tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761170124641850982024-03-27T02:38:07.796-04:00Monk and Nana Travel BlogFull Time RV Living Since April 2016Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-84127811657870301992023-10-30T09:00:00.000-04:002023-10-30T09:11:07.754-04:00Summer / Fall 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Summer is about over. We have been campground hosts at Versailles State Park in Indiana since April. We will be here until November 10th. We will make a one week trip to Red Bay Alabama in November for chassis service and a couple other items. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Our full time living in the motorhome will end in November, becoming part time rv'ers.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We still have our motorhome but it will be in storage for the winter, located in a secure lot about 1/2 mile from our duplex. This will be the first time it has been winterized with antifreeze. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are renting a duplex in Versailles so that will be our part time home along with our motorhome. The cost to buy a house has gone crazy and we decided that renting is better than buying an over priced house with all the work required. Our duplex includes lawn care and snow removal so there will not be weekly outdoor work. The monthly rent is such a bargain, we could not turn it down. Versailles is the county seat, not a large town but a nice clean town. The drive to Walmart and Kroger in larger towns is about a 25 mile trip and about 50 miles to the Cincinnati area.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcrVT4zLFpqU294JWaB67NbBHrk4kLcX5chcNxsPYRv88NVUB3YQdOOXR4MhDbhm5SvDRdl1BY0xJGj6xRyJZwHVt1iDCYIiHABmmGkUOVFIufjEre_gOFlwIpqZhH2vt1nLv7rgMEv9T2HRUCiow-5f6A4G5_9qRWKAjNn1-7bGXVnWbGk-T7y1vpB9M/s4032/IMG_001742.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcrVT4zLFpqU294JWaB67NbBHrk4kLcX5chcNxsPYRv88NVUB3YQdOOXR4MhDbhm5SvDRdl1BY0xJGj6xRyJZwHVt1iDCYIiHABmmGkUOVFIufjEre_gOFlwIpqZhH2vt1nLv7rgMEv9T2HRUCiow-5f6A4G5_9qRWKAjNn1-7bGXVnWbGk-T7y1vpB9M/w480-h640/IMG_001742.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">March 2023 at Tiffin Motorhomes.<br />Bob Tiffin is the CEO of the company and greets visitors at the factory.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLia9fEpirIbPBLS5-W8Zbc5XXOE0NLpMitbJB5XsFQv9Z-ABi_QzZVjLRrsyPjNiHiLoAzjUz0PK9bLP2hGBeoCvuBaIiqRvDNyX9j_XQCvAW_5HnGHdsDXeb1G7D_CIY_9syI9ofvQT8aPTzx48z2S0hoW5lkqJ-Ld8O5FYmdT0BHIfjQHYAkj_hVsde/s4032/IMG_001995.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLia9fEpirIbPBLS5-W8Zbc5XXOE0NLpMitbJB5XsFQv9Z-ABi_QzZVjLRrsyPjNiHiLoAzjUz0PK9bLP2hGBeoCvuBaIiqRvDNyX9j_XQCvAW_5HnGHdsDXeb1G7D_CIY_9syI9ofvQT8aPTzx48z2S0hoW5lkqJ-Ld8O5FYmdT0BHIfjQHYAkj_hVsde/w640-h480/IMG_001995.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christmas in July at Versailles.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVuup0gGLLNNmuNqP3J2D65lvMt0ZN3JzYbyjoFfFWm9PRNnP5RtrmeUXPlcQzqwAoI3xG_GNIfJ0yJZ-hKot_afmPa0tlprj1-ExfTXD6FbzOON7Mx7Ik2jpvrVVowSmZJxqFWpxHB6zUAwhHo5Oniv8MQU8ZSWJEftbRpzcom22oF25pPZB917FDgBH/s4032/IMG_001994.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVuup0gGLLNNmuNqP3J2D65lvMt0ZN3JzYbyjoFfFWm9PRNnP5RtrmeUXPlcQzqwAoI3xG_GNIfJ0yJZ-hKot_afmPa0tlprj1-ExfTXD6FbzOON7Mx7Ik2jpvrVVowSmZJxqFWpxHB6zUAwhHo5Oniv8MQU8ZSWJEftbRpzcom22oF25pPZB917FDgBH/w640-h480/IMG_001994.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christmas in July has Santa Claus attending.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduxyuaT3LAYphmajNvUBJ0BLZ4lyzGJKR9kD4nNQz4nB-s0zo1N6NKNX4bj1j31Cr8GrxeT4AUA8H9ya6ztPp27Qzymv75QrAfnVOopHdDuYqb272y4q6gqQE2veR0Kap89SODR2Z5VGWzMgHgtRlGQ77HlT8uyHmO58KTr3XvnNRpMRL5bvSS4Sd8ra8/s4032/IMG_001992.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduxyuaT3LAYphmajNvUBJ0BLZ4lyzGJKR9kD4nNQz4nB-s0zo1N6NKNX4bj1j31Cr8GrxeT4AUA8H9ya6ztPp27Qzymv75QrAfnVOopHdDuYqb272y4q6gqQE2veR0Kap89SODR2Z5VGWzMgHgtRlGQ77HlT8uyHmO58KTr3XvnNRpMRL5bvSS4Sd8ra8/w640-h480/IMG_001992.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Santa Claus in summer dress. Too hot for the heavy winter suit.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwZ2Fhtr7kUG4wfRD-3x4Ap0PYaNGKrtrMR3JHL2R-ORYJ05NeC_y3QCtWuPAwd9kaBwoHTwHdB908z57NKE4sHkZCUF9KFLdSmB6a-ZIbyj1wRGqe2zTrAHjSRQI2fhNnl_pitmJJEj_58w4BGgtS0vafWkuVdhw9w1jlv67qhJ1gLP69EZ0m4VPEoaA/s4032/IMG_002005.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwZ2Fhtr7kUG4wfRD-3x4Ap0PYaNGKrtrMR3JHL2R-ORYJ05NeC_y3QCtWuPAwd9kaBwoHTwHdB908z57NKE4sHkZCUF9KFLdSmB6a-ZIbyj1wRGqe2zTrAHjSRQI2fhNnl_pitmJJEj_58w4BGgtS0vafWkuVdhw9w1jlv67qhJ1gLP69EZ0m4VPEoaA/w640-h480/IMG_002005.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Park security had horse power.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRGPeu_Zg03YIz96HwYifnZlBcQkRe26tkYRdyHemEXQ9Yl9_z-VhxMYvMIeuNpEAS9CMpzBhrASfe4mf_gwR_E0K5FuOYwbXYYM1xW5tS4J4a1KUc5FyJecL8Wssvtm3BqXv-vHm3qhejnhB4yJQDlQj-WxGucnhSMZbZkqOrG0qrycvi8yZXYKkOOCs/s4032/IMG_002079.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRGPeu_Zg03YIz96HwYifnZlBcQkRe26tkYRdyHemEXQ9Yl9_z-VhxMYvMIeuNpEAS9CMpzBhrASfe4mf_gwR_E0K5FuOYwbXYYM1xW5tS4J4a1KUc5FyJecL8Wssvtm3BqXv-vHm3qhejnhB4yJQDlQj-WxGucnhSMZbZkqOrG0qrycvi8yZXYKkOOCs/w640-h480/IMG_002079.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fall has started, more color in the next week or two.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYquTtHFxNhCZIbA2hk2FVS6aTnHbv6p2TyHARVriFPBkF3nxnvKssYG7rspqZBEef-GMU4qy9tMzLK1zdNnouKDbZ0c8AJEO0-Mg5rzCx2-0ebHGUP9WuYmFrI7B2EiY320iXhEip1Yfy_iT7HihlVj3ppkwWQcJv8J9k_lXqoVKM77upBI1voCI8TAt/s2016/IMG_2104.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYquTtHFxNhCZIbA2hk2FVS6aTnHbv6p2TyHARVriFPBkF3nxnvKssYG7rspqZBEef-GMU4qy9tMzLK1zdNnouKDbZ0c8AJEO0-Mg5rzCx2-0ebHGUP9WuYmFrI7B2EiY320iXhEip1Yfy_iT7HihlVj3ppkwWQcJv8J9k_lXqoVKM77upBI1voCI8TAt/w640-h480/IMG_2104.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Halloween here in the park, trick or treat on two weekends.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCgcfj_AT50HBAMveN62Fs2OfeWQhvJyGLX-QF1Lg_3xneAQy1yVT24S6294pojrrm83Ju62VCvgeoq1m4bKvhdamSiVFVg4IT1Z3Tb0Db7axB8O6zdWOvyXZdOhfmdA3jOiqRsBVokn0nesQLGBCNYprumDlvoqoDa8U3NhYMaoqYppaRmVkG53iwFFV/s2016/IMG_2106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCgcfj_AT50HBAMveN62Fs2OfeWQhvJyGLX-QF1Lg_3xneAQy1yVT24S6294pojrrm83Ju62VCvgeoq1m4bKvhdamSiVFVg4IT1Z3Tb0Db7axB8O6zdWOvyXZdOhfmdA3jOiqRsBVokn0nesQLGBCNYprumDlvoqoDa8U3NhYMaoqYppaRmVkG53iwFFV/w640-h480/IMG_2106.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Campers go all out for Halloween. These talked to you when you walked close to them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRr1K861Zo_f2ROnLXMaqu_6_dldsEknPyviWI6RnDcsMkWOJ9pA5W3zgPSplppEcC7O1oK9Bbeth00PLEYG0KCo-UDZYFC5O8tdkUTsrtOGZ0UCYNN_yunHYrRr5IOU8V67ga5chRZX773GPV48y0QWGkQkFbwZ5ExLg5eLTPCrEVp8OPTomijyeq64q/s2016/IMG_2108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRr1K861Zo_f2ROnLXMaqu_6_dldsEknPyviWI6RnDcsMkWOJ9pA5W3zgPSplppEcC7O1oK9Bbeth00PLEYG0KCo-UDZYFC5O8tdkUTsrtOGZ0UCYNN_yunHYrRr5IOU8V67ga5chRZX773GPV48y0QWGkQkFbwZ5ExLg5eLTPCrEVp8OPTomijyeq64q/w640-h480/IMG_2108.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a full moon on Saturday Oct 28.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-47584863484222374312023-01-16T07:50:00.065-05:002023-01-16T15:10:39.349-05:00Winter 2022-2023<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The cold temperature came to Tennessee for Christmas 2022, almost as low as farther north. It was near 0 degrees for a few days and there was about an inch of snow. We survived OK in our motor home, thanks to the way Tiffin builds it. Our neighbors in trailers and 5th wheels at the Sun TV Resort in Sevierville did not do as well. We moved to Two Rivers Landing RV Resort on January 13, 2023. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We are going to Red Bay Alabama for two service items the last week of January, then return to Two Rivers for February and March. We had planned to stay near Gulf Shore Alabama in February but the storms going through the south changed our minds. The temperature has greatly improved since the cold in late December, lows near freezing and highs near 50 to 60. It will be raining a lot in Tennessee, as it usually does here this time of year. This is our favorite place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtwOXHW2mwfMcUBXhHiK36z2ZgUdnNAaAGD3LHVsoMJmDMENLQR2Rlftpo5zJ6UgiTJLW6wYtPrXo1HuAf5rbcMChxx0iPAIRUVgSuXVJL6gsWxSm6NFMjkKyvIM7x2ZHeOg7lULtbLYHZbXapQm2C7ccidhOIuSo7gLS5CnOlLn7XvhImqy1DJY4wg/s2016/IMG_1116.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtwOXHW2mwfMcUBXhHiK36z2ZgUdnNAaAGD3LHVsoMJmDMENLQR2Rlftpo5zJ6UgiTJLW6wYtPrXo1HuAf5rbcMChxx0iPAIRUVgSuXVJL6gsWxSm6NFMjkKyvIM7x2ZHeOg7lULtbLYHZbXapQm2C7ccidhOIuSo7gLS5CnOlLn7XvhImqy1DJY4wg/w640-h480/IMG_1116.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We have a riverfront site about 20 feet from the French Broad River.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaisQnXSNC4-_ggzCswsfJUiMcbeup-QlcRUcsBsQ91mnbhE2VZWREIXnjjYJIkhh7Bp4tMGwawUckRDKZBIw5dwm3puQJb8vP7bSmtmABmZdNb_qXTpLsj3F-HmkQEZ9sZ8Z0Zyt2QjEtc7wgBgmz_ST2DUDIaExzPyFiM_SWABWm--JyMAzeZrPXfg/w640-h480/IMG_1601.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Yesterday, an abandoned car was found at the Smokey Mountain Knife Works. <br />Two Rivers Landing is located on the French Broad River, 1/4 mile behind <br />the Knife Works. The store video shows a man leaving the car and walking <br />toward the river after midnight. The police are looking in the river directly in <br />front of us. They had boats and a helicopter searching until dark. <br />He has not been located as of today.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaisQnXSNC4-_ggzCswsfJUiMcbeup-QlcRUcsBsQ91mnbhE2VZWREIXnjjYJIkhh7Bp4tMGwawUckRDKZBIw5dwm3puQJb8vP7bSmtmABmZdNb_qXTpLsj3F-HmkQEZ9sZ8Z0Zyt2QjEtc7wgBgmz_ST2DUDIaExzPyFiM_SWABWm--JyMAzeZrPXfg/s4032/IMG_1601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We made a couple fast one day trips by car back to Indiana. My dash </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">cam recorded the trip so here is one video of I-75 north toward Jellico </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and the Tn Ky state line.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='586' height='487' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyKN3ZGsJJ0yenTlP99m681-5yAB26ymOBqr547W8jqlvuzwF80HN04iXEaL1nIDkr0WdgwJUrONhnsdp216A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you have been to Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg you have </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">probably made this drive </span><span style="font-family: arial;">on TN-66 from I-40. The real view of the Smokies </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">with snow on the mountains is much better </span><span style="font-family: arial;">than my wide angle video. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We end at our motor home at Two Rivers RV Resort.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='591' height='493' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQH-jTzmUkzGLuM_IJNhzcryjLEU_KU1GdtO6On65bec3JroUM3uGLN_VnLT8UQBYTydijERBi-pF9z-YXPA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-61017740196322344212022-12-07T12:41:00.001-05:002022-12-07T12:41:49.429-05:00Alone in the Park<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We are still at Versailles State Park, all alone in the 5500 acres except for the winter employees. We are staying later this year to be here for Thanksgiving which has turned into Christmas and medical tests that I have scheduled. If all goes as planned we will head to Tennessee a few days before Christmas. So far the weather has not been real cold but we easily stay warm. We hope it does not snow again, at least where it sticks to the roads and stays for a while. It did snow four inches in November but it melted in a couple days. I won't drive on snow and salt covered roads. That would rust the underside of the motor home so we will stay put longer if the roads are salted.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhkIVI6AfD3N7B7eTKY03JiPXwBYzg275qpUKknpWzZdDKlPq74nPrTwxy3dBACGPqa1Z96hOb6-7nG_ZMA654iyyHDj79I921dxHURX_By-40XrCWLI7DYQ_1hy_FIsf6M0t8z1I-rpt-W4Jq31N6n1TN3r0bKiZpjxICoJ65-W_-DAji0izcM1xcw/w640-h480/IMG_1574.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alone in Campground A with squirrels, wood peckers, crows and deer.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhkIVI6AfD3N7B7eTKY03JiPXwBYzg275qpUKknpWzZdDKlPq74nPrTwxy3dBACGPqa1Z96hOb6-7nG_ZMA654iyyHDj79I921dxHURX_By-40XrCWLI7DYQ_1hy_FIsf6M0t8z1I-rpt-W4Jq31N6n1TN3r0bKiZpjxICoJ65-W_-DAji0izcM1xcw/s640/IMG_1574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wUIuGHrfVbZVxbrc8zRzbvaOcyjgMU8CHP60dwuqJ9zZ7YejXrmu7GHLNL8mzlGPNd620Vf8xq18H8KjEEEn8MtpQZkw7IF3KS8kYsSy-aiaQgbPJeUZlfze-JdLr0XPSCYNHk5pJB4J9rNLY9xuuJUSzTaqErlK5fi1zOvkjLdx0gsFkdaKyhZsaQ/w640-h480/IMG_1575.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Campground B & C are closed for the winter.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wUIuGHrfVbZVxbrc8zRzbvaOcyjgMU8CHP60dwuqJ9zZ7YejXrmu7GHLNL8mzlGPNd620Vf8xq18H8KjEEEn8MtpQZkw7IF3KS8kYsSy-aiaQgbPJeUZlfze-JdLr0XPSCYNHk5pJB4J9rNLY9xuuJUSzTaqErlK5fi1zOvkjLdx0gsFkdaKyhZsaQ/s640/IMG_1575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTR_AImIS5Ht1-k-nZE3kfWiug0hVp02hRG5g0YmF0YVofsLVIfiSxS1QDBY2FYyJpTzzVa2ONGqXESA4jHE2h8varIwgtENqobvkySOuwHyUZHXkzP8mIZkJOMbFsACstWvRC3t6zKIiC4TI3e9Al6YejWP2wpGYh6L_Y7rQ4A1xahxW9JJ7QxxUqQ/w640-h480/IMG_1577.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Campground C will have a new shower house by spring. Demo coming soon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTR_AImIS5Ht1-k-nZE3kfWiug0hVp02hRG5g0YmF0YVofsLVIfiSxS1QDBY2FYyJpTzzVa2ONGqXESA4jHE2h8varIwgtENqobvkySOuwHyUZHXkzP8mIZkJOMbFsACstWvRC3t6zKIiC4TI3e9Al6YejWP2wpGYh6L_Y7rQ4A1xahxW9JJ7QxxUqQ/s640/IMG_1577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWiRReRs2zdjZc0w1a3FwmEOG7Ty2i0el83JQYAWBLszYwcEpfzAYLWsBvUXrGS3dPWFG13hyOnLJ6X5P0QucYcZmKXaZGODwdF7X5lee6-t7-wQSDULB1BGIL8TTbWuTSjNuyCW1dpC6Q54mQlFVasy8YpubR5cArxn_Thz521YVV0U09aMjpkpQHg/w640-h480/IMG_1568.