Chateau Thomas Winery w Janet & Jerry

November 2008, Chateau Thomas Winery

Got a call from the Owen's, Bluebird RV friends, inviting us to join them at a winery in Indiana. It was fun and educational, learned a lot about Wine and Turkey. They had a wonderful gift shop, you can see Jerry holding the lady shoppers entranced.

How good of friends are they? Think about it, those of you that know us well. I am a Grey Goose/ Stohli's drinker and Bill drinks "Coke"and we went to a WINERY!!!!!!

We were there for a Wine/Turkey tasting. The owner, Dr Thomas,
offered information about his wines while we tasted turkey fixed a couple different ways..
He was a retired OB/GYN. ladies, do you think we drove him to drink????????????

Anyway, it was great catching up with the news with Janet and Jerry
and meeting her cousins. We plan to continue seeing them as often as we can at a way point. They are spending most of the winter in Indiana as we are in Illinois.

D & B

North Platte, NEB 2008

Forgot to share these. We stopped to see this train yard, Bill even had to buy an Engineer's hat, since both of our father's were Railroaders.
This was huge, the town had built a tower near all this action, so people could see it better. If you are ever in that area, it is worth seeing. Union Pacific is the name of the rail yard.

Lori's St Louis Bus. Trip/ Nov 2008

We drove to St Louis to see Lori and spend a few hours with her. She is fun. We had a good visit. Maybe took her mind off the business she had to deal with on Monday. She had a dinner meeting with the Company Lawyer that evening. WOW! My little Lori. Who would have thunk it?

Reno Trip Sept-Oct 2008

Sorry it has taken so long, but you know how busy retirement is. Any way, this is Joe Fanelli, Gina's friend. "Joey" to me because he is such a teddy bear. Bill and Joe went golfing one day, Joe beat Bill. "Is that a good plan", beating your girl friends Dad at golf? Gina is such fun to be around, Her sense of humor has no bounds. We had a great time getting to know Joe, he is a great cook also. Hope one day you will all get the chance to meet him. We all went to Reno for Gina's 40th BD, maybe we can all go for her 50th. Have a great Winter! So far we think we are staying close to home.