Our Heartland Rally HEART ATTACK

Thur. Today we ate breakfast at home they had donuts but we were both full of sweets. At nine we met the Lippert mech. and they took some fluid out of the hydraulic reservoirs and put in 2 qt. of thicker hydraulic fluid so the unit will not crackle anymore.We talked to Rob Reid who we bought our unit from last year to look at  a smaller rig.  He didn't have any in stock so we went to Heartland to look at it.  It was nice but we still don't know if it would help our overweight axle.  We went to a pot luck dinner at the rally which they had entertainment " Hypnosis Comedy Stage Show"
Fri. and Sat. was the ending of the show. We had a meal and entertainment each night a DJ music 50 - 70's and Sat the Goldwing Express.  They had a great show the three brothers were Indians and their dad who was white. Sat was the only day we toured we went to Das Dutchman Essenhaus in Middleberry, Rise'n Roll bakery (they had samples we bought 3 bags of stuff), Guggisberg a cheese factory, and Yoder's Meat and Cheese in Shipshewana.. We came home with enough pastries,sweets cheese and frozen meats to last us all summer!!!

  if you notice the road repayment because the horses wear down a path.

Sun. We drove to Fort Wayne In. staying at the Johnny Appleseed Campground. After we got set up we went to the Foellinger Freimann Botanical Conservatory. They we're having a "Butterflies with an African Beat" special exhibit .When we left there we drove past Firefighters Museum and Allen county Courthouse (both were closed). Then we drove to Johnny (Chapman) Appleseed grave sight.

Mon. we went on a 7 mile bike ride.  We went to Historic Fort Wayne.  It to was closed but we did get some great pictures.  Along the way we saw many sculpture

Well where to begin.... Monday we were biking about 5-7 miles when on way home he complained of chest pain..we stopped biking under dads protesting and waited about 1/2 hourbecuz it was very hot we then biked rest of way home.  He said he was fine. Then Tues we got up and moved to Wilmington  Ohio where they did not have sewer avail.. They told us someone was leaving this morning so dad got up early found the site & we hitched again to new site with sewer..that was about8:30..He started to feel "quer" then but of course didn't, tell me.  He then lifted some of his tools rearranged them. That's a story in itself.. He came in and started making coffee and then said I'm feeling bad. My chest hurts and I'm dizzy and sweating. He laid down no better gave him 2 baby aspirin called 911. Interesting cuz they said ok well send ambulance. Didn't offer to stay on line. Thought that interesting. Called ranger to tell them let unit in. They sent her husband who is retired paramedic.. He said its all volunteers who respond but they get here fairly fast which they did..got to hospital  I had to follow. At first they said becuz of 2 episodes in 2 days he needed to be admitted for stress test but we needed to wait for labs.. He came back with bad news and told us he had heart attack. Prob on Monday or before becuz it takes at least day before labs would be elevated..now he said needed to be transferred to heart hospital in Cincinnati about hour away.. First he said they were going to do direct admit then came back in said no he's going direct to cath lab..then I got stressed!!! Had to get diesel & drive here..I made it though only becuz I felt everyone's prayers....then it only can happen to me they have a parking garage. So pulled up to garage for it to say. Height6'6.car behind me. It looked like a tight fit but crying had to go through. Made it with antennae hitting..cars going around me. I'm panicking but saw a 2door truck.  So better confidence started to go further up with antennae hitting. Stopping getting out only to see my roof almost touching. Kept going no spots available. Went as far as it took me to a dead end,,,now I can't turn around!,,,,!!! Saw a guy driving a truck. Flagged him down so he was great parked his truck eligally and was backing my truck when a hospital valet person was walking by..so now he took over driving..he said oh no usually these big trucks go in a different place..so dropped me off and parked it somewhere.so they now have my keys and when he dropped me off some gentleman was streaming out loud at another valet parking guy. Saying I'm reporting u for driving recklessly and then tailgating me!!! Just what I needed to here.. Lord knows where and how my precious truck is doing......get here same time Jim did apparently becuz they couldn't fine him. But about 5 min they escorted me to him..contrary to what was told me by other hospital. He was admitted to the floor.he is at The Christ Hospital . Room6021-2. Doc came in and he's on schedule for heart cath tomorrow at3:30..Long day. He suspects prob.something becuz of elevated enzymes but to what degree he won't know till after cath.  He said may be nothing which we have millions praying. Or maybe even able to fix with angioplasty when doing cath or if not well talk after with future plans.. He did put dad at ease. So thank u for all prayer and keep them coming. Love Dad and mom 

Thur. While we were waiting for the surgery we took a nap when we woke Jenny was sitting in the chair a the end of the bed.  Also some friends we met two weeks ago drove to Cin. to sit with Linda durning the procedure. They did find a tear in my left artery and  were able to put 2 stents in it to repair it.  There was no damage done to the heart. I was able to come home Fri. I now have meds to take in the morning and night and will be resting till I go to the Dr. in two weeks. 

