Time for a quick update. We left on Friday night headed to Celina for a quick re-union with some fulltime classmates. The rally was at Mercer County Fairgrounds which is just a couple of blocks away from Ohio's largest inland lake, Lake St. Marys. It was built many years ago to flood the Erie Canal to pass boats from Lake Erie to the Ohio river. Now it is just a recreational lake and State Park. Anyway, we met up with old friends Patti and Mickey, Terry and Dale, Janice and Dean, Jeff and Sue and Smokey and Pam. The rally was being held here as most of these folks are going to the week long Escapade gathering for fulltimers. We chose not to go this year but wanted to meet up with our friends. There were several new faces at the rally that are 06 and 07 Classmates. Was great to put names and faces together. We had a great time eating and gathering around the campfire to swap travel storys and made a pass around the group to hear what each person liked about fulltiming. Most everyone agreed it is the freedom to go where ever you want. All except Janice and Dean left about 9:30 for the Escapade which was just down the road at Van Wert Ohio. We packed up and left shortly thereafter. Only about an hour and 15 minutes to get home. It was our first trip with the truck and trailer with the new air ride seats. Previous trips were just 5 mile jaunts and not enough to make a judgement about how well they would work. Well seems they work just fine and the comfort is pretty good. That is a real good thing. :)
SO, anyway I got home and decided it was a good opportunity to move my satellite dish from the roof to the pole I put up. 28' pole with 4' in the ground. Braced it to the building and moved the dish and antenna. Got that done and can now move on to the next project. While hooking up the cables Gary ( our Tenant in our apartment) comes back and shows me a picture and says "what do you think about this?" HOLY SHIT! THOSE ARE MORTAR ROUNDS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THEM? He said he cleaned out a basement and found them when he got home, they were hidden in a milk crate. "What should I do?" he asked. Call the friggin sherriff and have them get hold of the Bomb squad at Wright Patterson AFB. He contacted the cops and they promptly contacted WPAFB. Said they would have a crew there in about 90 minutes. Well 90 minutes later up pulls the Bomb Squad, EMS unit 2 cop cars and a Fire Engine with 10 guys and a girl on it. I was standing at he garage door and the 2 BS guys go in with the cop and Gary. I heard them tell the cop they were inert mortars. Well by now the 10 fire and ems guys are just outside the door and one of the Bomb Squad guys comes carrying one of them out and pretends to trip and drop the mortar screaming "OH SHIT! HAHAHAHA, should have seen the faces of the Fire engine crew! Priceless! Great humor on the Bomb Squad guys part. After all, the Fire Engine is parked 60 yards away on main street and all the volunteers are at the garage, so if one of these were to blow up, who is gonna go get the fire hose! LOL ! Pretty silly drill I would think. Well, they took the mortars and went home without incident. Interesting day I must say. Last year Gary found a live Tank Missle while cleaning out a garage! Cops told him to leave it in the truck and get the HELL OUT of it! LOL! Only Gary..................................
Never a dull day!
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