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September
24 - 30
Spent time with family.
23
Today were paying for late night partying. So we just hung around the
cow and took it easy.
22
Today is the End of Season Party at Grass Lake Campground. Jim
Lund's band "Off the Rocker" is playing at 3pm. Jim, Diane, Mark, Pam and
Dennis came by. We partied late into the night.
21
Tonight the Lombard Moose is having Reba's Chicken Dinner. It
always draws a large crowd. John and I showed up and surprised quite a few
of our friends.
17 - 20
Spent time with family.
16
Today
was a hang out day. At around 2pm we went to Kross Inn to watch the Bears
Game. Rich came with us and we met Jim, Diane and Dennis over there. Kross Inn
is a great place for the game. It’s a small little local bar. They have
complimentary food during the game. Every time the Bears score, make a sack or
interception, the whole bar gets a free shot. During halftime they have
raffles. This week we all ended up winning something. Plus, the Bears Win!!!!!
15 This
morning we had coffee and walked around the campground. John worked on the TV
antenna. We headed out with Rich and Sandy on their boat around 4pm for Blarneys
Island and then over to Stietz’s for fireworks. We got to Bluff Lake around
830pm. It was already dark and there were not a lot of boats. We thought we
missed the fireworks. So we asked someone and was advised the fireworks were
scheduled for 930pm. We docked at Harbor Club and had a cocktail and watched
some of the Cubs game. When the fireworks started we went out on the deck.
Excellent show. Afterwards we boated across the channel to Steitz’s and went
for a drink. The place was packed. Even though it was pretty cold out, we went
out on their deck and listened to the band. On the way back, Rich gave me a
lesson on driving the boat. It’s a lot of work. I'll stick to being a
passenger. We got back about 1am.
9 - 14 We spent some time
visiting family and friends.
8 Today
we had our coffee and walked around the campground. It’s a beautiful day. Jim
and Diane came over. Sandy and Rich took us out on their boat. We headed out
about 230pm. We did the loop then stopped at Blarneys Island. We left to head
to Harbour Pub for the pig roast but we were to late. The pig was gone. But
the band had started. Pretty much everyone from Grass Lake was there. We had a
great time, got back and sat outside for a while.
7 John
worked on cleaning Big Red today and also did a few minor cow repairs. I
relaxed and enjoyed the day. We met Jim and Diane for dinner. Afterwards we
stopped at the bar to see others we haven’t seen yet.
6
This morning we
headed out early for projects, oil change, tire rotation, rv store, grocery
shopping. All our domestic stuff. A few people started coming into the
campground for the weekend and we ended up at Grass Lake Landings, the bar at
the campground. It was nice to see our old friends again.
5
We pulled into Grass Lake Campground around 3pm. We found
a site and then our old neighbor Carol came and told us the site next to her was
open. So we got the cow all set up. It was only about 85 today, but the
humidity was high. It’s been so dry where we’ve been we’re not used to it so we
were really sweating. We took a walk around and ran into Corvette Mike. We had
an early night.
4 We
were up early and headed out about 730am. The sky is clear and bright. We
ended up in Newton, Iowa. We drove 510 miles today.
3
Today were heading out of Moab back to Chicago due to a
family illness. It’s about a 1400 mile trip. We stopped in Brule Nebraska.
Our first day we drove about 540 miles. It would have been a little more, but
between Breckenridge and Denver was terrible Labor Day traffic. We stayed at a
little campground along the highway. Riverside Campground in Brule.
2
Today we cleaned the cow, did laundry and headed into
Moab. We had to stop at Tag to drop our rafting bags off, then we got gas and
picked up some items at the store. We stopped by Angie and Eva’s (A&E’s) to
drop off there poco pads and sleeping bags we borrowed for the trip. We relaxed
and then visited with their neighbors Jenne and Frankie. Their friends from SLC
were coming in. So we went to dinner to the Branding Iron with A&E, Debbie,
Mary and mom Barbara. Then we headed back to the cow.
1 We
slept in today. Then we had coffee on the verandah with the kids. We unpacked
and cleaned our gear. It was going to be hot and we needed a time out. So we
turned on the air and worked on our journal and pictures. We still have to get
everyone else’s pictures.
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