4th of July weekend and our arrival at Starvy Creek Bluegrass Campground

 84 degrees with mostly sunny skies here at Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival Campgrounds northeast of Springfield, MO at12:11 pm on Tuesday.  Rain predicted for this afternoon.

Been a long weekend   In photo at right was when we were unpacking the pickup when returning from Cape Girardeau Monday afternoon.

Sunday evening - Vicki & Don, with Lynn
Darrell & Phyllis

Sunday evening - Vicki & Don with Johnathon,
Darrell & Lynn

July 5, 2025 - Three brothers
Don, Darrell & Lynn - sans Roger

Late Sunday afternoon we brought Don & Vicki up to our third-floor apartment where just outside our door was a table large enough that allowed us all to get around and eat a bite and then play Dominos. 

Don has been having problems with chocking while eating and the nurse cleared us letting him have the Chicken Salad that Phyllis made, without the bread.  He also ate a bit of potato salad that did not have big chunk in it and some Cottage Cheese.  He did have a couple minor spells of chocking, but not major.  Upon the nurse's request we did not take Don to any outside restaurants.

Well, I started this before doing any editing to the 90-some photos taken this weekend.  Working with them, and then eating lunch..............it is now 6:00 pm and it just stopped raining.  Forecast was right about the shower mid-afternoon.

Darrell & Johnathon packing up to leave
on Monday morning

Sunday afternoon we all went over to the cemetery in Jonesboro, Illinois, where Vicki's parents, and son are buried, as well as Don's daughter Jenny.  Many flowers were put on the various tombstones.

In photo at right, Darrell & Johnathon talk to Don.  Don seldom says anything.  I think the only time he really said anything was while playing dominoes, whether it was his turn, or if he didn't have the number needed.

We try to stop by Don & Vicki's 2 - 4 times a summer and she always wants to go shopping at Walmart in Jackson -- where they used to live.  We also went to Hobby Lobby where she bought a lot of plastic flowers for the cemetery.

Last Thursday we pulled the trailer to Starvy Creek Bluegrass Campground.  On the way down we stopped in Harrisonville, MO and had lunch with Gary Pitt who lives there and spends winters in his trailer in Kenwood RV Park in La Feria.  Had a nice visit.

This arial photo of The Chateau Girardeau was on a wall.

We arrived t here at Starvy Creek on Thursday afternoon.  We set up, then spent the night here and the next day drove the 250 miles east to the Chateau Girardeau where we rented a 2-bedroom apartment in the same facility as Don & Vicki.  Darrell & Johnathon arrived from their Florida home later that evening.and we got some visiting in our apartment over the weekend.

Well, will sign off,,,,,,,,,,,,,,will enjoy the music here the rest of the week.  Weather forecast on TV just said to expect rain Saturday afternoon.  Since this is all outdoors, might be a little inconvenient.

Lynn