August 18, 2019 KOA Kankakee South/Comfort Inn O’Fallon MO
Well we got up and left early. Today was just one of those days that things
did not go the way we planned but didn’t go bad.
The trip was great we went via 57 and then 70 Found
E-Trailer no problem. Got in around 2:00
PM it was hot and very humid, ran through
some rain getting here but not much. It
is nice having a Motor Home as when the rain started we just pulled into a rest
area and had lunch and a nap.
Don went in to the office to see where they wanted us to
park. We were going to camp in their parking
lot to save money on hotels. Well when
he got out he said it was OK to stay there but they locked the gates at 6
PM and we would not be able to get back
in if we left. So after standing out
side in the heat and humidity it didn’t take us long to decide that a hotel for
4 nights was not a bad idea. Try packing
for 4 days with just a few minutes. I
had a Live event I was already late for so I grabbed a stamp set black ink and
some note cards. Well I will tell you it
was not the best grab I have made in my crafting life.
First off we had to get a hotel. So to the internet I went. Found a couple Choice Hotels but you really
couldn’t tell much from the photos so we decided to go tour them. Well the Cheapest and closest one was not bad
but You could not get off 70 at that exit going East and it had no restaurants
around it. Well the next one in price
jumped about 20 a night and was now a ways away in the opposite direction. So we toured the hoods to see about eating
and did find a few restaurant but none in walking distance. We reserved the room at that price and went
back. Well there was a poor lady screaming at the desk clerk when we got
there. Seems she thought her Debit Card
was a Credit card ( A mistake I made a few time) and that she should not have
been charged or had a hold on it as she was paying cash, well we all know if
you use a debit card to reserve they put a hold on the money and it will not
come off for a few days. So she had no
money and decided that they were not going to be staying there but now they had
no money to even get gas. She really
laid into the desk clerk and it was not her fault, she kept saying but you said
you would not charge my credit card and the desk clerk kept saying but it is a
debit card and she said but I wanted you to use it as a credit card. I felt sorry for them all.
Finally got into our room once we got up to the clerk it was
only a 2-minute check in.
Got set up to go on line live and had really no set up but
did al right until I came to the Make & Take and Demo. I grabbed the Stamp Set and realized I had
not put the labels on so I did that which is not bad, Then I realized that I
had no color other than black, and that the trees and the animals were not proportioned
right to make a fast card and I had nothing to mask the animals to make it look
right and there were no sentiments in the set
SO we just went for it and laughed the entire time I was making it. Don thought it was a disaster, but I don’t
thin it was super bad. Sure, showed
folks I am not perfect.
We then went looking for food and once outside realized we
are glad we are in a hotel. Stopped off
at the RV to pick up some things we left like my pillow and it was sweltering
in the place. Ate at Culver’s and then
headed to the hotel. Spending the night
watching TV and catching up on Social Media.
August 19th Monday Comfort Inn O’Fallon MO
Went to the e-trailer got stuff out of the trailer that we
thought we might need. They came out and
said that they would take good care of the vehicle and the would be done on
Thursday. We had to wait for a while for
Enterprise to come pick us up. They did
and we got to the Enterprise place was it hopping we waited a bit, not
bad. We had ordered a Compact car and
they decided to give us a Nissan Truck
This was great, but we had nothing to haul with it. Don was excited as he had been wanting to
test drive one of these. It is small but
not to small. It was fun to drie.
Went back to the hotel and I called my girl friend that we
are going to be visiting on Tuesday. We
both took a nap and then went out to have a late lunch early dinner and do some
grocery shopping. Ate at a Mexican
restaurant which was OK not the best but
not the worse.
The internet in the hotel is great so we both watched movies,
Netflix, Acorn etc. Was a nice calm day.
Don got us tour tickets to Anheuser Busch brewery for
Tuesday Morning. I think that will be
fun. Then we will go to Ruth and Dan’s
for supper.
