Awake: 6:57am Temp 39 sleep 7+17 cloudy & windy overnight @ Branson.
Before breakfast, K & I walk the campground for (35) min of exercise; a cool experience.
Mark B calls from his cell phone; their bus is loading & with an overnight stop in Saint Louis, MO it will take (2) days to return to their home in Ohio. He had little time to talk but did ask how we liked “Noah.” I gave him a “two thumbs up” reply.
We take turns talking with Katrina; she fills us in on her round trip to London visit with her friend Star & family.
I call the Foote family & leave a message.
I call John B in Nicktown & we exchange adventure stories.
Our next door neighbor Walter, a Newell owner, will soon be (82) yrs of age. He is in good shape for his age…but I volunteered to climb the ladder & clean off his slide tops of any debris before retracting the slides. We talk afterward & he invites us to visit him in Maryland any time we get close. I let him know we just might do that next yr.
Later, I climb the ladder again & clean off our slide tops of any debris. Then Kathy retracts # 1 & #4 slide.
Next, we drive to the other side of town & see Roy Rogers Jr. & Dustin Roy Rogers with the High Riders Band. This was free for us; Grace had won (2) tickets during a talent show the 1st day of our rally….which they ran out of time to use so we were the lucky spoils. You know, the show was pretty good. Roy Rogers Jr. was a good story teller; he talked about his 1st mother, then Dale Evans & his father, Roy; growing up with foster & adopted children that joined the Rogers family. There was a fair amount of singing, some RR favorites & some of RR, Jr; more story telling complete with short home videos.
The museum had an humongous collection of anything “Roy Rogers” from his personal & family items & collections to commercial wares endorsed by Roy, photos, even the real Trigger. There was also a small theatre showing home movies. We spent quite a lot of time going thru this museum; so much to see & reminisce. Thanks G & G for the extra show.
We attend 5:00pm Mass @ Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church & then return to our motorhome.
Dinner: Meatloaf, asparagus, rice & gravy.
After dinner; Skype with Nick for (31) min. I believe we cut it short due to Jerry being a little fussy. But hey, we’ll take any length of time we can get to see & talk with our family.
Late DVD movie: “Some Come Running.” We watch 1 hr, 1 min.
Lights out: 12:26am
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