The weather was great today! Bill thought he was being nice to me, and he was, by letting me sleep in but he forgot we needed to leave by 9. I woke up at 8:30 and he was at the shower. I was racing around and then we were both racing around and we left at 9:30. That was pretty quick to dress, eat, put things away and shut up the RV and line up and hitch.
We were 30 minutes late meeting my former co-worker at McDonald’s in Linton, IN. Vera is 85 and it was so good to see her. It’s been at least 20 years. She just hugged me so tight. I knew I had done the right thing by making plans to see her. Bill came in and met her and sat for a while but he was concerned about the animals in t
he truck and of course he didn’t know any of the people we were talking about. We spent an hour catching up on people I have kept up with and she filled me in on those she still hears from. It was very sad for me to tell her good-bye. We exchange cards and letters each Christmas and she was good to tell how much she appreciates my letter each year. Her health is starting to fail, as is her 89 year old husband’s and it just makes me feel so sad. I asked her if she still baked all the great cakes and desserts she used to bring us at work. I have so many of those recipes and every time I make one I think of Vera.
Since it was lunchtime when we parted, Bill had me get burgers to eat in the truck before we headed out. The plan was to go to Vincennes, IN and visit the George Rogers Clark National Monument and Historical Site, then go to Montgomery where we are camping. Bill was concerned about driving in the town ever since the turn around in the road due to low clearance incident. I didn’t argue, but knew it would be fine. BUT, we ended up going to the RV park first. It’s Montgomery Park, in Montgomery, IN. The park is actually full of all season campers, from April to October. Most leave their units here and come back on weekends. They keep 4 of the crummy spaces for overnighters. That is fine, as long as we have electric and here we have water, so we are good to go. The husband is a former truck driver so since we were in a hurry to get parked and go to Vincennes, we opted for him to back us in. Bill watched and said “you could do that”, yeah, sure! He did it in one try. So we set up and went to Vincennes.
We spent a while talking to the ranger about employment and transfers since Bill thinks he might like to work at some National Parks some time. Then we watched the movie, which explained the whole story of who George Rogers Clark was. He was an older brother to Clark of Lewis and Clark fame. He led a group of Kentucky sharpshooters when he was 26 and overtook 3 forts along the Wabash and Mississippi rivers to keep the Brits from keeping a foothold on the area during the Revolutionary War. Very talented soldier for only 26. The monument itself is rather majestic and you enter to a large bronze statue of Clark. The rotunda walls are painted panels of the story itself. They are massive! It really is a huge place and extremely impressive.
On the drive back to Montgomery we stopped at a small roadside produce stand for some local grown, fresh corn, cuke, zucchini and tomatoes. The zucchini is about a footlong and was only 50cents. It’s enough for 3 meals for us. Then we popped into the RV long enough to walk Xena and feed the pets dinner. We decided to eat at one of the Amish Country places for dinner. It ended up being a buffet and we normally avoid buffets as people, especially us, tend to overeat at them. The food was all good but the green beans were canned and had no zip. Bill really liked the cucumbers in a mayo/milk sauce. The salad bar was decent and the fresh baked bread was awesome. Could have eaten more of that! Then there was both apple and blackberry cobbler/crisp for dessert and/or soft serve ice cream. Bill got the last of the blackberry so I went with the apple and softserve, which is my FAVORITE ice cream. It was so good going down but by the time we walked to the car, I knew I had overeaten.
The campground wife told me of a good store owned by and run by Amish that is not touristy, so we drove up th
e road to find it for tomorrow and geez, there were Amish buggies all over the place. They all waved to us in passing and once we go a bit further down the road we saw a HUGE gathering of Amish and a big white tent. There must have been 50 buggies inside the fence. We are going to ask at the store tomorrow what was going on. I’ve been to several Amish communities but never have I seen so many coming and going and at the same place as this. Could have been a wedding or auction. They appeared to come as families, as we saw many buggies with children and babies in them.
Back at the RV we mapped out tomorrow as the original plan was to see the Amish area this afternoon, but since we got a late start this AM, and used an hour + to park before going to Vincennes, we will work in a few hours tomorrow. I’ve printed photos now for postcards since I got the printer going and that makes for more personal postcards. Time to read a bit and get to bed early so we can get up early.
