Quick Catch-up

Saturday, July 12, 2025

We have been really busy since our last post. These are the states we have traveled to or through since then: SC-NC-TN-KY-OH-IN-OH-KY-TN-NC-SC-NC-VA-WV-DE-PA-NY-VT.

We drove back to SC on Saturday after the close of our portion of the 2025 Constructors for Christ build. Sunday we packed BB for a quick trip to Middlebury, IN to have the glass that was broken by the mentally ill man in California repaired. We left South Carolina Monday morning, over-nighted at a Cracker Barrel in Shelbyville, IN, across the street from a Culver’s. Yes, we had ice cream for supper and Cracker Barrel for breakfast Tuesday morning. We arrived at the Coachman campground in Middlebury Tuesday afternoon. Several friends were also in the campground after they attended the Coachman rally, and we were so pleased to have time to visit with them. Wednesday morning right on time, our service guys, Paul and Jake picked up BB. They were finished by lunch! They did a great job and even cleaned off all the black tape we had put on the side of BB. We cannot say enough about the great care and service we receive from Coachman. When we have a problem, they are always extremely responsive and have us back on the road in short order. Nick and his entire crew are the BEST!

On the way to Middlebury we drove though this town and wondered why it was called Turtle Town, USA. You might want to Google that. We found it pretty interesting.

We picked up BB, and began our drive back to SC. On the way we stopped back by East Barbourville Baptist Church to see all the progress the Week 2 crew had made. We made it back to South Carolina on Friday, June 27th.

One of the reasons we stopped back by Barbourville was to see one of our friends who was not there on Week 1

They were making progress on the new building

And the Week 2 crew had all the interior walls framed and most of the electrical roughed in.

The front porch is being enclosed to make 2 more classrooms.

We had about a week to get ready to leave for Vermont for a disaster rebuild project so Anne and Debra decided they would use the time to visit the farmer’s market. We have some really good food in the freezer to enjoy this winter.

There were two boxes of peaches waiting when we returned from Indiana

The bushel of corn ready for the freezer

We don’t really like to be on the road on the 4^th of July so we waited to leave for Vermont until all those festivities we over. We took a more leisurely trip this time, stopping in Roanoke for a day of sightseeing and checking out the build site for next year’s Constructors for Christ project.

We also checked out Dixie Caverns Campground as a possible place to stay for the project.

One of the sites we visited in Roanoke was the famous Roanoke Star. We wanted to see it because of our family’s involvement in building and maintaining a large lighted star on the side of Pine Mountain in Remlap, Alabama.

While at the Star we decided to visit the little zoo there.

The last zoo we visited had a Red Panda, but it stayed hidden the whole time we were there. We were glad this one was not as shy.

This giant tortoise kept trying to open the gate. We wondered why until one of the keepers told us they occasionally took it for walks around the zoo.

We then drove some short days with stops at some really nice Harvest Host locations. They were all quiet and peaceful, off the interstate locations. We really enjoy Harvest Hosts locations. We have made some good friends!

First Assembly of God Harvest Host site in PA

Winn Hill Farms Harvest Host in Port Crane, NY

Living Waters Church Harvest Host in Saratoga Springs, NY

We arrived at Cabot, Vermont about 2:30 Friday, 7/11/25. We will be spending the next six weeks working to repair homes and doing some sightseeing. We will bring you along to see what we are doing.

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