Indiana, Markleville - Saturday, August 1, 2015 - Still Catching Up With Friends and Family

We’ve had a good week, something to keep us busy almost every day.  Tuesday we went to Shelbyville to see a horse belonging to our friends, Barb and Ann, run for the first time since they have owned him.  He looked really good pre-race and the odds of him winning were pretty good.

 

 

But, true to form when we are at the track, he lead for the first half of the race and ended up dead lastL.  If our friends don’t ban us from the track when their horses run I’m pretty sure the trainer will.  Wednesday (when we weren’t there) two of their horses won.  We always have a great time when we are with them but we may have to find a way to spend time with them away from the track at least when their horses are running. 

 

 

Thursday evening we caught up with Greg’s sisters, Sue and Linda and their husbands, Dave and Rex.  We met them in Greenfield at the Wooden Bear Brewing Company.  Sue and Dave’s grandson, Trent, is in charge of the kitchen there.  We especially enjoyed the soft pretzel and beer cheese appetizer – we should have ordered two!

 

 

On Friday the weather was supposed to be nice all day so we decided to ride to Charger in Elkhart to see firsthand how the repairs were coming on our motor coach since they have had it for three weeks.  Nothing had been done L.  They are having trouble finding a side panel that was damaged in the accident we were involved in last year in Phoenix.  No one has any in stock and the manufacturer decided to break the mold so no more can be made.  Not sure who made that idiotic decision, the coach is only 6 years old.  It isn’t like it is ancient and not likely to be still out on the road running and needing new parts from time to time.  The plan at Charger had been to get all the parts they needed and then pull the coach in to make repairs and since this panel was a hold up nothing had been done on all the other things on our list.  We both expressed our disappointment, to put it mildly, and they assured us they would get on the rest of the list on Monday.  Meanwhile, Greg is trying to find someone who might have or can fabricate a new fiberglass panel.

The ride to and from Elkhart was a little over six hours.  We aren’t used to riding for that long, our rides are mostly an hour or two for sightseeing trips.  We were both sore the next morning.

All this week Markleville has been celebrating their annual Jamboree.  The park where all of this is going on is behind Dan and Desira’s house so we are really close to the action.  Every evening there is an antique tractor parade.  We can sit on the front porch and watch them go by.

 

 

 

 

On Saturday the parade included the antique fire engine.

 

 

The antique tractor pull was going on right behind the house.

We finally got to stop at Smith Family Farms Meat Market in Pendleton – what a busy place on Saturday morning.  We picked out some great looking pork chops for a Sunday cookout with daughter Amanda and her family.

Saturday evening we met up with friends Bill and April for a wonderful meal and catch up session at Texas Roadhouse.

The sky was brilliant on Saturday night.

The laser show is one of the highlights of the Markleville Jamboree.  It was a nice display of patriotic scenes accompanied by music and laser lights.  It is really hard to photograph a laser light show.