We were 30 minutes late meeting my former co-worker at McDonald’s in Linton, IN. Vera is 85 and it was so good to see her. It’s been at least 20 years. She just hugged me so tight. I knew I had done the right thing by making plans to see her. Bill came in and met her and sat for a while but he was concerned about the animals in t
he truck and of course he didn’t know any of the people we were talking about. We spent an hour catching up on people I have kept up with and she filled me in on those she still hears from. It was very sad for me to tell her good-bye. We exchange cards and letters each Christmas and she was good to tell how much she appreciates my letter each year. Her health is starting to fail, as is her 89 year old husband’s and it just makes me feel so sad. I asked her if she still baked all the great cakes and desserts she used to bring us at work. I have so many of those recipes and every time I make one I think of Vera. Since it was lunchtime when we parted, Bill had me get burgers to eat in the truck before we headed out. The plan was to go to Vincennes, IN and visit the George Rogers Clark National Monument and Historical Site, then go to Montgomery where we are camping. Bill was concerned about driving in the town ever since the turn around in the road due to low clearance incident. I didn’t argue, but knew it would be fine. BUT, we ended up going to the RV park first. It’s Montgomery Park, in Montgomery, IN. The park is actually full of all season campers, from April to October. Most leave their units here and come back on weekends. They keep 4 of the crummy spaces for overnighters. That is fine, as long as we have electric and here we have water, so we are good to go. The husband is a former truck driver so since we were in a hurry to get parked and go to Vincennes, we opted for him to back us in. Bill watched and said “you could do that”, yeah, sure! He did it in one try. So we set up and went to Vincennes.
We spent a while talking to the ranger about employment and transfers since Bill thinks he might like to work at some National Parks some time. Then we watched the movie, which explained the whole story of who George Rogers Clark was. He was an older brother to Clark of Lewis and Clark fame. He led a group of Kentucky sharpshooters when he was 26 and overtook 3 forts along the Wabash and Mississippi rivers to keep the Brits from keeping a foothold on the area during the Revolutionary War. Very talented soldier for only 26. The monument itself is rather majestic and you enter to a large bronze statue of Clark. The rotunda walls are painted panels of the story itself. They are massive! It really is a huge place and extremely impressive. On the drive back to Montgomery we stopped at a small roadside produce stand for some local grown, fresh corn, cuke, zucchini and tomatoes. The zucchini is about a footlong and was only 50cents. It’s enough for 3 meals for us. Then we popped into the RV long enough to walk Xena and feed the pets dinner. We decided to eat at one of the Amish Country places for dinner. It ended up being a buffet and we normally avoid buffets as people, especially us, tend to overeat at them. The food was all good but the green beans were canned and had no zip. Bill really liked the cucumbers in a mayo/milk sauce. The salad bar was decent and the fresh baked bread was awesome. Could have eaten more of that! Then there was both apple and blackberry cobbler/crisp for dessert and/or soft serve ice cream. Bill got the last of the blackberry so I went with the apple and softserve, which is my FAVORITE ice cream. It was so good going down but by the time we walked to the car, I knew I had overeaten.
The campground wife told me of a good store owned by and run by Amish that is not touristy, so we drove up th
e road to find it for tomorrow and geez, there were Amish buggies all over the place. They all waved to us in passing and once we go a bit further down the road we saw a HUGE gathering of Amish and a big white tent. There must have been 50 buggies inside the fence. We are going to ask at the store tomorrow what was going on. I’ve been to several Amish communities but never have I seen so many coming and going and at the same place as this. Could have been a wedding or auction. They appeared to come as families, as we saw many buggies with children and babies in them.Back at the RV we mapped out tomorrow as the original plan was to see the Amish area this afternoon, but since we got a late start this AM, and used an hour + to park before going to Vincennes, we will work in a few hours tomorrow. I’ve printed photos now for postcards since I got the printer going and that makes for more personal postcards. Time to read a bit and get to bed early so we can get up early.
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