Saturday, July 28, 2007

Leaving Joliet


7.28.07 Joliet
After our two days in Chicago, Kim’s parents Maurice and Judy came to the MH Tuesday evening and spent the night and Wednesday with us. We mostly played cards and visited. We grilled hamburgers and just had a good time together. It was really good to spend time with them again. My good friend and financial advisor Joe Goeglein came Wed evening and we did some business and then went out to eat and watched a movie. He stayed with us overnight and left Thursday morning. It was really good to see him.
Last night we got some neighbors who came over to visit. They have a Newell Coach which is one of the best built coaches. Their names are Michael and Georgia. They have been full timers 6.5 years and travel with an Irish wolfhound named Patrick. I have a satellite receiver called a DataStorm which receives and sends internet and also receives Direct TV. Michael is one of the 25 original beta testers for this system. He is also a moderator for a web page which is a very helpful forum for DataStorm users. I have used it before and it is very helpful. Michael came into our MH and looked over the software settings and made a few adjustments and explained some things to me. He is very knowledgeable and just as nice. Georgia is a consultant and is just a very nice person to talk to. They invited us into their coach and we visited till after ten. It was interesting that their coach was for built and owned by Al Unser Jr.
We are leaving Joliet, Il this AM for the Minneapolis area where we will meet our friends Joe and Carol Alessi and travel with them and their MH to Duluth, MN for a week. They want to show us the northern part of Minnesota. They said we may see bear and moose. That would be fun. We will take two days to travel 430 miles to Minneapolis and then travel north to Duluth.
Hannah is coming home from Uganda August 10th and we will be flying her to Bismarck, ND to be with us a few days. It will be good to hear her story of her trip. She has been working with Aids orphans for seven weeks. We will be with her Sat night thru Tuesday evening. We are looking forward to being with her again. Also, attached is a picture of Kim and I operating the tram at the Holiday Rambler rally in Du Quoin, IL a few weeks ago. We wore our red, white and blue outfits we had purchased for riding motorcycles in parades. The people enjoyed the outfits and commented on them.

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