North Carolina and Onward

We moved to my Mom and Dad's house near Spivey's Corner, NC just in time for my Dad's birthday. On Sunday we had a great reunion of most of my brothers/sister and family. In all, we celebrated 6 birthdays in our family for August. Lot's of tasty food was consumed.
Then the rest of the week went downhill from there. My Mom had chest pain on Monday and we spent the next two days in Betsy Johnson Hospital. After tests and more tests at Wake Med on Thursday, it was decided she didn't have a heart attack and in fact has a "pretty good" looking heart for her young age :). It never was decided exactly what caused the pain, but I still believe it was likely related to her cutting up 5 chickens for the reunion on Sunday.
Anyway, the doc says use Alieve if it happens again. A good thing came out of this, she did meet a new local doctor and has decided to stick with him, moving her care to his office. Much better than driving 45 minutes up to Fuquay every time she needs a doc. I think my Dad's going to switch to him too. Dad had a tough week too, not feeling well and was in the doctor's office on Wednesday. A urinary infection was discovered and he started antibiotic treatment on Friday. The both seemed to be better on Saturday so we moved on up to Kerr Lake for Labor Day. Every time I talked to them after that they said they were feeling better. Hopefully, that trend will continue this week.
On Saturday when we arrived at Kerr Lake, Gary's sister Sherry, her husband Doug, both of her sons Tim and Todd and wife Donna along with all their kids (except Samantha) were already at the campsite enjoying the great weather. Tim's wife Crystal stayed at home recovering from some surgery she'd had the previous week. Our friends Ken and Laverne were there. Also, Van, Rita and their son Daniel too. On Sunday Jenn and Mark came up too. Everyone had a great time doing what we do at the lake..playing in the water, playing in the sun,reading, relaxing, eating and more eating, and just enjoying being together. Ken had found a new game (similar to Horseshoes) and almost everyone tried it out and seemed to like it pretty good. Two golf balls are strung together and thrown at a stand to earn points. Like I said, like throwing horseshoes but different. The weather was wonderful. It had cooled down to the 80's with even cooler nights. Heaven on Earth!!!
On Tuesday morning we headed out toward Goshen, Indiana. We're going to an Escapees Club Rally. I'm told upwards to 900 rigs with folks meeting to learn new things, enjoy music, crafts, food and making new friends. We've been looking forward to this rally (our first) ever since we heard of it last year. Several other "Class of 2007" full-timers will be there and we'll be able to meet face-to-face.
Along the way, we've stopped at several (6 so far) RV dealers looking for our next home. We're going to upsize to a 5th wheel trailer. Hopefully in the next month of so. We're looking until we find just the right one.
Tuesday night we stayed a Mama Gertie's Hideaway Campground in Swananona, NC. This cg is very nice as long as you have a strong engine for your vehicle. Up hill all the way. Definitely worth it though. Nice folks and very reasonable price. Wednesday morning we went on west and then north. We stayed at the Levi Jackson State Park in London Ky. We've stayed here several times. It's a good state park (10% discount for AAA). The internet reception wasn't good though so we got out early today to continue on north. I've got 12 more hours to work before Saturday.
So, we're back on the road again. We should be in Indianapolis this afternoon. Love to you all...Deb