Stop in Sparta

We left Frontier Campground at around 10:30am on Wednesday and headed down the road to our friends Brandi’s and Tommy’s place in Sparta, KY. It’s only about an hour and a half drive. We got there and set up in their yard (they have about 7 acres total).

  We let Charlie run around with Paisley (some kind of herd dog), and Storm (the wolf, yes, a real full blooded wolf who acts like a puppy), and Milo (the cat and Charlie’s arch nemesis).

  Once she discovered the chickens and pigs, she terrorized them for a while.

Then we grilled some hot dogs and metts followed by a nice, refreshing nap. Brandi got home from work around 4 and we went to the neighborhood bar/liquor store for a game of pool. Once Tommy got home from work we went to the Sunset Grill on the Ohio River and had dinner with them and Brandi’s two little girls. We always have a good time with them, and so does little Charlie!

Brandi got these two framed Budweiser pictures for Allen also. We will probably have to wait until we get our Texas Ranch or Florida Beach Shack to actually hang them though… I’ll post pictures when we stop..

We were back on the road this morning a little before 7am.

We just stopped at the last Missouri rest stop on I-44, which is about 100 miles from the Oklahoma state line. But it was a cute little stop. They had a “Route 66” walkway.

          

Don’t let it fool you when you pull in, it looks tiny with limited parking, but there’s a huge lot in the back.


We should be at Abe’s RV Park in Oklahoma City by around 9 tonight. Yay!

Flea Market Finds!

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Bengals onesie, muffin tin, ammo, scraper, Skin So Soft, puppy cookies, duct tape, perfume, and an awesome looking toilet bowl brush!

I LOVE flea markets!!! Allen had the day off yesterday so we went to Ceasar’s Creek Flea Market right up the street from the campground.  I found lots of cool stuff.  I thought Allen had found lots of stuff too, but it turns out he only got two boxes of ammo for his gun… But he got 2 sandwiches, a root beer and some fudge, so he wasn’t too upset.  It’s crazy how different we are when it comes to what catches his eye vs. what catches mine.  He goes straight for tools and little toy cars and I’m all about the jewelry and little crafty things and books…

I really love the toilet bowl brush, as odd as that sounds, but it’s pretty!IMG_0549

I think my favorite thing I found was a Bengals onesie. Charlie Bengals side view Not that I have a baby or plan to anytime soon, but I can make Charlie clothes out of them.  I made her a Bengals outfit last year from a onesie, and I thought it was adorable!

After all the shopping, we went and jumped in the pool to cool off, which took all of 2 minutes because the water is still freezing!  Then Charlie decided to sunbathe.FullSizeRender-3

Oh, and after the flea market adventure, we stopped at Dot’s Market, we keep hearing they have the best meat in town.  We found a trip-tip (hard to find outside of California). So we grilled that baby…. YUM!!!  The first time we ever had trip-tip was in Sonoma when we camped all weekend for the NHRA race last year.  Our neighbors made one and it was absolutely delicious… IMG_0536