It's a dreary Sunday at Caesar Creek, and we spent it indoors. Unlike tent campers, who have to be outside,
no matter what the weather, we're cozy inside our rig. Jim's working on his presentation for the RV
Safety and Education Foundation (RVSEF) conference (more on that later), and
I'm hand stitching a leather steering wheel wrap for the rig's steering
wheel. How snazzy it will look when it's
done, and the wheel will be more gentle on Jim's hands!
We've spent two lovely days with my cousins. My older cousins, Shirley and Ken were glad
to greet us. We took them to dinner at a
cute little natural foods restaurant and
then headed to Xenia, for the first "First Friday" celebration, which happens every month during Spring, Summer and Fall. We met up with their son Steve, his wife
Michelle, and their daughter Jocelyn and her friends. It was fun wandering around looking at the
craft tables, listening to music, and seeing the interesting architecture of
the town. Most of the buildings are very old, except for a strip mall that was
built n the 70's after part of the downtown was leveled by a tornado. The K-Mart, Family Dollar and other stores
are definitely out of place. A new multi
artist gallery opened that evening and we wandered through there looking at the
art work and speaking to the artisans.
We also got to sample some delicious pastry (a chocolate twinkie-like cake) from a vegan
bakery soon to open in Xenia.
On Saturday we headed
to the Air Force Museum's Celebration of Flight, to a concert given by the
Xenia High School Band, in which cousin Jocelyn plays the clarinet. After the concert, we met up with the rest of
the family in Yellow Springs, a cute
artsy town that's a throwback to the 60's.
We checked out the shops and had a great dinner.
Tomorrow, we're on the road again. We're heading to Indianapolis for a one night
stop and then it will be on to St. Louis for another one-night. We have decided to bypass sightseeing in
these areas, since we have to be in Colorado Springs on the 13th. We've checked the flooding conditions and
where we'll be going, it's not going to be a problem.
Note: I mentioned the
RVSEF conference above. This is a
training conference for new RVer's and wannabe's. We got our very first exposure to Rving at
the 2010 conference in Bowling Green, KY;
we attended again in 2011 with our new motorhome, and this year we'll be
teaching a class called "newbie to newbie". The conference is in Colorado Springs from
May 14th through the 18th.
