The sole purpose in stopping here was to see some dear RVing friends that we had made a few years ago when we bought a lot here. This little town has a community called 'The Gardens' and all the homes are a duplex with an RV garage and a car garage. We loved the concept, and still do, because when you're not traveling, your RV can be inside and not out in the weather. We put our house up for sale in Phoenix, bought this lot and even had started drawing out plans to build. Then the economy turned south, the Phoenix house didn't sell, and we just decided to not build at that time as we didn't want two houses. As time went on, the Phoenix house didn't sell so we said it wasn't meant to be and we sold the lot here. It was a prime lot looking out over a pond, and we had no trouble selling it. Not too long after we sold the lot, the house in Phoenix sold and we decided to fulltime RV instead and have never looked back. We did make some good friends here and now one of those couples, who are in their 80's, are having some serious health issues so we wanted to spend some time with them as we don't know if they will get out west again or not. So this has been a week of visiting and a little caregiving which we have enjoyed.
In our visiting with folks here, all having RVs, we have a common denominator. They convinced us to backtrack a bit and go back to IA and tour the Winnebago RV factory since we're in this part of the country and have had RV factories on our list of things to do this summer. Winnebago is huge in the RV industry but was never on our 'short list' but who knows...... So on Wednesday when we leave here we'll head back through IL, spend a couple of nights at my brothers in IL and then to Forest City, IA for a tour on Monday before starting to head west towards TX.
Another reason for not leaving Crossville this weekend is something called the 127 Yard Sale. Wow.......this yard sale goes for hundreds of miles from MI down through AL along Hwy 127 and right through the heart of Crossville. The vendors started setting up early this week and when we saw that, we remembered what the town would be like this weekend and decided then to wait until Monday (which has now become Wednesday). Anyway, there are people everywhere.....vendors on both sides of the road.......and people crossing the roads without even looking, making u-turns right in the middle of the road if they happen to see something they want on the other side. It's crazy! You can find everything from typical t-shirts to genuine antiques. When you get off I-40 here in Crossville, that immediate area is packed with vendors on all sides......unbelievable! And then, of course, as you come through town they are set up all over the place. All in all it was just easier to stay here on what is referred to as 'homeless hill' in The Gardens. Homeless hill is so named because 'if' you are building here, you can stay on homeless hill for as long as it takes to build your house at no charge!! Awesome deal to say the least because some folks have been 'on the hill' for 6-9 months depending on weather or other circumstances. Currently, there is only one other RV here on the hill with us and they 'go home' for a few days, come back and stay a few days, whatever works for everyone. The hill has full hookups and they made us a great deal since we were once a lot owner here and so no campground could beat the rate here......well maybe at my brothers! RVers come and go from here all the time as there are about 6-7 homes 'in process' here in the development so I guess some of the folks continue to travel, then stop in when in the area.
Have a great weekend ahead and we'll talk to you from Iowa next week.
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| 127 Yard Sale Through Crossville |
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| More of the 127 Sale |
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| A duplex within 'The Gardens' The RV garages are the common wall and some of the doors are 13 ft. high. Then a car garage with the houses on each end. |
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| The Homeless Hill sign welcoming you to their little campground here in The Gardens |
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