Awake: 4:54am Temp 57 sleep 5+27 partly sunny…then rain.
Overnight @ Navarre, Ohio
Our camping site # 52 works well for pulling out. We leave Baylor Beach
Park in Navarre @ 8:50am. 95 % of our travel today was on route 30 & I was
amazed @ how smooth & scenic this hwy is. We make one rest stop en route.
Arrive @ the Johnny Appleseed Fort Wayne municipal RV Park @ 1:10pm.
Today’s travel: 4+05 hrs 204.5 miles 27.8 gal used 8.26 mpg
51.1 avg speed.
We park initially on the street, walk the 31 site campground with Gale,
the campground host, & then select the site we think will work best for
us. Gale approved of this maneuver as this park is really not big rig
friendly. The sites are mostly well shaded with tall trees (no satellite
TV here) & gravel parking spots. After plugging in, leveling & bringing
out our slides, we shower @ the campground facilities so we don’t have to
clean up our own shower.
With the help of Gail & Ed, the campground hosts, we have written
directions for finding Kathy’s ole friend Jean & her husband Joe, both who
attended our wedding some 35 yrs ago & whom I haven’t seen since. Kathy
has kept in touch with Jean thru cards and e-mail but has not seen her for
23 yrs. Their first meeting occurred in 1965 when they spent 3 months in
Bogota, Colombia, working with a Catholic missionary group.
I was greeted with a good handshake & a cold Guinness beer from Joe. I
wouldn’t have recognized either of them….its been too long. They had many
questions; we had some answers. Our jaws were busy. Jean loves to cook &
her gourmet meal was well prepared for our arrival.
6:00pm dinner: Baked chicken breasts, breaded pork loin slices, broccoli
casserole, pasta casserole, & bread…..served with wine. For desert: fresh
strawberries with ice cream. What a meal! Very, very good.
They were so curious about our “home-on-wheels” lifestyle that we had to
agree to a tour after dinner. We followed them back to our Johnny
Appleseed Campground & there we gabbed for another 1.5 hrs. They both work
tomorrow so we gave our “thanks” for a great meal & the opportunity for a
visit. Add them to the list: more really nice people.
We retract our slides before going to bed in the unlikely event of rain.
High temp=? Lights out: 11:38pm
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