Forest City, Iowa

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

Last night we went to the outdoor Amphitheatre and listened to comedian Jan who came from Los Angeles. We took our chairs rather than sitting in the bleachers. It was nice sitting outside in the cool evening air. The comedian was just okay. This is certainly an elderly crowd where, unfortunately, we fit right in. Tonight is Line dancing with the Black Diamonds Country and Western band.

The motor home living next to us carries four large sheep dogs. It is hard to imagine anyone wanting to travel like that.

Today we hustled over to the Visitor’s Center in order to catch the factory bus going to Stitch craft. We were two hours too early so we ended up taking the factory tour of the plastic manufacturing facility. It was quite interesting. They take a flat sheet of plastic and mold it with heat and tools to convert it into dash boards, shower enclosures, sinks, wheel covers – just everything imaginable. After the tour Bill went to the Allison Transmission seminar and together we went to a digital camera and software seminar. Later in the day we took a tour of the new motor homes. We selected our replacement motor home, unfortunately it costs more than the value of our house, motor home and both cars combined. We decided what we’re driving is just fine.

The weather was wonderful today, in the mid 70’s.