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We purchased new truck size Toyo tires 22.5" wheels. These are the old Michelin tires. These weigh about 120 pounds each. They look good but should be replaced every seven years because they sit too much and end up with dry rot. These sold quickly for farm use and we recovered some of the cost for the new tires.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWiRReRs2zdjZc0w1a3FwmEOG7Ty2i0el83JQYAWBLszYwcEpfzAYLWsBvUXrGS3dPWFG13hyOnLJ6X5P0QucYcZmKXaZGODwdF7X5lee6-t7-wQSDULB1BGIL8TTbWuTSjNuyCW1dpC6Q54mQlFVasy8YpubR5cArxn_Thz521YVV0U09aMjpkpQHg/s640/IMG_1568.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-55166766923027185162022-11-12T15:01:00.001-05:002022-11-12T15:06:18.558-05:00Versailles Host Again<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We are again at Versailles State Park. The Campground A host had to leave early and the park manager called us to fill in for the last few weeks. We were in the area so here we are again. Halloween was held two weekends so everyone had a chance to get their candy. We will be at Versailles until Thanksgiving. The water is shut off the first week of November but we have a full fresh water tank that will last for a while. The next week or more will be at Indian Springs by the state line, not my favorite place but the water is on all winter. It's a shorter drive to Mercy Fairfield for my stress test and the list of doctors I need to see.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's time for new tires on our motorhome and that big expense is planned for next week. Our original tires are Michelin and are seven years old so time for new tires. The new tires will be Toyo, less expensive than Michelin and very well rated. Less expensive is still not cheap! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When we are finally finished with various doctors, we plan to head to Sevierville Tennessee then Gulf Shore Alabama, returning in March to be camp host again at Versailles State Park.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJ9iBsoidzvrID5nkP64gz6jMtY_gRdVk152yCfdzLtevITQOZFkSGg2w1Stu9wAn8NBjm6_KUr_R-7_NT-SfbUtOzTMMrJoVD12TYxe5wAh-6v2e5-CnP9lT84YYJUiKm36DerZiH112TeZhUigXvBCNxXTlVofj3Kpx_8VjcW-06bopStG9eSnoRQ/s2016/IMG_1527.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJ9iBsoidzvrID5nkP64gz6jMtY_gRdVk152yCfdzLtevITQOZFkSGg2w1Stu9wAn8NBjm6_KUr_R-7_NT-SfbUtOzTMMrJoVD12TYxe5wAh-6v2e5-CnP9lT84YYJUiKm36DerZiH112TeZhUigXvBCNxXTlVofj3Kpx_8VjcW-06bopStG9eSnoRQ/w640-h480/IMG_1527.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Campground A host site, living in a state park. Our yard is 5500 acres. <br />We arrived October 14 and leave November 27.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm9_8F9_W7ioEMsw1HBVvWShSU6tuEgLUfl9P1pQtzM1o5-vO51Qpq-8D80iNt2iJLiFNyiLAqJPODGXY0SLTMsdTap7A5a8UV-jjgxRSf8CG4tOh0xqUv9IrK-BaaRjP65h_YLtypjALa_vFFUfSOYyGgkHgCqiALbEa8XjiqYgf9HtZI9kYRGEzvw/s2016/IMG_1533.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm9_8F9_W7ioEMsw1HBVvWShSU6tuEgLUfl9P1pQtzM1o5-vO51Qpq-8D80iNt2iJLiFNyiLAqJPODGXY0SLTMsdTap7A5a8UV-jjgxRSf8CG4tOh0xqUv9IrK-BaaRjP65h_YLtypjALa_vFFUfSOYyGgkHgCqiALbEa8XjiqYgf9HtZI9kYRGEzvw/w480-h640/IMG_1533.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We decorated some for Halloween and handed out candy. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtl2zBdCXT0EAKPfIf_E6V3ZYaK8oDqpYFCupqs1vxbI79YWhF_SoTxFvyqq0fpA4dgzEtb1aevXBsvKwC-2WYM7aP8-G9Obq4PbhBcCcZFQrCnkpuDF8vSsODCgOPcTnoX7_qkYh0qC-BiTsghfutOY2H-vZxHPUWg3vmlhSWE-UJLEfIPtXbn0IHw/s2016/IMG_1535.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtl2zBdCXT0EAKPfIf_E6V3ZYaK8oDqpYFCupqs1vxbI79YWhF_SoTxFvyqq0fpA4dgzEtb1aevXBsvKwC-2WYM7aP8-G9Obq4PbhBcCcZFQrCnkpuDF8vSsODCgOPcTnoX7_qkYh0qC-BiTsghfutOY2H-vZxHPUWg3vmlhSWE-UJLEfIPtXbn0IHw/w640-h480/IMG_1535.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Camp A was constructed in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC),<br /> created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the depression.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmXtL7p5TRTGsMFxsv5AQbU9vckno8anNJygM5WYsYJ6T6VphkCZ49JCrgoyMnKL0LY9BCWDtVNFz02wK8R6SrG5i7CiRDfOIm0Mau4jEX36_xC3jRk87XIa57aOUf_tD_TKAhaE14z0XuhcEy0i9ZPoVmkSqMT1kdCM0N_MtYARpcai1f6WQJn9etg/s2016/IMG_1538.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmXtL7p5TRTGsMFxsv5AQbU9vckno8anNJygM5WYsYJ6T6VphkCZ49JCrgoyMnKL0LY9BCWDtVNFz02wK8R6SrG5i7CiRDfOIm0Mau4jEX36_xC3jRk87XIa57aOUf_tD_TKAhaE14z0XuhcEy0i9ZPoVmkSqMT1kdCM0N_MtYARpcai1f6WQJn9etg/w640-h480/IMG_1538.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A normal fall morning in the campground.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdcELS_Ep4lzsvk82WUQF85vWFDSY65ty-8EtSNb44wKrOkZkJu3mUIY3KhhkSAysUjaxgoyhMdMuqiwquCZ53fZ-cVVyHs22QBo-k7qLYofNbq39PuU7rBTpecI5j2vMI01Sl3Tw2RhqNNJq_sbk81fUK2wYyZ1UQ3EW0GBtVzloESlpxwe1hOUR2w/s2016/IMG_1548.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdcELS_Ep4lzsvk82WUQF85vWFDSY65ty-8EtSNb44wKrOkZkJu3mUIY3KhhkSAysUjaxgoyhMdMuqiwquCZ53fZ-cVVyHs22QBo-k7qLYofNbq39PuU7rBTpecI5j2vMI01Sl3Tw2RhqNNJq_sbk81fUK2wYyZ1UQ3EW0GBtVzloESlpxwe1hOUR2w/w640-h480/IMG_1548.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">November 12, a surprise for a fall morning in the campground. <br />There are about 18 camping here in the 4 inch snow.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdseJhE-aUm0ejONE5KcRB8hU1arNN9p7uXuuJ8O24tVUVYRMfssZqXO3w-u-J70_AvjQ6RqvFx668OJ7dgzpvi9nbg7u_VdRtgBfvjaXS6nkVR6lXZVAwmAwnnoR8onhPSfG7I3QKP0HvjujAodzMNCCFfNEI_Q7-eSXAMxtL5yOxnviVs0QUjYILYw/s2016/IMG_1551.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdseJhE-aUm0ejONE5KcRB8hU1arNN9p7uXuuJ8O24tVUVYRMfssZqXO3w-u-J70_AvjQ6RqvFx668OJ7dgzpvi9nbg7u_VdRtgBfvjaXS6nkVR6lXZVAwmAwnnoR8onhPSfG7I3QKP0HvjujAodzMNCCFfNEI_Q7-eSXAMxtL5yOxnviVs0QUjYILYw/w640-h480/IMG_1551.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Park employees plowed the streets.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Lx3X9Nu3L11G5uiP9RPckUv54-tOt9AR2Zd-d6hxUnuiDbat4N2_8E-bugz9HnvAaPaUD5imQ0AJ28yl4125CyDDEpKJUmPyEIIyE49st7T7YrKl10JcRUWPKTs57pbteP1byRwOem4MIr1fZmJDzBIuCmWzVlVNHqrSr2PQkQdYanbTCUW0V_R8rg/s2016/IMG_1563.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Lx3X9Nu3L11G5uiP9RPckUv54-tOt9AR2Zd-d6hxUnuiDbat4N2_8E-bugz9HnvAaPaUD5imQ0AJ28yl4125CyDDEpKJUmPyEIIyE49st7T7YrKl10JcRUWPKTs57pbteP1byRwOem4MIr1fZmJDzBIuCmWzVlVNHqrSr2PQkQdYanbTCUW0V_R8rg/w480-h640/IMG_1563.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This would make a big Christmas tree.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ac2MLfr9LCvZh6M95UV8hhErf2crebNdSM0LN3FjOp5Z-EBIt7GbMIkjVqKJtITRPCneoGZl_YPPHiD3p_7NPHICyWscPuESFH9Ybt7GhhmHmc51ueUPUxSzyATDmyAeeKPa4EsRO2P1I7FrK29WeJVYXi-yKKFhc9vn9i567KMhcgv_BqP5N5b38w/s2016/IMG_1555.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ac2MLfr9LCvZh6M95UV8hhErf2crebNdSM0LN3FjOp5Z-EBIt7GbMIkjVqKJtITRPCneoGZl_YPPHiD3p_7NPHICyWscPuESFH9Ybt7GhhmHmc51ueUPUxSzyATDmyAeeKPa4EsRO2P1I7FrK29WeJVYXi-yKKFhc9vn9i567KMhcgv_BqP5N5b38w/w640-h480/IMG_1555.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-36363132847676633512022-08-31T07:49:00.002-04:002022-09-16T08:38:45.243-04:00Versailles Host Ends for the Year<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Our Versailles State Park campground host duties ended August 31st. The park manager had promised someone else September and October. We are staying in the southeast Indiana area until the end of November if the weather is OK (no snow forecast). Our stay at Versailles had a great site with full hookups. We have been invited back for next year, starting in April.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Humming Birds</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='563' height='468' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx8fBycYRDFG9tGN2sMVyehFsXRrLCD175Wb4BNpbxx__DTysIAUsKEaQExCNd-kI1KCGRJUvVsF2EE-QrMmQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQmdHvxpoSTPKOXueZhgmPl6xEeSwWLf7EN-30Y0sDnLAiBP4NBJ7Ymfw-Zxd7j33Wma7QoxG5l4nP1_n_KEP6_EYKvDIjuL_rfEKQA4RrpNHV4Qrwo0ARN5ku6QqUK0FSGXyrXU5GikjpdXilYirUXKrjeS38U3lENj1kg8UmJeLRjJVlHtMlv7tRw/s2016/IMG_1449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQmdHvxpoSTPKOXueZhgmPl6xEeSwWLf7EN-30Y0sDnLAiBP4NBJ7Ymfw-Zxd7j33Wma7QoxG5l4nP1_n_KEP6_EYKvDIjuL_rfEKQA4RrpNHV4Qrwo0ARN5ku6QqUK0FSGXyrXU5GikjpdXilYirUXKrjeS38U3lENj1kg8UmJeLRjJVlHtMlv7tRw/w640-h480/IMG_1449.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTeZtLRVOvhwH6x-nSPid1Bh586bnTLXTykt7wjUlNsmG3UVYXb56VxDNEZ0RnyHHjVeYNS_gK60CkEGlySnYVeoVBN8MfkpBK02urwcsupkUCptTFuW-Xlf3rEMseDEOmTESy0p0YYBGUscMnvWHrARxwBr9iBBhJzmG-bmk5ZpWUrZXgwXhYZz4ow/s2016/IMG_1446.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTeZtLRVOvhwH6x-nSPid1Bh586bnTLXTykt7wjUlNsmG3UVYXb56VxDNEZ0RnyHHjVeYNS_gK60CkEGlySnYVeoVBN8MfkpBK02urwcsupkUCptTFuW-Xlf3rEMseDEOmTESy0p0YYBGUscMnvWHrARxwBr9iBBhJzmG-bmk5ZpWUrZXgwXhYZz4ow/w640-h480/IMG_1446.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We cross this bridge as a shortcut into Versailles.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA1HfsGvcJpUe39cDvlt_utORwZqXMOJ14-TJZXfZuh6vBGxVFaMrvZiTKcdHDwUulh3e8vmrG6U9EVF3Lk76Q-TzGlGHraDt1_uLuKpuMI7u9M7QAwQyLKXPyhgmXt0ni1q6sSJQYiS6iB_lMYyI-wBhyU5s4SzR_GqqPIpDJ1rEBzaPN9ybxHig6Q/s2016/IMG_1447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg56gvPbfIcDyDLa7FYnKqCO8FYoUapHh5RCNIWOPWhDMqhiM61RhKxhWDrguEQPfPzHL08WvAGq4KDPgQrgnjNmMHbzvEu_d504Sga8w0jwr-4fTJvHgf3wO0LZUQNnSIKpO0Tpxlqt3FUhw6q7o_gqGrWtQw_EwrrVqaraiWc89T-Hfb8LrRAN64VQ/w640-h480/IMG_1455.JPEG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pickup truck on fire at the park office.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeL4CmXfzoHolX5057CkfIFnHoQ8tMGF9vSukRcq8MAkQ-_zAJlR8wKk02RRnTDqJdACEytkdmuNA9QyMnL62g4UuOa65uIjTpt-RBLosKJmhmntkxyLVh9E6TuhOWvO3CoeuqcFRFkPbxXe1kghjB9b8rjRUUOJBcW8SDER6P4qzhZVDfSH3q-21hQ/s2048/IMG_1408.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeL4CmXfzoHolX5057CkfIFnHoQ8tMGF9vSukRcq8MAkQ-_zAJlR8wKk02RRnTDqJdACEytkdmuNA9QyMnL62g4UuOa65uIjTpt-RBLosKJmhmntkxyLVh9E6TuhOWvO3CoeuqcFRFkPbxXe1kghjB9b8rjRUUOJBcW8SDER6P4qzhZVDfSH3q-21hQ/w640-h480/IMG_1408.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Christmas in July at the park.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwiQVSXx66ptj-GFYo_XoI7-AxM4lE4gF3hEMS3EDHBlB6qCv-fX7iInp10O1dTmd923sb0IE8TRjZIrpDVc4ltisRAu7N0brih-mgj7BMntLUq7pdL9RJkKCwyfojS52576dgBuU3slieg9NWXtAErjwjLdO0_6lQYZ7nTLjfXpODHgY8bP3s-ctcQ/s2048/IMG_1459.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwiQVSXx66ptj-GFYo_XoI7-AxM4lE4gF3hEMS3EDHBlB6qCv-fX7iInp10O1dTmd923sb0IE8TRjZIrpDVc4ltisRAu7N0brih-mgj7BMntLUq7pdL9RJkKCwyfojS52576dgBuU3slieg9NWXtAErjwjLdO0_6lQYZ7nTLjfXpODHgY8bP3s-ctcQ/w640-h480/IMG_1459.JPEG" width="640" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtXfy7SyV_c0Y-Kg8vzkE_sCY2GJc5_8hLouqezsheMlteQVpg2dVV8ziQ5EvLS0vwPbG07GRV6dZ2nWVBYm9jhQ6Qr58ebSHvaRer-Blvdyh7D5JhsSYH_vQZiBIWgrJJHfFMb4zvCWX6S5VeRPGzbzEgeHDc5tDKU5w1920Ft4SZstfzBHKqf5CnA/s2048/IMG_1457.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtXfy7SyV_c0Y-Kg8vzkE_sCY2GJc5_8hLouqezsheMlteQVpg2dVV8ziQ5EvLS0vwPbG07GRV6dZ2nWVBYm9jhQ6Qr58ebSHvaRer-Blvdyh7D5JhsSYH_vQZiBIWgrJJHfFMb4zvCWX6S5VeRPGzbzEgeHDc5tDKU5w1920Ft4SZstfzBHKqf5CnA/w640-h480/IMG_1457.JPEG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-86984785326460645162022-06-22T15:10:00.000-04:002022-06-22T15:10:37.691-04:00Roof Maintenance<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Motorhomes need some maintenance too. I don't like climbing onto the roof but I still do it. This work took three trips to get it all done. This weekend was much cooler and lower humidity so it was time to do it all. I cleaned all three air conditioners, scrubbed the roof, and finally waxed all 40 feet of the roof. My third trip up was needed to reseal the plumbing vent that had some cracked sealant. I also waxed the exterior. I was very tired by Sunday evening but now it's all done for the year, I hope.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8UnoDxzWFTkTSJy2oxlspzkywQ7ApNySW2C-nsEu-ZMB86ighT0OzMEuseZZQ0C8Kr5JTNNUxXXzQfFLkAfmqqz6iSg2to_H5Mh-0dkLJU9mZF8Zr8QrGqPACOnN7IsH18sW3Tce1nVH-mP6XF7HwzkqU8fQGDdN_tloIzPMWWcfefel7KmDOTyIbQ/s640/IMG_1286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8UnoDxzWFTkTSJy2oxlspzkywQ7ApNySW2C-nsEu-ZMB86ighT0OzMEuseZZQ0C8Kr5JTNNUxXXzQfFLkAfmqqz6iSg2to_H5Mh-0dkLJU9mZF8Zr8QrGqPACOnN7IsH18sW3Tce1nVH-mP6XF7HwzkqU8fQGDdN_tloIzPMWWcfefel7KmDOTyIbQ/w640-h480/IMG_1286.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I also washed and waxed the exterior, another job that wears me out. <br />Check out that shine 😃</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6YboZ7FDsjBxqS9lPXHiu34XjoSym6wE7WfN5Q2in0599R7MXw9uvKCviTdZwwu9PEa-kYgwn41ZAwk2xU0KwSHktYrP4MTvRZIOrY6gXsVPatky9qP6RQituh_5Yz3Ot-pWdC-O2baEednMlmLQSWiNbTz6tQJBVEIi0NpmixMMl1xG--c-MqfipQ/s640/IMG_1293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6YboZ7FDsjBxqS9lPXHiu34XjoSym6wE7WfN5Q2in0599R7MXw9uvKCviTdZwwu9PEa-kYgwn41ZAwk2xU0KwSHktYrP4MTvRZIOrY6gXsVPatky9qP6RQituh_5Yz3Ot-pWdC-O2baEednMlmLQSWiNbTz6tQJBVEIi0NpmixMMl1xG--c-MqfipQ/w640-h480/IMG_1293.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I get on the roof with an extension ladder that I keep at my sister's house.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rUa1VznLzL5bM_9t4ay1pY6eFCAEYz1IHyeTxkVTuXiElt4dNIejzCzejts05i40FpxUYod5iZZhYJSERUb8SYl25nmpc6e_YZtyBjsgc78HN5pwezETwgKCW7VTZDwD2sEbwSq5NfYmqOpHAUWd5DwanQ7RoBxC2diqQOOcxVbEJWsClDobadNFwg/s640/IMG_1292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rUa1VznLzL5bM_9t4ay1pY6eFCAEYz1IHyeTxkVTuXiElt4dNIejzCzejts05i40FpxUYod5iZZhYJSERUb8SYl25nmpc6e_YZtyBjsgc78HN5pwezETwgKCW7VTZDwD2sEbwSq5NfYmqOpHAUWd5DwanQ7RoBxC2diqQOOcxVbEJWsClDobadNFwg/w640-h480/IMG_1292.