Not a lot going on the last few days. It has been sunny, rainy, windy and everything in between. Just normal spring weather in central Indiana.
After it cleared off this afternoon, we did some cleaning on the outside of the motor home. The wheels had mud on them from Casa Grande, AZ. We had driven a few times in rain but it would not wash off. I finally took some Orange cleaner and sprayed it on and let it soak a while and then used a brush and soapy water and finally got most of it off. Not sure what kind of soil they have there, but it seems t stain the tires and is really difficult to remove. I will treat the tires the next time I have a chance and it is not raining.
I still have some medical appointments next week, so hopefully they will all turn out alright and I will not have to have any further tests.
The photo is of a flowering crab apple tree. There are many in our neighborhood as well as pink ones. The Red Bud trees are really in bloom. I will get a photo of one in the next day or two.
We have been trying to schedule Ham Fests for the summer and fall without much success. There are a lot of ham fests, but they are scattered all over the country and none are in any sequence. Some that are of any size are 4 or 5 hundred miles apart. That is too far to drive for no more money than you can make in such a short time. Only a few are over two days and they are mostly on a Friday afternoon & evening and Saturday morning, maybe until 2pm. Many of the ham fests are getting smaller and not well attended, while others seem to be growing. The ham fest in Yuma, AZ is a growing one and they have a different approach as well as teaming up with Emergency Preparedness groups which seems to be working out well for both groups.
I attended the local Repeater Association Meeting and saw many amateur radio friends and has some interesting conversations as well as a nice dinner with them all. Always a nice time with good friends and good food.

Yesterday was nice but windy. The motor home is rockin and rollin, mainly because I do not have the jacks down, but they really were not needed. I did the Dr. thing and need to get some x-rays and another appointment in a week or so, so I am not done with that project yet.
Today we had another showing of the house, however I have not seen the survey that was left by the prospect. Sometimes you wonder if these people have any imagination when they look at a home without any furniture, just open big rooms. However, the right one will come along in due time.
The photos are of a 1923 Ford model T touring car. I spotted it coming in to Sams club and I went to check it out. A really nice restoration. It would be nice to have an old car like that to drive around when the weather was nice and something to tinker with to keep running. W We did some shopping while they were here looking at the house. Bought a small tool box at Walmart to keep inside the coach for small tools so we would not have to go outside and retrieve what we needed from the big tool box.
We had company for supper. They brought some fish, Orange Ruffy, from Marsh Grocery store. They will even cook it to your order at no additional charge. Along with some Mac and Cheese and slaw for a very tasty meal. We just visited the rest of the evening, talking about pets of the past and present. Some very interesting tales, none of which I will
repeat. A very nice evening with good friends, good food and good conversation, what more could you ask.

The weather the last few days has been improving and today it was quite nice and warm. I had a CT scan today and see my Urologist tomorrow and that will finish all but 2 appointments for this year, unless the scan reveals some surprises.

We have been watching the Para Olympics on TV. What a great group of athletes they are. The swimmers that do not have any arms, maybe only one and maybe no legs, but they are all in there doing their best for their country and themselves. I have enjoyed the wheelchair basketball. A far cry from the team we started back in the early 60's. Most of our players were Post Polio's, some with upper body weakness, but we did our best. We were one of the first teams in the country. U of Ill had a team and I think one on the west coast, maybe UCLA. Today, they are really muscular athletes. The chairs are all custom built for a particular sport. The rugby chairs are similar to basketball chairs but with more protection. The racing chairs are a thing of art and are just so fast. It is a pleasure to see these people have the opportunity to do their best in their chosen sport. They are an inspiration to all of us, disabled or not.

Yesterday it was up early for Church and Sunday school. Another great sermon and interesting Sunday school class. This is a very caring class and there are several needs, some having surgery and others in the hospital, etc. I learned that you can hear past sermons on the website of the church. No video but good audio. So we will be able to stay in touch with what is going on at Church as we travel this beautiful country.
The photos are of the beautiful spring blossoms in the area. The flowering Crab Apple trees and the Jonquils are in a local apartment complex. The Tulip and Bradford Pear blossoms have been blown away with the recent rain and wind. It has really been a pretty spring here in central Indiana.
Today it was off to my primary care physician for a physical. The blood work was all good and with in the ranges they have set for my age group. Friday I will see my Urologist and a week or
so later I will see my Nephrologist. My glasses should be in by Friday and that should take care my medical checkups for this year.

