A Few Weeks in Indiana

We started our Indiana time at Chris and Jeanne’s.  On Memorial Day several of the immediate family gathered for a meal and to listen to the Indianapolis 500 race. 

When you live near Indianapolis, the race is not broadcast on live TV , so you are forced to revert to the “Retro” way and listen to it on the radio.  Actually, that’s a tradition still kept alive by many families in the state, dating back to when it was only available on radio.

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After lunch, the pool competition was fierce. :-)

 

The next month was spent camp hosting at McCormick’s Creek State Park.  This was our 5th year to work at the park.

It was a busy month, for in addition to camp hosting, we had two graduations to attend.  Granddaughter, Alyssa, graduated from high school on June 2,

and grandson, Cameron, graduated from high school on June 3.

The month also included a visit from granddaughters, Sara and Emily, and great granddaughters, Grace and Molly.

      

We moved back to Chris and Jeanne’s July 1 for another week’s stay, and our annual  summer Christmas celebration, this time “Christmas in July”.

23 family members gathered for the day.  Although the outside temperature was 103 degrees, we had a great time.

  

   

Afternoon brought more pool competitions.

The six weeks in Indiana passed quickly, and it was time to move on with our summer trip.

Our Second Month this Summer at McCormick’s Creek

The first weekend back at the park was a busy time.

A Tear Jerkers Rally was set for the weekend.  Teardrop trailers are tiny RVs that look like a teardrop laid on its side. The Tear Jerkers have an open policy, allowing anyone with a small RV to join.  Most of the sites in Loop A (where we were located) were rented for the rally.  27 states, plus Canada, were represented.  There were all sizes, shapes and colors from expensive toys to homemade ones.  I couldn’t resist taking several photos.  If you’d like to see them, click on the logo pictured here:

The official site for the Tear Jerkers Rally can be found here.

Ron enjoyed joking with the owners of the tear drops that our 5th wheel started out the same size as theirs until he began adding Miracle Gro to the water each time he washed it.  :-)

McCormick’s Creek 95th Birthday Celebration was held on the same weekend.  A free concert was presented by the Bloomington Community Band.  Attendance  was good, considering the temperature was 90+ degrees.   Birthday cake was served to all following the concert.  We helped serve the cake.

We made a day trip with granddaughter, Chelsey, to Shakamak State Park in western Indiana.   

 

Chelsey has worked for the McCormick Creek Stables this summer as trail leader.  Grandpa joined her for one of the trail rides.

Fortunately, the weather cooled considerably a little later in our month’s stay, and we were able to hike once again.  If you don’t mind the 150 steps plus going down (and what goes down must come up), Trail 10 is very scenic, running alongside and crossing the creek.

                 

Later in the month we enjoyed celebrating two birthdays, that of our coordinator, Connie McCain, and her husband, David’s.  Including ourselves, 4 sets of camp hosts were on hand for the party. 

            

          

We also enjoyed several family visits during the month.  It’s been a great summer, spent in a great place surrounded by great friends and family.