We left Florida, May 2020 -- adjusted our travel plans and cancelled our stay in Lake Tahoe due to Covid concerns.... - parked the 5th Wheel - Yu - this is the first year that we are traveling with the 5th wheel -- Steve spent most of last season in Florida getting RV ready - rewired, re-vamped almost everything that he could... AND we needed to get a larger truck so we ended up with a red F450 Doulie (6 tires ) AND in Jan 2020, we purchased a red Mustang Convertible - I had lots of fun with driving places in Florida with it - only Covid prevented some outings to events; Local trips to Lake Okeechobee and to Fort Meyers to see Kay and Vern (Kay is Steve's first cousin)
Our fist destination - Pecan Park Jacksonville FL. May 6th
We have stayed here before - very nice park (some year we'll stay for more than a day and explore the area ...)
We stayed only one night at the following: Twin Oaks Elko GA, Harvest Moon Adairsville GA, County RV Cave City KY, Lake Haven Retreat Indianapolis In. Site 216 --
Our destination Elkhart Indiana to have a better suspension and disc brakes put on the 5th wheel we stayed at : Elkhart Campground Elkhart IN.
While we were here we visited Marilee and Jim Lewis
Then - on to Iowa - stayed at Hickory Grove Campground Sheffield Ill — ground saturated due to lots of rain with the sewer seeping in the ground.. Nice couple that ran the park, but will not stay here again...
Next stop: Amanda Iowa RV Park for 2 nights and received a visit from Lori and Tom
Then, on to Shelby Iowa RV Park, we always ask for lot #4 - it's behind the Motel and next to the apartment - a safe place to park the RV, while we stay with Linda -- to celebrate Linda's 80th birthday, we took her with us to S.D. Before leaving for S.D. I attended Emily Blum's bridal shower.
One night each at these 2 RV Parks Tower Campground – Sioux Falls SD, Oasis Campground – Chamberlain SD Then on to Elk horn Ridge Spearfish SD With Linda and
Jenn met us there , then back to Shelby same route.
While we were in Spearfish we visited The Black Hills, Spearfish Canyon, Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse -- this was a good time; only we had several wind / hail storms which damaged the canvas over the slide outs, cracked the skylight, and damage to the big awning - so we filed an insurance claim with Progressive. There was nothing that prevented us from pulling the RV.
Here's the link for photos of Emily's bridal shower and S.D. Highlights
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPDHtU9dgymankVCFaMDQi0Uu2uC1ewkQ-aHqk6
Stated with Linda for 3 weeks June 26 – Aug 9 Here are the highlights during that time...
June 27, 2020 Emily and AJ's Wedding
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOba5Fv13IsSNNxhjTiTr5JmvMm8Ssm3iMpVuLh
Zane visited us at Linda's , Aug 9th we headed towards Indiana to get the RV fixed. We stopped at the Amana RV Park for 3 nights - during this time Charlie and Barb visited us one day and Lori and Tom the next day. The day that Charlie and Barb visited, a huge storm came through - hit Cedar Rapids the most (just 12 miles NE of us.) The 90 mile hour winds blew our RV off the jack pads, pushed 3 of the slide outs in 2 - 3 inches. Fortunately, we were at the restaurant when the storm hit. We were able to get the truck hooked up and get the jack pads put back into place. The next day Lori and Tom came to visit - they had a difficult time finding a route that was open, due to the downed electrical lines and trees. We drove to Cedar Rapids to look at the damage. We filed another RV insurance - and Progressive said we had Zero deductible for both claims -- how wonderful was that.... We headed to Elkart and stayed at Leisure Lake RV -Joliet Ill one night
Pictures in Amana RV Park and Cedar Rapids:
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOlZ0YImcAi0l3Qk1bPiJk47MoOFmFDu9tQbVdN
Dropped off RV at Jayco Factory for Aug 17th
– We stayed a couple days here in Indiana and visited with Marilee and Jim at their home. Plus Carol & George drove from Detroit and met us half way at a hotel - we had a great visit....
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOTyD_QspcVxqAK61Y62bNeTpsy1QYDwP-QdSdG
Then back to Linda’s for 2 months.
Hot Air Balloon Ride - with sister Chris
Hot Air Balloon Ride
Highlights during this time: Susie and Bill visited, watched Heat Games with Zane, Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha, Sunken Gardens in Lincoln, Quilt Museum in Lincoln
highlight
Picked up RV on Oct 12th -- first stop: Grandma's RV Shepherdsville KY, then
Raccoon Mountain RV – Chattanooga TN, then Twin Oaks RV Elko GA, then
Pecan Park Jacksonville FL. We stopped at Missionary International for one night to see Jo &
Arlin and arrived at VIR on Oct. 23.
Photos from Indiana to WBP
