Back On-Line...but

To keep my sanity, I've combined my photos for the past week and put them in this post.  We Left Connie and Tom's home over a week ago after Wendy had her root canal finished up.  All is good with that :)
We went to Livingston County 4H Fairground by Pontiac, IL, where we met up with Nancy & Dwaine for a few days.  We went to the Route 66 Museum while there.  Then to Wheels-O-Time museum on the way to Johnson Sauk Trail SP, also in Illinois.  Nancy and Dwaine left there for their trip to Alaska!!! We wish them the best of times on their adventure.  Next up for us was Rustic Barn RV Park in Kieler, Wisconsin.  We visited the House on the Rock, an experience we won't soon forget!
This is a terribly long posting of pictures and I hope to avoid doing this again.
Our web host had made some changes and, fortunately, we are able to keep the site intact.  However, so much has happened in the past week I just can't find a better way to catalogue the week.

Somebody up there is havin' fun!

Cookouts here are a challenge!

This hurt our bellies for 2 days :(

That stone in front of the house is a step for visiting horse drawn carriages back in the day :)

The bus below, with VW bus in tow, traveled Route 66.  It's owner, Bob Waldmire (now deceased), modified this 1966 school bus, commonly referred to as his "Road Yacht."

Now, this is a camper :)

Pontiac's Fiero was the first all plastic paneled car.  This is actually the only 4 seat model ever made.

Anyone know what that is above the speedometer on the dashboard?  I'll tell you at the end of this blog post :) 

Nancy seems amused with Dwaine's attempt to answer the bullfrog calling from below deck :)  Actually, I think he was responsible for chasing this family of ducks away.

For Veston :) 

You can never tell when Sasaquatch is going to show up :)  Grrrr!!!

How would you like to find this under the Christmas tree?

My guess is this is an oscillating (chain?) saw.

Wisconsin countryside is beautiful this time of year :)

Wendy gets her turn on the train whistle...she is 1 happy camper :)

I'm glad our trailer isn't this long!

Finally caught up to where we are...Rustic Barn RV Park!  We went to House on the Rock, a place you have to see to believe.  I'll let you follow this link as I can't begin to describe it!  

https://www.thehouseontherock.com/exhibits/

This little guy came hopping up to me looking for a treat.  It just fledged and couldn't fly at all!  He hopped off calling for momma in short order.

Momma was found and she led him off...

We're are parked next to a corn field, so we're enjoying the sunsets!

Wendy makes a new friend :)

Now for the House on the Rock.  Be forewarned....you will tire of scrolling through all these pictures!  All of these items, and many more, are on the grounds or in the house.  Believe it or not :) 

Those are airlines that go to the violin to finger the notes and strum the strings.

This rifle barrel is plenty large.

Spooky!

No kidding!  This car has been tiled with real ceramic tiles.  Naturally the frame and suspension had to be beefed up :) 

This is proof, Wendy's lovable.  The machine was NOT rigged :)

On the way back we stopped to see this aircraft along side of the road, next to an hotel.  It is a C97 from the California Guard.  It is essentially the same aircraft I worked on in my technical training for the Air Force.

We never did figure out "Pig Points" on our gas fill-up :)

If you made it through this post in 1 sitting, my hat's off to you!!!!!

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In keeping with my promise to tell you what that scope on the dashboard is, it is a prism placed there to help see overhead traffic lights as it's difficult to see them,  because of the window's design.

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