Friday, 10/18/24, Happy Birthday Kimmy and Vikki, we love you!!! Went to breakfast at pavilion, group ride to Hochatown, Oklahoma, texted with Becky to meet here tomorrow

Happy Birthday Kimmy and Vikki! We love you so much!

Our new area reps form the U.P,  Teri and Bill.  Such a nice couple 

Our waitress telling Sue what the appetizer was lol!

Sue holding them up for a picture 

Quite the door handles!

Bill and Doug 

Sue, Doug and Bill at Lake Wilhemena!

Someone driving across the road of drained Like Wilhelmina 

We all went to the morning service.  Afterward, Doug, Sue, Art, Pat, Bill and I rode our motorcycles with the  planed ride  group to Oklahoma.  There were about 50 motorcycles going.  We ate at the
 Hochatown Saloon/Restaurant.  It was huge and very nice.  We got a table right away and a very sweet waitress.  
Sue and I decided to split a triple decker club sandwich.  I ordered fries and she ordered an appetizer.  Our food came  mand the sandwich was delicious!  We shared the fries, our waitress sat Sue’s appetizer in front of her husband.He started eating them, then his fried pickles came and he realized the other appetizer was Sue’s. He passed them to
Sue and sh told me they were half fries I thought and explained they were tiny French fries that were breaded.  I started eating some.  Then we couldn’t really figure out what they tasted like, so she looked on the menu and it said Calf fries, so she said they were beef so had everyone try them but Bill and another lady from Georgia.  Pat thought the texture reminded her of chicken gizzards.  No one else could figure out what they were. I cut one in half but couldn’t figure anything out. When our waitress came to give us our bills, Sue asked us what they were.  She smiled and said she didn’t want to tell us so to Google it. She was just a young mom.  She finally told us they were cow testicles! Talk about being grossed out and laughing till we were in tears, that about covers all of our emotions.  Bill and the other lady were pretty happy they didn’t try them. I asked our waitress if she had anything she needed prayer for and she said she had two small kids, was going to nursing school and working this job too so could always use prayer. We prayed for her,

We left and headed back to Mena and the couple we met at our table from Georgia rode with us.  They went back to the campground and Doug and Sue and Bill and I went to see Lake Wilhelmina which has intentionally been drained.  It was pretty fascinating to see since there was a road across it and a truck was driving across it. We rode back to the main road and got stopped by a railroad crossing because the little yellow one or two manned things were going across.  We saw three and then about every three minutes another one woul go..  It took about 15 minutes.  Then Doug and Sue went to  Walmart and we came back to the campground.  Ziggy was walking to the pavilion and saw us go by on the other road, so came and visited with us for a while.  He went down to eat but Bill and I were still full so didn’t go.  We all went to the service.  Worship was awesome and the service was amazing. God is sure glorified in this place!  We went back to the camper and all visited more than went to be.

October 17,2024, Thursday, 10/17/24, Made breakfast, went to the pavilion for service, walked around and went to register for next year with Teri and Bill, went to Walmart and to lunch with Ron and Barb, went on group ride with Michigan people, relaxed for a while, went to the evening service, visited with people afterwards, walked back to camper

 

Another beautiful ride!

On Mt. Wilhelmina 

The man next to Bill is from Macedonia in the Bible.  He had an accent and was fun talking to. He’s a CMA member and lives in the US but still visits family in Macedonia

Art and Pat in front, Barb, Ron, Bob, Russ, Doug, Sue and Bill

 I got up at 6, got ready, made scrambled eggs with fried potatoes and also warmed up left over sausage.  We ate, then walked down to the Pavillion for the morning service.  Great worship and great messages from the National Evangelist.

Teri and I decided the line was long to the bathrooms so we walked farther and went to the basement bathroom. We only a a couple minute wait.  We met our two Bill’s after and went to register for or camping spot for next year.  They weren’t open yet so Teri and I came back to look at some homemade quilts in the silent auction.  The starting bid was $500 so we just looked. It made me even more thankful for the quilt I won! 

We all headed back to our campsites.  On our way, Bill and I saw Barb and Ron.  We decided to ride to Walmart and then go to lunch at Papa’s Mexican restaurant.  The food was delicious and we only got a Hal order beef and been nacho and I had to take half with me.  

When we got back, we went on a ride back up to the mountain with our Michigan people.  It was a little cooler today but almost hit 70 and was sunny with clear skies.  We were going to see Lake Wilhelmina since they drained it, but ended up saving that trip for a different day.  

We came back to the camp and got there at the same time as Ziggy.  We visited, ate a cookie , then Ziggy went up to the Pavillion to eat.  We were too full, so just stayed at the camper until a half hour before the service was to start.  More awesome worship and Holly and John Ogden gave great messages.  We talked to friends, then Bill and I headed back to the camper.  We saw Ziggy up on the hill and he waited for us to walk back with him.  Stayed up til 11, then went to bed!

10/16/24, Wed., Ron and Barb came to visit, went on another great ride, great services. 1045 people there in the evening service. Just awesome worshiping God together

Ziggy on right, Ron, Barb and me

Ziggy always takes a selfie of him in front of our camper when he stays with us.  Ron and Barb are visiting with us in the background 

Bill

Barb and Ron

Barb and Ron

Ron, Barb, Teri, Bill, me and Bill

Bill while we were on another beautiful ride!

During the Colors Rally

Barb and Ron

Barb and Ron

Ron, Barb, Teri, Bill, me and Bill

Bill while we were on another beautiful ride!

During the Colors Rally

I got up first and got ready, then Bill and by the time we were done in our room, Ziggy was ready and reading his Bible.  I made pancakes and sausage and wouldn’t you know it, the smoke detector went off.  That never happens unless Ziggy is camping with us.  In the other camper he was the only one tall enough to shut it off.  He shut it off today  since it seems to be tradition. We were just telling him last night that we didn’t even know if it worked.  Happy to know it does.

We ate then the two of them went outside it was only 40 degrees out.  I called Gayla and Sue, then read my Bible inside.  I saw two yellow motorcycles coming around the curve on the hill behind us and opened the door and told Bill to check if it was Ron and Barb.  It was.  We all had a nice time visiting and ate some Oreos while we drank our coffee.  Then Barb, Ron and Ziggy went down to register.  Bill and I walked around the vendors.  We saw Teri and Bill coming on their motorcycles so we flagged them down.  We all sat visiting at the picnic table by the vendors.  We talked to Gail and Mike for a while there too.  Then We six went on a nice motorcycle ride.  We ate on the mountain again and then took pictures and went on another fun ride.  We came back to the camper for a while, then went to the Pavillian to eat yummy chicken, potato, veggies yummy coleslaw with apples, and then had mixed berry cobbler.  We shopped after that, and bought two comfy cushions.   Service started so we went an sat down.  Worship was awesome and so was the message by John Senior.  Adam and I texted. His leg really hurts so I prayed for him.We came back and I talked to Melissa and then we visited with Ziggy for a while, then went to bed.