Patton year 2016
We started the year at Escapees North Ranch RV Park near
Congress AZ. We went to the Escapees
Chapter 6 Loose gathering in Quartzsite AZ for 5 days. We traveled down to Yuma and stayed at Yuma
Lakes RV Park for a week with Don & Karen Patterson. We then moved over to Cocopah RV and Golf Resort
for a second week in Yuma and visited with Dale & Nancy Muller.
February 1st we traveled back up to North
Ranch and stayed on Jim & Maralyn Kimmins lot until March 7 when we
traveled up to Cottonwood AZ to attend the Escapees Chapter 32 Spring
Rally. We stayed 6 nights at the rally
and then it was back to North Ranch for another 10 Days.
March 23 we started our slow trek east stopping for 2
nights in the Escapees Saguaro CoOp RV Park in Benson AZ to visit with Andy
& Maxine Vert and Bruce and Bunny Ratcliff. 3 nights in Escapees Dream Catcher RV Park
in Deming NM where we had Easter Dinner with Greg & Kathy Reed and 20+
Escapee friends. 1 night at Saddleback Mountain
RV Park near Balmorhea TX and 1 night at Junction North Llano RV Park in
Junction TX. Then 1 night at Pecan Park
RV Riverside Park in San Marcos TX to visit with Vic & Taree Schrubb.
March 31 – April 3 we were at Escapees Rainbow’s End RV
Park in Livingston TX. Then 1 night at
Lakeside RV Park near Livingston LA. And
3 nights at Escapees Rainbow Plantation near Summerdale AL where we have several
Michigan friends. 1 night at The Woods
RV Park in Montgomery AL. 2 nights at Wills Creek RV Park in Fort Payne
AL. Then 18 days at River Plantation RV
Park in Sevierville TN, 7 days for the SKP ACRE (All Chapters Rally East) Rally
and 7 more days for the Thor Diesel Club Spring Rally with a few days in
between to catch our breath.
April 29 we moved to Spring Lake RV Resort in Crossville
TN to visit with Joe & Nancy Liston for 1 night. 2 nights at Canal COE campground Land Between
the Lakes, Grand Rivers KY. 5 nights at
Dam West COE campground Carlyle Lake IL.
4 nights at St Louis North KOA campground in Granite City IL to visit
with our Son Mike and his family. 3
nights at Springfield MO KOA for our grandson TJ’s graduation from Missouri
State University. 1 night at Stanton/Meramec KOA in Stanton MO.
May 15 found us staying 12 nights parked at son Mike’s
place near Bunker Hill IL for the High school Graduations of Granddaughters
Collin Patton and Samara Parker. 1
night at Kankee South KOA and 3 nights at Duncan RV Repair CG Elkhart IN for
the Memorial Day Weekend.
May 31 we were back at Camp Lord Willing in Monroe MI for
1 week. 5 nights at Wayne County
Fairgrounds Wooster OH for the Escapees Chapter 36 (Ohio) hosting to the Annual
Tri-Rally (OH,MI,IN). 9 nights back at
Camp Lord willing then back down to Duncan RV Repair Elkhart IN for 9 days for some
repairs.
June 30 back to Camp Lord Willing for 11 nights. 1 week at Wayne County Fairgrounds Belleville
MI for the Escapees Chapter 6 Summer Rally.
Then we started our Rolling Rally to Vermont with 12 rigs from
Belleville, 1 night at Evergreen Lake
Park Conneaut OH with 14 rigs. 2 nights
at Chemung County Fairgrounds Horseheads NY with 17 rigs. 2 nights in Washington County Fairgrounds
with 16 rigs. And finally into Champlain Valley Exposition Center in Essex
Junction Vermont for 1 week the Escapade,
Escapees RV Club annual National Rally.
July 30 we traveled to Coldbrook Resort Campground Gansevoort
NY for 2 nights. 1 night at Hickories
Park GC Owego NY. 1 night at Chautauqua
Lake KOA Chautauqua NY where we met RVillage friend Richard Strait. 1 night at Huron Valley Resort Huron OH. 1 night at Toledo East / Stoney Ridge KOA
Perrysburg OH.
August 5 we were back at Camp Lord Willing for 8
nights. 1 night at Heritage Springs
Campground Vanlue OH. 1 week at Wayne
County Fairgrounds Wooster OH for the Escapees Chapter 36 Rally. 8 nights at Harbortown RV Resort Monroe
MI. 8 nights at Wayne County Fairgrounds
Belleville MI over the Labor Day Weekend.
September 6 we traveled to the Ottawa County Fairgrounds Holland
MI for the Escapees Chapter 6 Rally for 5 nights. Back to the Wayne County Fairgrounds
Belleville MI for 1 week. 1 week at OAI
Grand Haven Resort Grand Haven MI to visit with Don & Karen Patterson and
Jim and Maralyn Kimmins. Back to Wayne
County Fairgrounds for one week where we got to visit with Carole’s cousins
Doug & Jane Brill before they went back home to Virginia and Maryland and finally got to meet our newest Great-grandson
Landon Wilkins.
October 1 we traveled down to Elkhart County Fairgrounds
Goshen IN for the Thor Diesel Club
International Rally for 6 nights. 1
night at Prairie Pines Campground Rantoul IL.
6 nights at son Mike’s yard near Bunker Hill IL. 1 night at Whittington Woods Campground
Whittington IL, we had planned to stay
at a Corps of Engineer Park but could not find a suitable available
campsite. 1 night at Crossville / I40
KOA Crossville TN. 2 nights at Escapees Raccoon Valley RV Park
Heiskell TN, north of Knoxville. 1 night
at Lazy Boy Travel Park Hendersonville NC.
1 night at Spartanburg/Gaffney KOA Gaffney SC. 2 nights at the Freightliner Service Center
Gaffney SC for engine and chassis service on the motorhome.
1 night at Pierce RV Park Williamston NC. And 5 nights on the Outer Banks at Camp
Hatteras RV Park Waves NC for the Thor Diesel Club fall mini-rally.
October 28 we spent one night at Raleigh Oaks RV Resort
Four Oaks NC. 1 night at Pine Acres
Campground Aiken SC. 1 night at R
Schaefer Heard COE CG West Point Lake, West Point GA. And October 31 into Escapees Rainbow
Plantation RV Park Summerdale Al for the month of November.
December 1 we traveled to Lakeside RV Park Livingston LA
for 1 night. 4 nights at Escapees
Rainbow’s End RV Park Livingston TX. 1
night at Junction North Llano RV Park Junction TX. 1 night at Fort Stockton RV Park Fort
Stockton TX, 1 night at Anthony/El Paso KOA Anthony TX. 3 nights at Escapees Dream Catcher RV Park
Deming NM. 2 nights at Escapees Saguaro
CoOp RV Park Benson AZ . Finally on
December 15 we traveled to Escapees North Ranch RV Park to finish out the year.
That’s why it has wheels!!
Bernie & Carole
