Keyesport, IL

We drove 250 miles at the beginning of this week and we are now on Carlyle Lake and staying in a spot at Keyesport, IL.  We had reconnected with my High School friend, Betty.  I hadn't spoken with her in several years and many things had happened in that span of time.

We drove through Kankakee and River looked pretty high for August.

Kankakee River

We stopped to fill up the Whale and the Tail
I guess you could call this, "Double Pumping"

Double Pumping

We also filled up the propane tank during this stop

The Whale in it's new spot.
It's pretty hot and humid here and we need to find a way to get a 30amp service so we can run our air conditioning.

Betty lost her youngest of two sons two years ago and just this past May, her husband to cancer.  They had purchased businesses here near the lake.  They own a piece of land with 6 cabins.

Cabins one block from the lake.

Picnic area behind the cabins and our view from our RV

This is Betty in the pub part of the restaurant that she and her husband built.  She wants to turn this into a pizza and ice cream shop and make it more family friendly.  It's really a nice place, but it's currently closed because she just couldn't handle everything.

 

The outside of the restaurant

 

Inside of the Pizza Parlor

 

Kitchen

Marina that is just a couple blocks away

Motel is right next to the restaurant

Please pray that we can be a blessing to Betty and help with trying to move forward with her life and make good decisions as she decides what to do with the properties.

We spent our first day here finding a way to get our "S---" to run downhill into the septic tank because the pipe was nearly higher than outlet. Then we replaced a lock on another property they have as an investment and then mowed and did weed eating on another lot across the street from the home that she owns about a mile from the cabins.

Betty has a list of things that she has not been able to do, so we will tackle a few of those today.  Too bad that we have NO restaurant experience.  She does, but only wants to own and manage it and not spend all of her time there.

Thanks again to all of the Hoffman Clan for a great time at the reunion.  What a blessing to have so many of us together once again and thanks to Joey and Susan for all of the work in preparing and hosting us.

Spouting off.................