Today was a sweet/sad day. Robert closed on 204 Gold Run Road. A 60-year home for Robert and a 29 year home for Ann. The sweet part is that the young couple who have been renting for the last 2 years were able to raise the money to buy it. Compared to before the floods and fire the price was sold as in a "fire" sale for 1/2 price. But, they are so happy that it cures the pain, at least for me. Their Thomas was born in that house and they wanted to give him the opportunity to grow up there.
In the middle of the closing we had to evacuate the building because of fire, but the Closing continued outside. The bank sent no representative, the Title company Rep was VERY inexperienced so papers were missing; Chris ( the new owner ) was sent to jog to the bank and pick up the missing paper..and so it went!
June 18, 2015
Order b-day present for James, in the UK. And put money in Keats Schwab account for Lee's b-day.
June 19, 2015
Rochelle's b-day.
I cleaned up all the cupboards in the Van this morning. Now it is getting hot! Lorna is cleaning the rest of the Van, then the kitchen. She'll clean once while we're gone.
June 20, 2015
Going to a race of autonomous robots. Going with Bob Gray (Bob has ALS) to the race. It was fun, many teens some with fathers and some completely on their own.
Came home and had lunch. Then loaded the Van with stuff I had laid out earlier.
June 21, 2015
Got up late. Finally ready to get groceries at 11 o'clock. King Soopers, looking for a 12 oz. cheese dip that ass't manager said was in aisle 8. Paul, manager, came along and asked if I was finding everything. I told him my problem and he picked up a package I had missed and since it was 8 oz. I said I'd try it. He then said "Try it for free." and wrote his name and "no charge" on the package, so I'll see how we like it.
June 22, 2015
Finally off, at noon.
June 23, 2015
We spent the night at Prarrie Dog State Pk. We've stopped there many times; the first time was probably almost 30 years ago. Little sticks and they are now lovely mature trees; Locust and cotton-less cottonwood trees.
We stayed up way too late lat night because it took so long to get dinner and we needed to take a walk.
My 2-burner stove is broken; one burner works, but the flame is very low.
June 24, 2015
We are at Beacon RV park near St. Joseph, MO. The lady at the desk recommended Roger, our neighbor in the RV park as a stove-fixer to try first because he can "fix anything". He managed to find the problem; a valve that would have to be ordered. It will have to wait until we get home. I'll have to use the micro-wave.
I called George Swenson and he is expecting us.
June 25, 2015
The days are mixed up. We are at George's, arrived late and are parked in his drive. We'll see them tomorrow, it was really too late tonight. (what ever night it was)
Terrible thunderstorm during the night.
We had lunch with Janice and Georgee at Taffie's. Then on our way.
Overnight at France Pk near Logansport, In. The site of morning races; ATVs and motor cycles.
June 26, 2015
We are in Mary Jane Thurston St. Park near McClure, Ohio.
Clearly, until very recently the whole place has been under 2 feet of water. It's still plenty muddy in spots and water standing marshes elsewhere.
We'll walk over to the Maumee river and see how high ithas been.
Tonight, I am cooking corn and some kind of meat in the microwave. Learning how to cook without a stove to nor a grill.
June 27, 2015 Grand Rapids, Ohio 38292
River Maumee, Riverside park, playing scrabble.. Finally leave at 11 AM.
It rained and rained, a gentle rain all night. Everything was saturated and now it is more so. The high water line is in the area where we camped and is 2 ft above the ground where we were!
We stopped at Walmart in NE Pennsylvania and bought a really cheap 2-burner camp stove and 2 bottles of propane. Hopefully, I can cook dinner tonight on stove and microwave. The stove cost only $39.00.
June 28, 2015 38500 in PA
We spent the night in Locust Lake campground near Erie, PA and near Lake Erie.
It is a private resort and it was full. But George got the OK from the boss and let us camp on his front lawn and hook up to his outside electric box; we could have had water from his water hook up for campers if our hose had been long enough
Webster County park campground in Webster, NY.
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