7/28/2025 – Phoebe’s Dental Surgery
We took Phoebe in for her annual checkup and required vaccines on Wednesday (7/23) and the Vet noticed that the root was exposed on one of her molars. We had originally planned to head East on Sunday (7/27/2025), but decided to stay two extra days to accommodate dental surgery for Phoebe. The surgery went well and we had her back home in the camper by 1:30PM (after dropping her off at 8:30AM). The Vet discovered that the molar in question had broken in half and all he did was remove the remaining half. So no pain killer required and no major impact. She wasn’t even very groggy when we got her (they tried to limit the anesthetic due to her age). She wasn’t interested in food the day of the surgery, but otherwise seemed just fine.
Fence Row Clean-up
Back in 2019, Beth and I cleaned up the fence row. Mom & Dad’s neighbors don’t care to trim their landscaping. In fact, the lady of the house thinks that the jungle look is beautiful. So, all of their plants grow through the fence and overtake Mom & Dad’s yard. Plus, in the front yard where there have been hedges my entire life (and all previous neighbors trimmed the hedges nicely), these neighbors have never trimmed the hedges (well over 10 years). Some of the hedge infrastructure is well over 3″ in diameter. Anyway, over the last 6 years we have not managed to keep up with it and now that I have a shiny new hip we decided it was time to clean it up again. We took our time and didn’t overwork ourselves. It ended up taking about four days working a few hours each day and hauling at least six trailer loads of debris to the street on the back side of our block (because we can’t dump it on US-20). It’s all cleaned up now and we hope to stay ahead of it in the future.
7/22/2025 – Dinner at Monument Pizza and Pub
This afternoon we went to Angola to shop at Menards (an annual ritual with Mom & Dad). We went in the late afternoon, so we started out by eating supper at Monument Pizza Pub which is on the Angola roundabout which is anchored by the Civil War Soldiers’ Monument (Angola had a roundabout LONG before roundabouts were cool). We enjoyed our meals and were all glad we gave the establishment a try, but didn’t feel we needed to frequent it. The biggest disappointment was that several of the items from their online menu (chicken wings, cheese-steak, etc.) were not available on the restaurant menu.
7/15/2025 – Arrival
We departed from Camp Petosega at 9:30AM EDT and headed South to my parents house in LaGrange, IN (317 miles). Due to construction on US-131 we took I-75 South to US-121 to I-69 just North of Lansing, MI. After refueling at the Speedway in DeWitt, MI, we then took I-69 to Angola, IN and stopped off at the local Walmart. After purchasing some kitty supplies (litter) we headed over to Mr. Meatz on the West side of Angola and picked up some sweet Italian sausage to smoke. That store had the biggest selection of Bratwurst flavors we’ve ever seen. Then we headed West on US-20 to Camp Land of Troy arriving at 4:00PM EDT.
| Device | Download Mbps | Upload Mbps |
|---|---|---|
| Campground Wi-Fi | 4 | 6 |
| Starlink | 279 | 15 |
| AT&T Hotspot | n/a | n/a |
| US Mobile – Brian (AT&T) | 193 | 16 |
| US Mobile – Beth (Verizon) | 462 | 45 |
| TV | Quality |
|---|---|
| Antenna | No Channels |
| Campground Cable | n/a |
| DISH Satellite | n/a |