July 27, 2015 - Portage, Wisconsin

 This morning we got up and had our coffee & chai as per usual. We could hear some of the military jets leaving. A group of 8 motorhomes surrounded us which I thought was odd. George took the dogs out to play fetch while I took the trash to the dumpster. The last time he threw the doughnut toy, both dogs basically said they were done by not fetching it. So I went to get it when this guy came towards me from one of the motorhome RVs and asked me if the dogs were mine. He and his wife were interested in Nutmeg because they had a Sheltie in their RV. Their Sheltie was male and mostly black with a white blaze. They were retired Air Force officers and the Sheltie was about 18 mos. old and was very skittish. Funny thing is Nutmeg wouldn't do any of the tricks we know she can do. The guy had wanted to see the F-35 perform but it only did a fly by. Then he was talking about missing the F-22, P-51 & P-38 flying together. He wished he had seen that. I told him if he gave me his email, I would send him a photo of them that I took last Wednesday, when they were actually practicing the maneuver. He did give me his email. I told him I needed to upload my photos from my camera to the computer before I could send them. Soon they left as their caravan was headed to the Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) rally, which we are headed to tomorrow. After a week of dry camping which means no water, sewer or electric. You arrive to your destination with an empty black water tank, empty gray water tank both sewer related, full fuel tank to run generator to produce electric and full tank of fresh water. Then the rationing begins. This time we made it from Monday to Saturday without emptying the tanks. The very first time we went to a rally, we saw a truck called the Honey Wagon. Naturally, I thought they sold honey (Chuckle), but a honey wagon actually is a holding tank pump out truck for those who don't want to have to pack up their camp to go dump their tanks. Our travel buddies Laurie & Bob made it to Madison, Wisconsin about an hour ago. We will meet up with them tomorrow. As we were driving to Portage to Sky High Campground every road it seemed was closed so it took us longer to get here. The campground is really nice sitting up on a mountain overlooking the valley. Has a brand new heated pool with crystal clear water. Has a great arcade and I whooped George this time at air hockey. The funny thing is I now have a bruise on my pinky since it got smacked by the puck because I was holding the paddle wrong. We played while we were doing our laundry. We do have a washer dryer combo on board our RV, but it can only handle two shirts and two pairs of jeans at a time or a similar combo. We only use it when we are at a campground hooked up to a sewer line. So we both had 11 days worth of dirty clothes. We also had ice cream from the camp store ice cream parlor. I had Mackinaw Island & Butter pecan and George had 2 scoops of cookie dough. It was very good. We had leftovers for dinner so we didn't have to drag out the grill for one night. The campground has a 9 hole course of something called Chuckle Ball which is similar to golf except a softball sized ball is used.