Heading North (Thurs.-Fri.)

Thursday:  We pulled out of our very nice Nashville campground about 10:15  after doing a few chores.  Joe had a large bird deposit on his windshield, so he got the ladder down and cleaned windows.  I vacuumed while he was outside complaining, then we pulled in our slides and headed to Ft. Wayne.  We traveled interstate highways today, thinking maybe we would stop for the night around Columbus, Indiana (that seemed about halfway), but Joe just kept driving, and we ended up in Ft. Wayne about 6:30 p.m.  Traffic around Louisville and Indianapolis slowed him down a bit, and there were lots and lots of semis on the road, but he tried to keep it around 70 mph and we rolled.  He found a White Castle a little south of Louisville, so that was our lunch.  We fueled in Whiteland, Indiana for $3.529, and the price got worse after that.   The Indiana highways could use a little Obama money, they are pretty rough.  Joe had the CB on, and even the truckers were complaining to each other about these roads.

After we got set up, we went out for dinner but then we called it a night.  We are at the Johnny Appleseed campground in Ft. Wayne, a nice woodsy place right on the St. Joseph river, and only about 10 miles or so from Jim and Dixie's. They have electric and water at the sites, but apparently it took some engineering to provide the water hookups.  But we give them credit, they got'er done.

Friday:   It was really nice when we got here last night, in the 70s and low humidity.  When I got up Friday morning, it was 66, expecting a high of 80.  That sounds good to us. I walked over to the river, waiting for Joe to get up.  The river seemed pretty low, but it is a nice setting here.

We stopped for a breakfast sandwich, then got over to the Croxtons.  Dixie had just finished helping Lucille with her bath, so Mom was all cleaned up for Baby Joe.  Lucille did mention that Dixie scrubbed pretty hard, and also that she had taken a shower by herself the other day, just so we knew.  She immediately wanted to know all about the baby, so Joe sat her down at the table and got out his Notebook so he could bring up the pictures that have been posted online.

Even as poor as her eyesight is, she still sees some Froeschke in Andrew.  Joe pointed out his hairline, so we know that is a family tradition being passed on down.

Dixie has developed a passion for gardening, and her yard really shows it.  When I walked out the front door, I was engulfed with the wonderful smells of her flowers.  She has really done a beautiful job of landscaping, and the flowers go all around the house and even into the flower bed that used to be a vegetable garden in back.

Eventually we all gravitated to the front porch and just enjoyed visiting and soaking up the beautiful day.  We went down to a coney island hotdog place for lunch, and after a trip to the grocery store, we had a delicious ham dinner that Dixie had prepared.  We ended the evening playing some Mexican train, then finally headed back to the campground.

Lucille is still coughing quite a bit, although it is probably not as hard a cough as it was earlier.  She has been on medication for bronchitis for a couple weeks, so we are all hoping she is on the mend.