It has been some time since I wrote a blog. We have been busy with traveling, a couple of hamfests and lots of visiting.

One of our hamfests was in Joplin, MO. We took one afternoon to tour the part of the town that was destroyed by a tornado.

The photos are of only a small portion of the devestation from this huge storm. Much of the major debris has been removed, but there were bus loads of volunteers that were picking up small pieces of debris and hauling it to the curb in wheelborrows to be picked up and disposed of.

It is obvious that many of the homes were just blown away leaving only the foundations. Many of the trees only have the trunk and large limbs remaining and they are beginnning to leaf out again.

We traveled to Northeast Arkansas for a visit and then on to western Kentucky for a visit with cousins and then to Cloverdale, IN for a visit with our only remaining aunt and then to Indianapolis for a reunion with family.

We then traveled to Strawtown, IN and the White River campground for a couple of weeks before leaving for the Handicapped Travel Club national rally in Bancroft , WI.

We will be having some work done on the motor home, change oil and lube and new spark plugs and treat the roof, just normal maintenance items that need to be done.

Then, after returning to Indiana for a day or two, we will be off to South Carolina to visit Evelyn's son, grand daughters and great grand children.

We then will head west for the winter.