Friday - September 22

WELCOME to FALL

We had breakfast and then washed all of Daisy's screens, inside windows and blinds.    Tah dah!    Nice to have that job finished!.    We went into town with atlas and calendar and stopped at Gloria Jean's for coffee and set to work mapping our trip west coming next week.    We will be leaving the 1st and heading to Albuquerque.     There are 6 states that Daisy has not been to - Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado and Oregon.    We plan to hit the first 5 on this trip.

(Obviously, Oregon will be another year, another trip)!

So, we kind of have our route mapped out and where we want to be for most nights.    The Balloon Fest is October 7-15 and we'll be there the 12-15th with Mark's brother Jim and Lydia in their RV.

One of the gals who works at Gloria Jeans painted this neat picture inside.....we love this place as it's between Kamp Komfort and town, plus next door to the laundromat.   

 They make a "mean" pumpkin spice latte among others

Neat chalk mural at Gloria Jean's

 The Lukester

After plotting our trip, we met these good friends at Mandarin Garden for lunch.    We had so many laughs and wonderful visit!

Mark and Pat, Mary Carol and Tom, Nancy and Jim

Back to Daisy this hot Friday afternoon.    Hunkered down in the AC with laptops and books.

I am heartbroken for my friend, Kay in Arizona who lost her husband, Bruce yesterday.   He has had several health issues and was just the nicest guy.    Mark knew Bruce from State Farm and Kay is a Sublettian - we even share the same birthday.

Walked around the park tonight - no breeze - hot 'n sticky!   Lots of RV's coming in...

Tomorrow we are off to Dixon for lunch and visit with 3 of Mark's sisters.   Then to Mendota to visit Bob and Linda, along with some other relatives!    Back to Kamp Komfort on Sunday afternoon.