Rain, Rain Go Away, How It's Made

It was 6:30 on Tuesday, Apr. 3^rd when I heard Bill getting up but he soon returned to bed. With the pitter patter of rain on the roof, it was indeed soothing enough to fall back to sleep but I was by 6:45, fully awake and got up. It was a warmer night so we didn’t have to unhook the water hose from the park tap last night. We were instructed to do that if temperatures dropped below freezing. I think it got down to 39F. The rain may not let up all day, but even though not as pleasant to look at, we prefer this much more than yesterday’s white blanket.

My first picture taken today is of food
Good food!

I came downstairs and read my daughter’s latest post. My, that girl can write. You can check it out here if you choose. I only opened a couple of our window shades at first, since it is so dull out, there is not real light coming in. I prepped our drinks and turned the Keurig on before sitting in my chair with my book. This one is 3^rd Target by James Patterson and of course, another page turner.

The Airstream factory is in Jackson Centre
tours every week day at 2 pm

Bill was up at 8 and we had our hot drinks together. It was my turn to shower so we turned the furnace on for about 20 minutes to warm up the bathroom a little more. We do that because we can! It is supposed to warm up to 65F today, in the pretty steady rain, but so far at 11:30 it is still hovering around 44F. I doubt they are going to be correct today, but I’ve been wrong before.

A is for Airstream

This is kind of cool!
it is a close up the rivets used

Within a few minutes of me writing that, we watched our friends and fellow bloggers, George and Suzie, pull in with their motor home.  They drove along the creek road and pulled into a nice spot, just the right size. It was raining crazy so instead of walking over, we hopped in the truck on our way out to brunch and stopped to say hello. We drove across the highway to Bob Evans. I’d never eaten here.

Cute display shelf

This was the only picture we were allowed to take inside
Don, our tour guide

We both ordered from the breakfast menu and I was not to be disappointed. I ordered an omelette with hash browns and a Mexican-style meat salsa on top. I asked them to hold the jalapenos and they did. With sour dough toast on the side, I dove right in, almost forgetting to take a picture. We each had tea with creamer and left with very full tummies. I had a quarter piece of the toast and left the rest on my plate.

Got a kick out of this top picture like the 'Cadillac Ranch' on Route 66

From there we drove to the Airstream Factory on W. Pike Road. Don was the older gentleman who greeted the 20 of us and took us on the tour of both buildings. This was an interesting tour although it didn’t tell us anything new, really. 

The sky was not particularly happy as we ran across the lot to the
2nd building

This is the 2nd building where they built the Interstate, the new Atlas Class B
motor homes and the new, yet to be introduced Nest

We already know the quality of the Airstream is top notch, just like our Mobile Suite but we enjoyed the tour all the same. We even got a sneak peak at their newest model, the Nest but we weren’t allowed to take pictures inside the factory.

love the Gold Airstream outside
it was hard to hear everything our guide said, but we think this is a 1934 model that Wally owned

This one is a 1960

During the 2 ½ hours of our tour, there was quite a thunderstorm. Constant rain and periodic thunder and lightning kept us alert as we all ran across the parking lot. We thanked Don for his guided tour and headed home. George and Suzie were outside filling their water tank so we walked over to welcome them properly. We agreed to get together at our place for a late Happy Hour.

G & S - I didn't wait until they were done talking

We had a nice visit catching up on a few things, back and forth. Always enjoyable to see them again. When they left shortly after 6 I took a walk down to the recycle bin with some plastics and walked back along the creek. 

The water is really high and really rushing
Keep your children and pets away!

I am stunned at how much it has risen in today’s rain and how fast it is moving. it really is quite warm out there now and we are resting at 61F at 7:15. Neither one of us is too hungry, which is crazy but I figure soup or a sandwich (in Bill’s case) will fit the bill.

Love how these pups ride on their parent's scooters

This was a good day, no, a great day! I hope yours was as well.

and I'm so glad we are on higher ground

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