August 20th Tuesday Comfort Inn O’Fallon MO
Well got up and headed downtown for the Brewery Tour. It was a great tour though I had a hard time
hearing our tour guide, she did not project very well but we could go up and
ask her questions which was nice.
We had a good time.
Was amazing to see all the things it takes to make and bottle a
beer. We would go into a cold place and
freeze step out and be hot then a cold place outside hot and then a real hot
place. Beautiful Architecture and I
loved the horses not many there but nice looking.
It was fun we then went back to the hotel and had a
nap. Went to Ruth and Dan’s house for
supper. Ruth made Lasagna and we sat and
talked about 2 hours. We had went to
grade school and high school together and it was so good to just catch up, it
has been years to get together. It was
like we had not been apart so many years.
I suppose Ruth and I could have sat and talked all night but Don wanted
to go to the hotel and I am sure that Dan also wanted some time away from the 2
of us talking so much.
Good to have great old friends.
August 21, 2019. Wednesday
Comfort Inn O’Fallon MO
Another day of adventure.
Today we went down to the Arch in St. Louis, when I was in the park
service it was called Jefferson National Expansion Monument, now it is the
Gateway Arch. I visited the Deputy
Superintendent I worked with him at LBJ
his name is Frank Mares and it was so good to see him. I only had a little time as our tour was in
20 minutes. It was good catching up with him and it was good to see friends
from the past. I wish I had more time to
visit.
Loved our visit to Arch. I had been there once before and
this was just as good.
We went back to the hotel for a nap and to watch more
Netflix and then went to Olive Garden for supper. Nice to have Soup & Salad. Tomorrow we pick up Ms Patty and Boy Blue.
August 22, 2019 Lazy Day Campground Danville MO.
Checked out of the hotel and on our way to kill time at the
mall. They said we could pick up the
vehicles at 4 PM. As we turned into the
Mall they called and said they were ready and we could pick them up. So before noon we had our babies back.
I was really
impressed with their service. It was
neat to have one of their video guys help us with the vehicles. It was fun, he even let me ask questions even
though Don cringed a few times. A lot to
remember but it will be great to ride in the same car.
After we dropped the rental off we went to the campground
which was about 40 miles away. Lazy Days
RV Resort in Danville MO. This is a
really nice campground. All gravel pads
large sites full hook ups and great decorations. The folks are really nice. We pulled in and Nancy Lined us up but it was
a little down in front and her husband came back and wanted to know if we were
all right as it was not level and we said we had to take the Jeep off and we
would just back up or use our levelers.
They were really concerned and that was nice. Never been into a campground where anyone
thought about us being level. I love
how the laundry room and bathrooms were decorated so cute. They have wifi and did say that as the day
went on it would not be as good as folks come in. Was nice for them to tell us.
August 23, 2019 Friday, Topeka Capital City KOA
Was not really as far as we thought it was today. Saw a great camper on the road.
It was nice to be in the same vehicle as
Don. Got into the campground and we hit
the Trifecta. Highway, Trains and
Airplanes. But it was a nice campground.
Internet not bad. We went and found a
Walmart and then played some Corn Hole.
The campground had a salt pool, corn hole. Game room with ping pong,
foose ball, library and TV room. I
really like it. Other than the noise and
you had to come down a gravel road it was a very nice park.
Not super big, They had a few little ponds and a nice place
to walk.
August 24, 2019 KOA Goodland KS.
This was a long day but we did get an hour before we came to
campground.
Once we got into the campground we got a call from Charlie
in the campground we stayed at last night the Topeka KOA. Seems that someone found a set of Jeep keys
in our campsite. Don lost his. Glad they got them back as they also had our
Condo keys on them.
We had stayed at this KOA before it is one of the smaller
ones we have stayed at. Tornado watch
here and walked around to find the shelter.
I do like this campground, it is a great place to stay a night or two
and just relax. The internet is not the
best but not bad at all.
Was a very good week. Now we will be settling into Cheyenne for a month to get our storage taken care of.
