Southern Indiana visit with family and friends

Wow I can't believe that our two weeks in Southern Indiana are almost at an end.  We had several visits with our grown children--they even fixed us dinner one night!  I believe they will actually succeed in life and make us proud. 

We also visited with our good friends, Rob and Becky, when we fixed our Dutch Oven Breakfast and again at dinner at Cheddar's.  We attended St. Mark's UCC last Sunday and saw several of our friends there and at Harvest Homecoming.  Susan made two trips to Guthrie/Mayes during our stay.  The first trip was to assist the full-time replacement transition to the job and the second time was with our four-legged children for a visit. 

The four-legged children have improved immensely with their bark training.  While we were in Elkhart, we purchased bark control collars for them both to help them learn to not bark and be more calm as a result.  I put the collars on one night at Elkhart and Duke found out what it is all about--zap, zap, zap (not too severe, so don't worry).  The next day while the camper was being finished with the generator installation, the "kids" were in the car as were the new bark control collars.  Well, when we returned to the car from breakfast, there was no sign of the collars.  Finally after searching the car, I found them but Abby had managed to chew the buckles on both of the collars.  Do you think she didn't want those things to hurt her big brother???  After we got settled in Charlestown State Park, I went to a fabric store and found the right size buckles so now training has resumed and both "kids" are much better behaved!!

Tomorrow morning, we head to Park City, KY for a few days.  Our goal is to leave by ten in the morning so we can cross the Kenndey Bridge in Louisville before traffic builds.  Several weeks ago one of the bridges between Southern Indiana and Louisville was closed due to structural problems.  As a result, I-64 traffic is diverted to I-65 and causes monumental traffic congestion.  Can I say that I timed my retirement perfectly!!

EASY LIVING!!