Let me begin by saying we left Phoenix on May 27th this year, a few days earlier than normal and now it's the 14th of June so I have some catching up to do. I decided today to do the blog again this year, not that it's being brought back due to popular demand but because I enjoy it. Let's do some quick catching up, we arrive once again at Adventureland park, Altoona, Iowa just outside of Des Moines. We have family in the Des Moines area in the way of Bev's brother and his family, nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews who we love visiting. Once again it was a great week of visiting the Ackelson, Carico and Ahrendsen families. Bev took in the famous "Farmers Market" downtown Des Moines, we both played a little golf too! Bev and I played Copper Creek and then I played Bright-Grand View with Bob and Mason, missed playing with Steve this year which is always a pleasure and something I look forward to. We did get two VIP passes to the Principle Senior golf tournament while we were in town, yep... from Steve and as good as a round of golf. Box seats on the 18th green with all the food and drink you wanted, too bad Bev and I have been on weight loss plans we could have really chowed down! It was a great day of watching some of the pros we are more familiar with, including John Daley and his road show! A very enjoyable day and we thank Steve for being so thoughtful.
The Des Moines area was once again a week full of fun and family, from soccer games to birthday parties, to golf, horse racing and dinners and morning coffee. Despite everyone still working when we visit we seem to always cram in as much time together as humanly possible. We sure appreciate all of them taking the time to help entertain us visitors from the far West while in their neck of the woods.
We arrived in Davenport on the 6th of May and parked the motor home at West Lake park once again this year. We do enjoy parking at West Lake for a number of reasons, close to friends and family, close to just about everything but of course there isn't anything in the Quad Cities too far from wherever you are. We attend both the Anderson and the Ackelson reunion the second weekend of June each since getting the motor home. The Anderson reunion has only been revived since I believe 2008 when I asked my sister Nancy to try and get something going that first year we drove the motor home back to our roots. It's been well attended ever since and it's always good to see family if for only once a year.
After our 10th day here in Davenport Bev and I have played 3 rounds of golf (9 holes each) and I must say in this humidity it feels like 18 holes when we finish. We will play our last round on Friday with brother Russ at Duck Creek golf course, a shorter, easier course for Bev's game and she has enjoyed playing it for the most part. The rest of the week here looks good weather wise, sunny and mid 80's and we can take that. We did have our rain days this year as always, but it's only been for 3 days so far. It's about this time each year after about 3 weeks in Iowa we're ready to continue on our journey which will be a new direction for a change.
Weather, storms and heat may change the plans, but for now it's the journey heading to Branson, MO. onto the gulf coast and Biloxi, New Orleans and then east towards Florida then turning north into the Carolina's, Virginia back towards the west and Tennessee and who knows from there on........I will try and keep up this year and make this blog interesting at the same time letting the readers know where we are have been and what we're up to. Hope you enjoy.
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