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Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 10-05-2018, 11:15 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Pom poms

I already have the Pom poms as my daughter left them behind from her spirit girl days. Fight J-hawks fight, with the colors blue and white!
Iowa Dave
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 10-04-2018, 09:44 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Rally magic

Participation makes rallies succeed. Wherher it’s as simple as a roadway gathering, a scheduled event or volunteers taking care of camp chores; setup and cleanup of a potluck, getting firewood, or...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 10-03-2018, 12:24 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Hey you weren’t there to take a picture ( would...

Hey you weren’t there to take a picture ( would have taken a wide angle lens) of my butt when I was digging the test rig out from under my boat last week. And it hurt my knees too. Then I had to...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 10-03-2018, 10:21 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Pictures

Sure Alf
Picture of me at the potluck at Niagara, picture of me at Brunch at Betty’s, picture of me eating biscuits and gravy at Mississippi Rally. Pretty soon everybody will think I love to eat. ...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 10-01-2018, 08:50 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Thanks for the photo Eric. We sure had fun at...

Thanks for the photo Eric. We sure had fun at Thomson. I’ll post a few photos when I get down through things. Got my pump going good. Did something I’ve never done before, bumped my battery shutoff...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-30-2018, 09:28 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
An impromptu “road gathering”. 30 Seconds later...

An impromptu “road gathering”. 30 Seconds later it was over as a little rain shower scattered the participants like quail out of a hedgerow.
Iowa Dave
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-29-2018, 10:58 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
By 10:30 PM on Saturday evening the campfires,...

By 10:30 PM on Saturday evening the campfires, fire rings and fire places had all been extinguished. But not the fire in the hearts of the five loyal Buckeye fans in site 114, who cheered their...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-29-2018, 02:33 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Torque Wrench contest

We have a winner!
This year’s “torque your nuts” contest is Ralph McDonnell. Ralph is from Ohio and finished alone in first place. 6 people finished in second place three of whom were ladies and...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-28-2018, 08:26 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Back in the warm confines of the Escape, daughter...

Back in the warm confines of the Escape, daughter Teresa and grandson William came over from Fort Wayne. Apple crisp, corn bread, cowboy chicken casserole for dinner. To sleep, perchance to dream! ...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-28-2018, 09:32 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Cold Beverage for sure. Ice sales are off 90% in...

Cold Beverage for sure. Ice sales are off 90% in Thomson because it’s 55 degrees out here with a 22 mph wind out of the NW. beer is cooling just setting outside. The only mosquitos flying are the...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-27-2018, 07:47 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Dinette

Hey Ralph, I’m interested in the dinette if you have it loaded up with treats. An interesting bird is the Pelican, his beak holds more than his bellycan. Night feeder dead center
Iowa Dave
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-26-2018, 10:24 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
I read her the post and she laughed at me and...

I read her the post and she laughed at me and told me my whole life has been a fantasy and reminded me how far I married up. Walter Mitty she called me.
Iowa Dave
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-26-2018, 09:23 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Mellow

This is simply not true. Earlier this evening from the bench at his site, watching old sol dip to the west, hoping to see the green flash, but failing, Iowa Dave was heard reciting Tennyson’s ...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-26-2018, 09:07 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Modern Combination

She’s the modern combination she’s the Mississippi Cannonball. And she’s loaded for fun
Iowa Dave
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-24-2018, 09:00 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Temps

Weather channel says 39F on Saturday morning. That ought to slow them down.
Iowa Dave
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-24-2018, 08:48 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Skeeters

I was picking up windfall apples this afternoon when I hear two mosquitos talking. One said should we eat him here or take him back in the bushes? “Eat him here” says the second one. “If we take him...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-22-2018, 06:22 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Shelter halves

Never slept in one. My Dad said they were way better than nothing. He was a big believer in wool. Blankets, jacket linings, socks, and stocking caps. I like wool too, a flannel sheet and two army...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-22-2018, 04:01 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Catalogs

You're hurting my feelings. I used to get Gander Moutain catalogs in the 60's too. Also Herters from Minnesota.
We will be in camp in a lot classier tent than our first one. A 2 person Wenzel pup...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-20-2018, 12:16 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Ok so now I’m clear. The original catalog based...

Ok so now I’m clear. The original catalog based Gander Mountain was in Wilmot Wisconsin just across the state line from Gander Mountain which is in Lake County Illinois. So for a perfect road trip...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-19-2018, 09:12 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Mt Horeb

Hey Eric
Was Mt Horeb the site of the original Gander Mountain when they were just mail order? I think that is why they named it Gander Mountain because visitors would go up the moutain to “take a...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-19-2018, 08:50 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Last year the folks across from us stayed two...

Last year the folks across from us stayed two nights and had plans to be somewhere else. When they moved out, Bill S went to another loop and quickly recruited an Escape who was happy to move and get...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-09-2018, 11:35 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Campground travels

That bike will come in handy as it’s a fur pull to the nice Restrooms too. One thing everybody attending needs to note, the Ranger there has a radar equipped pickup he’s mighty proud of. He uses the...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-08-2018, 08:59 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Agenda

Hi Paul
Like you my memory is a little choppy. Too much brain activity over the years in the high tech World I lived in . At any rate, I have had communication from an attendee who needs to know if...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-04-2018, 07:11 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
Boat Ramp

There is a boat ramp on the slack water bayou just as you come into the camping area. After launching there you can go out on the river if you so desire. The east side of the river all along the...
Forum: Rallies, Get-togethers, Gatherings or Events 09-03-2018, 01:14 PM
Replies: 276
Views: 34,903
Posted By Iowa Dave
18 miles north of Thomson Illinois is the town of...

18 miles north of Thomson Illinois is the town of Savannah Illinois, it’s on Highway 84 in Illinois. Across the river in Iowa is a little town called Sabula. It’s on highway 64 which is an east west...
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