Long Overdue Greetings!

Greetings my friends and family, I know it has been awhile since I’ve written but you know how it is, same as everyone else:  I’ve been keeping busy… living the great life God has so richly blessed us with.

So what have we been up to since early November? Well,  we’re still  loving it at French Camp MS even though we had a really long cold spell. Had several nights when it was in the single digits and that can cause some real problems with water freezing in a motor home.  Plus we hadn’t gotten around to figuring out what was wrong with our front furnace thermostat. Thank the Lord for electric heaters. Oh the joys of motor home ownership. (Love it still.) As you can see from the photo, we are also got to enjoy a bit of a Wisconsin type winter wonderland. Snow is not common place around here. And, yes, to my northern friends, most everything closes down under these conditions. They just don’t have what’s needed to make travelling safe especially on the very shady country roads and there are many of them, so they close.

Our guys continue to work on the church addition, taking a few extra breaks to warm their hands and other body parts.  The project is coming along nicely and as you can see it’s beginning to look more and more like an actual building.J And, they use the same database program as His House does which made it possible for me to help out.

 Recently, Bill has been helping put the decorative trim on all the posts as well as helping our volunteer electrician. Some of the other guys are building a stage area and a few of the women are helping with caulking and pulling wires. I am not in that category. I’m keeping busy with all the extra bookkeeping duties for His House CF required every January plus I help in the Academy Admin Office entering donations. They get behind in January too!

One of the big projects for the ladies each November/December at French Camp is helping with the Bread Mailings. What’s that you say? I’m so glad you asked. Giving a loaf of homemade Sorghum bread to donors began back in 1950 and it continues to this day. Each November, every donor of $25 or more annually will receive a loaf of this delicious bread. Another mailing is also done during this time for “gifts of bread.” For a minimum donation of $25 you can send a gift of bread to anyone in the U.S. And it is worth it! Can’t tell you the number of letters folded, stuffed, sorted and attached to a loaf of bread we did but we sure had a good time doing it. 

Since November, we have had so many more wonderful experiences engaging in the school and community. We attended more tailgate parties and football games cheering on the French Camp Academy football team through the first round of playoffs. At one of the football games, there was a special tribute to veterans that Bill participated in. So cool! 

We have had the pleasure of joining some of the elementary girls for lunch in the public school cafeteria. (The Academy is junior and senior high kids only.) They seem to enjoy the half hour of our attention or maybe it’s that we buy them an optional ice cream treat when we visit.

I really enjoy helping set up and attending the monthly historical luncheon hosted by the church. I’ve learned so much about French Camp through these interesting talks and have met so many lovely and interesting people.

There is no prom at the Academy but they do have a very special Christmas Banquet; and very special it is. We were thrilled to be invited to attend. The girls get all dressed up, a boy can “pick up” the girl at her dorm and walk her to the banquet, there are pictures taken of couples or groups, and a lovely dinner is served by a youth group from a church in Memphis. Apparently, this has been going on for some time. This youth group comes and transforms the dining hall into a beautiful banquet hall. We were able to sit with my Mississippi sister and her husband and one of the guy student’s Bill (and I) have befriended and his “date.” It was a truly beautiful evening to see and experience.     

We feel so blessed to have the privilege of engaging in the lives of these dear people (students, staff, and community members) of French Camp. We’ve already started referring to it as our second home (and, from what I hear, they’re okay with that J). We’ve been particularly blessed in developing special relationships with several students.  One student was extremely disappointed when she found out that we wouldn’t be here for her graduation. I guess, some of them think this is now our home even though they know it’s really not. We get regular hugs and waves from these students several times a day as we see them about the campus and most often at lunch or dinner in the common dining hall. It truly warms our heart as we love to encourage and love on these kids as much as we can.

