They're Gone, A Little Shopping and Chinese

Rantoul, IL.
50 Deg. clear, no wind.
Forecast today = high temp. 76 deg. mostly sunny, light East winds.

They're gone :-(  Yep, after a great visit, Cindy and Ken

Sox and Ditka

And their neat MH

had to leave to head up to Northern Indiana to go to the Escapade. I know they wanted to leave about 10:00 but after h and h, it was 10:40 before they left. There was so much to talk about and Jim and Ken seemed to really hit it off and just kept talking and talking. ;-)

It was sure hard to watch them drive out of the park, (they're really a great couple), but I know I'll see them again some day.

Thanks for stopping by, Ken and Cindy. Maybe next time we can spend a longer time together.

After they left, and Jim and Linda had some lunch, they took CLT, (Cute Little Truck), to a gas station and bought him a nice drink of 87 octane. Then, they headed down to Champaign because Linda wanted to go to the Hancock Fabrics store to get some sewing stuff and Jim wanted to go to Office Depot to get a new mouse for this computer. Actually this worked our really well since the stores are right next to one another.

After they got done there, Jim asked a man that was walking through the parking lot if he knew where the New Balance Shoe Store was in Urbana?  (Jim was looking for a new pair of shoes and had heard about the store on a TV add.) Well, the man knew exactly where it was and gave Jim and Linda excellent instructions on how to get there the easiest way.

So......Off they went, found the store, bought Jim some new shoes, and then returned here to the park.

It was about 3:00 when CLT brought them back.

For dinner, Jim thought Chinese sounded good, so Linda called the China Express Restaurant here in Rantoul and placed an order. Then Jim and CLT went and picked it up and brought it back here. It sure smelled good and Jim and Lind both said it tasted good too.

I'll bet it's not as good as good old #2 diesel fuel though. ;-)

Did you know that on this day in 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the "United States" of America? This replaced the term "United Colonies," which had been in general use