Milwaukee, WI

Arrived in Milwaukee on Monday afternoon and camped at the State Fair Grounds RV Park. Nice park and convenient to downtown Milwaukee.

On Tuesday we met Megan at her apartment and got the grand tour. Said hello to my grandson, Beamer the Cat and then walked over to a cute but expensive restaurant near Megan's apartment for a nice lunch. Was good to see her.

Leaving Milwaukee on Wednesday for Home.

Chicago

We are staying at a really icky campground in Yorkville, IL. It could be really nice, with a creek running through and the Fox river running right by the edge, but it is full of oldddddddddd icky trailers. Some of them appear to be abandoned. They need a salvage company to come in here and clean up the place. We have been here since Friday night and leaving tomorrow morning. The reason we are here is that it is the closest rv park to Downtown Chicago. We drove to Chicago today and visited with Adam and Kristen and went out to dinner with them. This is the first time we have been to this apartment and it was so nice to see them since it has been since Thanksgiving that we saw them last.

Tomorrow we are driving to Milwaukee to visit Megan. We are also seeing her apartment for the first time and having lunch. We will be leaving for Minnesota on Wednesday.

St. Louis, MO

Arrived in St. Louis Tuesday night and left Thursday Morning. That left Wednesday to see all of St. Louis. Wow were we tired Wednesday night. Things we saw: Old Courthouse that Dred Scott case was heard, walked around Busch stadium, took the pod to the top of the Arch and toured Budweiser brewery.

Sunday we are meeting Adam and Kristen in Chicago. Tonight we are camping about 40 miles south of Chicago

On the Way home

Finally left winter ranch on Tuesday April 13. Made it to San Antonio the first night to the cummins dealer to fix our generator. Stayed in their parking lot for two nights. But the good thing was that we got to visit the riverwalk and the Alamo. From there we started our trip to Tennessee. Arrived in West Memphis on April 17 and are staying at the Tom Sawyer RV Park until April 20th. This park is right on the banks of the Mississippi so have seen many large barges and tugs floating buy. It is a very nice campground.

On Sunday we took a tour of the city and visited such sights as Sun Records (where Elvis recorded his first album) Beale Street and it was packed. Went to St. Judes and Danny Thomas Gravesite, Drove past motel where mlk was shot, and drove by Graceland. Also stopped at the Peabody Hotel to watch the ducks walk from the fountain in the lobby to there penthouse home. This happens twice a day. Before the tour we went to a crawfish festival. Those purple bags in the truck are full of live crawfish). They charged $15 for a bucket. We didn't have any.


Today we toured Graceland, had dinner at Pig on Beale Street and then walked down to the motel where mlk was shot.

Leaving Tomorrow for St. Louis, MO

This and That

Our neighbors behind us at winter ranch, Gary & Lois Anderson and Sharon's flowering cactus garden

More international ferry pictures

International Ferry near Sullivan City Texas

This is the international Ferry located near Sullivan City, Texas. It cost 50 cents each way to cross from Texas to Mexico and back. The interesting thing about this ferry is that it is the only rope pulled ferry in the us. There were four men pulling the ferry across the rio grande. It didn't seem to take a lot of effort on their parts, but that's easy for me to say. It held three cars and then as many walkers as would fit. On the Mexico side there really wasn't anything to see. You can take a taxi to a small Mexican town that is about a mile and a half from the river. If you buy booze at the two duty free stores on the Texas side you need to carry it with you on the ferry and at least touch Mexican soil before bringing it back into Texas where you need to pay about a two dollar fee. The ferry was really quite busy with probably a dozen cars waiting to take the ferry. Most of the cars on both sides had Texas license plates but there were a few Mexican registered cars also. We went to the ferry with Marge and Mighty Janke. Didn't buy any booze as their sellection was very limited since it was the end of the season. After the riding the Ferry we stopped at Peppes on the River which is a popular restaurant/bar right on the Rio Grande. The whole time we were there, helicopters were constantly flying over looking for illegals trying to cross the Rio Grande.