We managed to fit in a couple side trips; some overnight, some just for the day or evening.  Loved our trip to Memphis. We stayed in a darling AirBnB bungalow at a VERY reasonable price. We had a few funny instances when we first arrived; the lockbox holding the entrance key would not open. We could see it was jammed. The good news was that we had our hostess’s cell number and she was out on a run with her dogs, so she was able to get home within a reasonable amount of time to let us in. Yes, I did say dogs, but we really didn’t notice that they were there except maybe the extra dust around the house. Oh well, that didn’t bother us (too much). We had a small but sufficient bedroom attached to our own private den with a comfy couch and TV. When we went to use the bathroom which was adjacent to the bedroom, the beautiful glass doorknob came off in my hand. Too funny. Hunted down our hostess again and Bill repaired the knob. That evening we were trying to watch TV in our personal den, but couldn’t figure out how to get regular channels. Apparently people that usually stay with her are more interested in Netflix and Hulu or whatever else she had. She wasn’t even sure how to make the regular stations come in, but Bill finally figured it out. Good thing…I wanted to see the Finale of Dancing with the Stars. Then the next day we hear a knock on the outside door. We ignored it as we were pretty sure our hostess was home. Finally, Bill went and answered the door and found some utility workers who were there to do some repair work. Our hostess didn’t answer when I called out to her, so I used my phone to find her. She was exercising and apologized for not hearing the door. We found these incidents a bit comical, but as I said, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

Our site-seeing excursions in Memphis, of course, took us to Graceland, but just a brief stop outside the gates Touring Graceland isn’t something Bill really wanted to do (and I get that) so if I were to spend the money, I’d like to go with someone who wanted to be there (and he gets that). It’s not something I’m dying to do, but I’d go if I had someone to go with. (Any volunteers?) The biggest highlight for me (and Bill enjoyed it too) was the six hours we spent at the zoo. 

For Bill, we went to Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Paradise and shopped around a bit. That evening and the next day we checked out Beale Street. Oops forgot the other big highlight for me…walking across the Mississippi River. I started out a little nervous…you know me and heights (especially when I can see through whatever it is I am walking on) but thoroughly enjoyed the experience, especially the contrasting views looking back at Memphis and over to the Arkansas shore.

Bill really blessed be my taking me to one of my favorite shows: Disney on Ice. It’s been years since we have gone and “Frozen” was playing in Tupelo. Yes, I’m one of those “little” girls who love “Frozen.” Let it Go. J

One thing I love about the traveling we do is going into these old southern towns and seeing the beautiful Antebellum and Victorian homes. On one of those freezing cold days, we took a driving tour through Aberdeen MS with a brochure in hand outlining forty-nine homes of interest.  Another highlight in the area are the many parks and national forest trails that we enjoy hiking usually with one of the couples from the project. God always manages to provide us with friends who like to do the things we like to do. 

Such a blessing!

 

 Our big trip, of course, was back to Wisconsin to celebrate Christmas with family and friends. We are so grateful to be able to leave our motor home safely parked in French Camp for the three weeks we were gone.  Also very grateful to be able to stay with very good friends who put up with our crazy schedule. It was so good to see everyone and spend time with the grandkids. For those of you who are on our Christmas card mailing list…you can stop looking. It did not get lost in the mail; just too much going on with limited resources to make it happen. Hope you all had a Blessed Christmas!

Staying in one location for an extended period of time has been good. God has taught me a lot of lessons; some I’m embarrassed to admit to, others have been a bit more encouraging. Of course, as I write this, I can’t think of a one that I’d like to share, so you’ll just have to take my word for it. J It’s times like these that I really wish I could get myself to write this blog more often. Oh well.

As the end of our project time here at French Camp drew to a close, Bill and those he was working with worked very hard to get all the posts done; I and some of the ladies had a bead board painting frenzy.  These will be used on the ceiling of the outside porch. One of the things I love about this group is that we find a way to get the work done where we can all do our best. We were like a well oiled machine. It was a lot of fun.

Our final church service at French Camp was part of their Mission Conference and it was amazing. Students and staff started the service by marching in individually with the flag of their country or a flag having significant meaning in their life. Very impressive. As part of the conference we went to a viewing the night before of the movie “Mully.” If you haven’t seen it…I encourage you to do so. A wonderful testimony of what God can do through just one obedient (some considered crazy) man.

To God be the Glory!

We are sad to be leaving this very special place but excited to head off to a new project tomorrow morning (Jan 31^st) at Shocco Springs Conference Center in Talledaga AL. We have not been there before but are looking forward to working with some couples that we have worked with before and meeting new ones. We are especially excited to have our first “buddy” on a project. It’s a couple we met during our time back in Oshkosh as fellow volunteers for EAA. We have invited them to “check out” VMM (Volunteer Mobile Missionaries) and see if it is something they would like to do.  As I’ve said many times, we love this lifestyle and believe they will too.

Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing!

