Ithaca, NY

We have made it to Ithaca, NY. I think Ithaca is Indian for "Land of the steep hills". I thought we would be roughing it while we are here, which means there are too many trees to get a DirecTV satellite signal. Just regular antennae reception, no recording shows on DVR and no fast forwarding through the commercials. How in the world did we do it back in the old days? But, as luck would have it, a couple of DirecTV service guys were in the park. I flagged them down and for some lunch money they used their super satellite finder to figure out that by putting the dish on the roof we could get reception. It was a close call but it looks like we won't have to endure regular TV for the next few days. Going to meet Jesse & Tim and Kathy & Bob, our friends from Whitehouse, TX for lunch.

Indy 500

We got to do some visiting my family and are now headed to a wedding in Ithaca, NY.  Just so happened we were going through Indianapolis on the way, the Indianapolis 500 was happening, and my friends that go every year had an extra ticket, so we stayed in Crawfordsville and they picked me up on their way to the race.  Nothing like dropping in on the Indy 500 on the way to somewhere else. 

                                                          Getting to our seats.

                                                   Last parade lap before start of race.

We are staying tonight just north of Columbus, OH.  We didn't realize when we stopped here that the 450 sites this campground has are all dedicated to trapshooters.  Fortunately they don't show up until tomorrow so we got to stay tonight.  If we didn't have somewhere to go we would love to stay and see the trapshooting event that will be going on all this week.

Mission Accomplished

Grannie decided she shouldn't move back to Carrollton to live by herself but should stay at the supported living apartment she was in. We have spent the last two weeks getting what she had left in her Carrollton apartment packed up and put in to storage. She has a great time at her new place, playing pinocle, bingo, dominoes, and all sorts of other activities, as well as getting good food. We are very relieved she is somewhere safe. On the Friday before Mother's Day they had a family night honoring the mothers. Here are pictures of Grannie's family and friends that showed up.

We stayed at the Greene County Fairgrounds. We were the only RV there and were parked right next to the horse track so we got to watch harness racers exercise their horses every morning.

We have moved a couple of hours up the road to Bloomington, IL to visit family and friends.