Happy Trails here we come (By way of Vegas)

Well, we finally left Winnebago Factory on Friday, Sept. 18. It was a long week. I could walk the whole town in 30 minutes. I did find a trail through the park and one or two days did get a walk in. It's really boring sitting there all day. The wi-fi was great so Bob got a lot done on the tournament program for the Nationals. I think we got all but one thing taken care of. They were great to work with, but I really was glad to get away. The factory is where you hear all the horror stories.

Next we stopped over night at Paul and Jean Just's house in Rapid City, Iowa. We stayed in the driveway next to their rig. It was a great visit, going out for pizza. Paul's doing great and recovering but can't get away from there to head to Happy Trails until end of October or so.


After that we visited our broker in St. Louis. I'd never been there so we went to the Budweiser Home and visited the Arch that is the Gateway to the West. It's a Monument commemorating the Louisiana Purchase.






After that we went to visit my daughter, Dee in Texarkana. This was another visit to take care of projects in her trailer house. The floor was soft in places and falling through in others, so we replaced the subflooring in the kitchen, living room and hallway
We ended up staying a full week working on this. We started out for 3 nights at the Elks that is less than a mile for her house, but we were so dirty and covered with grim and tired that we ended up moving to a really nice RV Park about 7 miles down the road.
Now we're setting at the TT in Las Vegas. Monday we have an appointment to check out the problem we didn't get fixed at the factory. As soon as we get done here, It's directly to Happy Trails. I'm really looking forward to it. However, we want to get everything done before we get in. Today, we actually going to go over to Henderson for some indoor pickleball. There's a couple of couples here that we know from LaConner, Annie and Roger, and their friends that play in Palm Springs. Haven't met them yet. However; Walter and Margaret Mioduszewski pulled in right after us so we've had a great visit with them. I'll try to get pictures and update this after pickleball.


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