God's at Work

God’s at work in French Camp, Mississippi, changing lives and hearts – particularly mine! We’ve been here for more than six weeks now (okay, when I started writing this blog for the third time, it was six weeks, now it’s almost eight) and we have been busy busy busy. Sound familiar? The really great thing about this is that it’s a really good busy-ness. Rarely have we felt stretched or overwhelmed and there have been plenty of relaxing evenings and even some full days of just hanging out.

So what exactly has God been up to? Well let me tell you. You can see by all the pictures that the men have been quite busy building a fellowship hall and classrooms for the church. They have made excellent progress and all without any serious injury. Bill does come home with a few scraps and bumps, but that’s to be expected. He’s a boy playing with big boy toys. Ya gotta know there’s going to be some blood shed. We thank the Lord every day for their safety. We are also very grateful to all the wonderful people here at French Camp that are praying for the safety of our men. We praise the Lord for these dear prayer warriors. Again, since starting this writing, the trusses have appeared and Bill has been lovin’ the “high” work. Me, I can’t watch him. I take a quick picture and walk away praying earnestly for his safety. Praise the Lord, God is taking good care of him and keeping me focused on His goodness.

The next set of pictures show a few of the things I’ve been up to. I was blessed to help out in the Pottery Studio to help prep an inventory of pottery for three upcoming events. The studio is one of many ministries here at French Camp that raises funds for the Academy and provides another avenue of learning and working for the students. I did the initial three coats of glaze on many pieces so the resident artist could paint the pretty stuff.

I also helped organize clothes and books at the Double Blessings Thrift Store (another ministry of the Academy). Most of you know how much I love organizing…so this was right up my alley. I did come home with seven books but I managed to only grab a pair of jeans for me and a couple of shirts for Bill.

God used one of the student girls that I’ve made friends with who works at the thrift store to teach me a much needed lesson.  Y’all know that I like to tease and oftentimes it comes off as sarcasm (which I thought I got delivered of years ago…not). Well, we were driving pass this dear girl as she was walking to work at Double Blessings. I yelled out the window…”hey there, ya better get to work.” She didn’t look too happy so I figured she had had a rough day at school. The next day at lunch, I put my arm around her and asked her if she had a rough day yesterday. Oh my, no..that wasn't it...it was my “yelling” at her that caused her unhappy look. She had taken me seriously. I was very apologetic and she was very gracious. I told her next time I’ll call out, “Looking good. Have fun at work.” She said, that would be much better. There were two other times that I teased a student only to get a serious or concerned reaction. Help me Jesus to always be kind especially in my teasing!!! I’m practicing how to tease in a positive way. It takes a lot more thought but is really fun to do!!! Thank you Jesus for this embarrassing lesson.

One of the major events that I was helping to prepare for at the Pottery Studio was the annual Harvest Festival. That took place the second Saturday of October and what a wonderful event it was. Besides helping with the pottery, I spent a bit of time in the evenings making cards that I donated to be sold at the festival. There was an all day auction going on as well, along with making sorghum syrup the old fashion way (a horse walking in circles at the grinding mill). Speaking of horses, I’m still trying to get over my fear of riding them. They were offering rides for $2.00 and I decided to ride with one of the younger girls here. Apparently, she was holding her legs too tight on the back of the horse that it started bucking. Really, is this really happening to me when I’m trying to be brave.  It happened a second time and both of us wanted off the horse. The girl did choose to slide off the back of the horse but the handler convinced me to stay on to keep me from being more afraid the next time (if there is a next time J). So I stayed on the horse and PTL there was no more bucking. Okay, so maybe I will try again another time.

Bill is grateful for his new bow. He was invited to do some bow hunting here at French Camp on this our return trip so he brought along his old bow which he hadn’t used in more than 15 years. He was hoping to find someone to give it a “tune up” or whatever it is you do with bows that are old and haven’t been used for a long time. Honestly, I was mentally prepared for Bill wanting to purchase a new one. He wasn’t so sure. So we took a little time to think about it by touring around the area we were in. We were near Grenada so we checked out the downtown square (I love old time downtown squares.) Glad we did. We stopped in a resale shop only to find the couple who owns it is from Appleton WI (for those of you who don’t know, that’s only 20 minutes from Oshkosh). Love these “chance” encounters. They suggested we check out Grenada Lake. Hopefully, the pictures give you an idea of how beautiful it is. Well, you already know the end of Bill’s bow story. He looks happy doesn’t he? 

