Watching corn grow....

Well here we are in Remington, IN at Caboose Lake RV Park. We arrived 5 days ago and it's rained on us for two days and three nights. Today's ( Sunday, 9-7) weather is nice though adn we look forward to opening the windows and enjoying cool temperatures.

We're on our way Wed. morning to have an air gauge for our air brakes looked at cause it's going bonkers on me and I think I should have air brakes that work 100% of the time :) We'll also get our 5000 miles service, oil & filter change, check the ride height adjustments, etc. so we may have to get a hotel room in Lafayette, IN while we wait for our warranty work to be done. Kathy's excited about that! HA!

We met a FUN couple last night and had a great time around the fire with them just shooting the breeze and having a few drinks. They had a female dog named Lacey (?) and Elvis had a BALL playing with her! We also made a new friend, John, while camping at South Haven, MI so now we have TWO people we may be able to call/visit the next time we visit Michigan. HA! Hmmm, are we being presumptuous?

On the flip side... have you ever watched corn grow? we think that's about all there is to do around here and boy - are we ready to get back on the road!
We actually went to a DAIRY FARM to get some cheese we were so "looking for something to do."

I hid in the corn field on my way home, relied on my GPS to get us back to the RV park and we ended up on a gravel road that was about 5 miles long! HA! See the pics below:

Leaving the Lakes

So, after two weeks here, we are hittin' the road again tomorrow morning. Off to a place in Indiana, Called Caboose Lake. We have a spot on the river, so Steve may just get out that fishin' rod he done bought at the Wal Mart store and ketch us sum dinner!! Or not, maybe he'll go catch a steak at the store. In any case, we've really enjoyed the Lakes Region, but time to move on.

We have to get a part fixed on the RV (and regular maintenance) and there is a place 30 miles from where we are going to stay that we hope to have all done there. I hope it takes two days and that there is a Ritz Carlton in Central Indiana? Whaddya' think my chances are of that??? Slim to none, I bet. I'll settle for a hotel with a jacuzzi tub and room service.

We have been thinking about everyone in the storm's paths. Connie, hope you are ok. Mom and sis and niece, they are good, at least this week. We'll see what Hanna does. Steve's daughter Nicole is in Charleston, but she's not near the water and her mom is there as well.

Just over 88 days until Hurricane Season is over!!! Yeah! We haven't seen rain in over a week. Lake Michigan is really pretty but really cold................

Not sure of any other plans until we get thru the storms. Hope everyone is well and safe.................

Kathy

Flip Flop Dilemma...

If you're RVing I'm sure that one dilemma you face each day ( as do we) is which pair of flip flops is appropriate for the activity you partake in.

When going out to a restaurant or shopping, would it be OK to wear our casual flops - or do we go all out and wear our dress flip flops?

And what about tennis shoes? Yes, it's true we DO have dress tennis shoes, but we find that the only time we wear those is when we know we're going to do a lot of walking!

Just ONE of the many dilemmas we face DAILY as we travel around the country. Sigh...

Lake Michigan and South Haven MI

This is our first post from our two week stay near Lake Michigan. We are 5 miles from the lake, which is beautiful. Great RV park; it's brand new and not crowded at all. That will change this coming week, with Labor Day weekend coming up. Steve had spent hours finding us a place for Labor Day (note to selves for next year, make holiday reservations early!!!). Anyway, he did a great job cause this place is very nice. We have the largest site, right across from a huge meadow. Elvis has his own backyard again!! Well, temporarily anyway.

We are going to explore part of the lake this week, so we'll do lake pics all at the end of the trip. We are going to "Taste of Sagatauk today; it's about 15 miles up the lake. If you did the entire trip around the lake, it's 1100 miles!!! We aren't going that far, obviously.

The slideshow above is from the past week. We stayed in Monroe, MI, where Custer was born. It was a pretty cool little town. Steve found a route called Old Chicago Road, leading from Detroit to Gary, IN. The really cool part about it is that it was a trail that had been traveled over 10,000 years ago (really!) by great mastodons and the indigenous people who hunted them. I don't think it was paved back then.................

We picked it up at Monroe and took it about half way. The best part was that park with all the cement bridges. NO ONE was there, so we had the run of the park (for Elvis again) and we tried to get pics of all 17 bridges. Not sure I found them all. Anyway, pretty interesting stuff you can find on the road; we get ideas from the Motor home magazines. We don't really do lots of research. Too much like a job.

Yesterday on the way home I spotted the small herd of buffalo in a farmer's field. Steve wants to cook some bison burgers, so I may buy some bison meat and try one. Yuck!

OK, I gotta run. Steve is such a task master!!! So, we are going to enjoy Lake Michigan, then head down to Indiana to get something fixed on the RV, then down to Graceland (Yeah!!!!) and hopefully over to Hot Springs, Arkansas for some hot springs therapy, then head home. See you in October!!!!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

We went into Cleveland, OH on Saturday to visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It was cool! Cleveland has a very pretty and clean downtown area.

After our visit in Cleveland, we stayed at a campground in Monroe, MI ( http://www.harbortownrv.com/ ) for 5 days. Did you know that Monroe was General Custers home town? Weeee! Monroe is a little town about 30 miles south of Detroit and I feel kind of sorry for people who live here. It's depressing. Half of the downtown stores are boarded up, and the closer you get to Detroit, the more things to see shut town. I imagine that when the auto manufactures were all here in the "good old days" that this area was a busy place... but not any more. And the wind! the wind blows EVERYDAY off Lake Erie. Makes my golf game hard to play! HA! On the bright side I shot a 88 yesterday, which is one of the best scores I've had in a long time :)

Oh well, we're off to Jones, MI today to spend another 5 days hanging out in MI here: http://www.camelotcampgroundllc.com/ . After Labor Day, we're heading south towards Jacksonville!

Letchworth State park, NY

It's really amazing what you can find in this country. Just 70 miles southeast of Niagara Falls there's a state park called Letchworth. It has been appropriately nicknamed the "Little Grand Canyon" of the northeast.

If you ever have the chance - visit this place. It's beautiful :)
http://www.letchworthpark.com/ 

Rain, rain, rain = Double Rainbow

Boy! Has it been WET!
It rained on us in ME and NH. And it followed us to Herkimer now it's been POURING on us here in Byron, NY. Sigh.

Have you ever seen a DOUBLE rainbow? For the 1st time in our lives, we have! Can you see the 2nd rainbow in the pictures below?

We're ready for our trip to AZ! Not too much rain there I hear :)

We have found a great RV Park to stay in though. Nice open spaces and there's no one next to us. We kinda like that.
There's not much to do in this area, but we will try and take a trip to what's called the "Little Grand Canyon" of the North located in Letchworth Park, NY.

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