Weekend in Little Sioux Park

We had been promising Rebecca's family a weekend camping trip since we had gotten home from North Dakota, so this weekend looked like our last chance for good weather.  We went to our favorite local county park near Correctionville on Friday.  They were having a special Halloween weekend and all of the campsites with electric and water service were taken already (several had been there a week in advance).  So we filled our tank with water and parked in the tent camping area.  It worked out very well, as we had our own almost private area.

On Saturday, they had a scavenger hunt, pumpkin carving contest, hayrides, a creepy crawly exhibit and a campsite decorating contest.  They finished the day with trick or treating at all of the campsites.

We all slept in the motorhome and had a great time.

Late Sunday afternoon we headed home again.  Looks like cooler weather and rain ahead for this week.

Fall is Here

The leaves are turning and falling here, and a low of 28 degrees is predicted for tonight.  We have been busy this week getting some projects done on the house and motorhome.  Janice has been doing a great job of getting everything stowed away so we can hit the road before snow flies.  Hopefully it will all fit.  We are very comfortable in the new motorhome and it's starting to feel like home.  Since I have received a complaint about one of my daughter's family's pictures not being included in the blog (I will not mention her name). Here is a picture of them waiting to pet a frog (or maybe it was a turtle) last summer at the Loess Hills Prairie Seminar.

 

Now she can feel like they are part of the family again.

Back in Sioux City

It's been really busy here since we got back, but I will try to catch up on what we've been doing.  We took a few days to get back to Sioux City after we left Texas.  We stopped overnight in Wellington, KS the first night.  It was a quiet campground and we walked down the street a few blocks and had supper at an A&W.  The next morning we talked for quite a while with a couple from Hollywood, CA.  The next night we stayed in Nebraska City, NE just south of Omaha.  Thursday morning we drove into Omaha and took a tour of the Accuquilt headquarters.  That was very interesting.  Then we headed back to Sioux City.  Rebecca and her kids were here to welcome us home.  Friday night, Sarah and her family came to Sioux City so Darwin could do some work on his brother's truck.  We had a very nice visit.

 

They left Sunday night to go back home.  Monday we had to go transfer the motor home title and do some other errands.  Since then we have been busy visiting with Rebecca's family and some other friends and moving everything from the old motor home to the new one.  It's kind of like moving only without the furniture.  Friday afternoon I drove to Sioux Falls, SD and picked up Angela who had ridden down to there with a friend.  Her family is buying the old motor home and she came to pick it up.  We enjoyed visiting with her on Saturday, and she left today to head home.  It has been a little hard to leave our faithful motor home, but it is going to a good home.  I hope they enjoy it as much as we have.  We realized this week just how efficient the storage space was in it as we are having a hard time fitting it all into a bigger one!

Ready to hit the road in her new motor home.

So after a week with three homes, we are back to two now.  We have much to do to get ready to get out of here again before cold weather hits again.