The project took a week off, so Bill and I decided it was time to do some renovating ourselves. We’ve talked about it since we got our motor home. Another God story for sure. We were walking around a downtown square in another nearby city when Bill spotted a flooring store on a side street. "Let's check it out," he said. Found exactly what we were looking for from a business that was so very helpful.What we thought would take two days, actually took four; but so worth it. We love our new floor! Getting rid of that ugly carpet along the slides has really made the space look bigger and, if I say so myself, quite beautiful.

This week some of the ladies and I started priming and painting some rough looking spots in the old classrooms of the church due to the foundation shifting. Trying to keep things looking nice until the church renovations reach Phase 3 (a couple years down the road) which will include these classrooms.

I’ve made a new friend here at French Camp. I pretty much had no choice J . I can’t tell you the number of times people would ask if I was related to this delightful woman or someone would call out her name as I was passing by and wave to me. You can understand why I had to get to know her. And, what better way to get to know her than to invite myself over to watch Dancing with the Stars. It’s one of the few shows I really enjoy and one of the many channels our antennae does not pick up. You have no idea how excited I was to find out that she is a bigger DWTS fan than I am and was delighted to have someone to share it with. In fact, she was in the audience of DWTS a few years back.  Talk about being a fan!!!  We have had so much fun being “related.” In fact, now we’re starting to dress alike without consulting one another. 

Bill and I took a lovely trip down to Vicksburg. We took a 16 mile drive through the Military Veterans Park and were able to walk the grounds where many battles took place, view a house that survived, and saw many memorials (including several Wisconsin ones) and read detailed civil war history signs along the way. It was truly an amazing experience. We thank God for our time there.

Our trip included a two night stay at the Duff Green Mansion B&B. We got the small economy room, but it was still lovely and the home quite beautiful and rich in history. A tour of the home followed our delicious three course breakfast. Friday afternoon we had a late lunch at a Rooftop Restaurant (great view) and then walked along the river front which had more than 20 huge historical murals painted on the flood retaining wall. Great overview of the city. On Sunday we did our own walking tour around the Mansion as there were many other beautiful homes and history to look at. On our way home, we took our time along the Natchez Trace. What normally would take a little over two hours, took us five. The Natchez Trace is a 444 mile parkway from Natchez MS to Memphis TN. It is part of the National Forest Service and there are no commercial vehicles, businesses, or billboards the entire way. There are many many historical sites and trails to take advantage of and that is why it took us five hours. We made several stops and took a few hikes. We feel so blessed by God to be able to enjoy His creation and learn about the history of our great nation in this way. 

 

We had a lovely birthday here at French Camp. Didn’t do anything special (it was a “work” day) but felt very loved. Not sure how, but word got around to a lot of folks that it was our birthday, so we had lots of greetings throughout the day and during dinner in the dining hall, everyone (students and staff and anyone else who was there) sang happy birthday to us. It is something they do for anyone who’s having a birthday but it was nice to be included in the “family.”  Got some great hugs from the students, too.

Once again, I have waited too long to finish a blog. There is so much more to tell, but this is already getting too long. I know I need to write more often but oftentimes I just don’t feel like it. And, then I wait…and wait…and wait some more. I am sorry, I’ll try to do better.

Summers gone and so are we........................ from Oshkosh, that is

Where DID the summer go? Well, I’ll tell you. It went to spending time with good friends, children & grandchildren, worshipping with our beloved church family, Share volunteering in the EAA Print & Mail Room or the Wearhouse and then the Ultralight Fun Fly Zone barn during convention, Bill volunteering in the Fab Shop and then on the Flight Line doing departure briefings during convention, birthday and wedding celebrations, grandchildren sleepovers, taking our motorhome to the RV repair shop too many times (all is good now), and getting to know our Audrey Park (on the EAA grounds) friends better. Had a lot of special times, happy times, and a few sad times. All to say it was crazy busy! Not much different than most everyone’s life these days. I have to admit, as much as we love our Wisconsin family and friends and our time at Audrey’s Park, I was ready to hit the road again to a more quiet and simplified life.

Our next project takes us to French Camp Academy in French Camp, MS. We were there last November and January and were invited back to assist in the construction of a 15,000 s.f. addition on the local church. As the academy grew, they turned the old auditorium into more classrooms leaving a great need. The church addition will serve both the church and the academy. Bill has been very excited about this project from the beginning and had wanted to leave Oshkosh in late August to be there when the first nail was pounded (is that how it’s still done? Good thing, I’m not working on the building part of things).

