A Day in Grafton

Looper Gathering!

All Aboard1  Hayride to Hawg Pit!

Ready for dinner!

What a busy day we had at Grafton on Monday! It first started out a little cloudy but turned into a beautiful day. We were visited by our old friends, Jim and Verla Dickerson from Quincy. They drove down here to visit with us. It was really good to see them and catch up with everything. They offered to take us to the nearest Wal-Mart. Yea! It was in Jerseyville about 15 miles away. Of course, there were a few wrong turns but we did make it there. We were able to stock up on more groceries, etc. This was pretty important since places to stop are really limited while going down the Mississippi. We can't take a chance in running out of Diet Pepsi!

NOTE TO:  Jim and Verla, thank you so much for running us all around. We really appreciated it and really enjoyed our visit. Hopefully we'll see you again soon. Maybe in Texas?? LOL

We really wish we could have planned our timing a little better. We would have liked to have been able to let several of our family and friends know when we were going to be so close to St Louis. After all, Joplin is just about four hours away. Even though we're not going to make it home this time, our hearts and thoughts are still with everyone in Joplin. We will actually be in Missouri tomorrow when we leave here. It's almost home!

To top off the day, someone called the Hawg Pit to see if they could pick us all up for dinner! It really wasn't that long of a walk, but a ride would be nice…. Did they give us a ride? Did they ever!!! The owner of the Hawg Pit picked us up in his old Army truck – filled with hay! We went on an actual hayride! He took us all through the town of Grafton and over to his place. How fun was that!

Even though we had eaten there at noon, we were ready for another helping. Mike and I love this place. It's just the type of place where we like to hang out. I can tell you we have a lot of friends that would love it too! Too bad it's a little far for the "bikers" we know. They'd love it! Anyway, we had a great dinner and a great time. There were 6 couples in all. Becky of SeaMoore is having a little trouble with her hip and couldn't ride in the truck, so the owner sent someone to pick up Carlton and her in his Hummer! They followed us through town.  What a hoot!

What a day! You never know what might happen when you're a Looper!

Till next time!

Admiral "C"