Emma to Texas State

Got home from our travels on Wednesday, and, on Saturday, took Emma to college in San Marcos.
Some of the stuff to be packed into 2 cars.

Goodbye to Ken and Leo.

Her bedroom - finished.

Sitting room between her bedroom and her roommate's bedroom.

Sign on her door.

Sign in the hallway.

We said our goodbyes on Sunday night and came home on Monday.

Julie posted this on Facebook this week.

So true...

Nashville

Arrived at our campground, Henry Horton State Park, in Chapel Hill on Friday, 8/2.
Belinda and Bailey came out on Friday evening to stay with us over the weekend.

On Saturday the Rangers had activities for the kids (and adults).  First we made ice cream (which was very good) and then made bird feeders - pine cones    covered with peanut butter and bird seeds.

Saturday night we had dinner over the campfire and, of course, smores after that.



We had quite a bit of rain Saturday night and again on Sunday afternoon,  but we survived!

On Monday we drove into College Grove to stay with Belinda and Bailey during the week.

Bailey is into making forts in the living room.

Belinda invited friends over to celebrate their birthdays - Mom and 2 daughters.  Mom is not in the picture, but the daughters and son are here with Bailey.

We all went down to the pool and the kids swam while we watched and talked.

Great pool.

Gehrig came home for a break from his tour with Peter Frampton while he and his band take a cruise to the Mediterranean.  Gehrig has a new apartment in Nashville and had to take all of his stuff that he had been storing in Belinda's garage.
We filled the  truck with as much as we could, then Belinda's car, then Gehrig's SUV and finally Landry's car.  We got all but one book shelf and one two drawer cabinet.
Got it all in his apartment.  This is a picture of the house he is living in and the balcony on the roof that extends from the front of the house to the back.  Great for parties!!

and then had lunch at Zaxby's Chicken (don't think we have any around us in Plano).  Good meal.

Gehrig has some specialty drinks:

What next???

We drove back to Belinda's house, got our stuff together and went back to the campground for the night.
In the morning Belinda brought Gehrig out to us and we headed for TX.  Traveling with the 5th wheel means we travel fewer miles on a daily basis.  So we stopped in Little Rock for the night at the Downtown RV Park - right across the Arkansas River from downtown.

Did not realize that the river was used for barge traffic.  Saw one but didn't get a picture.

The next day we made it home to Plano and are now parked at our CG.

The next adventure is yet to be determined....

Back to the Midwest

We left CT on Monday, 7/29, and headed West with Nashville as our eventual destination.
We took the same route back (I-84) to avoid the NYC area completely.  Our first stop was a Thousand Trails campground just outside Hershey, PA.  Nice CG but only there for an overnight.

The next day we headed south, thru Harrisburg, and into Maryland.  From there we turned west and into some very mountainous countryside.  Did not know this.

Then into West Virginia to a campground in Weston, WV called the Broken Wheel Campground.

Interesting setup - had to go past our site, then turn around and come back to it to back into it.  Right along the river.

It stormed overnight.

The next day we entered KY and headed to Frankford, KY (as you know, it's the capital, not Louisville or Louieville!!).

Found our campground (Elkhorn CG) and got setup for a couple of days.  Very crowded CG.

We found the capital and took a tour.  Very interesting to tour these buildings.  I think I like these more than the Presidential libraries.

Daniel Boone, of course.

Abe Lincoln.

Jefferson Davis

Henry Clay.

And,  last but not least, Colonel Sanders!!

State Supreme Court.

House of Representatives.

Senate.

Still have operable phone booths.

Quilt pieces made by each of the counties in KY.

After that we found the Distillery and toured that as well.

This building dates back to the 1800's and they still use it today to age their liquors.  

The upper floors are used to age liquor in the shortest amount of time as it is warmer up here.

Liquor on the middle floors age in about 3-5 years while those barrels in the basement age the longest and is the most expensive liquor.

This distillery was in operation during prohibition and they sold liquor as medicinal!

Very interesting tour, and, at the end, we enjoyed 5 different liquors!!  Hmmm...

On Friday, 8/2, we headed south to Nashville and then on to Chapel Hill where our campground is located....