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I don't use the rear ladder, I don't trust it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAONc4fBXUyKLn1WwmORBtnSrgP5vEuxE7TF4uYPR2cn8DQlUJhh2zoy9ThU3Lih38NaFsOa_EwEAZ64de0ZQLQqo3h-xgiNp1MwJe9WkbFACrIAPDgw_eTSH1BSDHStvrlbqf_YAH19Y4lYHHccYz_LO0NXQyFpuYc3v3F-N1uduP9CXiIpnP0zKNw/s640/IMG_1287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAONc4fBXUyKLn1WwmORBtnSrgP5vEuxE7TF4uYPR2cn8DQlUJhh2zoy9ThU3Lih38NaFsOa_EwEAZ64de0ZQLQqo3h-xgiNp1MwJe9WkbFACrIAPDgw_eTSH1BSDHStvrlbqf_YAH19Y4lYHHccYz_LO0NXQyFpuYc3v3F-N1uduP9CXiIpnP0zKNw/w640-h480/IMG_1287.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Waxing the fiberglass roof took another three hours. <br />Check out that shine 😃</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExXBv_Tax5PAZO23e169SOuRRbzkO9KwmJVNzJNbn7jHsyeZuXsJ5q4xyRkMQgps56SBJXLt-PGvjr0GklhpZjGBAAMHQMfLjzubBMdEAJG8pqCng8VwqOJVVKdbD_E0IFVKQvfvI_Ay9989wEK69BDqd6XfH4nLVz4UpcWNbDxkNVQXg_-ovdHcqTg/s640/IMG_1288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExXBv_Tax5PAZO23e169SOuRRbzkO9KwmJVNzJNbn7jHsyeZuXsJ5q4xyRkMQgps56SBJXLt-PGvjr0GklhpZjGBAAMHQMfLjzubBMdEAJG8pqCng8VwqOJVVKdbD_E0IFVKQvfvI_Ay9989wEK69BDqd6XfH4nLVz4UpcWNbDxkNVQXg_-ovdHcqTg/w640-h482/IMG_1288.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was getting very tired. Luckily we have good shade in the late afternoon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOYavpJFyi4wFIFPTRt2Jx0Yx07DGGlQaCOcSyR5lvKnhq68CL1w57ptbdZl7qWQ7HJ1qhaswU9MBp9SdA7-Mp2vWpu1aj-q105zEQU2-9C9LF5kiy8pQpDjPylaHtakucekquGlP-pHeQh_IRKwGuwz-KMkxHCa73O_Vi5Rqx-xUwVsi_2seYA0xqg/s640/IMG_1290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOYavpJFyi4wFIFPTRt2Jx0Yx07DGGlQaCOcSyR5lvKnhq68CL1w57ptbdZl7qWQ7HJ1qhaswU9MBp9SdA7-Mp2vWpu1aj-q105zEQU2-9C9LF5kiy8pQpDjPylaHtakucekquGlP-pHeQh_IRKwGuwz-KMkxHCa73O_Vi5Rqx-xUwVsi_2seYA0xqg/w640-h480/IMG_1290.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Slide out covers are also cleaned and checked.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9v2bFyjgWwbmJqkMyx2GL4hDJdiBqTZWOn3okcvZ-srXmfUyBNPmmEvvGPPDebSS0jplo6hoJWorQcvi02uorYIligMB_Lt_eq2E2aWJorx_2uBJh7cR9_YQJthxElFhzYNxt8SXRlR7lueWGPzcXPK4Q4GokwwuvqEhG9CYZf-JmMuPeekYFVYvVrQ/s640/IMG_1291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9v2bFyjgWwbmJqkMyx2GL4hDJdiBqTZWOn3okcvZ-srXmfUyBNPmmEvvGPPDebSS0jplo6hoJWorQcvi02uorYIligMB_Lt_eq2E2aWJorx_2uBJh7cR9_YQJthxElFhzYNxt8SXRlR7lueWGPzcXPK4Q4GokwwuvqEhG9CYZf-JmMuPeekYFVYvVrQ/w640-h480/IMG_1291.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now I have to get down, my least favorite part of roof maintenance 😓<br />I was ready to sit in my chair.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-12582229358539925322022-06-20T09:24:00.019-04:002022-06-22T15:14:53.243-04:00Versailles Indiana Campground Host<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We arrived at Versailles on April 1st to start our duties as campground host. The park is empty in early April. May has been busier and June is now full on weekends. We have the best camp site in the whole park with good tree shade, water, sewer and 50 amp electric service. We are host in campground section C. Section A and B also have campground hosts. This is our site until the end of August when someone else will have September and October. We plan to return next year and hope to stay the entire season, April through the end of October. Another plus, we are not burning $6.00 a gallon diesel this summer!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcmCJ77kXvbg1XB0pMxlFUKMOh_MhoZ8GPseZFrcn5HJedw53-Uig_gYpAfdvNKd-j2UONRJea4qBw5r8SjyHDBZBgFR4rDn3XwhDP-rA0i1vy108jsfCZNrMFtqyJ9cBGZOUoParSfq0qDM3kYat9LeJW4BgL93ap_G30RlsKzWBXqqQj5lg0sFi6Q/s4032/IMG_001298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcmCJ77kXvbg1XB0pMxlFUKMOh_MhoZ8GPseZFrcn5HJedw53-Uig_gYpAfdvNKd-j2UONRJea4qBw5r8SjyHDBZBgFR4rDn3XwhDP-rA0i1vy108jsfCZNrMFtqyJ9cBGZOUoParSfq0qDM3kYat9LeJW4BgL93ap_G30RlsKzWBXqqQj5lg0sFi6Q/w640-h480/IMG_001298.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtUng-xhP8H3D2iHmIgG4VhCRX3fT9ohO62ifDAS0koSxQ4zTum5eJ5gUN1SkAgVq3m1wtzmJcBpCeUzWTHWf9pjzY-1wRyjGQIfSZZcwLqzmu8NdksxG7M0zCSw3IaIl-eER5F7Ag1kjTHm_Jxvox2WfAy-b8RMa_lGUGOz4p04z1pZczuUTeIo5PA/s4032/IMG_001265.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtUng-xhP8H3D2iHmIgG4VhCRX3fT9ohO62ifDAS0koSxQ4zTum5eJ5gUN1SkAgVq3m1wtzmJcBpCeUzWTHWf9pjzY-1wRyjGQIfSZZcwLqzmu8NdksxG7M0zCSw3IaIl-eER5F7Ag1kjTHm_Jxvox2WfAy-b8RMa_lGUGOz4p04z1pZczuUTeIo5PA/w640-h480/IMG_001265.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hummingbirds, Robins, Redbirds, Bluebirds, Mocking birds, Wood Peckers, <br />Crows, Hawks and Turkey Vultures visit us daily. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSjjPkCn7NyUqxqX98pQAFpToy8r3xeu_fAtuWjFVOJMu6C4ZtNblAUQgEDAM_X33Nkd-9z-eYeylQNOh5J59tOrl-8-gGPgays02sNqb5Y9_NqsNJYDuuQdpUSB6mXj5EIo-aiMYYZrlIma9i2T-rdm_ZGZiUupq4pGCmOfy0zteHPRmfslafddeBw/s4032/IMG_001272.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSjjPkCn7NyUqxqX98pQAFpToy8r3xeu_fAtuWjFVOJMu6C4ZtNblAUQgEDAM_X33Nkd-9z-eYeylQNOh5J59tOrl-8-gGPgays02sNqb5Y9_NqsNJYDuuQdpUSB6mXj5EIo-aiMYYZrlIma9i2T-rdm_ZGZiUupq4pGCmOfy0zteHPRmfslafddeBw/w640-h480/IMG_001272.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We have plenty of space for outdoor use.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDQ7jDIfZ97JnsM6e0vrvqamGiFfO9K4f3py5BTjbe566cDUwWoPuXrjl9xy8HhF1z61bLKrbl2aoNsmn0YCIPHb7tqZZuQx_yOQbhJNtyq75hQLHTuW3rIF3yme5hEfKJnBpfQ79j3uZF-2FeAywyTgl6x_pjYV0jNCkWKJc0km_dGlG8kwxS5Hgtg/s4032/IMG_001281.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDQ7jDIfZ97JnsM6e0vrvqamGiFfO9K4f3py5BTjbe566cDUwWoPuXrjl9xy8HhF1z61bLKrbl2aoNsmn0YCIPHb7tqZZuQx_yOQbhJNtyq75hQLHTuW3rIF3yme5hEfKJnBpfQ79j3uZF-2FeAywyTgl6x_pjYV0jNCkWKJc0km_dGlG8kwxS5Hgtg/w640-h480/IMG_001281.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mary has a garden.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yfuI2cHdhDq7VY23hfPKQ0LRDDhiqJ8rypj3ESfydOrd2XWIiek3Z_cyblLX1aEE9MzL4-KZSRcck-L28VONs4wM4RVTx580k5k5MWztvpUvxp5r4uyy5IKIwVIHHqpwWKr0h-Udd-dsB18OCQbwmfqgeHDS0drqBXgLH4CktZ7epOGsljDcx4nM1w/s4032/IMG_001282.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yfuI2cHdhDq7VY23hfPKQ0LRDDhiqJ8rypj3ESfydOrd2XWIiek3Z_cyblLX1aEE9MzL4-KZSRcck-L28VONs4wM4RVTx580k5k5MWztvpUvxp5r4uyy5IKIwVIHHqpwWKr0h-Udd-dsB18OCQbwmfqgeHDS0drqBXgLH4CktZ7epOGsljDcx4nM1w/w640-h480/IMG_001282.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Flowers for the Humming birds.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKi3DmCYro0vEpHXJKFf5Vbu-gGxcmwShNMKJnazCqXDj_IVqAWsGKuxGliHlhKmXXn1X1TiGvTzA0DWUimU6_TC-E-OwbnPtDrn48wYckCssHaVP7L5s1MRP5nXy3dJT-jU0Tbjtgbz58ahi2kGjgpqpdv0WMDh1-hYxI2KwUebW1gfO1PB60ZSKMg/s2016/IMG_1181.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKi3DmCYro0vEpHXJKFf5Vbu-gGxcmwShNMKJnazCqXDj_IVqAWsGKuxGliHlhKmXXn1X1TiGvTzA0DWUimU6_TC-E-OwbnPtDrn48wYckCssHaVP7L5s1MRP5nXy3dJT-jU0Tbjtgbz58ahi2kGjgpqpdv0WMDh1-hYxI2KwUebW1gfO1PB60ZSKMg/w640-h480/IMG_1181.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We had a snow day on April 18th. The park was empty.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJol92Nofj5bbef8dIZ9iM6Aiq4fdNMeXAzdCMt-7MDjPM2g_vdmPUtHyQvgP4kZr3axkRUKdP7D4jv33i6hEC-6t4fKRCZgeGaul8Zplg8IQgEhrAaqG429q5lp_mGIfDlAVRn6FNnjVtVQuu1chcTDNC57eq_gKMeRrwUqZHXKmv4ZqevjVgIjjCw/s4032/IMG_001280.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJol92Nofj5bbef8dIZ9iM6Aiq4fdNMeXAzdCMt-7MDjPM2g_vdmPUtHyQvgP4kZr3axkRUKdP7D4jv33i6hEC-6t4fKRCZgeGaul8Zplg8IQgEhrAaqG429q5lp_mGIfDlAVRn6FNnjVtVQuu1chcTDNC57eq_gKMeRrwUqZHXKmv4ZqevjVgIjjCw/w640-h480/IMG_001280.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My almost daily morning chore. They all know me by now and wait patiently to escape. Raccoons like the dumpster so I bring a broken tree branch so <br />they can crawl out after their midnight snack.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhpMnDcUzZozKDdHT0hKBg1yJJZzRedn-xPWtaEcaK1r-yntueqwtXAzDJgei4dzsZSQRonONHuc-6TApmXNZyExUkmoUSX7rXDqKi0jr1y7zqrUYDo36Eqoxb8RuNTyvFQomtzs0IktZlQQpyqHK444wgz-sH6wZXePSHPdVWmFH2do-BE4DW0mKvg/s4032/IMG_001296.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhpMnDcUzZozKDdHT0hKBg1yJJZzRedn-xPWtaEcaK1r-yntueqwtXAzDJgei4dzsZSQRonONHuc-6TApmXNZyExUkmoUSX7rXDqKi0jr1y7zqrUYDo36Eqoxb8RuNTyvFQomtzs0IktZlQQpyqHK444wgz-sH6wZXePSHPdVWmFH2do-BE4DW0mKvg/w640-h480/IMG_001296.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Spring has many fields around the area full of goldenrod.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-23401562137648803712022-02-27T09:20:00.012-05:002022-03-06T10:13:42.784-05:00February 2022 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We came back to Tennessee after our Freightliner service in Red Bay Alabama. The weather has been cold and warm, typical Tennessee weather. On March 1st, we head to Indian Springs Campground at the Indiana/Ohio state line. Diesel fuel here is $3.69 and going up. Our Freightliner with the Cummins engine averages 8 miles per gallon so fuel is a big cost if we travel a lot of miles. We will be stationary most of the summer, being camp hosts at Versailles State Park starting April 1st. We applied for the host position two years ago so this is good timing with the high fuel prices.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxm4-qXuqDDp7weE5q8Ut0TNmKBVHNbe8Ozl2XRDFLoAiYOQakNtfHfL7rPIBmF9sYevpr6UZXGXUw8m0lnrjJ08JrXXt9uPx0wzHDFTkOUrtTCee1FtV1fGc2lFCHiRYXpMHsp_oqcodyyOIPTOp9cHZujqI3wb4lRC5hM_W7OWbE0FLgmEe6aO1R0A=w246-h320" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="246" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It will soon take all body parts.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3QbyEXohKESXg6a5wwu6u9U4QDqQbMnXqOg3_FX_WK5SgAnyqJVkg-IBnG2ZVJVhNrqzSQaSTZK82KhwANkvU_Bb6X2L5s83M5ESXLxymG2lx5yzmPi5Kj5Hf9ZMCvnWAT7b6hIJUnV5xd0_TG2T-VmrZu4agR0zJchrrHqIlA12AVy8C51_5c9dB2Q=w640-h480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Two Rivers Landing is a favorite place. <br />Spring and summer rates double so we are leaving February 28th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3QbyEXohKESXg6a5wwu6u9U4QDqQbMnXqOg3_FX_WK5SgAnyqJVkg-IBnG2ZVJVhNrqzSQaSTZK82KhwANkvU_Bb6X2L5s83M5ESXLxymG2lx5yzmPi5Kj5Hf9ZMCvnWAT7b6hIJUnV5xd0_TG2T-VmrZu4agR0zJchrrHqIlA12AVy8C51_5c9dB2Q=s2016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPPNaHcF9wPb1bz5UUQBLcsmu0HBtkIjc4XAaP8r7imDAcu0538ZJfcNop1jSz92Pr8XnnJUc3V1VGRSz8E3IX9m1SQ85azd2p3LHNilbZifIHEOH_u1g8qvDD_2JBZTAb3AOyXX8xwmY6-tAMPjwlLpc_bRTf8wy1vw2ZY-69zGGBtDPqSJjKB_5OmA=s2016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPPNaHcF9wPb1bz5UUQBLcsmu0HBtkIjc4XAaP8r7imDAcu0538ZJfcNop1jSz92Pr8XnnJUc3V1VGRSz8E3IX9m1SQ85azd2p3LHNilbZifIHEOH_u1g8qvDD_2JBZTAb3AOyXX8xwmY6-tAMPjwlLpc_bRTf8wy1vw2ZY-69zGGBtDPqSJjKB_5OmA=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXX7S1k8spmEVRhXrUUpoAx5upQiHxg1qhaokt0Hlr9AlOfWVDZQgPtmPbGm33qt8b1IHJGose2JkiNP0bdWWAb54QIJpZl3SpW1VUa4_gC77QMSbu46JnREo03-iL7Sd1aBRHzSjEpux6u7Zu4-6rz-6duVQcf6ejqQSXjts9a2sTht6SF-F-JlMY5A=s2016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXX7S1k8spmEVRhXrUUpoAx5upQiHxg1qhaokt0Hlr9AlOfWVDZQgPtmPbGm33qt8b1IHJGose2JkiNP0bdWWAb54QIJpZl3SpW1VUa4_gC77QMSbu46JnREo03-iL7Sd1aBRHzSjEpux6u7Zu4-6rz-6duVQcf6ejqQSXjts9a2sTht6SF-F-JlMY5A=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfaVrw8GSWKO44WfBY_Ps6NWVmkOoNvPrwXAfs_bgVB-vgKm_1KY8FAvPYpQgVmYDzwnvvub-4O4L9rsoF1OUCyUmW-BJV7TNWEOPS88hIePbeSAABO8BdL9phQIQ0osDFfBMZz2iDKwTd-K4Qt6i6VUWjy1T52mCYFGPydarcJOdh873vnZhudCvazg=w640-h480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We always make good friends at Two Rivers. Bruce and Lois are work campers <br />this winter and are great people. We hope to see them again next winter. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfaVrw8GSWKO44WfBY_Ps6NWVmkOoNvPrwXAfs_bgVB-vgKm_1KY8FAvPYpQgVmYDzwnvvub-4O4L9rsoF1OUCyUmW-BJV7TNWEOPS88hIePbeSAABO8BdL9phQIQ0osDFfBMZz2iDKwTd-K4Qt6i6VUWjy1T52mCYFGPydarcJOdh873vnZhudCvazg=s2016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifP7u_o9Z7tCNV6z1WM873r777JnQmji8FWSm7iQkc9WfJhDCl_pteMq_sISepTFix4qnKveBm6WjZqTbQ_AHXl35SG2HGJUAQi2H65jJoktSpSSU5ABy8hJTWFXfW_DviVXJf-B24opwCkvv_7J0bgWTxd9DCqKRnj0XTjMkFYC0qzglz6Bpx3q5YeA=w640-h480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I saw a tv show about Mountain Dulcimers and a man in Townsend that <br />sells and makes them. I decided to buy one and learn to play it. <br />They are a string instrument and I need a lot of practice.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifP7u_o9Z7tCNV6z1WM873r777JnQmji8FWSm7iQkc9WfJhDCl_pteMq_sISepTFix4qnKveBm6WjZqTbQ_AHXl35SG2HGJUAQi2H65jJoktSpSSU5ABy8hJTWFXfW_DviVXJf-B24opwCkvv_7J0bgWTxd9DCqKRnj0XTjMkFYC0qzglz6Bpx3q5YeA=s2016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA6yqwqPsvnxwshqhGNfPK6mFfl0HVBp6YgqM7wy8Qz3Vi_vwO24gITYfHF1jSf0qaeR9yq8aKf0OwL4BlrU8UEAAS0qUHZY_LTttFsM02LPYVVv1DbxoPKVRsmUoTJzIrmqZnpo7R53aI6kCuW5IpnxCG1Izd_foRdZuBvgPJGC_19mnQoC12UNvoqQ=s2016" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA6yqwqPsvnxwshqhGNfPK6mFfl0HVBp6YgqM7wy8Qz3Vi_vwO24gITYfHF1jSf0qaeR9yq8aKf0OwL4BlrU8UEAAS0qUHZY_LTttFsM02LPYVVv1DbxoPKVRsmUoTJzIrmqZnpo7R53aI6kCuW5IpnxCG1Izd_foRdZuBvgPJGC_19mnQoC12UNvoqQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Two Rivers garage burned down in November. <br />The new garage is being constructed.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaWDNv1HV9grvn8F9oztwzv9P4w_KbHaPTm0YH8b-DAcPm7v0jLnAHcEXmHdsX4R_rjEL1UgO5hN7EJ5TPAQt-M5AzgWcL_kOu6N2ND_4b4PBszNkQtM9vcac_9yXX_0-44_X3Sa6twBeV7xpd7bc8riG47UQ_5POFhb9gh3uMv0TKaCEus1zUzVstLg=s2016" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaWDNv1HV9grvn8F9oztwzv9P4w_KbHaPTm0YH8b-DAcPm7v0jLnAHcEXmHdsX4R_rjEL1UgO5hN7EJ5TPAQt-M5AzgWcL_kOu6N2ND_4b4PBszNkQtM9vcac_9yXX_0-44_X3Sa6twBeV7xpd7bc8riG47UQ_5POFhb9gh3uMv0TKaCEus1zUzVstLg=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Versailles State Park C Area Host Campsite. We will be there April 1st.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-9967027299607264302022-01-13T08:39:00.001-05:002022-01-13T08:39:40.809-05:00January 2022<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Plans changed for January. Out trip to Alabama for Freightliner service was delayed by snow. Tennessee seems to be in line for snow while Indiana has missed most of it. Another rain and snow storm is forecast for Sunday January 16. Our next appointment in Red Bay Alabama is now January 25th. We will head south when the weather is clear the end of next week.