Yesterday we spent the day running errands. Got my eyes checked and there were some changes. It had been two years since they were checked. I dropped off the prescription to be filled. The lenses should be ready next week. We went to Mt. Comfort RV to check on some parts and get some measurements on a range/oven combination. Evelyn has been having problems with the micro/convection oven that is in the coach. Difficult to program to do what you want.
Today was a beautiful day with lots of sun until later in the afternoon when a cloud cover came in. It is supposed to rain tonight and into tomorrow and maybe Monday. I serviced the air cleaner on the motor home so it will be alright for a year or so. Still need to get the oil changed on the coach as well as the van. Will have to have some suspension work done on the van before we leave again.
Up early tomorrow for church and a day of rest and relaxation.

Yesterday it was cloudy and gloomy, almost rainy, just not a day that gets you interested in doing very much at all. We were invited out for a Birthday lunch at the Golden Coral by our very good friends. We took our time and talked and ate for 2 or 3 hours, just enjoying one another. Not much interest in eating the rest of the day after the feeding frenzy at GC. However, we did eat some popcorn before retiring for the night.
Today the sun came up bright and it really warmed things up. We ran some errands and did some cleaning in the coach. It just seems there is always some cleaning to do. Not the dust we had in Arizona and Texas, but I think the rain and humidity just makes it mud and then you track it in.
Tomorrow I get my eyes checked and probably will have to have new glasses as I did not change them last year. I lowered the price on the house hoping to interest someone in it. Things are just slow and it is certainly a buyers market.

It rained most of Sunday night and Monday. Not a lot going on, other than Evelyn made a visit to the dentist for her yearly check up and cleaning. I received a new program for the engraver, Corel Draw 7. It looks difficult to use, but I will get it figured out and working in time. Just hope it will not take too long as there are things that I need to do with it, but time will tell.
It rained off and on during the night. I had a blood draw this morning and it quit raining by the time I had to leave and only a light mist while I was gone. This afternoon we took the coach to dump the holding tanks and made a stop at the post office and the drug store on the way. It has been cool and misty most of the day but tomorrow is to be warmer and the sun is supposed to come out in the afternoon. So it should be a nice day.

Friday was just another day in the big city. I did some shopping for a watch battery and some flowers for the wife's grave for Easter as well as stopping by the post office and the bank.
Saturday, was cold and windy. Evelyn went shopping for some groceries and stop at the Dollar Store for some things. Seems all we do is go to the Post Office and the bank about every day. We watched some of the Masters golf tournament on TV and went to bed.
Up early for early church, at 8am, and Sunday school. The service was especially good with full orchestra and choir and a very good sermon. in Sunday school we talked about what Easter meant to each of us as well as how things were in Jesus' day and what was thought, when he was Crucified, and then rose on the 3rd day. It was a very interesting class with lots of good singing and discussion.
This is an important day to me, as I was born on April 12, which was also Easter Sunday. My birthday has fallen on Easter a few times but not many. I also share the 12th with a good friend from the Church as well.
The attached photo is of the coach and van with yours truly on the lift getting ready to do something, what, I am not sure, but there it is any way. This photo was taken in McKinney Falls State Park in Austin, TX. A really nice park with lots of hiking trails and a couple of falls to visit, however, not very wheelchair friendly.

Yesterday was a pretty nice day, cool in the morning but the sun warmed things up nicely. We did some things inside the coach, cleaning and laundry and some errands as well. Other than that just another day setting still and not a lot of activity.
Today started out sunny and we went to the post office and then to Cloverdale to visit an Aunt and take her to lunch in Spencer at a nice place called Chambers. Good food and a smorgasbord to boot. We stopped at the Hilltop Restaurant but they were closed and did not open until 4pm. That is another really nice place to eat, however it had been several years since we had been there.
We returned to Cloverdale and finished our visiting and stopped at the local grocery/meat market where they like to sell in bulk. We always get their thick sliced bacon normally at $2.49/lb but $1.88/lb 5 pounds or more. So you always get at least 5 pounds. It is quite tasty, more like old times. A fellow was there and purchased 10 pounds of ground sausage. That is a lot of sausage in one pile. We got back to Fishers about 5pm, of course we had to handle the rush hour traffic, but it was really not too bad. Had to have a BLT for supper to check out the new bacon.

