TheHowserHouse was rolling at 8:30 this morning......right out of town and down to Memphis(area). I had planned to leave a bit earlier, but didn't want to get in the way of the traffic going to Cape Girardeau so I waited awhile to let the commuters get started before me.
WHAT an EASY trip: 3.5 hours from city limits to the National Rally at the ABC campground in Marion, Arkansas.....just northwest of Memphis. Ran throught a bit of rain south of Cape........of course all my washing the rv/truck was not quite for nothing, as the winter sludge is gone and now replaced with a bit of highway splashings....but that doesn't seem to be too bad. Rather warm and muggy here....at first, but now a great breeze has begun and it is very refreshing.
SOOO good to see old friends from last year and those that I have met in cyberspace on the Cedar Creek RV Owners Club website. Lots of laughs, lots of waving as I drove into the cg, and the friednships become closer and strengthen with each conversation. Lunch was provided by one of the members.......and another is doing some of the dinner tonight.
More members with their rigs are arriving hourly: Delaware, Texas, Kansas, Illinois, Florida, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, California, Missouri, and who knows which other states are here. It should be a great time with everyone who enjoys this type of lifestyle!!!!!!!! WOW......those who aren't here SHOULD BE!!!
More later.....time to see some more "Creekers" as another rig arrived!!
Oh yeah: LIFE IS GREAT......AND I HOPE IT IS FOR ALL OF YOU, ALSO!!! (stay tuned for updates and pictures)
An afternoon of visiting and helping those who arrived get parked and set up for the weekend. After talking with the Watters of Morris, IL......we decided to skip the BBQ hamburgers and drive into Memphis....just a few miles....and have BBQ ribs at the Rendezvous!!! Oh my God......how GREAT are there ribs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We drove right into a parking garage downtown, and then a short walk up the alley and we had arrived at the "Mecca of Memphis BBQ".....the Rendezvous. Again.....we walked right in, got a table, some drinks, and then those RIBS!!! It is a dry rub BBQ.....and it would be very hard to beat this flavor. The aroma in the basement restaurant/cafe is an instant grabber......hunger immediately sets in......and before very long, your/my face is plastered with the wonderful rub of the ribs!!!! GIVE ME MORE!!!!!!!!!!! (tomorrow perhaps???)
Back to the Rally campground, ABC of Marion, Arkansas.....and the National Cedar Creek RV Owners Club Rally. Joining many of the others who were sitting around "Cook" AG's rv, we "sat a spell" and visited and discussed many non-controversial issues(house building, house remodeling, materials used, etc., etc.). Soon.....everyone began to pick up their chairs and wander back to their own home on wheels.....and some of us, myself included, "battened down the hatches" as storms are forecast for tonight. I rolled up TheHowserHouse awning as I do NOT want to get up in the middle of the night and fight the winds in my underwear as I put up the awning!!!
Some of the pics are of the Rally and there will be more in the next few days. Anyone not here.....well, you are missing an incredible time!!!!!
Soooo, until tomorrow......
Life is STILL GREAT.......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!
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