84º here in Columbia, TN at 7:15 pm on Sunday. In sunshine has been a hot day today.
Week ago Friday 229 miles Clarinda, IA to Marengo, IA; last Sunday 67 miles from Marengo, IA to State Center, IA; this Friday 245 miles State Center, IA to Canton, MO (Via Gladbrook, IA and Marengo, IA); 255 miles Saturday Canton, MO to Cape Girardeau, MO; and 225 miles today (Sunday) Cape Girardeau, MO to Columbia, TN (with stop in Franklin, TN). So, at the end of our 10th day on the road, we are 1,021 miles down the road. Have spent time with our son Cameron and his wife Patty as well as their daughters Emily and her friend Derek; Ashley and Ashley's husband Heath, and their kids Jessica and David, as well as 30 some people who have wintered in Kenwood RV Park in La Feria, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. And got to visit with a Texas friend we sing Barbershop with at his place in Gladbrook, IA, and my brother Don and his wife Vicki in Cape Girardeau, MO.. Now we are on to the "touristy things".
This morning we left Cape Girardeau, MO
about 8:10 am, heading across the
Mississippi River into Illinois
Went across the narrow part of Illinois and into Kentucky.
Kentucky has a lot more trees than corn or beans; and, a lot of road construction. One area of nine miles was two-way traffic with concrete dividers the whole way.
When we crossed over from Kentucky to Tennessee we needed gas and saw a Walmart gas station for $2.779. Went into Walmart where we used the bathrooms and then got a card to save another 3 cents, only to get to the pumps and they were out of the 'regular" and only had premium at $3.399. Passed and went a few blocks away, through heavy traffic and finally got into a station that was advertising $2.899 to find papers on the pumps that they were out of gas......so about 8 miles down Interstate 24 we stopped at a station that did have gas for $2.899. Had paid that in Cape Girardeau before we left, but gas in Illinois was almost uniformly $3.399. Took an hour extra time, but we don't have a tight schedule.
We stopped at Franklin, TN as I had read their county fair was on.
They parked us quite some distance from the grounds, but had volunteers running golf carts to ferry people to the fair grounds. Did not realize they charge $12 per adult -- but today was "Seniors" day and by showing drivers license we got in free! We shared a delicious Philly-Steak-& Cheese sandwich and lemonade--even though they were the usual overpriced fair thing, they give us a senior discount on them!
Spent time in one large building which had quite a variety of displays (and it was air-conditioned).
This was a huge watermelon to guess the weight of.
Patty - here are the Bundt Cakes..................
I have some video of this guy practicing for a later program. He bounced on his back on one trampoline, go clear up to the platform in the middle on his feet, turn to fall on his back on the other trampoline and repeat it several times. I did get some video of this -- little more than I could do.
Two of the guys on their pogo sticks would bounce at least 3 feet off the floor, take their hands off the handles or their feet off the bottom -- not both on the same bounce -- and were really going at it. One finally missed it a bit when he came down after having his feet off the pegs and did a fair amount of limping, but went back up on it a little later.
After walking around for some time, we rested a bit and listened to this group sing.
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A country preacher decided to skip services one Sunday to spend the day hiking in the wilderness. Rounding a sharp bend in the trail, he collided with a bear and was sent tumbling down a steep grade. He landed on a rock and broke both legs. With the ferocious bear charging at him from a distance, the preacher prayed, "O Lord, I'm so sorry for skipping services today. Please forgive me and grant me just one wish--make a Christian out of that bear that's coming at me!" At that very instant, the bear skidded to a halt, fell to his knees, clasped his paws together, and began to pray aloud at the preacher's feet: "Dear God, please bless this food I am about to receive."
We will be here at this park for four nights and spend several days looking around -- hope to see home site of Rory Feek and his area. We watch him on RFD-TV and follow his blog.
HERE is his web site. We weren't able to get any tickets to his concerts at Homestead Hall as they are all on the weekends and are sold out months ahead of time. Hope to visit Marcy Jo's Muletown, Marcy Jo's Mealhouse and Marcy Jo's Bakery and Coffee shop as well as the Farm and the Schoolhouse.
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