Monday was a cold and blustery day with some off and on snow flurries, typical of this time of the year. We completed some work and got it to the post office and picked up the mail, did some banking and worked in the motor home a bit.
It was cold over night, near freezing and windy during the day and cold, only got up to the upper 30's. Supposed to be below freezing tonight. Evelyn took the bedroom apart and washed all of the sheets and did a complete cleaning of that end of the coach. I worked on the shower plumbing, tightening it up and attempted to secure the pipes so they would not rattle when the pump was on. I think I helped the situation. We will just have to wait and see what a few hundred miles of bumping down the road does for it. Only time will tell. Nothing planned for tomorrow, but I am sure there will be something come up to do.

Saturday was a housekeeping day getting things in order in and around the motor home. We had company in the afternoon that brought fish dinners from a local church that has a fish fry every Friday during Lent. Quite delicious and a welcome change from our usual fare. We looked at photos that we took over the winter and talked about things that we saw and did.
Sunday it was up early for Church and Sunday school afterwards. a very nice Palm Sunday service. We got to see many people that we had not seen since last fall, so all in all it was a very nice day.
This afternoon, our son Andy brought the mail that had accumulated for the last couple of weeks. What a mess, with all of the junk mail, magazines, bills, etc. We finally worked our way through them and got the bills paid.
It railed most of the afternoon and evening with about 1.5 inches of rain. It is supposed to be cooler tomorrow with some snow tomorrow night. However, you can not expect very nice weather until after Easter in this part of the country.

We left Spencer, IN about 11am and headed north on US231. The road is a bit narrow and there was a gusty wind from the left front, so it was a challenge to stay on the road. We stopped in Martinsville and filled up with gas, as the price was right, and headed on towards Indianapolis on SR 67. The flowering trees were quite pretty and made it really look like spring, however the air felt more like fall or winter.
I465 around Indianapolis was the same old race track that I remembered last summer when we left, however we managed to get back to Fishers in one piece after filling the LP tank. Now, we can set still for several days before having to move to dump the holding tanks.
The photo is of one of my least favorite bridges. This one is on US60 and crosses the Tennessee River. The other one is a couple of miles on down the road and crosses the Cumberland River. Both of these bridges are quite narrow and it is really tight when you meet a semi from the other direction. It can be done but it is a challenge, especially with a gusty wind that wants to move you around. But all went well and those challenges are behind us with more, I am sure, in the future. That is one of the pleasantries of full time rv'ing. You never know where or when the next challenge, or shall we call it an adventure, will come from.

We left Boomland Campgound and headed for the wilds of western Kentucky via US60 and then on some back roads, that you have to carefully follow directions. After a couple of road changes we wind up on Coon Trail Road to the first drive on the left designated as Cradick Lane. The last turn on Coon Trail Road is a one lane with fallen trees on both sides that have been pushed just off the pavement so you can get through.
We followed the severe ice storm damage all the way from central Arkansas up through the bootheel of Missouri into western Kentucky. Our photos are of our cousins house showing the damaged trees, of which they have cleaned up the limbs that fell in the yard. Today the people arrived to do some ceiling work and painting from the water damage as a result of the hole in the roof. The roofers were to be there today as well and get that part taken care of. They will have the loggers come in in May and cut the trees that do not come out, many of which are hard wood and large enough to sell for veneer.
There are many smaller trees that are down in the pond and they will have to be cut off at the ground and then pulled out of the water with a tractor. There is a lot of clean up yet to be done.
We noticed that many of the state roads still had the ditches full of brush and limbs and this is 8 weeks after the storm. We did notice that some of the city parks and areas had been cleared and were ready to mow, but a lot of work remains to be done.
As we crossed into Indiana and headed north up SR57 we noticed that the time had changed again. So we have lost another hour due to day light savings time. It was getting dark and starting to rain so we just holed up in Spencer, IN, only a couple of hours from Fishers, our destination, so it will be an easy run tomorrow morning.