Sunday, September 20, 2020

Sunday, 9/20/2020..Packed camper and headed back home. Got home around 5:30, Unpacked

 

We got home today and this is the only picture I took...Bill is reading his book and I am catching up on my blogs!


These are some nice pictures I borrowed from Melissa's page of their camping trip they just got back from



                                               Evan, Bruce and Jack working on 3 D puzzles
                                                                           Jack
                                                                     Melissa and Bruce
                                                                               Evan
                                                                Bruce and Max
                                                                    Max and Abby
                                                                              Max
                                                                                 Evan
                                                                                 Jack
                                                                           Evan and Jack
                                                                   Evan, Jack and Max
                                                                Evan, Jack and Bruce
                                                                  Evan, Jack and Max
                                                                              Jack

We packed up and headed back home.  We got home around 5:30 and unloaded the camper.  We emptied it out because that's our last camping trip of the year.  We had beautiful weather the whole time, even though it was cool at nights (in the 30's).  Always nice to get home.  Melissa called me when we were almost home.  They took Jeffrey, their guinea pig camping with them, and he was dead when they got up.  He was good at 2 a.m. when Melissa was up.  At least he went peacefully.  I feel bad for the kids because I know how much they loved him.  They always took such good care of him.  They stopped at Kimmy and Jared's.  Jeffrey used to be theirs.  They buried him where all their other pets are buried and got a special stone to mark the grave.  I know that had to help them feel better.  Melissa loved Jeffrey too and so did Bruce.  They were always giving him special treats and sharing their salad.  He even got Christmas presents.  They are sure going to miss him.  I'm sad too because I liked him too. I liked Melissa's camping pictures so I borrowed some.  



Saturday, September 19, 2020

Saturday, 9/19/2020, Went for a ride in a military helicopter

Sammy Davis speaking...He is the only living veteran in Indiana who has received the Medal of Honor                                                                                    

Pastor Barkley speaking

Bill talking to Pastor Mark Barkley after he spoke at the Veteran's Reunion

Campground

Bill

Bill playing pinball

Bill and I on our helicopter ride
Bill and I (our knees) on our helicopter ride

Flying over our campground...our camper is the 5th wheel right in the center in the back row parked sideways
Me after our helicopter ride...Guy behind rode with us to make sure we were buckled in.  He photo bombed me....I had no idea he was behind me lol


Bill after our ride






That's the field we took off from



Bill on our helicopter ride

Bill with Sammy Davis and his wife
Steve, Jim, Diana, Bev and Bill visiting


 Read our Bibles, then went down for breakfast.  Pancakes and scrambled eggs with ham is what they served.  At 11, we went to hear, Sammy Davis, the last person alive in Indiana that was presented the Medal of Honor.  It was nice listening to him and his wife share.  Then, Pastor Mark Barkley spoke.  He shared about Jesus, about patriotism and did a great job.  Bill went up to him and he told Bill he remembered him.  We visited his church several times when our kids were little.  His church is right down the road from Kimmy.  Later, we went for a helicopter ride.  Bill really wanted to go and wanted me to go too.  It was so much fun!  I talked to Vikki a few times today.. We just ate at our camper tonight. Had chili and cabbage buns.  Bill didn’t want to go for their ham dinner they were serving tonight.  We went for lots of walks! Sat at our campsite lots too!


Friday, September 18, 2020

Friday, 9/18/20 Went to Walmart, came back and ate lunch, went to visit Lela and Doug

                                                                            My new hat
                               Bill...So much fun having him show me things he used in Vietnam.  Radio telephones he used were super heavy.  One of them I couldn't even pick up with one hand.
                                                           Jim Flickinger and Billl shopping
                                                    Loved this huge flag they had flying 
                                                                           Jim and Bill
                                                    Who are these masked men....Doug and Bill
                                        Doug and Lela while we visited with them on the patio
                                                               Doug, Bill and Lela
                                                                 Doug, me and Lela
                                              Bill used to drive a jeep like this one in Vietnam
                                          Bill used to shoot a M'16 like the top one in the picture
                                This is Sammy Davis, the Medal of Honor recipient that was the speaker there.             He had an amazing testimony, so I took a picture of it
                                                Bill showing me pj's they wore in Vietnam
                                Bill in a jeep like the one he had in Vietnam.  It took some effort to get in it with his knee replacements and also some effort to get out of it, but he did it.

Our generator ran out of gas so it was a little cool when we got up.  The fireplace was out, so we turned the furnace on.  It warmed up pretty fast.  Bill got the generator going again.  We read our Bibles and then went to breakfast.  We ate outside. The Tim Ministry served pancakes, crispy bacon and ham.  After breakfast, we went to Walmart so Bill could get a funnel.  We also found Scott RV toilet paper that is super good.  We came back and walked around for a while and went through the vendor tent.  After that, we had lunch.  We walked through the Vietnam traveling museum.  It was so interesting having Bill show me things he used and explaining what he did with them. So much fun!  I called Lela (Jared's mom) to see if we could come visit them for an outside visit.  She said they were going to be home and told us to come.  We got there and Lela was gone taking Noah home, so we visited out on the patio with Doug for a while.  Lela got there and we visited more.  Then we walked through their amazing yard with all the beautiful plants and flowers.  It was so much fun.  We got to taste some Anise which tastes like licorice.  I am going to plant some of that!  Lela certainly has a green thumb.  She wanted to show us all of the beautiful work Kimmy and Jared have done in their house.  We had seen pictures, but it was so nice to see it in person.  They certainly did a great job!  She took us to her sewing room and we couldn't believe how many face masks she had in there.  She was so sweet and gave us each two, plus one for Charlie.   They are really nice because they go around your head, not just over your ears.  She has made so many beautiful ones.  We enjoyed seeing pictures of Jared and Eric when they were little.  We sure loved our visit with them!  They are such nice people.  No wonder Jared is such a nice guy!  Sure glad we have him in our family!