However, our Oshkosh exit was delayed as we had to stay and participate in a very special, long-awaited final adoption hearing (held Sept 7^th) and then to witness his dedicated to the Lord on Saturday, the 9^th. We have journeyed with these dear friends through many many disappointments as they prayed, pleaded, and waited for the Lord to bless them with a child. We count it a huge blessing to be called Grandpa & Grandma by this special little boy. Needless to say, we had to stay and rejoice with them at these two major events. Thank you Praise you Bless you Father Son & Holy Spirit.

We headed out of Oshkosh around 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 9^th hoping to make it through most of Illinois. We made excellent time, had beautiful weather, and were able to pull into an almost filled up rest area just before 10 p.m. near Waggoner, IL, between Springfield & St. Louis. It was wonderfully simple…so very convenient and felt very safe.  Loved it.

After a quick breakfast of muffins with peanut butter & jelly, we headed back out by 7:45 a.m. Before we left, Bill was checking the map as he remembered someone telling him about a better route that was more direct and kept us away from St. Louis. Well that didn’t work, so the plan was to just take the 255 By-pass around St. Louis. Well, as some of you already know from an earlier Facebook post, we made a few wrong turns and ended up going through downtown St. Louis. God has such a good sense of humor. And, I was happy to get some good shots of the Arch. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it. The other really great thing about this situation, is being a Sunday morning, the traffic was really light. Bill was more concerned about driving the rig through the city, than I was. Wow…that was a huge switch. Thank you, Jesus! 

We stopped for lunch in Steele, MO to rest a bit and to catch some news on Hurricane Irma. Our son and granddaughter, plus several friends live in Florida and we were trying to keep up with the location and impact of the storm. Grateful, that everyone is doing well and the impact was much less than anticipated.

We entered Mississippi before 3 p.m. and Bill was tempted to keep going even though he was pretty weary. We were only 180 miles from our destination which initially didn’t sound like much. But, thinking about another three hours on the road and then having to set up, we both agreed that stopping for the night was the better option. Plus, we were really hoping to find a Walmart that had nearby businesses, preferably a sports bar, where we could catch the Packer game. HalleluJAH!!! I found a Walmart with overnight parking (Bill does an amazing job maneuvering the rig around parked cars, semis, and cement curbs and I’m keeping my mouth shut as he does it…another giant Praise the Lord!) just off the highway in Hernando, MS. Lots of shops and restaurants nearby, but couldn’t see a single sports bar. Oh, what to do?!?! We walked to a sports retail shop and asked them as my googling “sports bars near me” didn’t give us much hope. We weren’t even sure if the Packer game would be on a MS station but we started walking the mile and a half to the location told to us. However, we passed by a Sushi restaurant just across from the Walmart parking lot, and decided to see if they had a television. Well, whadaya know, they not only had a television, but it was already tuned in to the Packer game. Yippee!

I'm really bad at selfies; note Packer game is on.

We were the only ones at the bar and that was fine by us. Apparently, they had lost their liquor license (it seemed like a nice place) and hadn’t gotten it back yet so they didn’t even have a bartender on duty. No pressure, just relax and enjoy the game. As the third quarter was beginning to start, Bill suggested we go back to the rig, fire up the generator, and relax a bit more comfortably to finish watching the game. He laid on the couch and I laid on the floor (which was perfect for me as my sciatic nerve was giving me some serious trouble with all the sitting we were doing). I’m not saying anymore about that. J Only, we were very happy to watch them win in the comfort of our own home!

Bill had trouble sleeping that night which is quite unusual. He wasn’t sure if he was concerned about his son and granddaughter’s safety or anxious to reach our destination; probably a little of both. Anyway, we didn’t get on the road until after 8:30 a.m. But, who cares, we only had three hours to go. Another beautiful uneventful day of driving. 

We pulled in to French Camp at 11:30 a.m. HalleluJAH! Praise the Lord, we love this place! I have to admit, it already feels like a second home. We made some good friends in our last two visits and were greeted very warmly by some and quite enthusiastically by others. Feels real good! 

