Finally "Up North"

We had a great time at the Monaco North Central Rally in St. Cloud despite the chilly weather.








On Sunday Mitch drove the coach Up North (McGregor, MN) and I went to Stephanie's baby shower. Colleen was there with almost five month old Kyle and along with Jo, we all had a good time.







With Sarah out of town for the week, Shayne decided to get some extra work time in if we (the four grandparents) kept the girls with us. What a fun time. Addy and Macy spent two nights with us in the motorhome and they loved their special beds--one on the couch with her new Princess sleeping bag, and the other in her special pack and play crib in our bedroom. We all did pretty well. Macy enjoyed eating at Grampa's house too!

Thrill On--There is a new web site just getting started that gives discounts on outdoor adventures, hiking, camping, fishing, and sporting activities and products. If you go to thrillon.com and register you will see what we mean.
One of the outdoor adventures that is being offered starting on May 23 is a full day salmon fishing charter on Lake Michigan. We are very interested in doing this after the Monaco International Rally in Manitowoc. We are looking for people who would like to go with us. The boat is limited to six people. Let us know if you are interested and we will make the charter.
If you like the outdoors, hiking, camping, driving race cars, fishing, canoeing, etc. go to thrillon.com and register. The things that are offered change often, because they are making deals with different companies all the time.
If there is something you are interested in doing you can e-mail them and they will try to make a deal with a company to get it done.


PS Since the owner of the company is our son, you know you can trust it.

Barb & Mitch

Happy Birthday, Addy!!

We made it back to Minnesota and got to spend some good quality time with the girls. The weather finally warmed up and Addy and Macy decided to spend some time in the boat before they got "Up North"!

But today was a big day--Addy turned 4! Happy Birthday, Addy!!

On our way back to Minnesota

We left the Smokey Mountains with the intention of staying at Harrah's Casino in Metropolis, IL on our way to St. Louis, but the weather channel said the casino looked like it was floating in the Ohio River. We decided to keep driving.

We had a nice visit with my dad. He moved into a nursing home just after his 90th birthday in February. It's a little different for him, but he seems to be getting along well.





We went for dinner with by brother, Larry Vern, and his wife, Jan, and we were joined by our nephew, Nick, and his three year old daughter, Alyssa. What a nice surprise to see them!










A little farther north we stopped in northern Iowa to visit with Mitch's mom who has just moved into a nursing home there. She seems to like it and is happy there.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

What to do at Online Campers Rally

This rally is so different from any others because it brings together so many different people who all have to work together to make it work. Don and Jackie bring the shrimp, and Mitch cooks the ribs, but everyone chips in to help cook, bring food, clean up, and create fun things to do in the gorgeous Smokey Mountains.

Sally thought we should go zip lining...





so we did!!

Ten of us got up the courage to try this crazy sport, only Susan and Mitch had had any zip line experience.

Once we got decked out, I wasn't sure I really wanted to go through with it. Our outfits didn't make for a glamorous picture!

We had a couple of great guides who made the trip exciting and fun and totally unscary (kind of).








Here's Mitch is a favorite position. Look at Grampa kids!!! Wahoo!!!!