Time to move on!!

May 13 – We had a full day today!  I did some laundry while Bill worked one of the RV rims that were a mess from whatever they used on them when we had it washed.  He spent a couple of hours but it looks really good.  It’s a one at a time job!

I did my floors and cleaned my kitchen (which doesn’t take long).

After lunch we went sightseeing.  Right in Malta we stopped to see the one room school house from the 1800’s and the dungeon from much earlier that was found later.  It had been the basement of the jail that sat there but unknown until they torn down the old jail.

Then we started hunting the giant dragon fly in Malta and took us a while to see it although we drove past it 3-4 times.  I guess if we knew what it was going to look like we would have seen it right away!

From there we drove out about 8 miles to a park dedicated to Big Muskie.  Big Muskie was actually super gigantic earth shovel that mined coal.  It cost $25 million dollars and was assembled where it would be used due to the size.  It took 340 railcars and 260 truck loads of parts.  Look it up, it’s a fantastic accomplishment.  So the bucket is what they managed to keep and have it as the center piece it the park.  If you see the photo of me in the bucket, I’m pretty much in proportion to it as the bucket would be to the hauler. 

We crossed the river to McConnelsville to visit the Historic Lock and Dam #7.  It doesn’t reopen usage until May 15 so we didn’t get to watch a boat pass through it.  Bill chatted with one of the workers there and I strolled around the lock and took some photos.  I did take a nasty one of a dead animal down in the water.  We could decide if it was a possum or what? 

I did some baking when we got home as when we get to our new destination tomorrow, we are meeting up with family for a cookout and I never attend a food event without taking something!  I also made a small loaf of banana nut bread with an unappealing banana.  It will make a nice addition to a breakfast or 2.  Waste not – want not!

We have a really short drive tomorrow to my dad’s home town area where I have lots of cousins but only 1 uncle left.  Can’t wrap my head around that.  We’ve always visited and had nots of aunts and uncle until now.  Well, I do have even more cousins!  Time to sign off and pack Dell up for our drive tomorrow!