HORSESHOE LAKE AND GOSHEN IN.

     Thur.  Today was the day we clean our gray and black tanks.  We are having problems with them closing.  We got on RV.net and called Heartland. We lubricated the cable ends and that helped.  While I was waiting for answers I put together the box for the new water filter.  We  took a bike ride and a long walk. We played sequence and I have won 3 of 4 nights so far.

 Fri. we drove over several counties looking at the covered bridges and the towns. There are 39 covered bridges and one iron bridge in Parke county.

 We are in Rockville In. the top picture is the  capital, the middle picture is the Jailhouse Cafe (we had coffee and a large choc. pecan piece of fudge) and the bottom the famous G&M Variety Store.

 One of the many farms we past.

    The next three pictures are of the Bridgeton Mill.   The mill has been refurbished the owners told us alot about the mill and the changes they made over the years to make it look as it did in the 1800's. The people there also redid the waterfall in front of the rebuilt Bridgeton covered bridge that  vandals burned down a few years ago. They still mill many flours today we bought 2 of them.

 We had dinner at the Collom's General Store(below) where they have live music on Fri nights.

We saw 8 bridges we put them in a college.

     Sat. we were just to relax but as we were looking at our calendar we noticed we were to be in Goshen on Mon. not Tues.  It has been a rainy day so when it stopped I put the bikes up on the ladder and got the 5th wheel ready to go.

     Sun.We got up and went into Terre Haute and met Miki Weaver at church.  We were to go out to eat but Miki had prepared us a Lasagna, green beans, cole slaw and choc. surprise for desert it was a  wonderful lunch.  We also sat and talked and got caught up on each other. I'm very disappointed we didn't take a picture. I We went to Starbucks on the way home for they do not have one in Goshen.  When we got home we did the laundry and got prepared to leave tomorrow.

      Mon. We drove to Goshen In. for a Heartland Rally. The trip was good but we did go thru some fog. Along the way we saw the windmills.  As we got to the rally we got our rig weighed and the trailer axles checked.  We got with our Tn. chapter and met alot of nice folks. 

Tues. Our first day of the rally. They have 45 min. to 90 min. classes. All of the classes were interesting and we learned alot.  After the classes were over we went to get the results of the weighing of the rig.  We are still over weight where the truck and trailer hook together. We might get our weight down by going through our clothes again, putting more weight in the rear of the rig, and getting rid of the generator that we are not using.

We had a pot luck desert for all the 500+ campers.

Wed. Wed. was a half day so we talked to alot of folks about our overweight problem and the brake job we had done in Jackson Ms. That night our local (tn.) group had a pot luck.  It was nice to get to meet and talk to  the folks we have been e-mailing.

 

HORSESHOE LAKE AT CLINTON IN.

Thur. The girls made waffles then everyone ganged up on me with the silly string. We went swimming, ate lunch, and the kids drew pictures.  Al and Shannon came and we went to Patti's 1880's Settlement where they took me out for fathers day. They are famous for their 2"porkchops which they lived up to.  Totally awesome and so was Linda's catfish.  They had homemade delicious deserts which we couldn't pass up!! We got there early to walk around and after dinner (mine a 2 inch pork chop and Linda's catfish) we walked some more.   They have alot of clothing,coffee, and unique shops.  For the kids there was a playground, putt putt, miniature boat races, and a small zoo.

     Fri.  We drove to Horseshoe Lake in Clinton In. We found a camp sight with lake view out our back window. They had a adult get together where we helped with a puzzle.

     Sat. We drove to Rosedale for a strawberry festival. It was small with just a few booths but lots of good food.

                           Later at the park we had a pot luck dinner and a family band came to play for us.

     Sun. We drove to Georgetown Il. for church, pot luck dinner!!!, then a devo. We had 19 folks at service. When we got back to the park we went on a bike ride and we have been working on a puzzle.

Mon. We slept in. As we ate breakfast the park staff came and cut a dead branch out of the tree.  I went and washed the 5th wheel. We worked on the puzzle had dinner(left over 2 in. pork chop and catfish), played sequence and went on a bike ride.

     Tues. We slept in, waxed the front and rear of the rig, went on a long walk and cleaned the rig inside. After dinner we had a fire for s'mores to find out we didn't have marshmallows!!!. We played sequence and went on a walk.

    Wed. We drove to Terre Haute In. Did some shopping and ate at a local restaurant (Youngstown Grille). They had homemade onion rings and homemade strawberry rhubarb pie.. Yes we were thinking of dieting sometime!!!! We met Miki Weaver at church, drove home, went on a walk.