Happy Memorial Day!

May 30 – Happy Memorial Day!  Travel day for us!  We got hooked up and on the road shortly after 9.  We had planned to stop at Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad.  They do 3 trips a day on the days they are open.  We called yesterday to see if we needed to book it ahead and they said they are never full.  So we didn’t dilly dally this morning as Bill wanted to make the 1:00 train.  We had been told there was plenty of parking for the RV.

Upon arrived we didn’t see much parking for RV’s.  They have a big grassy area and it was half full already and so we turned at the end of the block and thankfully it was an industrial area and being Sunday they were all closed and we parked in their open lot.  But, as we passed the train station and didn’t see any parking we came to the stop sign.  We both looked both ways after I stopped and were clear to make a right turn.  Well, you know it’s not like a car and we were towing the truck so I had to plan t use both lanes to make the turn.  As I was straightening up a car just about hit us on the driver side as she swerved on the left berm.  We did not see her coming as she was driving extremely fast and we both had looked.  She was mad and you could see her screaming at us but we could hear a word.  Bill said she had a child in the car with her.  We then pulled in the business that had a open parking area.  We were a bit stunned as she nearly hit my side of the RV and she’s the one who was driving like a maniac apparently since she came up out of no where.  Well, at least no one was hurt but she pulled up slowly where we parked and if we could have heard her I’m sure it was rather abusive language!  All’s well that ends well!

We arrived with a few minutes to spare at the train depot and got our tickets.  The bulk of the cars parked were collectible old cars that they just brought out for people coming to the train to be able to take a look, etc.  They were all sitting in a circle and visiting while train passengers gawked at their cars.  There were only 9 of us on the train and it goes 1.7 miles out and then back.  It was nothing fancy but along the way they’ve set up creepy stuff and they do a Haunted trip at Halloween   It was a wooding burning engine so we backed to the end and went forward back. 

Time to head to our campground in Pearl City, IL.  It’s a bit off the road but a really nice campground.  Lots of green fields for kids to run and play in addition to the playground.  A nice shelter for gatherings and an old barn that the bottom is the office and I think the top part is also a gathering place.  We have a pull thru spot right in front of “The Barn”.

It was too close to the sign where they have you stop to register but said to swing left and pull thru.  I KNEW it was not going to work but Bill motioned me to come forward and over to the left and then I was right on the sign touching the side of the RV.  The owner pulled the sign off the post and had me go to the lot past the lot we were in and pull thru an open space and circle back to the spot we were assigned.  Yikes!  All’s well that ends well!  Bill thought I had scraped the trim of the coach but it was paint from the sign, which it got off with my trusty De-Solv-itz!    I’m just the driver who does whatever the parker tells me! 

We had a snack since it was late for a full lunch and just chilled for the rest of the day!