Another squirrel proof bird feeder

Craig & Kevin bought their mother another squirrel proof bird feeder. The one I bought didn't work. This one is "electric". It says it gives the squirrels a "static correction" Of course Kevin had to try it.

A new Christmas Toy!

My dinner was 122 degrees.

Squirrel proof bird feeder

Carol likes feeding the birds but the squirrels have been driving her crazy eating all the bird food. So I bought her a squirrel proof feeder for Christmas. The other day she was complaining about the squirrels again so I gave her an early Christmas present:




As you can see, it doesn't work.

The day after Thanksgiving

Carol's dinner:

My dinner:

I guess that's why I look the way I do!

Fun in the Fall

Cleaning up leaves can be fun.

Un-official Gathering of A-Frames - Montauk State Park, MO

We had 9 A-frames attend this unofficial Gathering. Several of us went to Montauk 2 years ago and enjoyed it so we went back. We had a good time and the weather was cool in the morning (one day it was 24 degrees) and nice during the day. It's always good to see our friends.

Trout fishing is the big thing to do at Montauk, but I'm not a fisherman.

No TV at Montauk so we watched the World Series with the Cardinals on my cell phone.

Aliner Owners Club Rally

We just attended a joint rally held by UsMACM and LOKAT in Branson, Missouri. I think there were 24 Aliners in attendance.

As always at these events we had a good time.

The campground, Musicland, was good and a block off the main strip with all the activity.

The weather could not of been better. Sunny and beautiful all weekend.

But the best thing was the people who put on the event and the people who attended. And of course the good food.

This chart showed where everybody came from:

Thanks to all that made this event happen.

Johnson's Shut-ins State Park, Missouri

We just spent a couple days at Johnson's Shut-ins campground. The old campground was destroyed a few years ago in a flood and then they relocated it and built a new one. It just opened last year. It was a very nice campground, everything new and first class.

The weather was great. Sunshine & blue skies all weekend. 60's during the day 30's at night.

The park was destroyed when a man made reservoir failed a few years ago. Everything was rebuilt, they say it will not fail again but just in case thay have a warning.

We sold our 2004 Aliner to a nice couple a month ago. I figured we would never hear from them again. Friday evening I look up and there they are. They picked the same weekend and the same campground and had reservations across the street. It was good to see them & we hope they will come to a Gathering of A-Frames or a Aliner Owners Club event.

Meramec State Park, Missouri

This is a nice park close to home, 1 hour. When I booked a spot Tuesday night the forecast for the weekend was good. The weather turned out to be a little soggy but we enjoyed the weekend . We wanted to get the camper out to check everything out and see if everything would work for us.

Carol & I both love the new bed.

We went from the smallest beds in an Aliner 76" X 46"

to one of the biggest beds of 76" X 76" .

A rare sighting, there was another Aliner at the campground. There are more of the Aliners around than I think.

Nice view of the river.

We are still trying to get everything organized and put where we want it. This is our third Aliner but each has a different floor plan and cabinets set up differently. But everything so far with this one is great.

New to us - 2006 Aliner Expedition

We sold the 2004 Aliner and bought a 2006 Aliner Expedition. We were going to buy a new Aliner but I saw this on on E-Bay and figured it would work and be a whole lot cheaper. Drove up to the Quad Cites- Iowa/Illinois and picked it up. According to the ad on E-Bay it was supposed to be in pristine condition. IT WAS NOT! I didn't consider our 2004 that we sold pristine but it was much better than this one. But, we liked the floor plan of this one and we knew we could make it all work.

We have had it here for 24 hours and Carol has scrubbed the inside top to bottom, we moved the spare tire up front, added a Swagman bike rack, installed a clothesline on the back bumper, added a stainglass stick up, installed a pleated shade over the cathedral window, installed a protective screen over the A/C unit, installed a wind kit, loaded it up for the next camping trip.

Aliner is off to the next owner

Our Aliner has went to the next owner.

We hope they enjoy it as much as we did.

Now, what are we going to do next??

Carlyle Lake, Illinois

We spent a couple of days at Lake Carlyle. Did a little bike riding and just took it easy. Love those sunsets.