Carol's Retirement Day!

Congratulations

Mark Twain Lake, Ray Behrens Campground

A Gathering of A-Frames event. Beautiful weather, sunny and warm to start and sunny and cool at the end. Perfect September camping weather. 

We had 15-20 Aliners at this event. It was a great time. This was a Corps campground and as usual they were large sites and no way to get a picture of all of the Aliners.

Hand painted shoes by Vicki,

John worked as usual:

Jan and Wendy worked too but I failed to get pictures of them working.

I ate good as always:

Pot luck was good. I had to get seconds and the desserts were good too, including Key Lime pie!

This looks like a theme, it's all about me eating.

M. W. Boudreaux Memorial Visitor Center
   This was an exciting place.

We visited Carol's favorite pottery place. Anytime we are anywhere near Hannibal we have to go to Ayers Pottery:


A couple of McCrays:

A few games were played.

Another successful Gathering of A-Frames. We may go to another one someday.

Old Orchard Gallery

Craig was selected again to display his art.

Aliner Owners Club - Central Great Lakes Region

We just attended another AOC Rally. This one was in Shipshewana, Indiana. I think there were 45 or more Aliners in attendance. Very good for a regional rally. Some years the national events didn't draw that many. And I know it wasn't because of the cheap gas prices. I paid $4.11 a gallon on our way home.

On Thursday, about an hour before we got there, it started raining. It continued to rain most of the day and on Friday too. Friday afternoon it was rainy and 56 degrees. Hard to believe since it has been so hot and dry.
We spent part of the day in town checking out the various Amish shops and stores.
It's a little weird to be sitting at a traffic signal and looking into the rear view mirror and seeing a horse. Horses and buggies everywhere.

Friday night was pot luck. We had a pavilion which kept the rain off and we had a full house. Great food as usual.

Saturday morning it cleared and it was a beautiful day. It's always good to see all the different Aliners and things that have been done.

Some even decorate their tow vehicle:

Even with a little rain we had a good time visiting with everybody and meeting new people.

We had music and played games.

This trip was 870 miles and we averaged 17.8 MPG towing with our GMC Terrain.

Like every rally we had a great time and look forward to the next one.