We're back on the road again with our Good Sam camping friends and having a ball. We left home Sept 1st. There are 4 coaches on this trip; Jim and I, Larry and Mem Halstead, Ralph and Janice Parsons, and Chuck and Donna Tolson. Our first night was at the Halstead's. Larry had all the toys out. He took the guys down to their pond in his old jeep and later rode around on the golf cart. We had a nice cook out and got to meet Mem's friend, Jackie, who she talks about all the time, so it was nice to put a face to this famous friend! The next morning we headed out on our trip. We had a wonderful day for traveling. Our first night was at a Wal-Mart in Charleston, WV. We spent another night in a Wal-Mart in MO. The next morning it was raining cats and dogs so we delayed our departure until the morning traffic cleared out and then set out for St. Louis. We arrived in St. Louis around 2:00pm (actually we stayed in St. Charles, just outside St. Louis). Everyone chilled out when we first arrived then we all re-grouped at the on-site restaurant at the campground. This restaurant is famous for its prime rib but all of us opted for a light dinner since we had reservations to come back the following night for their prime rib. The other couples had friends meeting them here. Chuck and Donna have friends (Bob and Nanc) that they know from their Crystal Lake, Florida resort and also live in the St. Louis area. Bob and Nanc came out to the campground in their motorhome and camped with us for the weekend. We really enjoyed their company. Bob was such a hoot, he kept us all laughing. The Tolson's other Crystal Lake friends who live in the St. Louis area (Larry and Pat) came out to have dinner with us on Friday night. We really enjoyed hearing about all the fun times they all have together at their Crystal Lake winter resort. Ralph and Janice have already wet our appetite to go to Crystal Lake when we winter in Florida, and after meeting all these fun folks we have decided to definitely put Crystal Lake on our list of must do's when we go to Florida this year. Also on Friday, Mem and Larry's friends, Dallas and Shirley who also live in the area came out to visit. Dallas took Larry and Jim back to his place to show off his tractor collection. Needless to say Jim thoroughly enjoyed that visit. I hope he didn't drool on any of Dallas's tractors. Meanwhile, Shirley took Mem and I downtown St. Charles and we shopped until we dropped. I mean we hit every store. We also had a real nice lunch at a restaurant called the Winery, where we caught up with Chuck and Donna and Bob and Nanc. And of course, that evening we all met up at the Campground's Beef Eater restaurant and had a delicious prime rib dinner. Everyone who got the prime rib said it was the best they have ever had. They were huge too and everyone saved their bones for our dogs, Bono and Charlie. The next morning I'm sure Bono thought he had died and gone to heaven chopping on his bone. On Saturday, we all went to the casino to have lunch and of course do a little gambling. Jim and I lucked out; he won $47 and I won $67. We were pretty happy campers! Saturday evening, Bob and Nanc took us to one of their favorite Italian resturants. It was pretty awesome. We left Sunday morning for Branson, MO and arrived in Branson Sunday afternoon. Our friends, Mason and Flo Young, from Tulsa, OK met us here. Flo and Mason have a park model home here in Branson and invited us all over for dinner. However, our traveling gang was tired and wanted to have a rest night and eat their leftovers from St. Charles, MO. So Jim and I went over and we had a delightful evening catching up and reminiscing old stories. Their friends, Ken and Jerri, who we met in Texas this past winter, came over to visit us as well. We will be here a week and are looking forward to our visit here in Branson.
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