Six State Rally at the Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas

In September, Nancy and I headed the Roadtrek down to our regional FMCA rally in Little Rock, Arkansas. It was a beautiful park setting along the river that separates Little Rock from North Little Rock. We visited the Clinton Library, and Nancy and her sister Anne had their picture taken with Bill Clinton. Not sure where his hands are in this photo.... Note the political campaign poster, guess some things in Arkansas never change. The library was having a chopper exhibit, some cool bikes, tho most strictly for show, not operable. Motorcycles as art? There were over a thousand motor homes at the rally in total, and about 15 from our Gateway Getaways club. Ladies enjoyed a red hat luncheon on a sternwheeler. We all did some sightseeing, had a great time, as usual, with our Gateway Getaways club. Note the exit sign from the campground where we stayed the night before the big rally!

August Rally at Cedarbrook

In August, we had a lovely rally at Cedarbrook RV Campground in Mulberry Grove, IL. There were about 15 or 20 coaches from our Gateway Getaways group. We found a terriffic BBQ spot, with an outdoor cooker built into the remains of an old car trunk! Nancy and I continued to spread the disease of Mah Jongg, as well as Mexican Train Dominoes. Good fun had by all.

Kentucky Bourbon Trail!

We headed East to Kentucky to visit Bill's sister Pat and hubby Fred, and their son Eric and daughter-in-law Emily and family. Beautiful country, with plenty of green pastures and horse farms, curvy byways, and distilleries. Took a tour of several with Pat and Fred, and of course, sampled the goods. Yummy! Had a lovely visit with them, and then headed home.

In mid-June Keith and Anne Jerome (Nancy's sister), and Nancy and I hosted a Gateway Getaways rally in Kirksville, MO, Nancy's home town. This is where we first met, and where I went to High School. Keith lived in the Kirksville area for many years, and knew all the cool places to take the group.

The first week of July we headed out with the Gateway Getaways again, this time for Minneapolis, MN for the annual international convention of the Family Motor Coach Association. There were over 3000 motorhomes in attendance! We went to seminars on everything from what toilet chemicals to use, to how to get a satellite internet dish installed on your motorhome. Naturally, there were several hundred brand new coaches, ranging in price from below $100K to well over $500K, all open for our review and viewing. Lotsa fun! Oh, and of course, happy hour every afternoon!

Immediately after Montauk, Nancy and I went to a Roadtrek (the maker of our motorhome) rally in Branson, MO. There were about 20 or so Roadtreks, and we made some new friends there. Saw some shows, did the tourist thing.

Nancy and Jennifer, our St Louis daughter, flew to Gilbert, AZ to visit with our Arizona daughter and family for a long weekend in May. On Nancy's return, we took off with the Gateway Getaways again, this time for Bowling Green, MO. You can see that our little Roadtrek is dwarfed by the big boy campers! Here are a few pix from that beautiful area; can you tell I like old barns?

OK, it's been way too long since we've updated this, so I'm going to hit some high spots only:

Mid April, we went to the Lazy Days Campground for a spring campout rally with the Gateway Getaways group. Then the first wekend in May, Nancy and I along with about 20 other members of her extended family went camping at Montauk State Park, in Missouri. There's a beautiful trout fishing river that runs thru the campground, and a trout hatchery. The kids (big and little) love to fish. Here's a couple of snapshots of the action!