Alva, United States

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 Pulled into W.P. Franklin Lock, another Army Corp. of Engineers park, for a few days.  While there isn't much in the way of privacy (except when you are on the side facing the water), the park is right on the water ...

Now the hard part.  For the most part, the equipment is assembled, the radios, fire estinguishers and other extras installed and some of the machines delivered to the fields where they will start work.  The weather is hot (38 degrees C.) ...

... holds the Centennial Park and municipal building, fire equipment garage and police station.  At some point, the economy of Alva declined (I'm doing some research) and the town is now a shelll of itself.  We are definitely getting the feeling ...

Our dinner trip tonight took us in yet another direction from Alva and Casey's Nana accompanied us.  She and Grandpa arrived a couple of days ago to spend time with Casey.  The 'poor' looking corn in the next field turned out to be regrowth milo, ...