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid3cWGcV-fXiAKpf2gO2LrOKORyd4Q9y67yGFuBx3iMenFswtNQNW-nMRFSPCDZphN37F-YHx9j0yG2lNuS1DDgly-Vf1SxSroji0qnI5Bdmp63YjDninc9LHGRtZNAzIm11L3El2Nb1zEBfH9YasGpKTk7sOxm-rPTSRSJhNN0_7w3UG0NyWc1zZHtA=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid3cWGcV-fXiAKpf2gO2LrOKORyd4Q9y67yGFuBx3iMenFswtNQNW-nMRFSPCDZphN37F-YHx9j0yG2lNuS1DDgly-Vf1SxSroji0qnI5Bdmp63YjDninc9LHGRtZNAzIm11L3El2Nb1zEBfH9YasGpKTk7sOxm-rPTSRSJhNN0_7w3UG0NyWc1zZHtA=w640-h640" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As seen in Pigeon Forge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnd498bD5gnbKZaidoJp4ZPvAuaEv__ZfMiZ0stNFtQpy9ZSLgPmYPEt9qJwcdCOOeNbxwF-97IY3QkpTTiT3eAmlizq4yG9QO6kN2fGD-injZW9BY5rsMKAubf3TlHbSrWzqahenJIdQHNAk4_cPE71PD3g8J1d55xiGvEj4-6fRiiBqECIQTEABOVQ=s2016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnd498bD5gnbKZaidoJp4ZPvAuaEv__ZfMiZ0stNFtQpy9ZSLgPmYPEt9qJwcdCOOeNbxwF-97IY3QkpTTiT3eAmlizq4yG9QO6kN2fGD-injZW9BY5rsMKAubf3TlHbSrWzqahenJIdQHNAk4_cPE71PD3g8J1d55xiGvEj4-6fRiiBqECIQTEABOVQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has been in the 60's so the snow did not accumulate very much on the roads. Kentucky received most of the snow since the storm was west and north of us.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4cx4dv_pjQW9_fCquDNmtClJ4xKBsSglyF0sVszs7V6mBaH-mVylZkg5HCKw7v0Y1T0Sn18HzzLo-TRrsg9Cicgp8EmU8VVezvlgpGCAe2W903MZIICD1vV_5J8qAvsCobVywN6s8O2p_0xVO3EcfWm4P7_v16zvjU6rKxUgYX6RkQbm6QPyky4S5tQ=s1632" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4cx4dv_pjQW9_fCquDNmtClJ4xKBsSglyF0sVszs7V6mBaH-mVylZkg5HCKw7v0Y1T0Sn18HzzLo-TRrsg9Cicgp8EmU8VVezvlgpGCAe2W903MZIICD1vV_5J8qAvsCobVywN6s8O2p_0xVO3EcfWm4P7_v16zvjU6rKxUgYX6RkQbm6QPyky4S5tQ=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF1GOrUu70wt9gmgnPNehRqWrfYC0NorcHkVcFkxa24L70l3vgWQBxdgKyYAvWXmgllZj_CE-dDzKwbb5EzWFvA_CE3lmYTHj1u2FCooyCE6gj46NPZpZOi6PhhKhdfDThKpVGU4-wrNhWMX4Hoi44EjKPuEkhz1h0Vgobr0M51JrUhDmEnzQfaqMr_w=s2016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhF1GOrUu70wt9gmgnPNehRqWrfYC0NorcHkVcFkxa24L70l3vgWQBxdgKyYAvWXmgllZj_CE-dDzKwbb5EzWFvA_CE3lmYTHj1u2FCooyCE6gj46NPZpZOi6PhhKhdfDThKpVGU4-wrNhWMX4Hoi44EjKPuEkhz1h0Vgobr0M51JrUhDmEnzQfaqMr_w=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The snow was gone quickly and the temperatures are now in the 40's. The wind has been strong but it was calm for this photo of the French Broad River in front of our motorhome.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-58801074610083494622021-12-25T10:27:00.000-05:002021-12-25T10:27:12.209-05:00Merry Christmas 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Christmas in Tennessee has been warm and mostly dry, no snow this year. Last year was a white one. This morning, it's already 66 degrees and windy. We will be heading to Alabama on January 1 for annual service work, then returning to Tennessee for a while, staying at Two Rivers again. Maybe it will stay warmer than usual this winter. We still limit were we go, avoiding crowds due to lots of Covid cases in this state. We believe in vaccinations and have had all three doses but are still cautious. We may return to Indiana in March, depending on the weather. We will be campground hosts at Versailles State Park April through August.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhXRIztl6a2blKauGvbyPZLnt6eQVWKoAqQsMh_9fOR8SyCbrCt7i984_4d96e7U4wC7FmIvHBSDH7Pl5yDf_5Bg_itNNJwYtszEYHzsXxOsNWpjUviBpfyF0WYiRIR84wnnNsmRrKOfb/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhXRIztl6a2blKauGvbyPZLnt6eQVWKoAqQsMh_9fOR8SyCbrCt7i984_4d96e7U4wC7FmIvHBSDH7Pl5yDf_5Bg_itNNJwYtszEYHzsXxOsNWpjUviBpfyF0WYiRIR84wnnNsmRrKOfb/w640-h480/IMG_1982.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are all decorated for Christmas.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlkpQsV5jhpzjdU3nrVauwEGInVDBk8FH4JclbCDwrgwzt-0uqfzGkMcPpkYQ9ARptO3jOO3HkUB8FAJUN645Q5aSXmG58LB4kEzuONSnxT8RyNaKCmWgn7YPevxvT-k1ukp9IMiud2d0/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlkpQsV5jhpzjdU3nrVauwEGInVDBk8FH4JclbCDwrgwzt-0uqfzGkMcPpkYQ9ARptO3jOO3HkUB8FAJUN645Q5aSXmG58LB4kEzuONSnxT8RyNaKCmWgn7YPevxvT-k1ukp9IMiud2d0/w640-h480/IMG_000223.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last year, it was cold and snow was about 5 inches deep for Christmas.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-30069171140647896622021-12-10T07:38:00.000-05:002021-12-10T07:38:24.723-05:00Tennessee December 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We are in Tennessee for December, staying at Cove Creek in Wears Valley. The weather has been similar to Indiana so far, lows around freezing, highs sometimes near 70. Another wind and rain storm line is due tomorrow with the usual threat of severe weather. No snow but tornados for Christmas? The usual crowds are here for shopping so the traffic is heavy day and night.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6H1QERIZ0fMrBSznKWtkrGGyHzxsAUgKCOWBeNGeBQzkGTGoBdhRpbckBlkIYZlhYEzbXToFMfIdOWMep8yHjDMqN4q7zNxDFUWDZ4i-2cDW-9h6HhoevrMpADvlzWKKNNjrDvGqB-Tgs25Gpa8xgbSfI6omywRtNqIXLiBTmaMzhmI1EYXoXWJB9_A=w640-h480" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our view of the mountains.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6H1QERIZ0fMrBSznKWtkrGGyHzxsAUgKCOWBeNGeBQzkGTGoBdhRpbckBlkIYZlhYEzbXToFMfIdOWMep8yHjDMqN4q7zNxDFUWDZ4i-2cDW-9h6HhoevrMpADvlzWKKNNjrDvGqB-Tgs25Gpa8xgbSfI6omywRtNqIXLiBTmaMzhmI1EYXoXWJB9_A=s2016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiStdqngDQKRUUPTbLjYT2UduC7y2e6cfdZ6WjvBPM68IZzUeL511LzFhq9naOmgEVB960X20N0qFDukhrn1b_fwBr1JQa-PbKj-IACp2nQjEtqHWQkBDm5CfZYwP8qIpzFC3B9Nh4M5ykn9aoXoRDMrz4sZxUDPlkAt1FQ1k4jOXZCP1A93AcCzSUQTw=s2016" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiStdqngDQKRUUPTbLjYT2UduC7y2e6cfdZ6WjvBPM68IZzUeL511LzFhq9naOmgEVB960X20N0qFDukhrn1b_fwBr1JQa-PbKj-IACp2nQjEtqHWQkBDm5CfZYwP8qIpzFC3B9Nh4M5ykn9aoXoRDMrz4sZxUDPlkAt1FQ1k4jOXZCP1A93AcCzSUQTw=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-43084354579421317112021-10-16T09:26:00.004-04:002021-10-16T09:26:47.246-04:00Southern Indiana<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We have been in Indiana since our return from Alabama. While staying at Starve Hollow SRA in Valonia, Indiana, we went on a short drive to see friends in French Lick. Valonia is west of Seymour, located in Jackson County. Another stop was Spring Mill State Park where the Gus Grissom Memorial is located. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We will be in the Indiana area until mid November, depending on the weather. Snow, not cold, will make us head south.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0xoOoXQH0TV1I3-5U0iwHPHm-n69dQNEIkrZ3YNAayUquoMXxf-g2M_jmxU7Fakbc6zf1yXLZGe6-JCyDoeQp6HFihAroe7tGnreUxAMWc2Q7Mrw94o9OUyaYMN6XNLzaq0hfxuT3Ito/s640/IMG_0937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0xoOoXQH0TV1I3-5U0iwHPHm-n69dQNEIkrZ3YNAayUquoMXxf-g2M_jmxU7Fakbc6zf1yXLZGe6-JCyDoeQp6HFihAroe7tGnreUxAMWc2Q7Mrw94o9OUyaYMN6XNLzaq0hfxuT3Ito/w640-h480/IMG_0937.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDXRE5br3AdhJeGcJEuKn4Vo5yld0K0jptkPI4leZ335EBUCXWM0DIQ5zPhE-ynoKmlf4ub8L_FG6q3IqL3ByX45TVMGk2ACVi0fUUD_rZr0G5qMzXqCqLclyvMr8kTF2nZTT9Dtqx_GD/s640/IMG_0940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDXRE5br3AdhJeGcJEuKn4Vo5yld0K0jptkPI4leZ335EBUCXWM0DIQ5zPhE-ynoKmlf4ub8L_FG6q3IqL3ByX45TVMGk2ACVi0fUUD_rZr0G5qMzXqCqLclyvMr8kTF2nZTT9Dtqx_GD/w640-h480/IMG_0940.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Corn, called maze in many areas, is ready to harvest.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8vxMWyvm7t5SrWa_nNhXLJmcIPsh7rl3R7HMQKiUT6k4niC1iau2gAEynlykrH2em98wddmLDUfpwxpAnvP-ZAC06kGRKm9nXrxEYGoMmuz5W-abjVyjGybEimtCjZrVg_Q8psbThJDE/s640/IMG_0962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8vxMWyvm7t5SrWa_nNhXLJmcIPsh7rl3R7HMQKiUT6k4niC1iau2gAEynlykrH2em98wddmLDUfpwxpAnvP-ZAC06kGRKm9nXrxEYGoMmuz5W-abjVyjGybEimtCjZrVg_Q8psbThJDE/w640-h480/IMG_0962.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Soybeans are very colorful as they dry out. <br />They are ready to harvest when they are completely dry.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGASchP3AiCgZ1IXe4tfo1TaThx8CCZXb8mGL0Uv5Gpibs0SXrBCQFXeY_690qPpWmy3kVAGIUL8SUY6seUtaZTHsxckwFnPUPAomKBPmdfzuoptE9Xe2ybTNpdOqBqlke_W8sEufnhsQc/s640/IMG_0948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGASchP3AiCgZ1IXe4tfo1TaThx8CCZXb8mGL0Uv5Gpibs0SXrBCQFXeY_690qPpWmy3kVAGIUL8SUY6seUtaZTHsxckwFnPUPAomKBPmdfzuoptE9Xe2ybTNpdOqBqlke_W8sEufnhsQc/w640-h480/IMG_0948.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Medora Covered Bridge from 1875. It's the longest covered bridge in the United States, spanning the White River. It is closed to traffic.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinX7lR9v-Fts8qklOZ5U4n-dqDCGb32ay3KykTWtmtVRInLwnjWXynXlwVhdRXismKvstY3qLJC5K_kBfkfHGWF3m58n2l7ff01uvI6fdxkZURhcXqSG7O_D_MzpPKacOuM4T-kdHNWTA/w640-h480/IMG_0949.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We found these odd remains south of Medora. Searching the internet, it <br />was a brick factory until 1992. These structures are the twelve kilns where the bricks were dried in fire. More information about the plant is located here: <a href="http://www.medorabrickplant.org/">http://www.medorabrickplant.org/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinX7lR9v-Fts8qklOZ5U4n-dqDCGb32ay3KykTWtmtVRInLwnjWXynXlwVhdRXismKvstY3qLJC5K_kBfkfHGWF3m58n2l7ff01uvI6fdxkZURhcXqSG7O_D_MzpPKacOuM4T-kdHNWTA/s640/IMG_0949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTR_Ywi8oqaT5-ZPuBiJVVPmmu7LNJeHn-a2AbPBGPRPRCmY6VtJpmr_Z0STT2_x3XLF3lRDlQfOUmpVa4Kf-sJ3MK_os0zQ8jFBnmGSMcJd0Pm7efvq5_bgW_LkEXLdtCsKO3Nq-Hyy2/w640-h480/IMG_0960.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The state fish hatchery is located just south of the campground.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTR_Ywi8oqaT5-ZPuBiJVVPmmu7LNJeHn-a2AbPBGPRPRCmY6VtJpmr_Z0STT2_x3XLF3lRDlQfOUmpVa4Kf-sJ3MK_os0zQ8jFBnmGSMcJd0Pm7efvq5_bgW_LkEXLdtCsKO3Nq-Hyy2/s640/IMG_0960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg785VmRf0hKurptaHDQFv5DGWhrw0MpSxFZc19fQsg9eYOpseM2CwIaAApHrTSJ69URx8cYdOZ_looKR6nF6RfdpEreAGRpEAKemriAehgbPaPts3fpnOnpv10S18bxeSt9MfbNf4f9r1X/s640/IMG_0951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg785VmRf0hKurptaHDQFv5DGWhrw0MpSxFZc19fQsg9eYOpseM2CwIaAApHrTSJ69URx8cYdOZ_looKR6nF6RfdpEreAGRpEAKemriAehgbPaPts3fpnOnpv10S18bxeSt9MfbNf4f9r1X/w640-h480/IMG_0951.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Grissom Memorial. He was from Mitchell Indiana, just west of the park. <br />He died in the Apollo 1 fire at Kennedy Space Center. We attended the 50th anniversary of the fire at the Kennedy Space Center launch site. See our post with photos from January 2017.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYNxI-6ppR5g2jaSU3h_9zEq7ZS0XJdnCqGT3ZNovMZvoJzTjHvT8jBeKE2OK18AWulFX-79xUbyrZTlSH98nIULqTP21uiV9xa5Ilc6MAXdo48gMO-H1TKDfZNwDyq4vM_EKkdh_cu5D/s640/IMG_0952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYNxI-6ppR5g2jaSU3h_9zEq7ZS0XJdnCqGT3ZNovMZvoJzTjHvT8jBeKE2OK18AWulFX-79xUbyrZTlSH98nIULqTP21uiV9xa5Ilc6MAXdo48gMO-H1TKDfZNwDyq4vM_EKkdh_cu5D/w640-h480/IMG_0952.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Gemini III on display.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ydfg9xBv8N9R4s_Fpj1RC6DJmtCwXABxG2piYx2vFXqe_QWm1DVTmeErrXL_Eq9Jl0pp-0yE77SNfQHTmXj2uPm2seSEpBPv7d2Vm_uuA9AIZy0D8uRHOiS733i73Y-_sJRQkENFgnt3/s640/IMG_0953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ydfg9xBv8N9R4s_Fpj1RC6DJmtCwXABxG2piYx2vFXqe_QWm1DVTmeErrXL_Eq9Jl0pp-0yE77SNfQHTmXj2uPm2seSEpBPv7d2Vm_uuA9AIZy0D8uRHOiS733i73Y-_sJRQkENFgnt3/w640-h480/IMG_0953.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">Flag from Gus Grissom's funeral.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUWmPfg1DgkGqSlJhA9uVsZevB4FIZ4aEy6h5MiaZ6U7ipS7lHH7L69Kwar9lKPYqNINaPt48on_o9hDPmAGQbXPrVOBDdGZUTflyeSFQLFcXm8NFz97HM67PYCliFkd9Rm4Pba3oo6mG/s640/IMG_0941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUWmPfg1DgkGqSlJhA9uVsZevB4FIZ4aEy6h5MiaZ6U7ipS7lHH7L69Kwar9lKPYqNINaPt48on_o9hDPmAGQbXPrVOBDdGZUTflyeSFQLFcXm8NFz97HM67PYCliFkd9Rm4Pba3oo6mG/w640-h480/IMG_0941.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">French Lick Casino</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5U2Pgh_UFAOh_W2gD9QEMiYZThVK5SvQRz2UuJ_4uxN6n7E2oCRQlgFM4_wn6GGTpIFGEl_BTRHDiFZmJPTs93TqigJ0ldA_dZmk5IhIuI3e3U7Omuwp5FT4oG01A8ky5cUzJCKqaLjH/s640/IMG_0942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5U2Pgh_UFAOh_W2gD9QEMiYZThVK5SvQRz2UuJ_4uxN6n7E2oCRQlgFM4_wn6GGTpIFGEl_BTRHDiFZmJPTs93TqigJ0ldA_dZmk5IhIuI3e3U7Omuwp5FT4oG01A8ky5cUzJCKqaLjH/w640-h480/IMG_0942.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">French Lick railroad rides on the weekends.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9OcFsatZYiCy6fmDD8BqhdX3R3v95eXQrjfijqpyhyphenhyphenmSmkuBvJ7JyNQwzxJ8R4IdJW72okR8o0zwyed7Nqz-GupD_j4QYMegGvMaI7AxwY7CxnjrMqoyeD8A1Qul5rtczc7lS7kPZ1RV/s640/IMG_0943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9OcFsatZYiCy6fmDD8BqhdX3R3v95eXQrjfijqpyhyphenhyphenmSmkuBvJ7JyNQwzxJ8R4IdJW72okR8o0zwyed7Nqz-GupD_j4QYMegGvMaI7AxwY7CxnjrMqoyeD8A1Qul5rtczc7lS7kPZ1RV/w640-h480/IMG_0943.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">West Baden is next to French Lick. The West Baden Springs Hotel was <br />rebuilt in 1994. We were there when a helicopter replaced the top structures. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4OXm80AovyeNkxFYar5KV40uRhTAVi9ITXJuHMAZ9QFrdif9RoMgxpmsULjaRWToM65Qux5YvfyY3mYEXkhyphenhyphenzQ1JFtYgBd4c5v8Q8eBmUlUKIFnulloA-NZ_d6l81GDjMsKDpr7yznKd/s640/IMG_0944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4OXm80AovyeNkxFYar5KV40uRhTAVi9ITXJuHMAZ9QFrdif9RoMgxpmsULjaRWToM65Qux5YvfyY3mYEXkhyphenhyphenzQ1JFtYgBd4c5v8Q8eBmUlUKIFnulloA-NZ_d6l81GDjMsKDpr7yznKd/w640-h480/IMG_0944.