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| We left Jay's house about 10:00 AM. Another nice sunny day in the 40's. We stopped in Alexandria for gas at Miller Fleet Farm, $1.90 with the 4 cent discount for buying something in the store. Stopped at the rest area east of Fergus Falls and heated left over pizza in the microwave for lunch. Drove on to Fargo and stoped at Sears to see if they had the manual impact wrench I needed to remove the Jeep windshield screws. They had it. Then stopped at Harbor Freight. On the way in we looked at the Red River at I94, it didn't look too bad. On the way out of Fargo on I29 we saw all the fields flooded up by Harwood. Got back to Buxton at 7:00 PM. Had to shovel the snow and ice off the driveway. Was pleasantly surprised to see that everything worked in the house.
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| The weather finally cleared up. Sunny and mid 40's. Went over to Rally Park and dumped the holding tanks. Took some pictures of empty Rally Park. Drove up I35 to Minneapolis. Arrived in Minneapolis at 1:00 PM. Stopped at Trader Joe's to see what they had. Picked up a few items and drove on to Rogers and a stop at Camping World. The back lot was completely empty, first time I had ever seen that. We picked up a few things and drove on to St. Cloud. Stopped at McDonalds for cones and then drove down MN23 to Cold Spring. Got to Jay's house about 5:00 PM. Nobody was home yet, so Cathy went into the house to let the dogs out. The alarm went off and we had to call Jay to find out how to turn it off. Becky and the girls came home and we got a tour of their new travel trailer. The girls ate dinner while we visited with them. When Jay came home we got a pizza at Marnatelli's in Cold Spring and ate it in their new travel trailer. Jay, the girls and Toby spent the night in the travel trailer.
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| The weather was a lot better today. Still extremely windy, but warmer and sunny. We took of at 9:00 AM and drove up I35 to Des Moines where we stopped at the Flying J and filled with gas, $1.89. This was the first Flying J where the Loyalty Card actually worked, didn't have to take the card into the cashier before pumping to go past the $75 limit. Continued up I35 to Clear Lake and then over to IA69 on IA18 to Forest City. Stopped at the Winnebago Visitor Center and got a pass to park over night. Went over to the Service Center and picked up some marker light gaskets, hopefully they will solve the water leak. Took Cathy to the Dollar General, Pamida and Bill's Family Foods. Cathy picked up a couple London Broilers and grilled them on the stove. They were really good. Watched Dancing With the Stars and Castle. Had ice cream and went to bed.
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| We just stayed put today. Strong winds, rain and snow. It was in the upper 30's so the snow didn't really accumulate. Watched the NASCAR Texas race. Cathy made a fantastic pork roast so we ate well. Watched TV and went to bed.
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| Another nice sunny day. Drove over to the Pilot station near the Cracker Barrel and filled up, gas $1.83/gal. Headed up US71 into Missouri. Stopped at Cowlaw RV near Carthage. They have a lot of surplus and used RV parts as well as a very complete stock of new items. Picked up the Winegard Wingman that I couldn't get at Camping World. They had sold over 100 since February and probably had at least 50 in a display. Bought some Winnebago drawer pulls to match the ones in the motor home and another low profile brass light to go under the cabinet behind the passenger seat. Looked at a 2005 Journey they had on consignment. 34,000 miles, 36'. They wanted $109,000. Enjoyed driving thru Missouri and took I35 when we got to Kansas City. Stopped for the night at the Terrible's Lakeside Casino for the night. They have a nice RV park for $20 night full hook ups. They give you back $10 credit to gamble with. The show was the Edwards Twins, Impersonators of the Stars. The show cost $15 ea and I didn't think it was worth it. When we were going back to the RV the courtesy van driver said he had two free tickets if anone wanted them. Cathy and I took him up on it and went to the show. The female voice inpersonations were perfect. They were good, but I'm glad I didn't pay $30 to see it. After the show we ate and watched TV.
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| Another beautiful morning by the lake, 62 degrees and sunny. Tried to have the ODNA meeting, but my BlackBerry kept dropping off. Same with the other two cell phones. I had three bars on all of them and had made several call in the last wo days. Internet worked fine. Left at 11:00 AM and headed to Arkansas. Spent the day driving thru Arkansas on US59 and US71, excellent hiways and beautiful scenery. Stopped for the night at the Cracker Barrel in Fayetteville. Had dinner in the Cracker Barrel and went to bed.
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| We had a thunder storm early this morning. By 9:30 AM it had cleared up and was 62 degrees. We went into Jefferson, TX to get some details on the property and look over the town, which Larry said we would love. He was correct. It is a beautiful city with most buildings renovated and many Bed and Breakfasts. Wehad lunch at the McDonalds and then went to see Larry. He gave us a copy of the plat map and the last surveyor's description and the owner's declaration. We then went to the Chamber of Commerce to get info on the town. We walked around a bit and spent some time in the General Store. We then went back to the property to check it against the plat map. It looks like there is a large fairly level area on the end opposite the developed end that could be built on. We drove around the area checking out other sites.
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| We had to say good bye to Carol and Roxanne and their beautiful property. Cathy found a lot in NE Texas all set up for an RV. She called the realtor and we made arrangements to meet him at the property. We drove across northern Texas on TX380 and I-30. We arrived at the property and called the realtor. It is an interesting site and quite secluded. It is on the side of a ravine with a lot of trees. It has a cement pad, and RV port 36' long and 15.5' wide, a kitchen - bath building and a storage building. It has chain link surrounding it. There is electric, rural water and septic installed. We decided to spend two night here and Larry the realtor guided us to the Corps of Engineers campground down the road. The camp sites are really nice. We pulled into #207, a pull thru. Cathy made pasta and sausages for dinner.
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| I tried to install my roof rack, but broke the Torx bit and stipped one screw. I got it all packed into the back of the Jeep except for two long pipes that I stowed in the motor home basement. Cathy and I drove into Bowie, TX to the Walart, 7 miles from Carol and Roxanne's. At about 4:30 PM we drove in to Decatur, TX to have dinner at Casa Torres. It was really good. We went back to the house and finished off the Key Lime and Turtle pie on the back porch while watching wild turkeys and deer.
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| I had ordered a roof rack for the Jeep to be sent to Four Wheel Drive in Poppel. It arrived about noon, so Carol took me in to pick it up. We watched the turkeys and took a lot of pictures of them. Roxanne fixed Chicken Cacciatore for dinner. We had ice cream for dessert.
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