Sept 30 to Nov 1
We were in Kansas for 2 months but we did not do any sightseeing, imagine that. We did have good times visiting with many of our friends in the Manhattan area. Those were great times. As time goes by we cherish those times together more and more. Thanks to all of you for your friendship and hospitality. We have good reports from all of our doctor visits. We seem to be very healthy. We try to eat right and get plenty of exercise to keep us healthy. After leaving Manhattan we drove to Lebo, Kansas. Sue has a brother and wife living there with a spot for us to park and hook up to water and electricity. We had a good time there and had the opportunity to help with some projects they had going. Friday Oct 20, we flew out of Kansas City on our way to Newark, NJ to visit our grandson. Newark is just across the bay from NYC. We had some good times visiting with him and his girlfriend. He is enjoying living in the east, has a good job and is doing good. While there we did DRIVE over to NYC and walked along the streets in Time Square. It is so true, the traffic both foot and vehicles, is very heavy and electronic advertising boards covering the fronts of the buildings are an awesome sight. On a very cloudy Sunday afternoon we took a boat trip to the Statue of Liberty. We were able to walk around the island the statue sits on. We also rode up to get pictures of Ellis Island which is very close. All our pictures on that day, including those of the NYC Skyline were not real good do to the cloudy weather. We had a great time and it was so good to see our grandson. On Saturday, Oct 28 we met in Emporia with Sue’s siblings and families for a nice dinner and conversation. This has become an annual get together since we are on the road. We had a great time and enjoyed catching up on one another’s family happenings. Halloween evening we met some high friends of Gene’s from Melvern for dinner. They are RV’rs also and we had a good time reminiscing about places we have been and plans for the future. As I post this blog, we are on in Oklahoma City. It was our intention to visit Gene’s brother. He had a stroke in May and had been in a veterans hospital not far from OKC. We received word yesterday morning that he passed away so we will be going to the funeral on Saturday. Most of Gene’s side of the family will be there, many we have not seen for some time. From there we will be heading to New Mexico and hopefully warmer weather. It has become quite cool here in Kansas. We would like to spend some time in Albuquerque if it is warm enough and then take our time through NM and Arizona on our way to our trip into Mexico in January.