We met Curt and Elly in Stacyville, IA this morning for breakfast. We met up at Elly’s father’s house and, along with a few other family members we descended upon The Chatterbox Café in downtown Stacyville. The fourteen of us were the only customers, thankfully or the owner would have really had trouble since she was alone. In this area it seems that everyone is related to Elly and this was no exception. The owner is a cousin. So that the owner could concentrate on cooking, Curt took over as server and kept all coffee cups full and helped bring out the meals. Great food! Great people! Pappa Curt! Isn’t that how the add goes?
After breakfast we returned to Elly’s dad’s to look at his collection of toy tractors and other Ford memorabilia. He has been collecting this kind of thing for some time and the collection was quite large. Barbara and I got to try out his Segway. Barbara was a natural, but I was a little shaky at first. Must be my height. Brother Larry ran around on it like he was born on it. They are pretty cool!
Curt was returning to Orlando today so we shuttled him over to pick up his tractor so he could get it back in the barn at Larry’s farm, then we made a quick stop at the Stacyville market for brats to bring home. Can’t wait to get at those. We intend to break out the first batch when we get to Pat and Jan’s in Kent, OH.
It was after one by the time we were back at Dale and Sandy Bissen’s farm where the coach has been parked. We got everything together and decided St. Charles, MN was about as far as we would be getting this afternoon. It was only about and hour and a half east and that would get us there in time to get some laundry done and hopefully come up with a planned route to Kent via the UP and the Makinaw Bridge.
We are staying in the Lazy D Campground just outside St Charles. Since it is during the week there are plenty of spaces open and we were able to park across three site to be able to keep the car attached and still get 50 amp service for running the A/C. Have I mentioned that it is HOT! Well it is HOT! And HUMID! As nice as this area is here near the Whitewater River State Park it is just too uncomfortable outside to do anything.
We have no phone service on either AT&T or Verizon so no email or internet at the coach. There is a hotspot at the office so I will try to get this posted up there. Yes, I know it is HOT! out, but I will go any way.
Stay tuned to find out where we are going. We haven’t the foggiest idea ourselves, but we are leaving in the morning.
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