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can stay here in the hotel. More information is here: <a href="https://www.frenchlick.com/aboutus/history/wbsh" target="_blank">https://www.frenchlick.com/aboutus/history/wbsh</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-72511225607261166352021-08-28T20:10:00.004-04:002021-08-28T20:10:28.056-04:00Leak Fixed - Heading to Indiana<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We found a local service husband and wife team, <b>Chad & Ashley Robinson</b>, that replaced the leaking hose on Friday morning. Ashley folded herself into the smallest cabinet under the motorhome and was able to change the hose. I doubt anyone else could have managed to do that. Seeing her in there worried me that she could never get back out! The other way would be a major project to disassemble the plumbing panel to reach the hose. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This was the shortest stay, three days, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">we ever had </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">in Red Bay Alabama . We leave Sunday morning to drive to Indiana. This worked out great so we will not be here when the storms from hurricane IDA arrives in Red Bay by Sunday evening. Tornados are usually a threat when hurricanes</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> strike the Alabama Gulf Coast and head north.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmRx5imD9uaNVCHRHBEcCZp-qa-U3CJX86BQvINJrFUUdyck-zX1zjhi8NVTDrtNS4pij-53bCPlACyehyz_SO-IcV1fdNIZdQyhDGBoMtVmwBqmrjFl1X3u6TFSBAR3uq2dknUBTuA7h/s2016/IMG_0887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmRx5imD9uaNVCHRHBEcCZp-qa-U3CJX86BQvINJrFUUdyck-zX1zjhi8NVTDrtNS4pij-53bCPlACyehyz_SO-IcV1fdNIZdQyhDGBoMtVmwBqmrjFl1X3u6TFSBAR3uq2dknUBTuA7h/w640-h480/IMG_0887.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We always go to Red Bay when we need a repair. It's worth the drive to go to Red Bay. They have the parts and knowledge to handle anything we need. We do not go to any other RV dealers or RV repair shops.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-88334827368596718002021-08-26T23:20:00.004-04:002021-08-26T23:20:27.240-04:00Illinois and Alabama<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We left Kansas last week and went to Illinois, southeast of Springfield at the Bo Wood COE Campground. We intended to visit the Lincoln Museum and Home but did not get there. I think it may have been closed due to the virus. I had to get my every 8 week infusion of Remicade at a clinic in Springfield. That takes planning ahead a few weeks when we are traveling so I had that appointment arranged a month ago for Springfield.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When we arrived at Bo Wood, I discovered a water leak from our hot water system. I was working for a few days trying to locate the source of the leak. Yesterday, I figured out where the leaking hose was but I could not reach the hose. Today, we drove from Bo Wood straight to Red Bay, Alabama where I can have this repaired. It was a 450 mile drive through Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi to reach Red Bay, just across the state line from Mississippi. I don't trust other places to repair anything on our motor home so it's worth the trip to have it done correctly. Someone is stopping tomorrow morning to look at it but everyone here is very busy. I hope he can replace the hose quickly so we can head back to Indiana. The hurricane coming into the New Orleans area will push some bad weather in here by Tuesday so we would rather not be here then.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Here is some good advice.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0m6v_IwaiF0gpBYITjkhAjJpigWg2ZWRZhxg-Or_oRi0b36TiuLo7Z_x3vvL858mrn12j5fxyZwkyBjlMEkliZgxgPF6QRN8H6_YS0S8ylGQovfS49JOP4Tp7Vjn4peH8-chIKQ2tvaHq/s528/IMG_000231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="528" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0m6v_IwaiF0gpBYITjkhAjJpigWg2ZWRZhxg-Or_oRi0b36TiuLo7Z_x3vvL858mrn12j5fxyZwkyBjlMEkliZgxgPF6QRN8H6_YS0S8ylGQovfS49JOP4Tp7Vjn4peH8-chIKQ2tvaHq/w640-h590/IMG_000231.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When you think YOU can fix something, consider this!</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-59841342773039854002021-08-15T18:51:00.001-04:002021-08-16T13:27:24.302-04:00Greyhound Hall of Fame<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> The <b>Greyhound Hall of Fame</b> is in Abilene, across the street from the Eisenhower Library. Greyhound dog racing started in the early 1900's in the United States, in the Abilene Kansas area. This Hall of Fame is for the dogs and people that were famous in the dog racing years. Today, only a few tracks left among four states, West Virginia, Arkansas, Iowa and Texas. It was popular in Florida but all tracks were closed. The racing seems similar to horse racing with tracks and grandstands looking the same. We were the only people at the Hall of Fame, except the lady at the front desk and Ginger, a retired Greyhound that lives at the Hall of Fame.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_the_United_States" target="_blank"><b>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_the_United_States</b></a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find information about adopting a Greyhound at this link.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.adopt-a-greyhound.org/" target="_blank"><b>http://www.adopt-a-greyhound.org/</b></a><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8h_YuwOJpCNvPnIirQMxk6MVCr_0c__4tZIfl0WtqdZU9YpMrdW-hELGA1KQHgZEHH8QE5DL7gY1JWjiikvT6o1GjjppNvUc4jiuE345a_D6KdU3ZgtZAvPmiGy65NHafvFwlS4lOkUQ/s2048/IMG_000926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8h_YuwOJpCNvPnIirQMxk6MVCr_0c__4tZIfl0WtqdZU9YpMrdW-hELGA1KQHgZEHH8QE5DL7gY1JWjiikvT6o1GjjppNvUc4jiuE345a_D6KdU3ZgtZAvPmiGy65NHafvFwlS4lOkUQ/w640-h480/IMG_000926.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BLIq_KzFexnsA7zhEdH0JjyXCwAySQvWUA8TbRUVr4CwbSwgBjL1mB6ODM29yK0JzfBfiwu19u7JLV80iCieWXg1VgGnLTmI2RtDN8IF19Hz0VqR8Oef75hgHorDW8LJMDJzb-7GCYcH/s2048/IMG_000925.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BLIq_KzFexnsA7zhEdH0JjyXCwAySQvWUA8TbRUVr4CwbSwgBjL1mB6ODM29yK0JzfBfiwu19u7JLV80iCieWXg1VgGnLTmI2RtDN8IF19Hz0VqR8Oef75hgHorDW8LJMDJzb-7GCYcH/w480-h640/IMG_000925.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ginger greeted us at the entrance. <br />I had never been close to one and she was quiet and friendly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZak0CgOBsJcXjr8MR4o_1mUCZCabbZ9OcGF4Ysfks3NTPc7JGaILxvC5k4XMrk-xAYu6vRnrjR4V7HGbfX65DQIOZtLUM0rLaRF34qpuTuuKisD_FbtvGVPRV9Cc8O1lbpjFx8OcRYCM/s2048/IMG_000914.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZak0CgOBsJcXjr8MR4o_1mUCZCabbZ9OcGF4Ysfks3NTPc7JGaILxvC5k4XMrk-xAYu6vRnrjR4V7HGbfX65DQIOZtLUM0rLaRF34qpuTuuKisD_FbtvGVPRV9Cc8O1lbpjFx8OcRYCM/w640-h480/IMG_000914.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the "lure" that ran ahead of the dogs on a rail. <br />This kept the dogs running forward as they chased the lure.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAvO7vRCzh7dEWBAqraC-Vdd3YjcfuYmsAiz9qWbjiQ89AvJBJk9ZrwkadCj7i_rlzfVtEZKSAjMpslKYJ6lmDXxzuvrHDdPsj3f5AaeegvlcW2aU-i9G3_8GtDXzYcOUOlX_UsSv7eUd/s2048/IMG_000915.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAvO7vRCzh7dEWBAqraC-Vdd3YjcfuYmsAiz9qWbjiQ89AvJBJk9ZrwkadCj7i_rlzfVtEZKSAjMpslKYJ6lmDXxzuvrHDdPsj3f5AaeegvlcW2aU-i9G3_8GtDXzYcOUOlX_UsSv7eUd/w480-h640/IMG_000915.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The original "mechanical lure".</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LcX7KIgyy_fNN2YhdLIXqtbbdmgPQduYRsaSyRK-bs8tVPdS3iYPohbtGj5AcxbSU3EwT4Wcm16enBl-eEhPvEYxf4i8b86v0DfTfWNi5iEs19xnxNDCNQ_FQ4H8gd_4gajx3Vjg6V5S/s2048/IMG_000918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PCmE-LeyRuq73Zo_GpEZ1BYPxcerxd20A2E-p23Ig8ZDLD9v43nO0tKfJDv9bZS-gaGyi0ewx4smDwTAQbyAPmvfrLpT_b8D5xi46kyfyUroBwpCUDbDr-lu_B8YQtVIJWGaTQXwAx4q/w640-h480/IMG_000927.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This was the starting gate. The dogs were loaded into these and released all at once, just like a horse race. The lure was just ahead of them when the gates opened.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-86220939182915366012021-08-15T18:24:00.002-04:002021-08-16T13:28:21.801-04:00Abilene Kansas, Home of Dwight D. Eisenhower<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We are at <b>Abilene Kansas</b> for three nights. Abilene is a nice clean town of 6800 with many large old homes that are maintained in great shape. Most are wood sided and painted, not vinyl sided. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Abilene is an old western town started in 1860 when cattle drives came north from Texas. The Chisholm Trail ended in Abilene. Wild Bill Hickok was the town marshal for a short time in 1871. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We stopped here to see the Eisenhower Presidential Library but of course it was closed due to the Covid-19 virus. We could only walk around the grounds to see the buildings. The most famous person was General Dwight D. Eisenhower from WWII, then became President for two terms, leaving office when John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960. I-70 is named the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway. He started the interstate highway system in the 1950's. He knew that major roads were needed, as he learned from WWII when trying to move the army across Europe.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_Presidential_Library,_Museum_and_Boyhood_Home" target="_blank"><b>Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home</b></a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNmd-Mn24kJVqh76IJIOYA7B1P3nozwyu_AdPIeT65rCYxqTrYqBG1NfVOOBLhuNCRFbtJT3CuvKctiZeMi2urLZPmOG7EoUf1u7afceAeAz_5uCx0USvJvmWjpA1PE2L-yGlAs8-c7d0/s2048/IMG_000910.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNmd-Mn24kJVqh76IJIOYA7B1P3nozwyu_AdPIeT65rCYxqTrYqBG1NfVOOBLhuNCRFbtJT3CuvKctiZeMi2urLZPmOG7EoUf1u7afceAeAz_5uCx0USvJvmWjpA1PE2L-yGlAs8-c7d0/w640-h480/IMG_000910.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoO5ojzoex2SHVN_pWVcI-zAveMsMCwOePyz_hxr4GFsjOXRi1s3ViZgPaCqmREJW4c3wbp85unozd7oLPYJyHoABPgqNDpGETaJEgOAr1imog29zNiGKsC73cDFJlpMlVXv4Jo8mYkHRI/s2048/IMG_000884a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"> We left Denver and entered Kansas on Friday, I-70 all the way. The first stop was Goodland Kansas at a KOA. We arrived at Abilene Kansas on Saturday for a three day stay. Abilene is 450 miles east of Denver and we are finally out of the smoke and air pollution. Kansas is known for storms and hail but so far the storms are staying west of our location. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here are a few things we observed as we drove east on I-70.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I-70 is a good road with a few rough areas that need work</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Scenery along I-70 does not change </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The mountains are gone, Kansas is flat </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Corn fields start appearing as we go east</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Oil wells are scattered along I-70</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hundreds of wind turbines for electric power are along I-70</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Trees start appearing more as we drove east</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ground elevation slowly going down from Denver's 6000+ elevation</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Abilene elevation is 1160 feet</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Click the arrow two times to start the video. This video is from the wide angle dash camera in the motorhome windshield.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCIBp_DvtXyqk6queqtOLYip9WlcTzXveCCh6o8sAEA2AEoCI801E50Nyn4C0CqZuUbK2vhvzehsXbthTuHzWhnQy7SLnJdSVydO7crNDukNidQe7R_FbjOEsxoO-LSbXvvZhX4Pmtied/s2048/IMG_000884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCIBp_DvtXyqk6queqtOLYip9WlcTzXveCCh6o8sAEA2AEoCI801E50Nyn4C0CqZuUbK2vhvzehsXbthTuHzWhnQy7SLnJdSVydO7crNDukNidQe7R_FbjOEsxoO-LSbXvvZhX4Pmtied/w640-h480/IMG_000884.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='587' height='488' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzN2sptHbZzeWZ96IN000aLo9CXLxXxMSGG-3WE8v8h_HAR1a5Tz-uF-EkCuF3h5Ybts0oXs6Jht1h-9UhnsQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-90673443629933350272021-08-12T15:16:00.001-04:002021-08-12T15:26:53.133-04:00Littleton Colorado & Pikes Peak<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We have been in Littleton just south of Denver for a few days, staying at the Chatfield State Park. We are leaving tomorrow for Kansas. The drive from Wyoming to here was not easy. I-25 has construction everywhere and heavy traffic, another reason to stay out of Denver. It's hot here but low humidity so overall, the weather has been good. The exception is the smoke from California fires and the air pollution that is apparently always present in Denver. The Rocky mountains are just west of us but some days you can not see them. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Yesterday, we made the trip to Pikes Peak. Anyone going there will need to study maps carefully. The road to the entrance is poorly marked and no signs point to it along US-24 in Manitou Springs. It's twenty miles up hill and worth the drive. The fee is $12.00 per person. There is the Cog Railway that you can ride but tickets are booked two months out so we had to drive. The summit is being rebuilt so there was lots of construction equipment. We had to ride a bus the last four miles due to no parking at the top. You are right on the edge of the road with a very long drop. If a wheel gets off the edge, there is a long way to the bottom. The bus driver kept the wheels on the road. The summit is 14,155 feet above sea level. They still have the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb up the hill. This year it was June 28, the 99th year since it started in 1922. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Click the arrow two times to start the videos.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='602' height='500' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbRWHxYrl0TDuer-gDjC_0XO8HIjFR0IrHd9JYlir3rvMPWTilSnSXzFZ52YO92t6n9z69lj7MBGZPM544bQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is going down from mile 16.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2VDmKRkroYHgehUdeRukYzrIAI8F6jx1nzfGso9EsNXStnh0eQF24GwPWGReazWMh1to4V0zljxF1CETEmSuyinOmfKWPMWA-cb9D8y58YFN3AAeJ9Vnn076Cn6bRfsubFcLnCkhkKpo/s1600/IMG_1939.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2VDmKRkroYHgehUdeRukYzrIAI8F6jx1nzfGso9EsNXStnh0eQF24GwPWGReazWMh1to4V0zljxF1CETEmSuyinOmfKWPMWA-cb9D8y58YFN3AAeJ9Vnn076Cn6bRfsubFcLnCkhkKpo/w640-h480/IMG_1939.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Finished visitor center. Other work is under way.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Trf031ix5Pgzp_3fliJfIy7ne_Yvi78B-tgSMmng5CUwLCaqHLFJ6eoRzlwm1cOFkMWALkxgyGjbzs3Fcjh0UXjHkPHC5fcmGVkAl-0-KPmOywyk3YATf3jV1GsYTS9ysyTrFj-QipvC/s1600/IMG_1940.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Trf031ix5Pgzp_3fliJfIy7ne_Yvi78B-tgSMmng5CUwLCaqHLFJ6eoRzlwm1cOFkMWALkxgyGjbzs3Fcjh0UXjHkPHC5fcmGVkAl-0-KPmOywyk3YATf3jV1GsYTS9ysyTrFj-QipvC/w640-h480/IMG_1940.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fpSHgGD4rhuN9ES90oqrgYGjMYsOthFxSTf5ARFfxx8Xr2SS_8AI8M5S12Mp6rRnMMveZOtvQeFBht91-K9EbSnWB-Hk-BvmwiE3B6bCx6DXiKKsuoXFEGrc8Hd53Awa90UuBDfoxzeB/s1600/IMG_1941.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">Food is available. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizMBxEBaT1sCbrAXnTgH3vTF-e-7ZFN1X07L7jykWljaxpbTfE31Bd91D1C5FsUaf-WoAdCT-7Z5_7xqjsn4h9lSEo8WVcMzRXGa4QKcBgWnj0buRlPNmI31MEdNyyxhoTqfgpSi5HAqpm/s1600/IMG_1943.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizMBxEBaT1sCbrAXnTgH3vTF-e-7ZFN1X07L7jykWljaxpbTfE31Bd91D1C5FsUaf-WoAdCT-7Z5_7xqjsn4h9lSEo8WVcMzRXGa4QKcBgWnj0buRlPNmI31MEdNyyxhoTqfgpSi5HAqpm/w640-h480/IMG_1943.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHjInpg6tpo0Eb7xSJNHL0L6I-XZiX9RTfUlQ9snpsRZiiwYYruiZNS9V3WJgcQY0m1tLkP8nS3_S0mtkEsLUKSOxXvL-Nm4b1czO0KmWeEyxEJsCmph1anv2AI0CUFEj2QeIXsifYenv/s1600/IMG_1944.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">The Cog Railway. There are two trains.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ_gQA71qJH12R0OJo0WrHSUA9fNuRIgl6GHiEO2R0ricw606ZQKSwK1Tm2qLStIIx64Iz7ni5nq04Dl1rLP62ojSmAlHFHjW_IJ2Otq6J9tKc5Yrsmp3zo1yp9mUXQUdm3ngZLbvF6Ea/s1600/IMG_1949.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ_gQA71qJH12R0OJo0WrHSUA9fNuRIgl6GHiEO2R0ricw606ZQKSwK1Tm2qLStIIx64Iz7ni5nq04Dl1rLP62ojSmAlHFHjW_IJ2Otq6J9tKc5Yrsmp3zo1yp9mUXQUdm3ngZLbvF6Ea/w640-h480/IMG_1949.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the "cog" that the train used to get up and down the hill.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq8-FlSP1BN7l5XopmD6v_DhDgAu2tZSv_U3cukXV91Qag-l464JhePJsjyGlqFlGKFBVgsDewMagAR0XajigbcSB30aSw3fei3JKpglMP1EhpnIM3D3vbxtccnGeLSipADvLDRv8JMl8/s1600/IMG_1950.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXq8-FlSP1BN7l5XopmD6v_DhDgAu2tZSv_U3cukXV91Qag-l464JhePJsjyGlqFlGKFBVgsDewMagAR0XajigbcSB30aSw3fei3JKpglMP1EhpnIM3D3vbxtccnGeLSipADvLDRv8JMl8/w640-h480/IMG_1950.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvV1HrbIvMUUA39Jgcbz_VYkDi9GwhLXJhmXzKmUz3Nmu_VFw8avsF_OW_2dsUR03NbBf95pgOg24s1Z6pMnLkepPIWkFGe7MVLi2y-5CfbBjpzDgN7sgljN7KoWkx8KsHLRyiFq9lR1kS/s1600/IMG_1937.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvV1HrbIvMUUA39Jgcbz_VYkDi9GwhLXJhmXzKmUz3Nmu_VFw8avsF_OW_2dsUR03NbBf95pgOg24s1Z6pMnLkepPIWkFGe7MVLi2y-5CfbBjpzDgN7sgljN7KoWkx8KsHLRyiFq9lR1kS/w640-h480/IMG_1937.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3VDfS6M7fj6_pgf6UWKkt8OrD7FFTis-IjzqGn7JC46T0GOfqEvHjQVxV7hvdThXGftZgHl3YSVEfRrWTvZxWZL7UjNES3mo-M1ym3LmN5Vz4uQ83Sf-G-mvqr-cAxce41F78719GvyQ/s1600/IMG_1946.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3VDfS6M7fj6_pgf6UWKkt8OrD7FFTis-IjzqGn7JC46T0GOfqEvHjQVxV7hvdThXGftZgHl3YSVEfRrWTvZxWZL7UjNES3mo-M1ym3LmN5Vz4uQ83Sf-G-mvqr-cAxce41F78719GvyQ/w640-h480/IMG_1946.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A wall from the original building in 1873.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lEbPlKNvkFxDcNr3V2JvcPXNuKFBFhHTkCcbez3qwHbTpuoyr2dKDPXCslvoDVOZv-eg9jF2upXxMSzEkJ-i4yO39WC-ldfaJ_pb1fan8fgZLP8qOHjGtBgkjLuXRtqf6IwfAB_YMkuB/s1600/IMG_1956.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lEbPlKNvkFxDcNr3V2JvcPXNuKFBFhHTkCcbez3qwHbTpuoyr2dKDPXCslvoDVOZv-eg9jF2upXxMSzEkJ-i4yO39WC-ldfaJ_pb1fan8fgZLP8qOHjGtBgkjLuXRtqf6IwfAB_YMkuB/w640-h480/IMG_1956.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The high altitude with 60% oxygen make you feel odd.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6t-0CmvT_HVCRR5VEgWEskvyCh1U8-GSZODKwU_qlQKcDJbw_59JGGxGYClV5aXCsV98IRWDofWYFwxKn9RfU_9iH8j__mSSBNOGrWgvzv6CIUE1gBCj95IWDU2brDgckDlNYiTd5HK7/s1600/IMG_1958.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Construction everywhere.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='596' height='496' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwbwkPxl9K_7KR9ax3wlDB3wCaKzn0M3f22gIfIKW5ru9rojkd5tyz__7t0lCF0dEnagb6ypp-RZruuY9xiXw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-34417917007287471372021-08-06T20:31:00.000-04:002021-08-06T20:31:33.123-04:00Salt Lake City, Utah<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <b>Salt Lake City, Utah</b> has been less inviting than what we thought it would be for or trip west. It's a big city with heavy traffic. We are at the Pony Express RV Resort on the northern edge of Salt Lake City, just off of I-15. Smoke from the forest fires is real thick today but temperature today was finally well below 100 degrees. Traveling to anything you want to see is an ordeal with traffic and distances being 75 to 100 miles or more. The Temple Square and Mormon Temple in downtown Salt Lake is not easily accessed. Heavy traffic with no parking in site and there is a ten foot wall around the entire area. We gave up on seeing it. We leave Saturday, heading east on I-80 and I-25 to Denver Colorado.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We did drive north today to the <b>Golden Spike National Historic Park</b> north of Brigham, Utah. That was a 90 mile drive, one way but worth the trip. The railroads met there on May 10, 1869 and drove the final "golden Spike" that linked the east and west. The site was busy with railroad construction workers and became a small town called Promontory, Utah. It was dismantled in 1869 when it was no longer needed. The park site where Promontory was located, north of the Salt Lake and 35 miles out in what looks like desert area. There is a lot of history here at this small historic park so I have a lot of photos.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory,_Utah" target="_blank"><b>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory,_Utah</b></a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike</span></b></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">An unexpected find was the large <b>Northrup Grumman</b> plant that tests (makes?) rocket engines, not warheads or satellites, for military and NASA. It's just north of the Golden Spike so we drove to it. The plant is spread over the hills in an area of a few miles in length. It appears to be empty, just a few vehicles here and there in the parking lots. There is the <b>ATK Rocket Garden</b> in front of the office building. Below the Golden Spike photos are a few photos of rocket engines.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibs6wJpMuE2ICvhgkdy3kZ3y-aij9VGpVcymmFGVx5Y2SCNbA8LpeywoEyh8hqDu5siQuuEi9ubrxaMB4Nw37ok_YZxd8vCIeKqxtCNc_rpC6rGX9aNpAm0iEwhSVvuSh3MX4zZHLfXyut/s1600/IMG_1857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibs6wJpMuE2ICvhgkdy3kZ3y-aij9VGpVcymmFGVx5Y2SCNbA8LpeywoEyh8hqDu5siQuuEi9ubrxaMB4Nw37ok_YZxd8vCIeKqxtCNc_rpC6rGX9aNpAm0iEwhSVvuSh3MX4zZHLfXyut/w640-h480/IMG_1857.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfjSovX62jj-SVUv7JP_aEKXdDDBfn8k9eFTDig0j998pOYpGb-lvTMFv_iGMvgK1Ts7Y3pggMWq7W21lV4F8xXP-Ih3sgc5FZIgNch3NeWX4ss2DUYY7WsBvHjXotcivZ9WA8_l5EC-_/s1600/IMG_1858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y423R4mIkY4ieg3L8wgsbwnqHmrtS3KyH7TaqWLIXAWL3braXTt9QkzXTDZXte5prcqC-SGHQ9kE-g6bvYXlaLSXB_SGCKWvwnwdvRp012YxWjWODxDTF9GoPgSr6Egiiv-bZ1Rf4FWT/s1600/IMG_1891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y423R4mIkY4ieg3L8wgsbwnqHmrtS3KyH7TaqWLIXAWL3braXTt9QkzXTDZXte5prcqC-SGHQ9kE-g6bvYXlaLSXB_SGCKWvwnwdvRp012YxWjWODxDTF9GoPgSr6Egiiv-bZ1Rf4FWT/w640-h480/IMG_1891.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMIrTWcDL95hpcFTJLT4xCrVh0PkpxjHUJnhlB1GINiEBaLbpvBv3yMb-TNmk6yMmEcqSjAphtxsLzgM43XIqpZj3sEui3F8wj9IaOfEqsFuyonZyzj6ck89h6bmb-pSNHmOrddZI7BAn/s1600/IMG_1893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMIrTWcDL95hpcFTJLT4xCrVh0PkpxjHUJnhlB1GINiEBaLbpvBv3yMb-TNmk6yMmEcqSjAphtxsLzgM43XIqpZj3sEui3F8wj9IaOfEqsFuyonZyzj6ck89h6bmb-pSNHmOrddZI7BAn/w640-h480/IMG_1893.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These are very detailed replicas of the original locomotives that met at the site.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCyQ-jLa0cyo7WIHItVYVBZTm9lbmeU9TjTC8H2sP4g8wo0CSbWrRkheQV7KsnR9qKaIXkik-GiXfF9W5CHicYRerhahpjp4CL_O9q3ki-GbSAnrK5AvYfWpMTRiPF_GrUB9jaX-YtRcY/s1600/IMG_1880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCyQ-jLa0cyo7WIHItVYVBZTm9lbmeU9TjTC8H2sP4g8wo0CSbWrRkheQV7KsnR9qKaIXkik-GiXfF9W5CHicYRerhahpjp4CL_O9q3ki-GbSAnrK5AvYfWpMTRiPF_GrUB9jaX-YtRcY/w480-h640/IMG_1880.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The original golden spike is now located at Stanford University.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgytbSdDTqh0HtlHbLLxZ2can3SsJm-J4DFjvJmjWuvZM68YRDRYYOn-wNbzmsbZFbk6mfwGr5XDE5Bhu90IbRV4l0TqkUPoyssNETILOppiDVlI_KJSjCeh8cIFc_7dQ9nX8HDSkWcYkc/s1600/IMG_1888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgytbSdDTqh0HtlHbLLxZ2can3SsJm-J4DFjvJmjWuvZM68YRDRYYOn-wNbzmsbZFbk6mfwGr5XDE5Bhu90IbRV4l0TqkUPoyssNETILOppiDVlI_KJSjCeh8cIFc_7dQ9nX8HDSkWcYkc/w640-h480/IMG_1888.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These boys are talking about the "cow catchers" on the front of the engines. <br />The railroad called them the Pilot, designed to deflect objects on the track.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb9Btk35nX49A2N8hnM4NYirr_rau0bFBgNW0yMwSiXJOF0aBF5mS8lfZchpbd9ntjsPNPQNuD8VfIUN_FQx_EiFHPr-RwJd_dLq0gdnw6eKczyZ3HGIpSHkgQld-7rKt2o1HZG96-CxL/s1600/IMG_1874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb9Btk35nX49A2N8hnM4NYirr_rau0bFBgNW0yMwSiXJOF0aBF5mS8lfZchpbd9ntjsPNPQNuD8VfIUN_FQx_EiFHPr-RwJd_dLq0gdnw6eKczyZ3HGIpSHkgQld-7rKt2o1HZG96-CxL/w640-h480/IMG_1874.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Union Pacific from the east.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd20aPzFGSl7-QRvkVxiamtqZz0HGXMEs6_AhnJYdzZIKyRfQV6AJ6956rdY8x2dshwBGUv-gD2JktiTcYvnjZXxmlre1lt52pca7R3fR24hMKMVhvw-r8JgHs9Ipx0fzmkeo_wgIruG_/s1600/IMG_1875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd20aPzFGSl7-QRvkVxiamtqZz0HGXMEs6_AhnJYdzZIKyRfQV6AJ6956rdY8x2dshwBGUv-gD2JktiTcYvnjZXxmlre1lt52pca7R3fR24hMKMVhvw-r8JgHs9Ipx0fzmkeo_wgIruG_/w640-h480/IMG_1875.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Central Pacific from the west.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8prpUGhaP-1S30HnPhyphenhyphen-Up3j7WJnYhmVWVGWP7ChVF-SVWErTZmqwTA1tDrtKM9ZErbs6tOtMSLJ3-XdtFRMDXnhyphenhyphen49XjX0lcmlloSHR8oQwTa-DpSyxh1akXejvip-W5ZRVxbq2iCH-u/w640-h480/IMG_1881.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Union Pacific locomotive was coal fired.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkZ0tx9jyjvoI-WWudtxH0-KAYRji-NB6YHCAkWSILTVzW1_y-RDsLgRPhT2HWtj3OrCfC1jPwU4tzYyaiYgduaAbMdliPhRJqftz-HgmmB1K1RFlNvUAcifPnSeBhMLAn3FzCzQm-T2L/s1600/IMG_1885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkZ0tx9jyjvoI-WWudtxH0-KAYRji-NB6YHCAkWSILTVzW1_y-RDsLgRPhT2HWtj3OrCfC1jPwU4tzYyaiYgduaAbMdliPhRJqftz-HgmmB1K1RFlNvUAcifPnSeBhMLAn3FzCzQm-T2L/w640-h480/IMG_1885.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Central Pacific was wood fired.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqLwvJOKBYX7ceK84IgvBo392WRmYMpRBxYHZ7Rr5xzcUOwOzK0LLmGEuEkrkEuWpMsU6qj66cWr96AJLqqxus3q31QKuT3s7GH2f_wMOCe8LjBEQhACQ-IcKtJzKQY8fpoEHM1J_xPmo/s1600/IMG_1894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: medium;">The restored monument.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyaanXNLvGMhwAXQ86OMNj-zYc1Wy1D1OT9Tf8sZG5wx4EKOM2vvRfCUEiQdzMieIiA8SehbIF-5kPMsJiwnN_jCXvaLZ7RzAG-Vl2TdT7_hPZni9WR89JQd-Nw-b8HiTnO896SoCU9Uj/s1600/IMG_1896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyaanXNLvGMhwAXQ86OMNj-zYc1Wy1D1OT9Tf8sZG5wx4EKOM2vvRfCUEiQdzMieIiA8SehbIF-5kPMsJiwnN_jCXvaLZ7RzAG-Vl2TdT7_hPZni9WR89JQd-Nw-b8HiTnO896SoCU9Uj/w640-h480/IMG_1896.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Buffalo were killed for sport by hunters that came by the new trains on the railroad. <br />The estimated 1000 buffalo left by the early 1900's were headed to extinction.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5h23a1UDV_yaxAlnibFQATsdr4zsKoKLt-3-As09mvJSLFYk1pPIw8a3ulAm1EqzetTTDfx8kU4FTgRMxDETc6GbvT6q3I-Zd59oZjRakaLtL6xVXhmtxOhfRSbfbn43-yjYF4SgbQzk/s1600/IMG_1897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5h23a1UDV_yaxAlnibFQATsdr4zsKoKLt-3-As09mvJSLFYk1pPIw8a3ulAm1EqzetTTDfx8kU4FTgRMxDETc6GbvT6q3I-Zd59oZjRakaLtL6xVXhmtxOhfRSbfbn43-yjYF4SgbQzk/w640-h480/IMG_1897.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The ATK Rocket Garden</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi6JXnwanxrR1FmN6y8-kv89xwPSwcmBrfuufd9uJ__HOs9XNxFftdVHoiGanrQ11hqks0kuUMStjzlKTfQmk1D9UUJDEjYth7MEEPeysTyH3Y5UZVn7xdmf11okr8BRivYGeTRT8C3J-/s1600/IMG_1901a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi6JXnwanxrR1FmN6y8-kv89xwPSwcmBrfuufd9uJ__HOs9XNxFftdVHoiGanrQ11hqks0kuUMStjzlKTfQmk1D9UUJDEjYth7MEEPeysTyH3Y5UZVn7xdmf11okr8BRivYGeTRT8C3J-/w640-h480/IMG_1901a.