Meet my Son

Meet Tucker George.......our traveling buddy.  Tuck is 5 years old.  He of course is spoiled rotten.  He is the son I never had.  3 daughters but no sons. 

All the men in the Pietz family have the name "George" in their name, either first name or middle.  I could not get the wife to name one of our daughters Georgia so Tucker became the son I never had.................

He goes everywhere we go.  He loves to travel and is always ready to hit the road.

His daddy was a Canadian Champion and he loves to pose for pics...........

                                        I am not a muzzwaum!

                                     My campin' hat

He does have a traveling companion,  Mooch the Cat, we'll talk about him soon enough..................

                                       My bonesuzes!!!!!!

                        My wife, Gayle and Tuck on the sand in Michigan

He loves to take baths but does not like lakes or anywhere he can't touch bottom..............

My Boy

Here's looking at you kid.................................................................

New Lisbon Family Campground

We had our Escapee’s Indiana Chapter fall rally at New Lisbon Family Campground this past weekend.  For being just over an hour west of us off I-70, it was surprisingly nice.  We never knew it was there until we received our information on this years fall rally.

There were at least 20  gravel pull thru sites with 30amp full hook ups, all pretty level. 

It has a very nice club house that held all our events through the 4 day soiree………..

Of course you have Indiana’s smallest park.  Carl Park, one bench, one flag pole, and one trash can. 
The front of the camp is mostly seasonal sites and in the back of the park is the pull thru sites.  There is a very nice fishing pond and they also have a camp store with propane available on site.

Free WiFi, that is excellent .  A basketball court, a playground and a beach for you sun bathers.


They offer Passport America and Escapee’s discounts……


All and all it was very nice park and we will visit again some time in the future………………..


Here's looking at you kid..........................................

Rally was fun and sad too!

Rally ended yesterday morning with the hitch up breakfast.  Most of the club showed up around 8 ish and said our good byes over coffee and donuts.  Most of the club members are snowbirds and were getting ready to start heading to their winter haunts.  I’m jealous because I am one of the few that still has to work……..Yes I said it, the 4 letter word, work, work, work.

  I love staying in the rig, it just  feels right.  

 I keep dreaming of the day when we'll wake up in our own bed and can be anywhere we want to be and  still be home!   I  kinda get sad when I have to go back to the S & B  and leave the rig, even though its in the drive.  The house is too big, and Rig is Just Right!!!!!


To Errr is human, to Arrrr is  pirate!

But alas, as I said, some of us are still working so in our case, we headed home to Greenwood and parked the rig in the driveway.  Started taking things out of the Suites. We may go out one more weekend before we winterize and park it on it’s pad next to the Garage for the up coming winter…………………and maybe not.........)&a*@;)^%%%$#^&!!!!!!!


New Officers for Chapter 51


Nuts!!!!!!!!!!!

Coffee and Conversation………

See ya next year at the spring rally…..safe travels everyone!

Here’s looking at you kid……………………

Carl’s Park, Indiana’s smallest Park

I was up at 6am this morning  to put the coffee on for the Chapter's “Coffee and Conversation”. It starts at 8am every morning of the rally and I've been elected to make the Java........

.  After breakfast and showers, Gayle, Tucker, and I headed to Hagerstown to the Abbot Candy Co.  to sample some homemade treats that they’ve been making since 1890.  After picking up a few goodies,  $90.00 worth, we headed to Richmond for some fish at that great fish restaurant,  The Cracker Barrel.  Came back to the campground and took a nap. 

Took Tucker for a walk around the lake here at the park and found Carl’s Park.  Indiana’s smallest park.  One flag pole, one bench, and one trash can.............What a hoot.  Here are some pictures of it. 


At 4pm, we went up to the club house and had a great time making paper airplanes and trying to fly them thru a target for prizes.  We each got 4 tries and I tied Maurice for a Fly off, which I lost. 

Had a great meal made by Betty and Stan.  Meat ball sandwiches.  Had a lot of fun  with some super friends


Here’s looking at you kid……………………

Escapees Indiana Chapter 51 Fall Rally up next!

Well we arrived at the Lisbon Family Campground tonight and was directed to our pull thru site. Very easy to get to and close to I-70, ten miles east of New Castle, Indiana.  Betty and Stan Bober invited us to the club house for  some awesome spaghetti and meat balls.

Maurice and Shirley Rust and Dave and Marilyn Wheelock, rally hosts, also joined us for dinner and we had some great conversation.
It has started to rain tonight and I hope it will clear off before our golf outing in the morning.  I’ll put some pics in tomorrow,  gotta get some sleep so I can be ready for David and boys for a robust round in the morning……………….
Here’s looking at you kid

Garage Sale success, fall coming, my favorite season!

The Friday, Saturday garage sale is now over. The neighborhood did not participate like  usual.  The weather was a little wet and cool.  But I think that 2 neighborhood sales a year might be bit much.  You only have so much stuff to get rid of…………….

Looks like today is the last day of summer, 90 and hot today but the temps drop off dramatically starting tomorrow.  I like the cooler weather  so I;m excited to see the leaves start to change.

Getting the rig ready for our fall rally.  Pulled the Suites out into the driveway and Gayle is putting all our stuff in so we can head out on Wednesday afternoon.  More on that soon……………..

Here’s looking at you kid………………………

Mountain Driving……………Not sure about this one!!!

I’m an avid RV Blog reader, I read the blogs like the morning paper.  It keeps me living vicariously  thru my fellow RV bloggers while we are getting ready for our launch day.  This morning I was reading, THE BAYFIED BUNCH, and a comment Al made about his annual route to the southwest…….   He’s thinking about traversing the famous “wolf creek pass”.  So being the kinda guy I am I started researching it.   7% and 8% grades.  OMG…….Not sure I’m ready for that……

Wolf Creek Pass

Sooner or later I’ll have to face my fears and take the Suites over the mountains if I want to see some great views and enjoy the west like so many folks do, but for now I’ll just sit here and watch, Earl and Al do it…………………….