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Ruby has a skin condition called Seborrhea. She has to have baths with special shampoo. She’s such a good dog :)

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I had to take Nancy back to Springfield, MO to catch her flight back to Chicago this afternoon. We spent a little time in town and one of our stops was the Bass Pro Shop and their Catalog Outlet Store. The Outlet Store was ho-hum. Pricing was not really what I felt it should be for an Outlet Store. The main store however was GINORMOUS! I think this is their home town and this may be their largest store. We spent an hour there and only scratched the surface. I am sure you could spend a day and have 3 meals there and still not take all aspects of it in.

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Stopped at Lamberts and did not eat there :(. Bought a coffee mug.

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Nancy and I are in Branson, MO at the Missouri Chapter Heartland Owners Club raly. We’re staying at ABC. There are about 17 Heartland rigs here. It’s cold - in the mid to upper 40s. We went shopping at some factory shops yesterday, went to the Shoji Tabuchi show last night and to a pancake breakfast today. I made our pancakes at the RV and took them to the breakfast. I made whole wheat pancakes. Pretty goof actually. We’re 20 days into our diet (South Beach Diet). So we’re still being good.
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Which bag is mine?

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Nancy and I are here in Springfield, IL this weekend for the 2009 Fall Illinois Heartland Owners Rally.
We spent some time downtown today visiting the Lincoln Library, Historic Union Station and the Illinois State Museum.

Nancy and I visited Lisa and Mike in West Lafayette, Indiana this weekend where Lisa is back in school at Purdue. While there, a friend of mine (Ann M) suggested we try a family drive-in called XXX Family Restaurant.
This family owned restaurant started brewing their own brand of Root Beer back in the 1930s I think. They stored it in oak barrels marked with XXX. Sort of like moonshiners once did. So I think that is where the XXX came from.
In any event - the food was decent. Nancy and I shared a pork tenderloin sandwich and a peanut butter burger. Both good!

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