I have a big hole in the blog concerning Canada. Lots of wonderful stories to share and tons of pictures and I promise I will do that, but not in this entry. I will explain that Verizon wanted a ton of $$ for date usage and the provided internet service at the event was hit and miss, so we couldn't blog during that time. So that is the coming attraction. I will say a large network in Sk did do a two day taping of us for a documentary to air in the future...I will post a link when it comes to be.
Many of you read about the storms in Canada and the US Midwest. We pretty much missed them all. We had some strong rain and wind while there and while driving the 2 and a half days to get to O'Fallon (near St Louis), but we didn't get the terrible stuff that killed many, flooded many, and hurt many. In fact, I think the town we were in in SK was the only town in Sk that did not suffer flooding and our drive came within 20 miles of where Canada's hwy 1 was flooded out before we turned south into North Dakota. Getting back into the US was 1000 times easier than getting into Canada. (Imagine that?!) The border guy was very nice and seemed to be a veteran of the service there on the border and had a nose for who is who.
Our route serendipitously took us through the town where a friend (Eric, Vaughn and Mary) were keeping our animals that we could not take to Canada as well as other things we could not take up there. So we picked those things up yesterday then stayed just outside Waterloo, IA at one of the best KOA camps we have ever seen. Our friend Marty stopped by to see us for a few minutes while there. Turns out the camp and the huge water park across the street (I mean I have Never seen such a cool and huge water park) was owned by a friend of his. And the staff was 5 stars.
Vaughn works the third shift and had just gotten home when his mail lady dropped off a box from home for us. We were hoping to get is since it had Titus' meds and some important papers and ,sadly, bills. He called me up this morning just 30 minutes before our planned departure and said he would drive the 30 minutes to us to get it to us. Salt of the earth man. The whole VerSteegt family is incredible. No better people on the planet.
Unlike our drive yesterday where the winds pushed the rv all over the place today we just had sprinkles on and off. Once we hit the St Louis area is was just partly cloudy. I thought we had to arrive at the park where the event is at tomorrow but after we pulled into the RV park we were planning on staying tonight Jim and Victor Jr. reminded me that we were supposed to be ther tonight and our shows start tomorrow. The rv park was kind enough to give us a refund (and I made reservations for the weekend so we can take the family to Pappy's, the Arc, and the zoo. We got the the park ( a large baseball complex) and just like when we performed here years ago discovered we would perform on the field, BUT our vehicles had to stay on the warning track to protect the field and the sprinkles. So I had to back the huge rv onto the warning track through a space they made in the chain link fence. Then it was the tiny trailer's turn. It's tough because of how fishy it goes when backed up. All went well.
As Mami cooked dinner the kids went to work on setting up the show and boy is it looking good. Pork chops and the fixings downed they went back to setting up. Our first show is at 6pm tomorrow.
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