June 4-11, 2016

We left Crosswinds on Saturday morning and drove to Fort Mills, SC where we camped at the KOA for the weekend.   Our purpose in being there was to visit our friend, Deb Clark, and as an added bonus we enjoyed the Levine Museum on Sunday afternoon before we went to Deb's.  The Levine traces the history of Charlotte from after the Civil War to the present.   We really were lucky that the Museum was free that day as well as the parking ramp next door!  

On Tuesday we arrived at our campground in Granville, TN.   Our purpose in being in TN was to visit the Cookeville, TN Railroad Museum.   The campground, however, was about 25 miles up into the mountains, and took 45 minutes to get down to Cookeville!   Imagine our surprise when we got to the campground and discovered no cell phone service, no wifi, and no tv!   The town of Granville was only two blocks away, and we were able to get 1 bar on the cell phone so could at least let the family know why they couldn't reach us!   It's a historic town, and the only businesses open were a gas/deli and the post office.   The historical buildings were open W-Saturday from 10-3.  

We drove to Cookeville on Wednesday and enjoyed breakfast at Mcdonald's and then visited the train museum.   It was very nicely done, and we enjoyed seeing their rolling stock, as well as a big model train set up showing the town in the 50's.   The volunteer was very friendly and we enjoyed visiting with her.   When we got back to Granville we visited the historic Sutter store.

Thursday we headed north to the Louisville, KY KOA and on Friday drove on to Anderson, IN where we camped until Sunday.   The area was suffering from 90+ degree temps and high humidity.   Thankfully the Air Conditioner worked well.   We drove to the IN Transportation Museum in Noblesville, IN on Saturday morning and learned about the museum and the Silver Nickle RR.   There were only two engines available to get into and a caboose.   I found the information on the history of hobos to be extremely interesting.  

For our Catholic friends, we attended Mass on Saturday afternoon....and the church was NOT air conditioned!   Whew!   We sat by an open window with a breeze, but that didn't help.   Brought back memories of growing up in our home parishes that didn't have AC!