"Welcome to Indiana"

The rally in Celina Ohio closed last night with the last of the door prizes being given away.

We hadn't won anything earlier in the week.  Last night our names were drawn twice.  We won a smoke detector and a bag of microfiber cloths.  Alas, we weren't the winner of the big door prize: an inflatable SeaEagle kayak with all accessories.

We had asked our mail forwarding service to send our mail  to the fairgrounds a week ago today.  It always arrives in two days.  But it hadn't arrived yet.  We discussed waiting until the mail was delivered today but decided to get on the road.  We left money for the package to be forwarded when delivered. 

To shorten the story: I called our mail forwarding service this afternoon.  She confirmed it had been sent a week ago, tracked the package and said the package had been delivered to the post office in Celina on Tuesday.  After a call to the fairgrounds the employee went to the post office and lo and behold! it was there on a shelf. 

The post office forwarded it on to our son's address.  We will catch up with it in a few days.

We left Ohio, driving into Indiana.  There were two stops before we arrived at the home of our friends, Dave and Laurie. 

We stopped in Nappanee at the Newmar factory (maker of our mh) to pick up a bolt (and spare), and other stuff on Glen's list.  Then it was on to Elkhart to a rv repair shop that had been highly recommended which, hopefully, can repair the front door awning.  Remember the first week we left Missouri we were driving down the road when the awning popped wide open .  It couldn't be brought back in so Glen removed it by unscrewing it and cutting the wires. 

We expected to drive in rain but it held off until we arrived at Dave and Laurie's. 

We calculated tonight that the friendship with Dave started 44 years ago in basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.  We have kept in touch through the years and have visited each other's homes many times.   

We were able to visit with two of the three children and their familes tonight at dinner.  We have plans to watch granddaughter Haley play volleyball in the morning. 

I know the week end will go by quickly, but look forward to spending time with long-time friends--not "old" friends..ha!