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKliNyucwU08iG2u2ldG_JisEL1-8MeSgyFJLofWitu4D6nhjKQ0DlMIhhqNfo2-NtB1XQqhd0IQoXOSwnsS3bygKx65bdNMfp90-En2jG6dTnXMTkIqMIfb6rojWMaN2uK2ZARXNT0ovY/w640-h480/IMG_1910.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The two photos below are the shuttle reusable rocket</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENUIrXMKvOs9eSfjlDxu3-ehgjQ71z_UBTsZCY0-nDcjo5st8T6r5KJg0z64RvOoyJFgMoHA2SP6mVpCbnWlsLd0poyJ3nq3c9HW7lB6dApCXrqq3ys9mVlZxg-MFvMeaXzco0XTCtyBi/s1600/IMG_1911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeu6iIzcoB0xqXydUcrissIeKF5RpECacpfsbsfk5P-Tv5K5GVDOvBMVaharj0Fp477mOzwCHkTZD9_X44FaIyZyLBrg2x-DWvi1eT69TfrkyHTMFcVtngH1Dug4vCI6Kz4wi5vkNQfOJF/s1600/IMG_1918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeu6iIzcoB0xqXydUcrissIeKF5RpECacpfsbsfk5P-Tv5K5GVDOvBMVaharj0Fp477mOzwCHkTZD9_X44FaIyZyLBrg2x-DWvi1eT69TfrkyHTMFcVtngH1Dug4vCI6Kz4wi5vkNQfOJF/w640-h480/IMG_1918.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Minuteman's were the missiles located in silos around the country, <br />one site we visited in South Dakota.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZuvH4V4XPHPEoL7fpb3_BhpukqY4dol8kjSV60uWL1hdHcasObIJDwkGkpiysK5JEJo3HS1eNIyqUh3bdFYogzhtcetvZpRc7MlcAFSHEy4zgyhT8pTnU4kFPJmh8PT7D1ChZbRsqF2q/s1600/IMG_1919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZuvH4V4XPHPEoL7fpb3_BhpukqY4dol8kjSV60uWL1hdHcasObIJDwkGkpiysK5JEJo3HS1eNIyqUh3bdFYogzhtcetvZpRc7MlcAFSHEy4zgyhT8pTnU4kFPJmh8PT7D1ChZbRsqF2q/w640-h480/IMG_1919.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK-1_FgC74Pesr-qUvB924ttynTMEBt0uk88UjVFGJ7tJKGzME_PbzjQWEYZ98iGWhdvXeitf6Wbry8Qwhvf40-1PcSmx4J2AteUlmxHHnaP07ZY8gVNGXC5-lu0lrBG61PlGTqXlhCNb/s1600/IMG_1922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMK-1_FgC74Pesr-qUvB924ttynTMEBt0uk88UjVFGJ7tJKGzME_PbzjQWEYZ98iGWhdvXeitf6Wbry8Qwhvf40-1PcSmx4J2AteUlmxHHnaP07ZY8gVNGXC5-lu0lrBG61PlGTqXlhCNb/w640-h480/IMG_1922.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Small rocket motor used to steer larger satellites. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z6E2DT_7Ra0HOQBzWaIxKnnDb5rMIy8R7G8pwMy4cTAtAEP3_HPoYo1MOR3uXIxVKf8XoxRNW0KQZmNpNot75k6IQe3AAYHWkIltJgPum4GjYBCZzfjno0cmI97iTo-96dgAip3Ew_IQ/s1600/IMG_1923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">The Patriot is the missile used to protect against other missile attacks, <br />used in Desert Storm and in Israel.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpxBZxz1UbK3rcye501eqfma3u93STNq1jf2YmxhgW1XBFguNfepuYXyGE_iO7mbQqjjY_8AVxTaLy1y6jBjyCCT4PPHck8Iav3MD4J7k0cTXCpcZnuQX401-gC9hAaVqjdyOK7IflRr4/s1600/IMG_1929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpxBZxz1UbK3rcye501eqfma3u93STNq1jf2YmxhgW1XBFguNfepuYXyGE_iO7mbQqjjY_8AVxTaLy1y6jBjyCCT4PPHck8Iav3MD4J7k0cTXCpcZnuQX401-gC9hAaVqjdyOK7IflRr4/w640-h480/IMG_1929.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-20196992543194010422021-08-02T20:17:00.003-04:002021-08-02T20:17:20.426-04:00Last Day at Yellowstone<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> We took sometime to see more of the <b>caldera area</b> at Yellowstone, along US-191. Old Faithful is only one of many geysers, mud pots and steam vents. The Y</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.8px;">ellowstone </span><a class="tipHelp" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.8px;" title="supervolcano">supervolcano</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.8px;"> last erupted about 640,000 years ago. When it did, it left behind a </span><a class="tipHelp" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.8px;" title="caldera">caldera</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; word-spacing: 0.8px;">, a landform created by the inward collapse of a volcano's peak. These links will explain it. Our next stop will be Salt Lake City, Utah.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/volcano.htm" target="_blank"><span><b>https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/volcano.htm</b></span></a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera" target="_blank"><span><b>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera</b></span></a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbUCGQs60M5HDKt6ukxWx4zJExHZnqKb_XFB6n1zeGmRp5Cx6ovkeI9xuVe6EPONWMV3oKzzRzh4NxIMlSAwWtcWADZ5DFj_ehts6JT-ZaIMem_jYKSOhhcjCzY5qYWDyAJieasgbQ5S8/s1600/IMG_1818.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbUCGQs60M5HDKt6ukxWx4zJExHZnqKb_XFB6n1zeGmRp5Cx6ovkeI9xuVe6EPONWMV3oKzzRzh4NxIMlSAwWtcWADZ5DFj_ehts6JT-ZaIMem_jYKSOhhcjCzY5qYWDyAJieasgbQ5S8/w640-h480/IMG_1818.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">South Entrance going north on US-191</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t5Oy1-8GG1SXYquRjj6-QiD1fdJhvmFv7BT_g9yLmgnQBSp9bT9ty54qS6m_qhdzCAUZayb16XcRBsmcFMtE70pv0bcXxShUdX3Y1K5dt9ME9om-6LHCYkdaFH-mwYitFWIGVlt1tL3k/s1600/IMG_1819.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8t5Oy1-8GG1SXYquRjj6-QiD1fdJhvmFv7BT_g9yLmgnQBSp9bT9ty54qS6m_qhdzCAUZayb16XcRBsmcFMtE70pv0bcXxShUdX3Y1K5dt9ME9om-6LHCYkdaFH-mwYitFWIGVlt1tL3k/w640-h480/IMG_1819.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHQmZOBD4Mw_u6u0Jdy3H6TW8qnvp0_XaCTXQKzB83bWi8qqUWAiJOMnkwG0OG_rN_e3tFBwsf_NEximBIiqJI0MfenHYoXTmxXIhWdW9WdDGPi0ICSTMbH6LpG1SR_IPC7PriOhaYU2f/s1600/IMG_1821.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHQmZOBD4Mw_u6u0Jdy3H6TW8qnvp0_XaCTXQKzB83bWi8qqUWAiJOMnkwG0OG_rN_e3tFBwsf_NEximBIiqJI0MfenHYoXTmxXIhWdW9WdDGPi0ICSTMbH6LpG1SR_IPC7PriOhaYU2f/w640-h480/IMG_1821.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Scenery is great, ranging from mountains, canyons and open land.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK0F-RlpAosaoKBZmUWKCX2R0CRJddh2ZScKrFdNMwR6IA8z0Y5AMN2DsbJuYEh5IalRkAz81zRH2jHfJ5JdUYgWY0ZS-4f0xNM2c5BJNG_DJGw7SMeFTdIGoj3ejADQaZMT71d6GjMIU/s1600/IMG_1841.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK0F-RlpAosaoKBZmUWKCX2R0CRJddh2ZScKrFdNMwR6IA8z0Y5AMN2DsbJuYEh5IalRkAz81zRH2jHfJ5JdUYgWY0ZS-4f0xNM2c5BJNG_DJGw7SMeFTdIGoj3ejADQaZMT71d6GjMIU/w640-h480/IMG_1841.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The next photos are from the Firehole Lake area, a short drive east of US-191. <br />The Firehole River follows US-191 on the west side of the highway.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPvG1scwHwqlF7ik0pZ7T0_G-XQL6l007jwThcmA_K6_BEE_VDZ3HTO-75JeHJ3zVCPwserbqMy6wyUc9OJ95X4IcARDmX7o6dtOqq8H-Sz4WH4VK67Xt0tbItQPLoA_JiRWmEK7Vc1ci/s1600/IMG_1825.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPvG1scwHwqlF7ik0pZ7T0_G-XQL6l007jwThcmA_K6_BEE_VDZ3HTO-75JeHJ3zVCPwserbqMy6wyUc9OJ95X4IcARDmX7o6dtOqq8H-Sz4WH4VK67Xt0tbItQPLoA_JiRWmEK7Vc1ci/w640-h480/IMG_1825.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV0k89XxYNSiWWH3yMPZIsGIplI_sb3smTIJkCXd14Y6AlH5fzQV9y8v1puxxQp5w08_JfTjS_i-E66mW_FGweTeTRFsrp9W_Q4NirTAPDkodsaKmehefmxaWBrzONpJ2_XHZtHSYo9Gc/s1600/IMG_1827.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV0k89XxYNSiWWH3yMPZIsGIplI_sb3smTIJkCXd14Y6AlH5fzQV9y8v1puxxQp5w08_JfTjS_i-E66mW_FGweTeTRFsrp9W_Q4NirTAPDkodsaKmehefmxaWBrzONpJ2_XHZtHSYo9Gc/w640-h480/IMG_1827.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The red stains are from algae that lives in the hot water.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz1SEL4voDZ3SNdp3yE7kjtEdsj-c-vahi62fIRX88pvG_23l890WXN_-oeVM-dVUol_neSjC8Bt-hDW3zHGV75Clu0TUHfBoRnKVYos5aifCKwRmqmn01u48UYMcxE_9bkbpqTv6aa0I/s1600/IMG_1828.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz1SEL4voDZ3SNdp3yE7kjtEdsj-c-vahi62fIRX88pvG_23l890WXN_-oeVM-dVUol_neSjC8Bt-hDW3zHGV75Clu0TUHfBoRnKVYos5aifCKwRmqmn01u48UYMcxE_9bkbpqTv6aa0I/w640-h480/IMG_1828.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Boiling water.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBI6sydh-ufC7nR7u_cwUXbkAdxXYWhkHwQks59AKsUbh6onNuJ0j4aF2glrJ2bigG05Ijd26mGJelk0UPKJ_2VraLPqmA5PxPXSjr9VefezPN83n_yHm-xrYGFWl3A9T59xfWJCFdHScK/s1600/IMG_1829.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBI6sydh-ufC7nR7u_cwUXbkAdxXYWhkHwQks59AKsUbh6onNuJ0j4aF2glrJ2bigG05Ijd26mGJelk0UPKJ_2VraLPqmA5PxPXSjr9VefezPN83n_yHm-xrYGFWl3A9T59xfWJCFdHScK/w640-h480/IMG_1829.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSWt0uLhApv8oryFvmquJ59q_LmFHf4434jH-Sg_k_TNXteKb5a7vPigE58m4BdfA2yHILnUyLbtE0PHAsYVwg5Pl-SBdeBBQLra0bFjT3xebK2hHYkobpo2-h442B4bRl0W1uQ6kEmwe/s1600/IMG_1830.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSWt0uLhApv8oryFvmquJ59q_LmFHf4434jH-Sg_k_TNXteKb5a7vPigE58m4BdfA2yHILnUyLbtE0PHAsYVwg5Pl-SBdeBBQLra0bFjT3xebK2hHYkobpo2-h442B4bRl0W1uQ6kEmwe/w640-h480/IMG_1830.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Calcium carbonate covers the ground around the vents.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfDqoZH_iI6ODsOgJKKq9ft-OAkpLCmFjtDnCjjRGJEi6Q3SedueIybfJyBGw-74o_AqnV8ERfVdJL-OcOwrR0cdBA5DpVDrG3RIijLinLI7EmCWn62BiWNccuDnMStjtQxX7hFIHHDN2/s1600/IMG_1832.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">A lot of calcium carbonate. We just missed the eruption here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1VzIDsAv1rHVibqQAQXYL_gClP_GQ8AwPWpw9p5H_Fewio4Ex23j7qJzayEep2nTvGwoPyQw8AZYB0rkk7zqjUoqz0OrtlZYR6Zr01IfjBLACZrZesyAFyWEDmPEkGOSN9s9XK8etp1i/s1600/IMG_1835.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1VzIDsAv1rHVibqQAQXYL_gClP_GQ8AwPWpw9p5H_Fewio4Ex23j7qJzayEep2nTvGwoPyQw8AZYB0rkk7zqjUoqz0OrtlZYR6Zr01IfjBLACZrZesyAFyWEDmPEkGOSN9s9XK8etp1i/w640-h480/IMG_1835.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpR9SqY6-qgONVDoOUq9LkCdw1YujzBFY7BOxey8H-EUF2ZlhD5rE-_ZuPC0WKN4cKha36t2AANqmN6PQX6lyUfsKQcWCxV3MOUwwPT9ZxPAUZFwwVv2vYwevTmL5Xn2RcI-QHGodZm-xj/s1600/IMG_1839.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">More boiling water.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuqeIEGAtgqrWQKUzN7vGW7fm4NdhZJ3iESWRmYaQi67VMiK1glbk4a44x6kT9seCZPouAOVO6lw1Ecl5DQfj4kl2MOGLx58EjALek4qFgY92wN2LaDpNabfGo0jvLLBHzFgIydwPGNx0/s1600/IMG_1848.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuqeIEGAtgqrWQKUzN7vGW7fm4NdhZJ3iESWRmYaQi67VMiK1glbk4a44x6kT9seCZPouAOVO6lw1Ecl5DQfj4kl2MOGLx58EjALek4qFgY92wN2LaDpNabfGo0jvLLBHzFgIydwPGNx0/w640-h480/IMG_1848.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-18260146098484821992021-08-01T22:13:00.007-04:002021-08-01T22:42:05.262-04:00Old Faithful and Grand Tetons<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We left early this morning to see <b>Old Faithful</b> before the huge crowds arrived. It was about fifty miles from are RV. The crowds did arrive but some time after we arrived so parking was easy for us. We waited about an hour in the fifty degree weather for the eruption at about 8:45 am. It's not on an exact schedule. This was apparently a short eruption, some are as long as five minutes.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWe4yqATwIfs1Ij9kHr7LGCNot9IQw9-bZFLHAyiqn0nfB_Feo9DDxnupGj5K9gb959DnLHTjs2Az23J7F0qV-_iIHnTL5ov4UFSFhbo_Jn77hvVR-k0PpT47SanHonhXWL4FbhjlrfRc/s2016/Aug+1+route.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWe4yqATwIfs1Ij9kHr7LGCNot9IQw9-bZFLHAyiqn0nfB_Feo9DDxnupGj5K9gb959DnLHTjs2Az23J7F0qV-_iIHnTL5ov4UFSFhbo_Jn77hvVR-k0PpT47SanHonhXWL4FbhjlrfRc/w640-h480/Aug+1+route.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qJSKRn1oc8mNnRYrTgw3sKUdLUcbv4cchLpAq1utafA-bCeeW2w0SOI7HCYIqs0eWRdOUth5LwBMzJTv8QIu7xdROiJJ62J_MK6vaD9GR7op_fKxv-YfefrJbAZQGmcVHiqGrMRgEutG/s1600/IMG_1792.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qJSKRn1oc8mNnRYrTgw3sKUdLUcbv4cchLpAq1utafA-bCeeW2w0SOI7HCYIqs0eWRdOUth5LwBMzJTv8QIu7xdROiJJ62J_MK6vaD9GR7op_fKxv-YfefrJbAZQGmcVHiqGrMRgEutG/w640-h480/IMG_1792.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRe3HN_kMFbxuVYZLZCZRd_HtUsJtICTatjn2XwfT_ZiNUaC0QO-zegpDm-nnzqO_MceFWw3IfMjJler4F_kOp9ZH7Cn78Gp72Uy5DPnkpfGZZ8krLKFytM2z39wwvaOUwxNcNQaprREQH/s2048/IMG_000854.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRe3HN_kMFbxuVYZLZCZRd_HtUsJtICTatjn2XwfT_ZiNUaC0QO-zegpDm-nnzqO_MceFWw3IfMjJler4F_kOp9ZH7Cn78Gp72Uy5DPnkpfGZZ8krLKFytM2z39wwvaOUwxNcNQaprREQH/w640-h480/IMG_000854.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Waiting, waiting, waiting. Other geysers are in the background.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='572' height='476' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwkD8t_irp1C26Vs57i5sCZVDnUaMu0c3xKzPb2BvDaJrPR3PPtI5J_9en5Fdcm-l_wmW2qQirww94She0AYg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY9O3Y2EQ5F0Zerc9H8QnqdGPXNw_NhceE7SZlWqNUfXFrKMEgGvCAnTUd8002LguyUZ_IpeFACY72-tzuKbPKyQAMwQ8gubF_Zy2SPBmJdJypCN2HeMmYmsNaJu2LGEU7GXi26xTRgbu/s2048/IMG_000857.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY9O3Y2EQ5F0Zerc9H8QnqdGPXNw_NhceE7SZlWqNUfXFrKMEgGvCAnTUd8002LguyUZ_IpeFACY72-tzuKbPKyQAMwQ8gubF_Zy2SPBmJdJypCN2HeMmYmsNaJu2LGEU7GXi26xTRgbu/w640-h480/IMG_000857.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The growing crowd waiting, waiting, waiting.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnwQZISahGlf0QiK1JAQzEbnyvNSWoFRSFJLhCsYv4Ifmm8paN4VrgqpyZ8KiRWnMvDSe4vMiN2aRBcjxp7CfGPrmSVaTXQGMwUv1ZU8Hlo8_PTxo7WnlAYN05hxGy0hIZMdiBWASuKJe/s2048/IMG_000865.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnwQZISahGlf0QiK1JAQzEbnyvNSWoFRSFJLhCsYv4Ifmm8paN4VrgqpyZ8KiRWnMvDSe4vMiN2aRBcjxp7CfGPrmSVaTXQGMwUv1ZU8Hlo8_PTxo7WnlAYN05hxGy0hIZMdiBWASuKJe/w640-h480/IMG_000865.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Lodge and there are several other buildings at Old Faithful.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The <b>Grand Tetons</b> are about 40 miles south on US-191. We drove as far as Colter Bay Village where we had a good view of the mountain range. The famous Jackson Hole is another 50 miles south but that was too far today. Maybe next time.... </span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RqTCqkWw8wgI_khTFqh-PmcrnVHT_X9BmZ9jdtWmIrkXJfeuAsl8XvuHkrX6J3uvTr2pIatvj7rop_xpJFBvRlQyk8B3KPtwDZ_HhlTLm-g5eTXYYyLZZCqkNsXNLa59ASA_I3BDA18H/s1600/IMG_1803.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RqTCqkWw8wgI_khTFqh-PmcrnVHT_X9BmZ9jdtWmIrkXJfeuAsl8XvuHkrX6J3uvTr2pIatvj7rop_xpJFBvRlQyk8B3KPtwDZ_HhlTLm-g5eTXYYyLZZCqkNsXNLa59ASA_I3BDA18H/w640-h480/IMG_1803.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltltEkLXrAj__3AXWDvZx65SNxpHadGhpXDF_Vp-qT9XbAduHkEvStAUG3MIi8KbU2MusOZu_Y_KhOtvJs_0HDu4WT2AsikchVUH0v_sAoz-6nSdkDa96N_xWI8gz8vTQA1dddB3TMiry/s1600/IMG_1806.