Bill got to work right away and loves it. He does come home pretty tired every night but that is to be expected…he is such a hard worker and it’s been rather hot. Thus, a few of the guys decided to cool off in the pool after working all day. (If you look in the background of the picture, you can see our motorhome parked just across the road—second from end).  It’s a small crew at the moment (four guys, plus the pastor sometimes) with others expected to arrive later in the month. Walls are going up and will continue for the next two weeks or so. It’s a big building!  Everywhere we turn people thank him for being part of the crew. And, we are so grateful to be here and able to do the work. 

Something I have greatly missed as we travel from place to place is being part of a Bible study. I was thrilled to be invited to join one within hours of arriving. It is a wonderful study, with wonderful women, and I was only one week behind. I’m so excited to get caught up on the homework. Yes, I am VERY excited about doing my Bible homework. I love my daily devotions and private time with my Lord, but digging deeper with challenging questions, and then being able to discuss them with other ladies, is such a blessing beyond belief. Thank you Jesus!!!

With that said, I best be getting’ to that homework, so I’ll close for now. Be blessed & be a blessing!

We’re baaaaaaaack!

We’re baaaaaaaack! Back in Oshkosh, that is, on the grounds of EAA (Audry’s Park), and we’ve been here for about a month now. I had really good intentions of writing sooner (and I did, as the first five words of this blog were written in early June), but the days have a way of getting away from a person who wants to see so many friends and family members plus working and volunteering. 

Another important item we needed to take care of now that we were back in Oshkosh was getting our rig in for some much needed repair and annual maintenance. I don’t think I talked about it much before this but we had a serious leak in our windshield that we noticed sometime in April and knew we had to get that taken care of sooner rather than later. (Good thing as the rains have seemed to follow us wherever we go.) I must interject here how VERY grateful we are for God’s protection and safety as we now realize that we were driving all over the country with a bad windshield. Apparently, it wasn’t fitted properly in an earlier repair prior to our buying it. And it’s ONLY by the grace of God that we didn’t lose our windshield and, God only knows, what else. Thank you, Lord!

Bill wanted to wait until we were in Oshkosh, so a week after we arrived we took our rig in for repair. Long story short we had to wait another week for the windshield repair (as it was much more serious than we thought) and then ended up spending the night in Quent’s (RV repair place) parking lot because of some additional problems. It’s a most interesting life when you have to take your entire home in for repair. Just glad we are able to still sleep in it no matter where it is parked.  We aren’t done with the repairs yet. They still have to finish up one more thing; so we have to pack it up our home for the third time this month (ain’t we got fun) and drive it back (grateful the repair place isn’t even a mile away) for, hopefully, the last time this summer.

The other “fun” thing we got to do when we arrived was attempt to level out our parking spot. We were both extremely happy to have the same spot as last year. But I forgot about Bill having to make “riser ramps” out of scrap wood because the leveling jacks didn’t have enough extension and our back tires were six inches off the ground. Well, this year they would have been more like twelve inches off the ground. We were very grateful and blessed with a fairly simple and quick solution. There was both “fill” and gravel available to us to raise the back end of our lot so that no risers were needed. Bill got to play with big boy toys (front end loader), so he was happy. The shoveling all the dirt and gravel in place wasn’t quite as much fun, but we got the job done and it worked great. Okay, I admit I was a bit nervous about it not all washing away with the first rain…but after the deluge of rains we’ve had, I’ve been proven, once again, to not fret about stuff like that. I just can’t seem to help myself. Lord, help me!

Bill has been volunteering in the fab shop again at EAA as well as helping out a day or so a week for a former employer who just can’t seem to let him go. I’ve actually been going in to the physical His House Christian Fellowship admin office (boy that feels good) two mornings a week and then volunteering, at least, two afternoons a week in the EAA Print & Mail Room and/or Warehouse. We love it here on the EAA grounds, catching up with friends we made last year, meeting new ones, and having the flexibility to volunteer in a way that works for us and our crazy schedule.

Before the RVs & Campers arrive

Before the all the set up takes place.

Before the Fly Market vendors arrive

One more thing I really love about being in Audrey’s Park on the EAA grounds (1400 acres) during June, July, and August is watching the transformation from open fields and empty buildings to the thousands of campers, vendors of all kinds, airplanes galore, and people, people, and more people for the annual AirVenture Fly-In. However, I do love the peace, quiet, and beauty of this place for the better part of eleven weeks and am more than happy for the week and a few days of great excitement and aviation activity that I often watch from the comfort of my home. It’s a good life!!! Praise the Lord!

Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing!