Memorial Day Weekend

We arrived at Indian Springs before noon on Friday. We backed into our lake spot and started setting up. When I pushed the button for the bedroom glide it went out about six inches and stopped with a big CLUNK! It wouldn't budge in or out. We checked the electrical system and 12 volt system but they were OK. We called the factory and they said we had to get to the mechanism under the bed.

This entailed dragging the king size mattress to the living area and taking up the false floor of the storage bin under the bed. To get that out we had to take off the hydraulic arms that hold up the bed platform. We had to depress a lever and push on the slide. We realized we needed a third pair of hands - one to depress the lever, one to hold up the platform since the hydraulics were removed and one to push the glide. We saw that the chain was broken.

A fellow was running a bobcat next to us working on the visitor parking and playground areas. He came and asked if we had a problem and offered to help. He was able to walk the chain off the sprocket where it was hung up. He told Ted if he went to the hardware store and got a new master link he could fix it for us after his shift. And he did!! Praise the Lord!

We had just an hour to get ready for the wedding but arrived at Moonlight Gardens in plenty of time. We enjoyed seeing Ted's Aunt Ann (age 96) and Aunt Eileen and Uncle Bill (80s). We love them dearly and are so grateful for opportunities like this to spend the evening with them. Kath, Peg and Kevin and families were all there - 11 nieces and nephews plus spouses and 9 of Kevin's grandchildren. Everyone looked great and I'll see them all next week at a baby shower (for #48 great-grandchild) arriving in six weeks. And we learned #49 is coming in November. The 5th great-great grandchild is due in the fall also. What a family. We arrived home after midnight.

Saturday morning Ted took me to the nail salon since I was unable to get my manicure and pedicure on Friday with all the hullabaloo about the glide. When I was finished we left for Elk Lake at Owenton, KY to my sister's cabin. We had tickets to a Jimmy Buffett Legends concert with dinner at the Elk Creek Winery. We had a table at the front edge of the patio overlooking the amphitheater. We were the only ones wearing parrothead hats. They gave out leis but ours were nicer so we wore both! Everyone kept stopping to take our picture. We bought 3 bottles of wine and two funnel cakes to go with the dinner provided. There was a beautiful sunset and we had a great time.

Sunday we went to 8 a.m. Mass (the only one they have all weekend) and then Ronnie made a goetta breakfast for us all. My nephews David and Brian plus Laura his fiance came by in their boat to tell us how they made out working at the winery the night before. They worked the wine tent on the lower level nearer the stage. They said they sold over 1000 bottles of wine. The bar by the patio also did a brisk business. I think it was a big moneymaker for Curtis the owner. He's a friend of my brother Dan.

When they left, we got on the pontoon boat and took a long ride up and down the many coves of the lake. It's fun to see the renovations and new construction that has taken place since last year. It was a beautiful day and a nice ride.

We grilled out for dinner and then watched Road to Perdition (SP?) with Tom Hanks. I had a hard time staying awake for the news.

This morning we ate breakfast and lunch with Karen and Ron before heading back to Cincinnati. We stopped at Wal-Mart to get some groceries for my lunch tomorrow. More on that later.