October 4

It's hard to believe that October is here and with it some very chilly weather. It was 46 degrees this morning. The text here is in orange in honor of Halloween .

These little critters were following Mom around last Spring. We have lived here 20 years and we've only seen the adults. I guess after all this time they feel safe. When we returned from the Gypsy Journal Rally, these little guys had doubled there size. They walk all around the driveway, across the back lawn, around the clothes lines and back again. When that game gets tiring, it's off to the orchard in front of the house. Talk about entertainment - they are typical teenagers, picking and arguing with each other and pecking whenever they feel like it.

Russ had his annual VA checkup in Lebanon, we both saw the family doctor and then, of course, there is always the dentist. The dentist says I need more work, so back I will go 2 more times.

We have a Keystone Winnies campout coming up in Adamstown, PA and we're hosting the last get together in Lancaster at the Old Millstream. So much to do and not enough time to do it in.

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

(Quoted from Full Timers News)

September 23

It was hard to pack up and leave Celina. But, we headed down to Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum in Dayton. It's a place that needs at least two days to tour completely. We met Chris and Jim Guld who taught the "boot camp", they are on the left in the above picture. We were happy to see them one more time before we headed home and they headed to Cinncinati.

We took a guided tour of planes from the Cold War era and Vietnam. The dog went everywhere with his "guys" and had his own parachute. We look forward to going back to take the second and third tours.

We spent our last night out at one of our favorite places - WalMart.

September 18

This was a RV Safety Class where different types of fires were discussed and shown to us. Of course, he wanted the women to be the fire fighters. It certainly is a scary thought but can happen all too quickly.

Today is the last day of the Rally. It was a wonderful time and terrific people. I rode my bike quite a bit and it's trying to figure out what on earth happened. But it is very level which made it much easier to traverse the grounds.

Wednesday we gorged on pizza and were entertained by a husband and wife team "One More Time". They involved many of the RVers in their program which, of course, made the performance even better.

The nights have been cool and the days glorious - perfect Fall weather. We are staying over to take part in a computer "boot camp" given by Chris and Jim Guld, Geeks on Tour.com. We'll leave on Monday to start home.

September 15

Sunday morning we drove around Celina and had breakfast by Grand Lake. The lake is hand made and was started 1837 as a water supply for the Miami-Erie Canal. "Ike's" winds were beginning to reach us by now and whitecaps adorned the water. We drove east to the town of Wapakoneta where the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum is located. What a quaint town. By the time we finished sightseeing, we didn't feel like touring the Museum (so Russ just took a picture).

The storm clouds were brewing, so we went back to the RV and settled in to wait out the storm. We had wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph, with lots of rain. We were thrilled when it finally got out of "Dodge".

September 12

Traveled to Celina, Ohio to attend our first Gypsy Journal Rally. Russ battled wind and rain 98% of the time; certainly glad I didn't have to drive. We stayed overnight in our usual "first nite out State Park". The Rally is being held at the Mercer County Fairgrounds.