Illinois to Indiana

Today would've been my Mom's 86th birthday. She has only been gone a year - but it sometimes feels like forever. I miss her every single day. Andy was working this morning so I took Henry for a nice long walk - and had a nice conversation with my Mom. Happy Birthday Mama!

We packed up and hit the road around 1:00. We decided to drive to Huntington, Indiana.

We had a nice scenic drive through Illinois cornfields.We did have a laugh while traveling through the town of Hoopston - the Sweetcorn Capital of the World. There was a big sign promoting the high school football team – the Cornjerkers. That just cracked us up - what an unfortunate name for a sports team! Can't even tell you how many times we've worked that into a sentence.

Travelled through Fowler, Indiana with its hundreds of wind turbines.

Got to Huntington - the RV park is on a several manmade lakes. Really well kept with lots of hiking trails, swimming, fishing hole and a boating lake. We pull out our camp chairs and sit on the fishing dock overlooking the pond. We met a nice couple and shared travel stories. She (Paula) is from Salem, Oregon and went to help in Louisiana after hurricane Katrina. She fell in love with that area and stayed. She met her husband while volunteering down there – he is from Alabama. She had an adorable accent – not quite southern, just soft and sweet. She thought she still sounded like an Oregonian! I just love all the different people we meet while traveling. They are here vacationing and visiting relatives while trying to escape the heat of Louisiana. The mosquito's started to bite so we had to go inside. I always forget about the mosquito's – we don’t have them in Oregon. We sure don’t miss them!