Dempsey's BBQ - Concordia MO

A great little restaurant - large portions of home cooked food. Friendly staff and good prices.

Country food cooked by country folks!

103 NE 2nd Street, Concordia MO 64020

Dempsey's BBQ

Near the I-70, easy to find ....  Just south of Junction 58.



http://www.dempseysbbq.com/

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Group Camp Site

This is the Group Camping Area at Sherando Lake.

Rockfish Valley Church

http://www.rockfishvalleychurch.com/

P.O. Box 311                                             
3395 Rockfish Valley HWY                   

Nellysford, VA 22958                              

(434)361-1360

 info@rockfishvalleychurch.com

 Justindbraun@gmail.com 

Kiernen

This is our grandson Kiernen who has joined us on our trip to Sherando Lake for part of the Summer Vacation.
At first, he was frustrated that he could not get internet at our RV but he has found a small pavilion near the Camp Hosts' area where he can sit and work on his videos and contact his friends.

Reaching Sherando Lake

We finally arrived at Sherando Lake on Thursday 13th June. We were directed to the Group Camping area where a site had been reserved for us and set up camp.

The view from our front door looking over the Group Camping area
towards the Blue Ridge Mountains

The view directly out our front door

The first night we were visited by our local resident juvenile black bear who was looking for anything tasty the new folks had left out for him. 

There are plenty of wildlife around including deer who stroll around the whole area and will come quite close to you if you don't spook them. There are also chipmunks, gray squirrels, raccoons, and hundreds of birds of many varieties.

We haven't yet visited the upper lake but the lower lake is clear and beautiful. 

A trip over the hills, crossing the Ridgeway, takes us to Nellysford where we visit the local church - Rockfish Valley Church - where the folks are friendly and the Pastor teaches the Word.

We asked if they needed us to stay past the end of August, as we arrived 2 weeks late, and were told we could stay until the site closes at the end of October. So our Summer stay is going to extend into the Fall.

The only downside is there is NO cellphone reception on any of the networks, and we have to go down the hill a half a mile or so to get internet reception. But that is really not an inconvenience.

Running to catch up!

We are about 14 days behind schedule right now. First, the weather in Junction City delayed us doing a lot of things to the RV which we needed to get done, and also the hail storms made holes in our roof vent covers which needed additional work to repair. So we left home later than we had originally planned to arrive at Lake Sherando.
 We finally left Junction City on Tuesday 4th June, after loading up the car on the tow dolly and getting air in the tires of the RV. We stopped after about 50 miles to check the car was secured and that the straps were still tight. All seemed good so we set off again. We did a few more miles and I noticed the voltmeter was reading about 10 volts instead of 13-ish. So we pulled off at Topeka and stopped at O'Reilley's Auto Store and had the batteries checked.  One was dead so we got that replaced. Cost around $100. But the voltmeter still read low so we stopped at Lake Shawnee for the night to charge the batteries. We checked the alternator too, which meant removing the inside engine cover (dog house?) and sure enough, the altimeter was not working.
We called O'Reilley's and found that there was a correct type alternator at their other store, about 4 miles away. So off we went in the car to pick it up before they closed at 10pm. That was Wednesday. Thursday, Ric spent all day getting out the old alternator. And Friday he spent the day fitting the new one. And this morning we finished and tested it and it all seems to work. We have a slight squeak, but we are getting the right voltage to the batteries now. We were just too tired and it is too hot to go through the process of loading the car onto the tow dolly. So, we are spending another night at Lake Shawnee and plan to get going early in the morning.
Lake Shawnee is a beautiful place to camp. $20/night for the RV with full hook-ups, which we got for $18 with our senior discount. We have spent 5 nights here, which was unexpected but it has been a great place to camp.

Ric working on the Battery Charger 

The Charger Unit - works well even upside down

The old faulty Alternator

The Engine under the Dog House

And these are some shots of Lake Shawnee site