6:13 a.m. - Yesterday was busy! We rode bikes most of the day, and Amber ended up calling the day Bike and Boats Day! To start, we drove to Dogwood Canyon Nature Preserve, which was built by the same guy who built Top of the Rock. So it's a "nature preserve", but it's a commercialized nature preserve, not a state park or county park or anything like that. So it's for tourists, but that's okay. It was a longer bike ride than I thought it would be, and there were several things to see like fish and waterfalls and bridges. It really was fun, and it would have been a long, long walk, so the bike ride was the preferred method. Where we had to turn around there were some kind of fish I didn't recognize...like big goldfish, but they weren't goldfish...any way, there was fish food to buy for a quarter, so I got down close on the rocks and fed the fish.
After Dogwood Canyon, we found a trail that leads from the Table Rock Lake Dam to a local marina. This was created by the Corps of Engineers, and it was about 2.5 miles one way. So this was a shorter trail that was also down-and-back, but it was mostly in the Table Rock State Park. There were folks that were in the water cooling off, but we stayed on our bikes. We looked for Moonshine Beach, but we weren't going to stay, so I turned the truck around and headed home.
Later in the afternoon, we went to the Showboat, which was a dinner cruise on the lake with a show on stage. Walking around the boat was fun...reminded me of my time as a security guard on the Jumer's gambling boat back in the day docked in Rock Island. Of course, I went up and talked with the captains, and ventured around. The show on the stage was nice, and the meal was good.
I think we got back to the campground around 6 p.m., and then Amber pulled up a movie on Netflix that was good.
And today? We are headed to Silver Dollar City, which is an amusement park. It's not a long drive, which is nice. And the weather is supposed to be good again, so it's a good day to head towards that attraction.
Things to do for School
- get display project completed
- finalize placement of schools on district map
- periodically add to the RR group history report
- periodically check on mail at post office
- update attendance each week in SDS
- send any IEP notices to Mrs. Saey
OTHER THINGS
- pay Joe for vb clinic
When: Saturday, August 8th, 2026
Site: Galesburg High School (Kimbrough Fieldhouse)
Classroom and 3 Courts are all air conditioned
Registration: 8:00 AM
Cost: $35.00 in advance or $45.00 at the door
Dress: Casual * Please bring your whistle, soft soled shoes, and a writing utensil
Contact: Joe Thompson - joethompson7@comcast.net (309) 368-1714
Send checks payable to: Foremost Officials Clinic
Attention: Joe Thompson
1035 Dayton Drive
Galesburg, IL 61401-1310- call eye doctor about refill
- eye drops and meloxocam
- grease wheels to camper
- clean slide rails
- remove any unnecessary weight from camper
- get correct measurement of the correct wiper slide material
- order slide wiper conditioner
- get Amber's bike fixed
- mow the yard
- spray weeds
- spray Creeping Charlie
- finish paying knee medical bills and get reimbursed
- use Dick's gift certificate
- a hood light switch for the Ford
- July 18-27 - Trip to Branson, MO (and Strawberry, AK) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D3BB0_IuwRs0WDKqm1Euor9WUH84SeF1DIwKi7OWeS4/edit?tab=t.0
- July 28 - Bus Refresher Course
- July 31 - Adventureland trip
- Aug. 3 - WCOA Banquet in Macomb (Tony is interested)
- Aug. 8 - Galesburg volleyball clinic 8 a.m.
- Aug. 27 - 7:30 a.m. - Appointment with Hussain at ORA Moline
- Nov. 5 - 10 a.m. - Milan Optical
- What/Where is South Buffalo Prairie School and for that matter West Buffalo School and East Taylor Ridge School? ugh.
- Friday Tidbit on the RR History Network Page
- March 11 - 10:25 a.m. - ORA Moline - Consult
- April 1 - 1:45 p.m. - ORA Moline - MRI
- April 9 - Walk in labs at Tr
- April 15 - Dr. Wang pre-op physical (surgical clearance) 8:45 a.m.
- April 28 - 9:40 a.m. at ORA Silvis
- April 30 - 10 a.m. - Milan Optical
- May 4 - surgery on left knee at Trinity Moline
- May 5- returned home from hospital
- May 6 - home recovery
- May 7 - home recovery
- May 8 - home recovery - visited ICE for about an hour - 9-10 a.m.
- May 13 - 8:45 a.m. Post-Op Appt Hussein
- May 15 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- May 18 - noon - ORA PT
- May 20 - 8 a.m. - with Brandon; 9:20 - ORA PT
- May 22 - 9 a.m. - ORA PT
- May 26 - 3:20 p.m. - ORA PT
- May 27 - 9 a.m. - ORA PT
- May 29 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 1 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 3 - 8:40 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 5 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 8 - 9:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 10 - 8:40 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 12 - 8:20 a.m. - ORA PT
- June 16 - 10:20 a.m. - ORA
- June 24 - 9:00 a.m. - ORA PT- Cancelled
- June 25 - 9:25 a.m. - ORA appt with Hussein
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