LeClaire, Iowa and East Moline, Ilinois

Well, we took our longest trip so far, 238 miles to LeClaire, Iowa to visit Antique Archaeology, the store owned by Mike and Frank  from the TV show on the History Channel, American Pickers. It was smaller than we imagined, but cool to see.


Next , we took a 14 mile trip to East Moline, Illinois to Lundeen's Landing Campground on the Rock River. It was a great campground, with the friendliest people we have ever encountered. We had a beautiful site right on the river. Great views of the river and the I-80 bridge. Their were train tracks nearby, so you could hear them occasionally, a sound I find relaxing.

Thanks to our wonderful campground host, Jack was able to go catfishing with Fred in his fully equipped deluxe catfishing boat. They caught 15 catfish, one of them quite large. It was loads of fun for Jack, he enjoyed Fred's stories as well as his knowledge about catfishing. Fred even cleaned and filleted them for us. We haven't eaten them yet, but heard they are delicious. It was our best camping trip so far. Everything went smoothly.

Teddy learned that some Toll Booth Attendants give dog treats, so he was sure that whenever we slow down and open the window, it pays to look out the window and flash a cute look at them, be sure they notice you. Just one of the many things that Teddy loves about camping. It took us an hour and a half to get him out of the camper, once we got home. He absolutely loves it.

Here is their webpage.....

http://www.lundeens-landing.com/index.php?p=1_2

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

Well we had a great time camping in my cousin Leanne's yard. We parked in a nice shady spot, had a great time. We had a nice time around the fire pit, it was the first fire in the pit, what an honor ! Delicious breakfast and    Bloody Marys, then it was time to head home.......OOOOOPS, the small dip in the ditch before getting on to the road turned out to be a problem.....big time. Front tires down , then up, back tires down then......floating about 2 inches above ground, NOT GOOD !!!! We needed to get towed out. But, we can laugh about it now.....But, at the time not so funny!!!

Redneck camping

Well, tonight we're going to do a little redneck camping......gonna pull into my cousin's driveway, hop out with an extension cord in hand, asking " so, where do we plug in at ?" Actually, its my cousin's granddaughter, Grace's 1st birthday party and we thought it'd be great if we could make it a sleepover.....update to follow. I only wish we had a cool horn, to beep a little banjo music as we pull up to the house !!!