Indiana to Wisconsin to Minnesota

We so enjoyed our time in Indiana.  We spent time with family and so many friends and you were all such a blessing.  Bob and Denise were watching two of their grand kids, but they still invited us to their home in Kouts for a good-bye breakfast.  Fresh food out of their garden in always a treat for us! 

Denise and Bob

plus Paige, Nora and Tillie.

Denise had picked, cut up and frozen rhubarb for us knowing that it's our favorite thing to make into a pie.  I thawed it out and made a pie as soon as we got back to the RV.  It was so good.  We ate half with Todd and Sara in Crown Point and finished it on our drive to Minnesota.  Sorry, Tana that we couldn't get any out to you.  I'll make you one the next time we are out there.

We left Indiana on Father's Day the 19th.  We had planned a trip to Minnesota to do some fishing and to visit my brother and his wife.  The place that we normally go didn't have any open RV spot, so we had to try a new place.  Our son, Jeff, decided to take a few days off work and drive up with us.  He will fly back home on Friday.

Last night in Indiana

Chicago Skyline
Traffic was good and once we got through Chicago we settled in to a two day 600+ mile trip.

It was nice having another driver.  Jeff braved driving the RV down the highway.  He said that it seemed strange to drive our home down the road.

Wisconsin is a beautiful state and I have to complement them on their good roads.  Probably the best roads we have seen in any other state during our travels.

We drove 400+ miles and spent the night at Six Lakes RV Resort in Chetek, Wisconsin.  It was a great looking place and the lakes were beautiful.  It was too windy to really get out on the lake.

  

The guys played some cards while I caught up on phone calls and emails.

It was Father's Day, so we celebrated with some cake that was left over from our family party.

Today, June 20th, we had 214 miles to go to our destination.  Our route lead us up through Duluth which gave us a great view of Lake Superior.

We saw this massive bridge that reminded us of the Mackinac Bridge.  The next thing we knew, we were driving the RV over the bridge. It was windy, so it made it pretty exciting.

We crossed into Minnesota and over the Mississippi River.

We stopped in Remer and bought licenses and it didn't take us long to get set up, checked in and out in our rented boat.

It was still very windy, but we caught several crappie, northern pike, a perch and Jeff pulled in a nearly 3 pound Bass.

These are two very happy guys!

We kept enough fish for supper.

Since Jeff is just here until Friday, I imagine that we will spend as much time as possible out on the lake fishing.

We are thankful for the Lord leading us to such a nice campground.  There's even a heated pool here, so I'm sure we will get to enjoy that once we get in some of our fishing quota.

Blessings,

Kathy

Last Days in Indiana

We arrived in our hometown of Crown Point, Indiana on March 30, 2016.  We will be moving on to Minnesota this Sunday, June 19th.

We have been working with Jeff at the Bethel Church Campuses and also just enjoying seeing friends and family.

It has warmed up and flowers look pretty happy.

There was a dead tree on the property, but it's not there anymore.

As long as the chain saw was fired up, we trimmed a branch, too.

I have still been having issues with heel pain and couldn't get in to see a doctor here since they are all so busy, so I made a purchase of compression socks and they do feel good to wear them.

We have worked on several projects at the four Bethel Campuses.  We focused on Hobart and Gary during this trip.

HOBART/PORTAGE

Jeff and Craig wrapping some pipes in the gym.

I took this for my Mom.  We pass this driving in Hobart.

Work on the offices.

Pastor Dan and Jeff looking through the new window.

Office for the Children's Ministry

Finished Office window

Installation of the first of three Ptac Air/Heat units

We celebrated our 46th Wedding Anniversary and Craig packed our lunch to eat with Jeff working at the Gary Campus. These guys know how to celebrate an Anniversary!

We double dipped on eating out that day going to Culver's with good friends, Judy and John.

GARY

We ran all of the wire and installed 16 security cameras in two days.  It's the old YMCA and there's a lot of square footage.

It's a nice system that records and provides each campus with added security for everyone.

Jeff built this last year as one of his major projects.

We worked our last day with Jeff yesterday and had a dinner out

with our family.  We call these parties, "Happy Everything Everybody".  We wished that our Colorado part of the family could have joined us, but I don't think the place had a table to add six more!

Rachel and Jeff

Their girls, Kara and Kristen.

La Carreta put on the Birthday girl's hat and sang for Kara.

Their son, Ty.

Sara with our son, Todd.  He just turned 45.

Kathy and Craig enjoyed celebrating their Anniversary again, too.

We will pack up the RV and head up to Minnesota to visit my brother and his wife and to do some fishing.  Jeff is going to ride up with us and then fly back to get in a few days of fishing, too.
So, my next blog will be from up there.

Hope that you are enjoying your spring!!

Blessings,
Kathy