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39HqEpjtmlcXw2Gp57txuMLKnbscjy3u9MTBd91pXphoI5NdMusvXpOJVoJZ5BMk2-PbdYy1_JtYMWdFg-aYUxjt1IYI1Q01jnA1mGvfg6kOi9rlgcC1wibM4xRoJalz_dXaPsPedLvXb/s1600/IMG_1815.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39HqEpjtmlcXw2Gp57txuMLKnbscjy3u9MTBd91pXphoI5NdMusvXpOJVoJZ5BMk2-PbdYy1_JtYMWdFg-aYUxjt1IYI1Q01jnA1mGvfg6kOi9rlgcC1wibM4xRoJalz_dXaPsPedLvXb/w640-h480/IMG_1815.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Colter Bay Village</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlZpkIeeQMaZjmS7yL6QeUvS-OElXD3083PnwmkQYB26LO_tjBVqgxuhkzf1hezYghQbms2y8gY52rlqhLfquMaoPqlQVSCfrKrvferdPwxf2c-ZqV0wvNhpjQpwdmzb9XbvJPuHEo8Ne/s1600/IMG_1817.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlZpkIeeQMaZjmS7yL6QeUvS-OElXD3083PnwmkQYB26LO_tjBVqgxuhkzf1hezYghQbms2y8gY52rlqhLfquMaoPqlQVSCfrKrvferdPwxf2c-ZqV0wvNhpjQpwdmzb9XbvJPuHEo8Ne/w640-h480/IMG_1817.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The US-191 below Yellowstone is a memorial to Rockefeller since he <br />contributed a large sum of money to the area.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">One more post is coming about our return trip to our RV.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-51021043981349110402021-07-31T21:40:00.001-04:002021-08-01T22:38:41.832-04:00Yellowstone NP July 31<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="text-align: center;">July 31, we drove to Mammoth Hot Springs, the north entrance at Gardiner, MT. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The west and north entrances to Yellowstone are actually in Montana so you cross the Wyoming state border to enter the park.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> The Roosevelt Lodge is half way around the Grande Loop Road. The road was closed beyond the Lodge so we had to return thru Mammoth on US-89. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaeB4STLly91weVycUfzNUymk3qw5ta8xF2Kk_4x3N4i9rqLjR1Db_92fkyWuDIUO29thzo7BdSUmLFBI-J7TFwdzsjem-TNXH3Xy7F6Ku2PEd1E0p6n-7jaoKEyVzpwtX350oIoYRsHQ/s2016/July+31+route.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaeB4STLly91weVycUfzNUymk3qw5ta8xF2Kk_4x3N4i9rqLjR1Db_92fkyWuDIUO29thzo7BdSUmLFBI-J7TFwdzsjem-TNXH3Xy7F6Ku2PEd1E0p6n-7jaoKEyVzpwtX350oIoYRsHQ/w640-h480/July+31+route.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='599' height='499' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyk0hqthV6qYB2PhyoOa48BguYprJuhbV3KpFL7r1edovYKxelgs1rb-sRIBTqJCeconGq3y0tHwPZh7u0r7A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The road to Mammoth Hot Springs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8nBnRCCdaLEW8YOl_ivpf3UJOHXH_ZsJNoShbPNjFod5eRwu4wMYFF6wAiZhPlq0LVXJMBEaeBEGOATocvmS4VsNm4vBsyQmSEKPJkmP8wG3yg9riMepQ4noi_u4k55W9qWlxoT_lWNa/s1600/IMG_1780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8nBnRCCdaLEW8YOl_ivpf3UJOHXH_ZsJNoShbPNjFod5eRwu4wMYFF6wAiZhPlq0LVXJMBEaeBEGOATocvmS4VsNm4vBsyQmSEKPJkmP8wG3yg9riMepQ4noi_u4k55W9qWlxoT_lWNa/w640-h480/IMG_1780.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Located at Hot Springs.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknVC-VKhHq39jBVNKBJqoG5gaXpyjud_GODogRL1Tr64FgdiFyf0qmPqKRAFZutq-a4V0ryXeo-cpTci3Nzt_KronXkIIAEsSd6bFG2SwMM-JQIVvWqHNfS5hkDZFN7yj_wa6RLT4_x__/s1600/IMG_1772.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='590' height='490' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyqSGcaD9hI-OrLCXO1eXzxWJuqWgH-_hp-JoxQNDLcXH0-4oJa67j6POk2b134UFWq6k30_gJ7KmySYWQ7zg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">The road downhill to the north entrance.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPSAXCk12kJ4PYT-3DVrHA8u8FGAJqcbat3HhC0e9CsLPXGh1I4Yw_30gLXdroMcWxgvkVexkcItaHCjrRm5drYG66C9qnFNMXu-wZiff4uXTCHo7n10popdk9SoudELyFppaooBqhMfj/s1600/IMG_1775.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPSAXCk12kJ4PYT-3DVrHA8u8FGAJqcbat3HhC0e9CsLPXGh1I4Yw_30gLXdroMcWxgvkVexkcItaHCjrRm5drYG66C9qnFNMXu-wZiff4uXTCHo7n10popdk9SoudELyFppaooBqhMfj/w640-h480/IMG_1775.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Elk near the road at the north entrance to Yellowstone.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGe8ETiUJjZ1MWR9SZ_G9IC_JGQSPlf791czmSuZu01c6J1p_EZmW89vsqlUBtLnjBHqiaW4qbhv6HOE9z2CJnB5IFlhNLIvRnekYKEULDA4DI_aUk0xUbffBEbsCo5CHSZu3MQVkpiUXN/s1600/IMG_1782.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGe8ETiUJjZ1MWR9SZ_G9IC_JGQSPlf791czmSuZu01c6J1p_EZmW89vsqlUBtLnjBHqiaW4qbhv6HOE9z2CJnB5IFlhNLIvRnekYKEULDA4DI_aUk0xUbffBEbsCo5CHSZu3MQVkpiUXN/w640-h480/IMG_1782.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Established 1906 after a trip to the area by President Theodore Roosevelt.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqcZt9byl_0mTfSem1c_UDZJffgowjrufcDd8iteGIP1tzUbsD1qQtgOhUniOSxVaWTdq6Nnn82mcyhfKoxXf8MDj6i3AYF1Jm96O1xIL-5_h7Q0Ep6gotovhGkWAV8r3oFL46fRlenuG/w640-h480/IMG_1790.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Road closed, turn around, go back the way we came here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqcZt9byl_0mTfSem1c_UDZJffgowjrufcDd8iteGIP1tzUbsD1qQtgOhUniOSxVaWTdq6Nnn82mcyhfKoxXf8MDj6i3AYF1Jm96O1xIL-5_h7Q0Ep6gotovhGkWAV8r3oFL46fRlenuG/s1600/IMG_1790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-73898787286118563782021-07-31T20:34:00.014-04:002021-08-01T20:57:13.401-04:00Yellowstone NP July 30<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some people told us three days was all you needed to see Yellowstone. Not true. The park has 2.2 million acres. We have four days and that is not enough to see it all. We have not been going indoors at all, avoiding Covid-19 so we have been outdoors only. We are not walking trails, but if we did it would take another week. If you want to get around to all the major sights, a lot of driving is required. Everything thing is 25-30 miles apart or more. Roads are good but lots of traffic. Parking lots are full so some places we could only drive by. Scenery is great and I really like my $44.00 dash camera.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">July 30, we drove the main interior loop, about 160 miles. It was a full day. There were some Bison on the road and a few Elk in the fields. Early morning or late evening are the best times to see wildlife.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNVff0Yz25cvCDvBwgApUgUcafwBrbKTvnLTL4R9PcnELNHM4-sN2_-5HdYxYFsG45RFlagSQR4I-Y8DoGTA2i5qxK4aDlyEnySp54X5XcK5lN11sBaEVP2kjyh0mSt9Hik1j6g4jaicl/s2016/July+30+route.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNVff0Yz25cvCDvBwgApUgUcafwBrbKTvnLTL4R9PcnELNHM4-sN2_-5HdYxYFsG45RFlagSQR4I-Y8DoGTA2i5qxK4aDlyEnySp54X5XcK5lN11sBaEVP2kjyh0mSt9Hik1j6g4jaicl/w640-h480/July+30+route.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzuu5ns2zOGjfzkMvyyt05hdJS8oiHe-sNGpF1b-efcZIhAKULX93-bwFMefywrDD_xS04d1qiVokG9PC49jz9fzu58GFrZnBE7gobhJk8bJiJL18bk3sF8EQrwse1F_MgAeT5X-i8ZAN/s2048/IMG_000808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">July 31, we drove to Mammoth Hot Springs, the north entrance at Gardiner, MT and to the Roosevelt Lodge on the Grande Loop Road. The road was closed beyond the Lodge so we had to return thru Mammoth on US-89. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaeB4STLly91weVycUfzNUymk3qw5ta8xF2Kk_4x3N4i9rqLjR1Db_92fkyWuDIUO29thzo7BdSUmLFBI-J7TFwdzsjem-TNXH3Xy7F6Ku2PEd1E0p6n-7jaoKEyVzpwtX350oIoYRsHQ/s2016/July+31+route.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaeB4STLly91weVycUfzNUymk3qw5ta8xF2Kk_4x3N4i9rqLjR1Db_92fkyWuDIUO29thzo7BdSUmLFBI-J7TFwdzsjem-TNXH3Xy7F6Ku2PEd1E0p6n-7jaoKEyVzpwtX350oIoYRsHQ/w640-h480/July+31+route.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-87653951799944787142021-07-30T10:11:00.002-04:002021-07-30T10:11:49.650-04:00Yellowstone National Park<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> We have planned three times to see Yellowstone. This time we are here for five days. There is a large crowd in the town of West Yellowstone. West Yellowstone is in a small corner of Montana but the park is in Wyoming. We drove in on US-191 from I-90. That road is scenic but extremely busy with lots of truck traffic on a two lane road. It is somewhat narrow in the mountain area of the road and everyone wants to drive far past the speed limit of 55 mph. We are staying at the Grizzly RV Park. We drove through some rain and when we arrived, the parking lot at the registration office was flooded. More rain is forecast for this week.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zVEw_jIDuFCmgnDBbSV4wTCeCQzQEsg5tq5XvpRyDnpfGKFRuMkhdn9iCasZipqxSxS7EW5xacV4I0XxEWGy-sHL74pUiYpJcQ_NbXOnuLKDKnuC3wDIvrcEuVp6vxfoWw0u0rOxDE7i/s1632/IMG_3200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zVEw_jIDuFCmgnDBbSV4wTCeCQzQEsg5tq5XvpRyDnpfGKFRuMkhdn9iCasZipqxSxS7EW5xacV4I0XxEWGy-sHL74pUiYpJcQ_NbXOnuLKDKnuC3wDIvrcEuVp6vxfoWw0u0rOxDE7i/w640-h480/IMG_3200.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='551' height='458' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz3hVIrjnpBhtQH1n5hXT9H1GNPi5v3nykVV8doYnerJDVDcI3UycYTNHG8VFkyQi0GbLHq7Bl2SDuGWGG6tQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJrKUIUk2redTT-Iah6k4oMIoPJzHSVDEClPk86RJrS9tOCvPaDCld84tlfW1zH7hlEOgJdhyddrYZ8yHEWRpWoi4UF47DmHPBreTI10IdkbjSugjDjBXlDEEwDpKTfe4fF0lmiTWbDfW/s2016/IMG_0755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJrKUIUk2redTT-Iah6k4oMIoPJzHSVDEClPk86RJrS9tOCvPaDCld84tlfW1zH7hlEOgJdhyddrYZ8yHEWRpWoi4UF47DmHPBreTI10IdkbjSugjDjBXlDEEwDpKTfe4fF0lmiTWbDfW/w640-h480/IMG_0755.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Must have been a very heavy rain here.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9iYlVH9ZSgIhWw_lO4qwVFcrKsrq8PfcsNdg0GJ44H4TI_8QMDen96lZSKPqENVYygJri6O3vSJXLw2xe4ij26QHfJrGE3u88UH8pzn43Xa51OL29CeYL1OcHU-hrAnCGpZG6dZuDBSe/s2016/IMG_0759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9iYlVH9ZSgIhWw_lO4qwVFcrKsrq8PfcsNdg0GJ44H4TI_8QMDen96lZSKPqENVYygJri6O3vSJXLw2xe4ij26QHfJrGE3u88UH8pzn43Xa51OL29CeYL1OcHU-hrAnCGpZG6dZuDBSe/w640-h480/IMG_0759.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemb5WMi0ME-TLnaU9oqdvKh8uVBySpTF2Hd5WRbUf23Qwkup1MaDE2EUy9iK9WLeP6Gka_ggc76g48Qy_RwKDmHNVZS6_Zxy9Gyk4V0e4qjpz3tIe7NTjc3F3QV3G45IOgEg7jXw8ENgp/s1632/IMG_3210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemb5WMi0ME-TLnaU9oqdvKh8uVBySpTF2Hd5WRbUf23Qwkup1MaDE2EUy9iK9WLeP6Gka_ggc76g48Qy_RwKDmHNVZS6_Zxy9Gyk4V0e4qjpz3tIe7NTjc3F3QV3G45IOgEg7jXw8ENgp/w640-h480/IMG_3210.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Park sites are nice but too many trees made parking a problem.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176117012464185098.post-47797998615613798902021-07-29T09:13:00.001-04:002021-07-30T09:09:32.652-04:00Montana<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Things we found about Montana</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We have been in Montana for two weeks. These are the things we observed in this state. We have crossed the Continental Divide two times at Glacier National Park and two times as we drove west to Glacier then back to the east on I-90 on our way to Yellowstone NP.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lots of big mountains, elevations can be up to 9000 feet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Average land ground elevation is usually about 3000 feet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Smoke everywhere from forest fires.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Small casinos at every gas station, many are a mile apart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Drivers like to drive 80 mph.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Larger cities are far apart, 80-100 miles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many Indian reservations in the state.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cattle can be on roadways.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Open range means cattle can be anywhere.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lots of vehicles pulling small flatbed trailers, most empty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rodeos and cowboys in many miles of flat land areas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We did not notice the hot temperatures because the humidity is low.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Montana is the fourth largest state with </span><span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; text-align: right;">147,039 sq miles </span>but only 1.69% of water area.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area" target="_blank"><b>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area</b></a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKM9GCjU3zftRD25CEenVAe6VveUoAYho2Lyjcmvp6_D1odCg8otjmdFB6CzaTgYWHVIBQ3mqS6hs6wTpR8x2zWL5HwfdP27yKNtG5qLp80co20XVt96Vq8kB6mnV2K9acvwFKcMHCbFK/s640/Divide.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKM9GCjU3zftRD25CEenVAe6VveUoAYho2Lyjcmvp6_D1odCg8otjmdFB6CzaTgYWHVIBQ3mqS6hs6wTpR8x2zWL5HwfdP27yKNtG5qLp80co20XVt96Vq8kB6mnV2K9acvwFKcMHCbFK/w640-h480/Divide.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Continental Divide Elevation 6647 Feet<br />Logan Pass in Glacier NP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIictP21kbaQEyVZiCuru5sF2AezPyz_teFs8zkgdtrXtq-0OQrfPRowBQvZ_tonzp4jm-tReFeGOfjaVPz3b3U9hyphenhyphenKljomZM_aSQwj8OeYSq8ScXyy8YwHw7B7QFLoOrYL4Z7325nrWdc/s1024/Homestake_Pass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIictP21kbaQEyVZiCuru5sF2AezPyz_teFs8zkgdtrXtq-0OQrfPRowBQvZ_tonzp4jm-tReFeGOfjaVPz3b3U9hyphenhyphenKljomZM_aSQwj8OeYSq8ScXyy8YwHw7B7QFLoOrYL4Z7325nrWdc/w640-h480/Homestake_Pass.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My camera did not get this photo, this is from wikipedia. <br />Elevation is 6329 feet. This sign is not visible from I-90.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="CC BY 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13633857" target="_blank">CC BY 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13633857</a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813964703683238632noreply@blogger.com0