Sharp's Travels

We were on the road before 8:30 am. We made a stop for fuel just before we got into Wisconsin. The diesel fuel price is going up as fast as the stock market use to. In a matter of 10 miles we saw the fuel prices from $2.36 to $2.65 per gallon. We couldn’t get into the station with the $2.36 per gallon. We ended up getting it for $2.46 per gallon. The cheapest we have found it here in Wisconsin is $2.55 per gallon. Two weeks ago it was $2.07 in Atlanta and in a matter of four days it was $2.19. All will enough for that. We stopped in Barneveld Wisconsin to see an old friend (Todd Recob) that we haven’t seen in five years. It was fun reminiscing about the old days of snowmobiling and motorcycle trips we made, plus catching up on the latest events. It was after 4:00 pm before we got to Dream Catcher RV Park in Boscobel Wisconsin. We will be here until June 21 and then will go to Fond du Lac to see family and friends.

We took out time getting around this morning. We went shopping for a desk for Kari’s Camp Bow Wow. After much searching we found one at Staples and at very good price. It was almost noon by the time we got to the Camp. We visited a bit with Kari and then headed for Jason and Kari’s place. We stopped at the grocery store on the way. We picked up the things we needed to have brats and hamburgers on the grill for supper. We spent the afternoon visiting and helping Jason do some odd jobs. It was 8:00 pm before Kari got home from work. After supper we visited a while and then headed back to the 5th wheel. Cheri answered some e-mails and I did some reading before we called it a night.

It was raining when we got up this morning and cold. At 10:00 am we headed over to Camp Bow Wow to see Kari. Kari is having a doggie luau event later this month at the camp. So Cheri and Kari made a list of things she wanted to decorate the camp. Cheri and I went shopping for the things she wanted. Between rain down pours and six different stores we managed to get everything (I am tired of shopping). We left the camp at 3:00 pm and stopped to get groceries on the way back home. We just made it into the 5th wheel before it poured rain again. Part of the campground looked like a lake. Kari and Jason came over for supper. Cheri fixed lasagna with garlic toast and wine. She made a peanut butter pie for dessert.

We both were up before 5:00 am this morning, not sure why. We were on the road before 8:00 am. We only had 150 miles to go and not looking forward to the drive around Chicago. The bad news is it started raining when we got to I-80 and rained most of the way to Volo. The good news was that it being Sunday the traffic wasn’t too bad. We arrived at Fish Lake Beech Campground in Volo IL around 10:30 am. After we got setup we gave Kari a call and got her voice mail, so made a call to Jason and also got his voice mail. About a half hour later we got a call from Jason. So we headed over to their house. Kari pulled in just ahead of us. We visited for a while and then headed out for a late lunch of pizza. After lunch Kari headed for work and we took Jason home. Then we went to Camp Bow Wow to see Kari. It was 7:30 pm before we got back to the 5th wheel. We weren’t home very long before it started raining again. It was still raining when we went to bed.

We were up early this morning as we are use to the Eastern Time. We took a long walk around the campground and the temp was 56 degrees, cold for us. We were packed up and were on the road by 8:45 am. It was only 15 minutes to our first stop, the Corvette Museum. We spent over 2 hours looking at all the Corvettes and the history of the car. Of course Cheri and picked out around 16 or 18 we would like to have. I did purchase a ticket on a new one last week and the drawing was on 6/4/09. No luck for me but someone in Colorado is a very happy person. Cheri did purchase a ticket on another drawing that will be sometime in September. We had lunch in the Corvette Café. Finally around 11:30 we pull ourselves away from all the Corvettes and hit the road going north. We arrived at the Caboose Lake Campground in Remington IN around 4:30 pm. We will be here for one night.

I have uploaded pictures of the Corvette Museum