ESCAPADE IN INDIANA

Before the Escapade started, we spent two days with our friends Dee and Linda Mattley. We have known them for a long time; they used to live in Omaha and we were in the same dog club. We enjoyed seeing them again. They have two darling Dachshunds. Dee and Linda have a beautiful acreage near Harlan IN and let our dogs use their huge fenced yard. This part of Indiana has a lot of Amish people. We were intrigued by the Amish. They drive horse and buggy even on busy highways. One time we saw an Amish woman sitting in the buggy talking on a cell phone!

We got to the Escapee Escapade on 9-9-07 -- the big RV get together. We have never seen so many RV's together. Estimate is between 900 and 1,000 rigs at the fairgrounds. Busy time; we have to choose which talks to attend as there are 5 to 6 at the same time. We bought new fire extinguishers after attending an excellent fire safety talk. We also got a dual cartridge water filtration system that goes on the outside water source. The Escapade was a great social and learning experience.