Things Are Lookin' Up

Sorry it's taken so long for an update. Yes, things have been looking up for us. We can't complain.

As for updates on our "issues", here's what's new. The old monitor and new camera were mistakenly shipped to our home address. A kind neighbor noticed the package and called us, then shipped it to us here in NC. Julian got both pieces installed and now the rear camera is working great. It looks like the new camera has a wider angle to the lens than the old one, a great feature!

We've been in contact with Blue Ox about the towing equipment. Their guy who will make the final determination for them has been away and is expected back to work this week. In the mean time, we've put together all our receipts for money spent because of the accident. This information was shipped off at the end of the weak and should be arriving at Blue Ox today or tomorrow. It's possible we'll have some real answers from them by the end of the week.

Additional good fortune has come from our visits to the casino. Julian hit a very nice jackpot on our first trip and we've come home with more money than we left with every time we've been except once. We know one can't go to the casino when they need to make money, but we're very grateful for the good luck we've had so far.

A tradition with our friends (Kenny & Stacy) is "cocktails on the creek". This is a two-hour "happy hour" in the shade by the creek behind someone's RV. Whoever is available comes for all or part of it. We've met some really great people by attending portions of this gathering fairly frequently.

We went to the Blackberry Festival at Mars Hill, north of Asheville. It took longer to drive there than it took to walk around once we arrived. It was a small little church event, just as it was a couple years ago when we went. We enjoyed seeing the different local stuff and bought some blackberry jam (of course).

On the way back home, we stopped at the Latin restaurant that we had not been able to find earlier in our trip. Their new digs are really nice and the food is just as good as we remembered. It capped off a really nice outing.

We've also gone into Asheville to the NC Farmers Market. We always love going to those kind of places. We bought some fig jam (now that we know how good figs are) and several snacks items, like fried peas. Our friends went with us. We did some other shopping and then we went to the Thai restaurant that we like in downtown Asheville. This was our second visit there and we all sure enjoyed it.

We had an entertainer in the campground on Thursday evening. Since we've been here, we've had rain every Saturday and the scheduled entertainment gets canceled. So Timmy Ray Hawks sang that night. He's been here every year that we've been coming to Creekwood Farm. I think this is the first time we've heard him, though.

He opens up the back of his trailer and has this great stage set up. We really did enjoy him. At one point he enlisted several folks from the audience to help him sing a song. They guy in the middle with the raccoon cap is one of the people we have happy hour with most evenings... a really nice guy named Gary.

They all had a lot of fun. And they didn't sound too bad either.

Yesterday (Sunday) was a beautiful sunny day, so we drove down to Franklin, NC, for an outing. There were a couple RV parks that we looked at, but neither compared to where we are right now. We had lunch at the Motor Co. Grill, which is a 50's place. It was lots of fun and the 8 oz. burger we split was really great. The drive was beautiful, as it always is in these parts. They say they need rain, but everything is very green and healthy-looking.

We seem to keep busy, even if I don't have lots of stories or pictures to share. Today was laundry and some house cleaning. And now that I've caught you up on our time here, I think I'll go do some reading.

Happy Trails!