July Update

Monday 17th, 82 Degrees

Well here it is middle of July and the 4th is well behind us. Not much to report since we are stationary and don't get to travel much. The latest is our good friends Mickey and Patti stopped by to visit with us on their way to South Dakota. They really could not have picked a hotter time to visit I don't think. 90 degree heat and plenty of humidity but fortunately no rain. We all went into Urbana and stopped in to visit the Johnny Appleseed Museum at Urbana University. We have never been there in all the years we have lived in the area. Actually it was only a one room display but was interesting to see yet the same. John Chapman was his real name and he planted trees in several states including Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Probably some others but my memory stopped there! :) While in Urbana there was an Art on the Square Affair going on and we spent a little time looking there. They had some live music and art of different types displayed for sale. Next stop was the Air Force Museum, hard to describe what we all saw there as there is so much and it constantly changes every time we are there. It is a must see for anyone in the area and it is free!
Mickey and I worked on some MAN projects while he was here, measuring his height of their 5th wheel RV and I made him an adapter to use in his drill to run the rear jacks up and down. He helped me work on our oven which never has worked well. You would have to wait 40 minutes to get it to 400 degrees. Unacceptable. So after much debate and search we decided that what was needed was a resizing of the feed orifice of propane. A couple of quick adjustments and waa-laa 375 degrees in 10 minutes. Now THAT'S What I'm Talkin bout, mmmm hmmmm! We also had to work on Mickey's hitch which would not close properly, a little slide juice and it was all new!
We did a lot of eating while they were here and ended their visit by cooking out Sunday night with Bill, Molly and Tabitha visiting. Everyone ate well and Patti and Deanna suprised us with Brownee sundaes for dessert! MMMMM that was delicious. Cooked way more than we needed so I had hamburgers for lunch today.
Monday morning our friends continued their trek towards South Dakota and it was almost painful to watch them drive away while we stayed here, :( They will hopefully be back in September when our other friends Ken and Kathy are here for a visit. One nice thing is we have made so many friends that someone is always stopping by and we really enjoy that. More update later