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Stockton, Missouri, has conducted its Black Walnut Festival for more than six decades.  Jeri got a corn dog.  I ate ice cream. And there was live country music. Black Walnut Festival Music Video

Cousins: We sense blessings whenever we bread together with these folks.

Missouri weather has been stormy at our last two campsites. Wind and rain, hail and lightning--our Toyota truck and Jayco travel trailer have taken a beating. The electrical power was knocked out at Crabtree Cove Park last night around 8:00 p.m. Thanks to the utility workers who restored it before daybreak. Surveying our situation,  I see this: Glad we weren't parked here: Or here: Or here:

This one has been around a long time. Almost there!

This: This: And a lot of these:

Little Red Schoolhouse north of Lineville, Iowa, and Crowder State Park near Trenton, Missouri. 

Yes, we visited the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville, Iowa. 

From exhibits at the Vermeer Global Pavilion and Museum,  Pella, Iowa...

Left to right: Jim, Roger, and Joyce... Jim and Roger, cutting up.. Today,  we update our friendship!

First Cousins Roger and Beverly here...

We are having a delightful Labor Day Weekend at Sun Valley Lake in southern Iowa, hosted by cousins,  Randy and Jeanie Short. Best cousins ever... As our weekend comes to an end, the sun peeks over the eastern horizon.  Happy Labor Day!