Du Quoin, IL - Fall Escapade

Well here we are at the Fall Escapade. We arrived here in Du Quoin, IL this afternoon and are very happy with our "home" for the next 10 days. We have a great view and lots of elbow room. We volunteered to be sound assistants. We found out that 3 other volunteers are DOVE's and are helping out the Red Cross with Katrina work and won't be here so we will be quite busy the next 10 days. We will have fun in the process with many of our friends who are also here. Life is good, Hugs, Ed and Sandy

View from right side of motorhome. The race horses use this area for their morning swim. 

View from motorhome. 

We visited six more Covered Bridges again today and saw this one I had to post. The West Union Bridge built in 1876. It is a double span of 315ft...the longest bridge in Parke County, IN.  

Rockville, IN

Hi. We decided to drop in on the SKP Ch 51 rally here in Rockville, IN before heading on to the Fall Escapade. There are over 30 campers here and everyone is having a great time. This is a wonderful area to visit, just wish we had more time. There are 32 Covered Bridges in Parke county...more than any other county in the world. Since they are located all over the county it would take a few days to see them all, but I was able to see 7 of them today. I would have seen 8, but an arsonist burned the Bridgeton Bridge this past year. I wish I had been able to see that one since it sits right next to the Bridgeton Mill. This is a beautiful area with lots to see...Life is Good. Hugs, Sandy & Ed

The Catlin Bridge, 54 feet, was built in 1907. The only use it gets now is by golf carts since it is located at the Parke County Gold Course. Ed took advantage of being next to a golf course today and had a little fun. We can see this bridge from out motorhome. We are staying at the Parke County Fairground at a SKP Ch 51 rally. Rockville, IN

The Crooks Bridge, built in 1855-56, is 132 feet long. 

Here is the oldest bridge in area. The Crooks Bridge, at 132 feet,was built in 1855-56. Even though it is still in operation I decided to drive around it.

I drove over this one. The McAllister Bridge, built in 1914 is 126 feet long. 

This is the Big Rocky Fork Bridge. It was built in 1900, at 72 feet it is no longer in use. 

The Mansfield covered Bridge in Mansfield, IN. Built in 1867, 247 feet, double span; and still in use today. 

The Historic Mansfield Roller Mill, an 1880's water turbine powered flour mill located on the banks of the Big Raccoon Creek in Mansfield, IN. Behind and to the left you will see the Mansfield covered bridge. 

Hanging out with the kids

We just got back to Dayton today from our trip to Atlanta, GA to visit with Ed's two sons and 3 grandkids. We had a great time. On Saturday we took everyone to Stone Mountain for the day. We all had a great time. Those grandkids are really cute. We decided to come back to Dayton so we could spend a few days more with Ed's daughter Michelle before heading to DuQuoin, IL for the Escapees Fall Escapade. We spent Labor Day weekend with her and her friends, going out to dinner, watching football, going to a craft show(I think that was for me, LOL) and just hanging out.

This is Stone Mountain. It rises 835 feet and is the largest exposed piece of granite on earth. Really awesome to see. Notice the Summit Skyride tower on the top left, that is how we got to the top for one of the photos to follow. Great views of Atlanta...too bad it was smoggy the day we were there, I wanted to get better photos of the sky-line. Maybe next time!

The world's largest high relief carving depicting Pres Jefferson Davis, Gen Robert E Lee and Lt Gen Thomas "Stonewall" Jackgon. This carving is more massive than Mt Rushmore, began in 1917 and took 55 yrs to complete. 

Here we are with the kids and grandkids on top of Stone Mountain in Atlanta, GA. That is the downtown sky-line of Atlanta, GA in the background. Ashleigh and Brandon are in front and Ed, Sandy, John, Keiliani and Brad are in the back.

Here is Ed's oldest son, Brad and his youngest daughter, Keiliani. She is so cute! 

Grandkids, Ashleigh and Brandon and Ed's youngest son, John at Stone Mtn in Atlanta, GA. Ashleigh is a little princess and Brandon is all boy!

We're in Dayton, OH at Wright Paterson AFB

We spent a week in Van Wert visiting Richard, Karen and family. We had trees in the way and couldn't get on the internet while we were there. We had a great time even though the visit was short. We have moved on to Dayton, OH to visit with Michelle for a few days. Next week it's on to Atlanta, GA to visit with Brad, John and the grandkids. Hugs, Sandy & Ed

Rick, Randy and Karen. One of Breanna's sheep being sheared for the Van Wert Co Fair. Back of Rick and Bev's house. 

Rick & Bev's house 

Randy and Steph's House