McCullough's Blog

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Pere Marquette State Park, Grafton, IL

We returned to this park again this year with friends from our old van club days. They have 30' something travel trailers with several slide outs and one has a motorhome. We have our little Aliner. But it was all good. Weather was good too, a shower or two but no problem.

We had a good time and got a lot of bike riding in. Looking forward to the next time we all get together. Lots of good stories.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Carlyle Lake, Carlyle IL
Dam West Campground

Spent the weekend and had a good time. It was rainy when we arrived on Friday. Saturday morning was cold and dreary. Hard to believe with all the warm weather we have had. Saturday afternoon was good. We were able to get in a nice bike ride. Rode up to & on the dam as well as through the town of Carlyle. Nice bike trails that connect to wide sidewalks.

Enjoyed this campground. We have camped at Carlyle for 30+ years but never stayed here. It's close to town. But it's also hard to get a campsite.

Carol know's I am not a firestarter so she got me a foolproof fire:

It worked.

I ate good too!

We had a good weekend.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Mariah Awning

Installed a new Mariah Awning today. We were happy with the last camper's awning so we bought one for this one. Just had to have a different color. I like the Mariah because it is always there, nothing to pack and carry.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

TZAR

Craig came by today and wanted a video of him and Kevin from back in 2003.
This was a show at Rockwood Summit High School:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDul9kr5Kkw&feature=player_detailpage

Hard to believe how they both have changed. Kevin had long hair, Craig had no hair.
Heavy Metal, and now Craig's favorite music is Classical. I think Kevin listens to anything and everything.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Plow disk made into a wok

Several years ago at a friends house in New Mexico he had a Wok that he used to cook outdoors for a large group of us. The wok was made from an old cast iron plow disk with the hole welded shut and horseshoe handles welded on. It was great. When we left he gave us all the parts we needed to make our own Wok. We took it to a welder and Carol used it a couple times outdoors. Now that she has a gas stove she wanted to try it out again. It worked great.