McCullough Family Reunion

Old Orchard Gallery

Craig had a showing of three of his paintings at the Old Orchard Gallery. He had a big crowd to support him. It was a good time.

Thomson Causeway, Corps Of Engineers Campground

We just returned from a Gathering of A-Frames trip. Nice campground on the Mississippi River north of Moline IL-Davenport IA.
Being with the group was fun as always. Weather was ok, a little rain Friday morning but mostly good. Friday night Pot Luck was great, dinner out Saturday night at a biker bar was good.

I enjoyed a little bike riding and the evening sunsets on the river.

We drove 665 miles and averaged 17.4 MPG. I've had better mileage than that but I've also had worse.

We are looking forward to our next trip.

Carlyle Lake - Dam West

Camping at Lake Carlyle, Il. We decided to leave home early Thursday. We arrived at 11:30 AM. We knew checkout time was 4:00 PM but we never had a problem before. Most people leave early. This time we were wrong. So we spent time running around. Went and checked out Hazlet campground. We are scheduled to go there in October. We went to McDonalds for lunch and then went back for ice cream. We went to Walmart twice. All trying to kill time.

The guy that had our site finally pulled out at 4:05 PM.

When we finally got in the site it was great. A pull thru right on the lake. The bathrooms were across the street. Could not of been better. The only way I got this site was I checked online everyday for a spot on the lake. They are booked all summer and fall. Someone cancelled so that's how we got it. 

The weather was great. Sunshine and blue skies.

Friday the high was 87, Saturday about 91.

Weird pictures:

We did some bike riding. Rode across the dam and rode into town.

We had visitors too. Friends from our old Van Club days that live in Springfield, Il. Roger & Michelle. Turns out they have been regulars at this campground for over 20 years.

Today's forecast was for 99. We decided to head out early and go home.

Packed up and ready to head home:

We had a great weekend and hope to be able to go back here again.

Father's Day

I had a great Father's Day. The boys came over, had good BBQ and a lot of laughs. Nice gifts too!

New Faucet installed

Todays project was to install a new Shurflo Trinidad Elite folding faucet in the Aliner

Water pump installed

Another modification. I installed a water pump today. The hand pump at the sink was not very good. This works much better. Next thing we need is a new faucet. Coming Soon!

New light fixture installed

Carol wanted me to fix the cords on the lights she clamped to the shade bracket. I said we should buy new lights instead of the ones she was using. We went to the store. I picked out a fixture for $20.00. Carol picked out one that was $100.00. Guess which one we bought. It is a nice LED light, I'm glad we bought it.