it would not go. We called ERS and a couple of hours later the service man arrived and got it back in manually ($140). We were on our way but much later than planned. We called Charles Newton, Georgia State Director to let him know we were running late. He suggested that we call Bleakley RV at Unidillia. They had the slide motor and luckily a mobile RV repairman was there. He picked up the motor and was at our rig in Perry about 7:50 AM Friday morning. He installed the new motor (gear box was bad)($754.xx for motor). The labor and service call was $150. The good thing is that the slide works better than it has in some time.
Monday afternoon we received a call from the neighbor that picks up our mail and watches the house. Water was running out the front door. We called our son, Chip and he and a buddy went over ans cut the water off and got ServPro out to begin the cleanup. They pulled up all carpet but the front bedroom, about half the laminated tile in the sun room and vacuumed up about 500 gallons of water. It took until Saturday to get the humidity levels down to 40 percent with a number of fans and 2 dehumidifier running. They came back on Monday this week to clean up the scraps of carpet and padding that was around in every room. We have water damage to the kitchen and master bath cabinets. Several base boards were removed to get moisture from the walls.
The insurance adjuster came yesterday (Monday 9.22) and did his thing. We expect to hear from that tomorrow.
We are also working to get everything ready for the Tennessee Fall Samboree 10.16-19.
We are not stressed over the house. It is only stuff and could have been much worse.
More later as we go to TN and MS Fall Samborees.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Fall Samboree Time.
Tomorrow, October 10th.,we will be off to our first three fall Samborees. We will be going to Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina. But first, Betty will do a doctor visit with Emily, our daughter in law. She is getting another sonogram and they may be able to tell her the gender of the twins. Yes, we are going to become grand parents for the first time. We are all excited!
More later from the road in Georgia.
More later from the road in Georgia.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Camping at Columbus-Belmont State Park, Kentucky
We camped at a wonderful Columbus-Belmont State Park near Columbus, Kentucky this past weekend. We were camping with the Big Cypress Sams from Weakley County in Tennessee. This is a beautiful park with an abundance of mature trees overlooking the Mississippi River. It is a very clean and quiet park. We definitely enjoyed our stay with this Chapter.
Big Cypress Sams is a fun loving group. We played chicken foot dominoes most every night. We enjoyed a campfire one night. The pot luck dinner on Friday night was great with enough food to feed a larger group. After the Chapter meeting on Saturday morning, we all headed to Sikeston, Missouri for a more than filling meal at Lambert's cafe which is home of the throwed roll.
We certainly enjoyed camping with Big Cypress Sams.
Big Cypress Sams is a fun loving group. We played chicken foot dominoes most every night. We enjoyed a campfire one night. The pot luck dinner on Friday night was great with enough food to feed a larger group. After the Chapter meeting on Saturday morning, we all headed to Sikeston, Missouri for a more than filling meal at Lambert's cafe which is home of the throwed roll.
We certainly enjoyed camping with Big Cypress Sams.
Camping at the Intn"l Rock a billy Festival with Rive M Sams
Over the weekend of August 7-10 we camped with the River M Sams at the Jackson Fairgrounds Park during the International Rock a Billy Festival. We enjoyed great meals with the group at the Dixie Castle Restaurant (great steaks), the Bakers Rack (great quiche, strawberry salad and deserts) and Catfish Cabin (good catfish and hush puppies).
The festival had various groups performing Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Most of the groups were really good. We also visited the Rock a Billy Museum. There were displays for many of the stars from that era.
We had a very enjoyable time with the River M Sams.
And on to Columbus Belmont State Park.
The festival had various groups performing Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Most of the groups were really good. We also visited the Rock a Billy Museum. There were displays for many of the stars from that era.
We had a very enjoyable time with the River M Sams.
And on to Columbus Belmont State Park.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Camping at Defeated Creek COE
What a fantastic time at a super campground. Defeated Creek is located about 17 miles north of I-40 at Carthage Tennessee. It has large sites, some with full hookup. It is very hard to get reservation for a weekend. They do have a few non reservable site. We were lucky enough to get one (site 23, 50AMP/water).
We arrived on Tuesday afternoon to visit with the Cumberland Mountain Sams. This Chapter is from the Crossville area. Since most of them retired, they normally camp during the week. They are looking to expand their Chapter and plan to have some campouts during the weekend in the near future. This is the second time we have camped with this group. It was wonderful to share dinner with them on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. We have gotten to know them as a dedicated, hard working Chapter.
For the weekend, we stayed put and camped with the Tennessee Sunshine Travelers from the Clarksville area. This Chapter is about two years old. They have really come together as a Chapter. It must be all the fun loving activities they have at their campouts. We really laughed after the great Hawaiian Hamburgers on Saturday evening. Mike Smith had us rolling with his "Show and Tell" presentation.
We always enjoy coming together on Sunday morning for an uplifting worship time. This group has some of the best.
We stayed over on Monday to spend time with Jerry and Lila Cowell, ASD's for middle Tennessee.
Til next time..................
We arrived on Tuesday afternoon to visit with the Cumberland Mountain Sams. This Chapter is from the Crossville area. Since most of them retired, they normally camp during the week. They are looking to expand their Chapter and plan to have some campouts during the weekend in the near future. This is the second time we have camped with this group. It was wonderful to share dinner with them on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. We have gotten to know them as a dedicated, hard working Chapter.
For the weekend, we stayed put and camped with the Tennessee Sunshine Travelers from the Clarksville area. This Chapter is about two years old. They have really come together as a Chapter. It must be all the fun loving activities they have at their campouts. We really laughed after the great Hawaiian Hamburgers on Saturday evening. Mike Smith had us rolling with his "Show and Tell" presentation.
We always enjoy coming together on Sunday morning for an uplifting worship time. This group has some of the best.
We stayed over on Monday to spend time with Jerry and Lila Cowell, ASD's for middle Tennessee.
Til next time..................
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