It was 6:30 on Tuesday, Apr. 3rd
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.
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| 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 3rd Target by James Patterson and of course, another page
turner.
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| 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.
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| A is for Airstream |
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| 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.
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| Cute display shelf |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| The sky was not particularly happy as we ran across the lot to the 2nd building |
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| 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.
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| and I'm so glad we are on higher ground |