Peoples Creek, MO

We are about 15 miles form Poplar Bluff, MO and is still warm (hot) is suppose to cool down tomorrow for a while.

There are a lot of humming birds at our feeder, talk about a quickie I caught a couple of them mating, they do this in flight, it slows them down and they can hardly stay airborne.

Friday August 31, went to dinner in downtown Wappapello at the Fisherman's Net (good) then we took our lawn chairs around back to the out door stage where they had a Bluegrass Band and listened to them for awhile. The campground is filled up now for the Labor Day weekend, there are only 18 sites in this section.

Saturday September 1, today is the day of the big 25 mile yard sale, yesterday when we went to Poplar Bluff they were starting.

Tuesday September 4, we went into Poplar Bluff to do the laundry, Wal-Mart and eat lunch on the way home at Myrtle's Place, Backalley BBQ in downtown, very good food & priced good also.

Today is suppose to be the last hot day.

Hot Hot Hot

Wednesday we just hung around in the air conditioning most of the day.

Thursday we went to Hancock Fabric in Paducah, Books a Million, Gander Mountain and walked thru the mall and enjoyed the air conditioning.

On the way back we stopped for dinner in Calvert City at Willow Pond southern catfish another good restaurant, this heat is going to have to go, we have been eating in to many good restaurants and not getting enough exercise.

Patti's, Iron Kettle, and now Willow Pond.

Friday laundry in the morning at the campground, lunch and Wal-Mart around noon.

Saturday, August 25 2007 This morning 6:00, the bass boats were trolling for bass, must have been a tournament, it is hard to imagine how many they catch at 60+ mph.

It wasn't quit as hot today, washed the truck & trailer.

Land Between the Lakes

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Today we went down the LBL (Land Between the Lakes) checked out one of the Forest Service campgrounds, Hillman Ferry campground (next time), there are lots of trails in the area and a paved trail from campground to the visitor center.

The bison and elk prairie the bison are smaller than the ones out west and we didn’t see any elk, then we went down the road a few miles to the planetarium at Golden Pond.

On the return trip we stopped for lunch at the Iron Kettle in Grand River part of the Patti Settlement.

We spent the rest of the afternoon in the air conditioning, another 100 degree day; I have never spent so much time indoors because of the heat and humidity. I have a lot of catching up to do when it finally breaks.

Paducah

Tuesday we went to Paducah and had the truck serviced 15000 miles, then stopped at the Quilt museum which was worth visiting even for me, then had lunch at the Whalers Catch (good choice) which was adjacent to the museum.

Wednesday we did the laundry then at noon we went to Pattie's Settlement in Grand Rivers for lunch then spent the rest of the day in the air conditioning.

Thursday Sue is hot, tempatures will reach 100 again today.

Wax to Canal

We traveled US62 all the way from Wax, KY to Grand River, KY a nice road thru typical rural country side.
Saw a yard full of roosters, had to pull off the road for a wide load after both of us came to a complete stop and I got out and surveyed the road shoulder, also saw a neat place that sold rusty metal.
Lots of older vehicles in this area.
Arrived around noon then had to look for another site where the dish would work, so we are in a nice open site without shade.

Interstates & Parkways

Monday, July 30, 2007

We traveled on I-64 & Bluegrass Parkway, Western Kentucky Parkway and we missed a large portion of central Kentucky but we got here at our usual time for lunch.

We did get to travel US60 for a few miles coming and leaving Lexington, KY and a few miles before arriving at the park, Wax is a COE park and we are in a nice site B1 we have phone and satellite service but no PC connection.

The pastures around Lexington were note worthy, and the farms were extravagantly large.

We made reservations for Wednesday 10 am for the Grand Avenue tour of Mammoth Cave, the second tourist attraction in the US the first being Niagara Falls. There are over 350 miles of surveyed passageways, only about 12 miles are tourist suitable.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Today we went into town got fuel, groceries at Wal-Mart, connected to the internet got e-mail and ate lunch.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

This morning we went to Mammoth Cave the back way from Wax and it is a pretty ride, crossed the Green River by ferry. The cave is mammoth but other than that it is not a pretty cave, a good walk 4 ½ mile walk on a hot day.

Thursday, August 02, 2007 Went to Bowling Green, headquarters for camping world the retail store was rather small, used book store, material store, lunch then came home.

Friday, August 03, 2007, we celebrated Sue’s birthday today and went to Leitchfield to do laundry, Post Office, Wal-Mart, the heat index of around 100. We saw Walter Kelly Bee Supply company a place that I had ordered things from 50 years ago.
There is a super fast WiFi connection here at the park if I go out the gate and the other side of the road.

Monday, August 06, 2007, we went to Cub Cave this morning it is about 5 miles from here. It is prettier than Mammoth Cave because of the formations. When we returned I backed over the satellite dish.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007, went to Bowling Green to Camping World and got a satellite dish, it another 100 degree day, on the way thru Mammoth Cave national park and across the Green River ferry must have seen a half dozen turkeys coming and going with long beards.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007 traveled down the SR88 to Horse Cave, Cave City saw Wigwam Motel the highlight of the trip ate lunch and were coming back via the Green River Ferry when we arrived it was closed so had to go back the way we came, the long way, Another 100 degree day.

Thursday, August 09, 2007 today we went to do the laundry in Litchfield early because of the heat and the non air conditioned Laundromat. Next we stopped by Wal-Mart for food, prescription and diesel fuel. Another 100+ day. Lots of deer and turkeys around here and it is a pretty area of the country rolling and some good hills

Friday, August 10, 2007 went for a walk around the campground and back to the air conditioned camper it is only suppose to be in the lower 90tes today