North Bound Again

Frank & Beth Allen's backyard

Well, the ranting phase has passed.  So here we are planning to move northbound tomorrow.  This is the next leg of our trip to Voyageurs National Park (if my finger prints were accepted.)  If all goes well, we'll be at Shipshewana, IN by Friday.  Stops at Bedford, PA and Lake Milton, OH are planned along the way.  This is the first time we've run across issues of closed campgrounds.  Seems like the Ohio guys don't open until May 1st.  We're not Walmart kinda people, so we like campgrounds.  Green Acres Lake Resort owners in Lake Milton were kind enough to let us stop over even though the campground's not officially open.

Our stop at Shipshewana, IN is for us to have maintenance done to the trailer and get a lot of little nits fixed.  Same type of maintenance as you'd do for an automobile's suspension - just add a home safety inspection and you get the idea of what we're having done.  We've got an April 23rd appointment with Paul Cross's Indiana Interstate Enterprises (Lagrange, IN) to do the work.  We've also got a couple of upgrades we're looking into.  Won't have any of them done this time, but will get estimates before we leave.

We've had a great time in Fredericksburg, VA.  We'll miss everyone.  Didn't get to everyone so you guys that we missed will be first on the list next time.  Besides, more of you guys need to retire so we can play more.  Plus, and this is a dangerous plus:  I think Donna and I make great retirees.  Think we'd need a license or something if we turn pro?  At least one of you reading the blog will at least have the thought that I'd at least need to be vaccinated!

The picture at the top is Donna playing with her new Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W650 camera that takes panoramic pictures.  It's of Frank & Beth's backyard at the farm & it's a gorgeous view anytime of the year.  Usually there's wildlife around, but not this time.  Please excuse the fact that I haven't quite got the photo sizing down.  I wanted it big enough to see without going outside the margins of the blog.  Anything smaller makes it too short to make a good impression.

We really missed being able to take any wide-angle or panoramic photos last year.  I've looked at wide-angle lenses (10MM), and those things are as expensive as any of the zooms that we currently own.  Plus we found ourselves falling back on the Thunderbolt's camera as it was smaller and lighter than our Nikon D60 with an 18-200MM zoom.  We're thinking this little cyber-shot might fit the bill.  It's a lot cheaper!

So that it's from here.  Here's a shot of the brood of geese that's been growing up around the pond here at the Fredericksburg KOA.  Like all kids, they grew up fast!  Later, David