Well, it has been a little while since I have posted anything. I have given you some glimpses into our summer life and some of the things going on around the campground. Now that winter has settled into the midwest, Sally and I have officially become “SNOWBIRDS” and have taken up some Winter Quarters down…
Busy, Busy, Busy
Wow, where has the summer gone, The kids are about ready to head back to school and Labor Day is right around the corner. It won’t be long and we will have another summer in the books and Halloween will be here and gone before you know it. There has been a lot going on…
Ahhh Memories
Today, May 20th, 2019, Sally and I will be attending a private ceremony to say a final farewell to my last remaining Aunt. The wife of my Father’s brother. As I lie awake in the early morning waiting for the sun to rise, my thoughts gather from the darkness of times and people gone by….
Oh That Mighty Mississippi
Well, that is whats is going on in our neck of the woods. We are having rain storm after rain storm. Our Sister park Buffalo Shores located just downriver from Buffalo, Iowa is a victim of “THE GREAT 2019 MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD”. Our Buffalo Shores Campground probably won’t open until mid-summer or later if all…
Back on the Job
On April 10th we moved into our “Summer Palace” and began our 6 month stint as “Camp Hosts” at West Lake Park in Davenport, Iowa. This is our 4th season and it has begun with the weekends at near capacity. The weather hasn’t been what one would call perfect camping weather with overnight temps ranging…
Here We Go Again…
Just Another Winter Storm So…..The month of January brought us snow storms that left plenty of the white stuff laying around with nothing better to do but to make our temperature plummet to record lows and the windchill temp hovered near 50 below zero (that’s -50….but I just have trouble writing it that way because…
Winter In Iowa
It has been 4 years since we have “wintered” in Iowa. B-r-r-r-r-r……Florida is a little warmer and much more comfortable. Spending the winter there is a little bit on the lazy side of life but when your retired, that is what your looking forward to. We stayed here in order to do some updating and…
Welcome to my NEW SITE!
Thanks for visiting my new site, I hope you will find it interesting and maybe just a little informative. I will try to have comments and thoughts about what is going on in my life and the lives and world around me. Please take anything that is written or discussed here as unsubstantiated, non-fact checked…