camping
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Dear Diary Finally quit sprinkling in the afternoon. Jax spent the night with us and was up bright and cheerful for his full day of camping. He got to spend some time before the rain with Papa in the campground park. Slides got another full wipe down with towels meaning Gma has some laundry to Read more
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Visited the 1855 town today. Worth the wait. The chickens were in a fenced area but the sheep just roamed the town…pretty much wherever we were, they would be also. It was really special…he and I were the only tourists…it was a Tuesday early in the season so it was Incredibly pleasant…I was able to Read more
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Dear Diary Pretty discouraging chance of rain today but really only had a couple of mild showers and it moved on…the sun would come out then back to clouds and dark sky. About 9p we started the heaviest rain of the day and I had to leave the bonfire. My sprinkle and rain look. We Read more
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A really nice spring day and we are camping! Temps in the 60s this week… While sitting around the campfire, we had visitors They didn’t seemed to have any fear until a dog barked in a neighboring campsite. Then they were back just mosey-ing along the treeline. This is a beautiful lake and campground in Read more
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If you read my last blog about that “feeling” that something just isn’t right…well here you go! ALWAYS listen to those uneasy or gut feelings. We have a shorter bed Ford F-250 pickup with a Reese extender 5th wheel hitch. This is necessary when we need to back the trailer into a campsite or driveway Read more
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And I’m not listening. We’ve all heard the stories about people missing planes for whatever reason and the plane crashes or some other catastrophe that was averted because something else happened. That fear has been hanging around my neck since Saturday. The plan was: my friend, Suzy, came down from Des Moines for a birthday Read more
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We did our hoodie and his ball cap shopping at the park store last night…well I did the shopping while he waited in line to get his trout stamp for this morning. Notice he will be wearing Royals blue and I went for Chiefs red. At least these ball caps actually say Bennett Spring rather Read more
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As many of you know, I now live in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Years ago, I lived in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. Monday we returned to the Iowa version and camped at Yellow Banks Park.. the county park is situated on the Des Moines River and the river is up…actually there is a lot of flooding in the Read more
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Had a couple of people asking about our hybrid camper last week after I posted a picture in a blog. I took some pictures while we were camping earlier this week. We combined a doctor’s appointment with a whirlwind visit with some good friends and Katy and Adam….by camping, we saved some money and we Read more
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The weather was wonderful. We did have rain one evening and again in the middle of the night a couple of nights – otherwise the sky was blue with wonderful fall days. We were there with Brett and Christa. Brett’s mom and dad; and then Christa’s brother and sister-in-law came from Rockford, IL; then Brett’s Read more
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