2019 Summer Trip

July 18-21 Thursday-Sunday Martinsville, Indiana A few more days of free camping as we parked at Tony's brother Greg's house just south west of Indianapolis.   Originally we were going to sleep in the trailer as we visited family and friends these few days but I jumped at Greg's suggestion that with record breaking temperatures we stay in the house with air-conditioning.   Did I mention that I LOVE visiting my brother-in-law and his wife! Tony and his brother Paul from Iowa did some  work at their dad's house since he has been out of sorts with a pinched nerve for a couple of months while I caught up on laundry.  Saturday we headed to Carmel IN for lunch with Tony's sister Vicki and hubby Dennis.  Sunday morning at church the sermon centered around Hospitality and Heaven and the priest advised us to "Eat Less and Pray More", and that evening we had a fun catching up with Danny and Terri (Best Man at our wedding).  Because it was Tony's birthd...

Monday-July 8 Travel to Russell  Springs Kentucky Driving here today was mostly interstate I-40 from Spartanburg SC, to Asheville NC, to Knoxville TN, we passed through many green, forested, rolling hills.  I remember the first time I saw scenery like this from an airplane it reminded me of tons of heads of broccoli sprouting all over the countryside.  There was not much new having just traveled this route going south about 10 days ago.  With the warm, sweltering summer heat though I could see that many of the large patches of day lilies are past their prime (unlike the picture to the right in North Carolina).  It was quite a long day, 441 miles so about nine hours including two stops.  Much longer that we typically like, but there was not much we had planned along the way, so rather than make a one night stop for convenience to were up at 6 am and on the road by 7:20 am.  Kentucky is one of only four states that we haven't camped in (not includi...