Sat., 9/18/21, another day at the Veterans Rally, wonderful visit with Doug and Lela, ice cream and pie in the evening

Beautiful place to sit with friends and eat pie.

     Great visit with Lela and Doug and great pie!

I took a selfie group pic before we left 

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 Helicopter rides given at the rally. We didn’t ride this year, but sure enjoyed it last year!

Bill and I took the golf cart at 6:30 and went to take showers.  It was a long way from our camper, so we were very thankful to have lights on the cart to see the road.  Started out with hot water, but could tell it was starting to get cold, so finished quickly.  We came back and walked to breakfast with Jim and Bev.  We had eggs and pancakes.  We walked around after breakfast and then went back to our campers.  Our friends, Diane and Steve’s generator quit working right before bedtime, so they couldn’t use their C-pap machines.  Bev and Jim didn’t have any water left and have been waiting for the guy to come since yesterday.  We ran out of water last night.  The guy finally came today and filled their tank and ours so we are all set now.  We had to pump gas into our generator too.  Nice to have the gas pump right in the outside of the camper.  

We ate egg salad sandwiches for lunch and then sat outside for a while longer.  We left at 1 to go visit Jared’s parents, Doug and Lela.  She had made an apple pie and had coffee ready for us too.  We carried it out to the patio to eat.  Doug was an amazing door opener as we took plates, coffee cups, etc out.  We enjoyed a nice visit while we ate our delicious pie and drank our coffee.  It was beautiful and peaceful on the patio.  They are the nicest people, and we feel like they are family now.  They have had quite a year with health issues, but both looked and were doing amazing.  We are very thankful to God.  Many prayers were answered as many  people have prayed.  We walked around the garden before we left and got a great tour.  There are many beautiful flowers and plants. We said our goodbyes and headed back to the campground.  Diane and Steve’s generator wasn’t fixed yet.  Bev and Jim lent their gas can to them and now couldn’t run their generator because it was out of gas.  Jim got the gas can back and went to get gas. He came back and before long his generator was running and the air was back on.  We went to dinner at the ministry tent.  Steve came and said their generator was working now.  Praise the Lord!  Bill bought a flag which is made in America.  It is sewn in several  places across the end which is nice.  We had pie and ice cream for dessert.  Bev picked up a pie. It sure didn’t compare to Lela’s homemade pie.  Bill and I played 3-13 and then went to bed.