I had my birthday party here and that was fun. I baked 3 cakes (2 carrot cakes and 1 spice cake) and we supplied the ice-cream. We had invited everybody to help me celebrate which were liked by all. Fortunately I didn't have to have it in our little trailer. Lots of people came as it was on Saturday and most of us were off. Françoise got a motorcycle ride on Jeff's Harley. What a difference in motorcycles. She didn't think there would be any difference but Harley's are definitely comfortable.
The next Saturday we celebrated Bill and Dot's 50th wedding anniversary. They are such a neat couple and still so much in love. It is great to see that. We took some pictures of them with their dogs, Teddy and Rose. If there is such a thing as another life after this one I wouldn't mind coming back as a dog if I could have them as my owner. They sure know how to enjoy life and take care of each other.
One week later again, (yes this can become a habit) we celebrated Welby and Punk's 60th wedding anniversary. She was named that way because she wasn't any bigger than a pumpkin when she was born -- however, her real name is Arlene. They sure don't look old enough to be married 60 years and they are still sweethearts. They are the owners of our campground which in May was still a grass field. He works very hard to get it the way he wants to and we wish we had half the energy he has. Françoise made them a really nice card with her SendOutCards home-based business and they were sure pleased with that. Everybody had to see the card.
Below is the card I made up. If you want to know how I made it contact me directly. It is fun to make them and people really like them.
We got a different job sometime during these weeks. We are now working in the ICQA department which involves counting items in the bins and doing a lot more crawling on the floor as a lot of the bins are at floor level. Ouch!!!! We sure can tell we are no spring chickens anymore, but then again we are doing better than some people our age.
There is a lot of Civil War history here in Campbellsville as well as in all of Kentucky as is seen in the mural below which is in downtown Campbellsville.
One day we went to Lexington to see the B-17 WWII bomber plane. What a plane it was. But the turret gunner had to be very small as the compartment he had to crawl into was not big. Actually, all of the crew had to be small - not only in height but also in build. Gary met George Daubner whom he hadn't seen for 15 years and whom he worked with at the EAA in Oshkosh, WI. George is B-17 pilot and tour director as well as the pilot for other old planes such as the Ford Trimotor. He gave both of us a ride in the Ford Trimotor way back in the 90s when we were volunteering at the EAA in Oshkosh, WI.
One day we went to Colonel Sander's first restaurant in Corbin, KY. There is a nice little museum telling all about how he started the business etc. The food there was excellent and we might have to go back one more time before we leave here as we never get any KFC food that good anywhere else. In the photo below the restaurant is on the left, the gas station and motel that Colonel Sanders had are on the right.
From there we went to Cumberland Falls which is the biggest falls east of the Mississippi and south of Niagara Falls. It is also one of the two falls in the whole wide world that has what they call Moonglow. The other one is in Africa. A moonglow happens when the conditions are right during a full moon. We hiked some of the short trails but would like to go back and walk the longer ones. Don't know if that will happen.
Fall is definitely here and the weather is changing. We are now having the heat on during the night (on low) and are able to have the windows open during the day without having that noisy air-conditioning on. We will find out how cold it gets soon.
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