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I am proud to have served 20 years in the Navy. But I am more proud of my Grand Daughter, She just finished boot camp and on her way to Fl. for more training. God Bless all our service people.

We are members of the Bounders of America, chapter Mid America Bounders. Our chapter meets monthly from May to October. This year we started in Bean Blossom, Indiana. So in May we headed to Bean Blossom and stayed at the Bill Monroe campground. It was only a short trip as we live in Indiana. But it rained and rained and, I might add, it rained more. Campground folks said we had 9 inches of rain in 2 days. Yes ,we got stuck. Coach-Net sent a tow truck to our rescue. While in Bean Blossom we visited Brown County and the small town of Nashville. Many old shops and good places to eat. Our big surprise came when we visited the sock factory: Bare Feet Originals. They supply socks to many pro sports teams. We now have socks for our right and left feet MARKED. In June Nina and I co hosted our rally in Effingham, Il. Our rallies are from Thursday to Sunday. We gathered at Camp Lakewood. It's a very nice, clean and friendly site. As usual, there was tons of good food and we toured many sites in and around Effingham. Great dinner one evening at Niemerg's. Oh, yes, the nightly ice cream runs. Culvers Home wood Grill, and of course Dairy Queen. We were doing some work on our home, so we missed the July and August rallies. Hated missing them but things must be done. A quick note: We are adding a new patio and deck on the back of our house. Tons of details and planning. In September we were in Bridgeton, Ind., a small town 20 miles or so from Terra Haute Ind. We visited the Old County store, enjoyed good food, walked around the town as all the locals were getting ready for the covered bridge festival. They told us that nearly a million people would be there in a few weeks. We spent a day with Jerry and Carol driving to many covered bridges. October found us in Decatur Ind., at Sullivans RV repair getting some needed but minor things done.

Does anyone have the FMCA Road Atlas? If you do, does it have the complete mileage chart? My old worn-out atlas had a complete mileage chart. It was handy.

Thank you for the post. I get up early dad takes me out then him and I read and browse the internet. Dad does not like me using his laptop. I am JJ a one year ols Dachshund.

May the wind be at your back Chief Retired 1972 I understand long in the tooth

Jim Francis US Navy 20 years Chief Petty Officer, BUC SEA BEES, Builder Many places in 20 years, 3 tours in Vietnam

Hello. We are Jim and Nina. Our ride is a 1994 Fleetwood 34J Bounder. Runs good, looks good. Had the Bounder almost three years now. Nina and I travel with our buddy JJ, a 15 pound beautiful, hard-headed Dachshund. Nina is retired after 31 years with DOW Brands. I retired after 20 years of service in the U.S. Navy, Chief Petty Officer. After retirment I bought a truck and we hauled frieght to all 48 states and Canada. Now we are both relaxing and traveling as we want.

We use Verizon wireless, Dropped our At&T land lines, only Verizon now for phones and internet.