Triumph of Alan and Trudy

We are home

We arrived home last Saturday, July 18. Redding greeted us with 112 degrees. We had a wonderful trip, saw beautiful sites and met great people. Thanks to all of you who we met along the way. We hope to keep in touch and remember our driveway is over 50 feet long and we have 30 amps available. Hope to see some of you.
Alan has been busy with the yard work and Trudy is staying inside to tidy up the inside and finish some quilting that was started along the way.
On our last weekend, we stayed in Bend, Oregon. Saturday morning before heading for home we played in a Pickleball Tournament. Alan took first place with all wins.

After great visits in Indianapolis with Trudy's Mom and sister and her family, we headed to our old home town of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. There we visited with Alan's Mom and two of his sisters and their husbands. It was great fun but we had forgotten how cold and windy it can be there. Here are a few pictures of the last month. Trudy's Mom had planned to go to Michigan with us but her health was such that she did not make the trip this time.

Labels: View from the back of our rig---June 8th

June 8, 2009 We are at Indian Lakes, IN about 79 mils from Indy. Trudy is getting anxious to go see her Mom and sister. This is a beautiful site and we were lucky enough to get a site by the water. Our rubber boat is pulled up on the shore and we have already gone exploring for good fishing spots. The rumor is that giant large mouth bass lurk in the depths of this lake. We had planned on being here for 3 days but might stay longer---we found some pickleball players and you know how that goes.

The entrance to the Thousand Trails at Natchez requires you to go under a bridge that is 11ft 5 inches. For those of us who are taller, they have carved out a passageway to the left that is 13"5'. It was very tight but are really getting brave and daring so under we went.

The Natchez Trace Parkway was the major road that was walked or traveled on horseback in the years up to 1801 when the US government widened it (to 8 feet) for use to transport the mail. It was a beautiful drive through the forests and cypress swamps of Mississippi and Tennessee. There are not commercial trucks allowed on the Parkway and the speed limit is 50mph. It was a very enjoyable ride. We took two day with stops at every historical marker.