July...We
got back home on the 1st
, only to leave again on the 4th
for Hogeland. Danny flew in on the 3rd
and we all went to Hogeland for an all school reunion in Turner. We
had 4th
of July dinner at Doug & Frans. On Friday Danny & I helped
Darla Van Voast set up the AV equipment for the slideshow at the
banquet. There was a very large crowd in Turner (around 600). It
was fun seeing lots of people that I haven't seen in a long while –
some since high school. There was live music each night. On
Saturday, Mike & I helped Doug, Fran and Tammy sell drinks at the
tent/dance. We were kept quit busy!.
On
Sunday the 8th
we buried Mom's ashes at the Silverbow Cemetery and said our finally
goodbyes. You may be gone, but never forgotten MOM!
On
the 9th
we were back in Great Falls and helping Dough & Fran move Howards
things to their house. We have Howard's car in our garage with the
hopes of possibly buying it. We took it in for maintenance work on
the 13th
for a 'groan' in the steering. It took quite a while but it was
finally fixed. We worked a lot on preparing for the FMCA Rally we
are hosting – getting gifts, creating agendas, purchasing items,
etc. Other things that kept us busy in July – attended a Denny
Rehberg talk at the college, walked the rivers edge trail, went on a
short ride on the river on Dad's new pontoon boat, Dixie's annual
doctor visit and we inventoried and appraised Howard's camera
collection.
We
put the motorhome on a site at Dick's RV park on the 26th
which was the start of our Big Sky FMCA rally. We had 17 rigs in
attendance, which as a very good turn out. It was a busy 4 days but
we had a great rally and a fun time. The weather cooperated for the
most part. It was quite windy on Sat. so we had to moved our dinner
inside the small building. It was hot but at least it was out of the
wind. We were caught at a weak moment and both agreed to hold
offices for the next 2 years – Mike, President and Dixie,
Secretary.
