We departed the Cedar Falls Iowa area this morning at 1012 hrs in the rain. The reason we delayed our departure more than normal is a late check-in time at our next campground which is only about 135 miles away.
We drove to Dike Iowa and met up with one of Doreen's close family friends, Lois Conradi. Lois is family to us and it was so nice that she would drive up from Reinbeck Iowa to rendezvous with us as we traveled. We talked with her for 30 minutes or so and then headed westbound directly into the strong winds and intermittent rain. The turn southbound on I-35 was not much better as the headwind turned into a side wind that really rocked the RV, even with the sure-footed dually in the lead.
At 1351 hrs we drove across Saylorville lake dam and turned into Bob Shetler campground. This is an Army Corps of Engineers park, so the rate is great, but it is not full hookup. The good news is the sites are paved, level and 50 amp electric, and there is a water hydrant within one hose length! The other advantage is it is within just a few miles of our home in Ankeny. So the plan is to live in our RV for the 10 nights we are here so we are not having to move stuff back into our house just to move it back before we leave, and hope we did not forget anything. Our house is basically "shut-down" right now so we are going to leave it like that, except we did have our son turn the water heater back on so we could use out laundry facilities.
If you remember from my earlier blog posts back in April when we were visiting my sister in southern Texas, she is getting ready to hit the road and this is one of her stops. She will be here at the end of the week and will be dropping off some of my mother's paintings along with some other items. We will have dinner with her before she moves on to her next stop. Other than that, Liberty has a grooming appointment tomorrow but we have no other scheduled events at this point. We are looking forward to seeing our son Dan and his family while we are home. I have a lot of work to do following our class reunion and some other things on our plate while here, but hopefully we will find some time to relax a bit too. A few campground pictures:
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