Archive for October, 2007

Camping vacation

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Spent the entire week from October 21, 2007 to October 28, 2007 at Meramec Valley Camp Resort. Had a great time – walking, reading, catching up on a little Tivo (on my computer), working on the MVOA web site and Beth even got in a little sewing.

Saturday was the Halloween weekend. There were a lot of people there for the children’s Halloweeen festival and the Haunted House in the evening. It was a great way to close out the camping season.

On Sunday, we got up and winterized the camper. We really didn’t want to leave but all good things must come to an end. And now we are looking forward to next year already.

Missouri State Square Dance Festival

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

We got up Friday morning, October 19, and drove to Meramec Valley Camp Resort to pick up our camper. We hooked up (first time for that since last summer) and towed it to the Lebanon MO KOA. Had a strong side wind most of the way and man was I tired by the time we got there. Saw a bad car / semi accident on the west side of Rolla. It had things slowed up for quite a while.

We got to the campground and got set up and napped for a while. That evening we drove over to the square dance festival and danced a bit. Also bought some new square dance clothing.

Saturday morning I drove back to the Meramec Valley Camp Resort for the board meeting. I could have missed it but since it was the first one since I had been elected I felt like I realy should attend. It turned out to be a much longer meeting then I expected. I missed the morning dance session where they closed down old Route 66 and called a tip on the highway. Beth did take some pictures of the dancers.

On Saturday evening we went back over to the dance and did quite a lot of dancing. After the dancing was over we went over to the hotel where some of the club members were staying and had a little after dance party.

Sunday morning we got up and towed the camper back to Meramec Valley Camp Resort. We set it up for our week long vacation. We didn’t really have any plans other then to relax for the whole week…. which is what we did.

We did drive into Pitossi on Tuesday to get some information on some property that we bought out that way. We have a bit of a problem with the title on the property and hope that the information we got will help us get it squared away. For more on our vacation see the next blog.

Camping – October 12 -14

Monday, October 15th, 2007

We got a good start and got to the campground about 7:30. Got set up and went over to the neighboring camper to enjoy their campfire. Thank you River Rats.
Slept late on Saturday morning because we were up later on Friday night then normal. Ate breakfast and went up to the Bourbon RV show. Saw some nice campers but nothing to make us want to trade…yet. After the camper show we went over for the beer and bratwurst October fest lunch. Had a great time. Went back and took a nap. Got up, ate and went over to enjoy the fire with the River Rats again. Great popcorn.
Sunday morning we got up and ate and went up to the open forum that is held prior to the campground’s annual meeting. Thankfully it was only 1 hour long. At 1:00 we went for the annual meeting. It was time to approve the budget and elect new directors. I was elected to the board of directors. Held a short meeting to elect the new board officers for 2007 / 2008.
Went back to the camper and packed up and headed home. This was one of the most enjoyable weekends of camping that we have had in quite some time.

Boeing Open House – October 7

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Went the the Boeing Open House yesterday. They had a display of old planes and new planes. Went through the area where they assmeble the F15 and F18. Also went to the assembly area where they assemble the Harpoon and the JDAM. Read more about those last two items here.

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/harpoon/index.htm

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/jdam/index.htm

It was a very enjoyable day.

Camping – September 28, 29, 30

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

We went camping this weekend. Great weather. Got to the campground on Friday evening a bit late due to late start. Got set up in about 15 minutes and then drove into Cuba for food for the weekend. Instead of getting stuff to cook we just got cereal for breakfast and TV dinners for lunch.

On Saturday we made a trip around the campground with the video camera. I want to put a ‘video tour’ on the campground web site. Sure was bouncy on the golf cart we borrowed. Had a BBQ dinner at the campground. Great pork steak. At 7:00 there was a live country band called Country Pure. They played for 4 hours. Great music.

Sunday was an uneventful drive home.