Just thought I would post this as a way to give the reader an idea of where we have been and what we did.
Greetings from Sun-N-Fun Resort in
Sarasota FL our winter home until Mid April 2015
We spent the winter playing Pickleball
and Disk Golf with some time in the stained glass studio and not
enough time kayaking. We left Florida in mid April and made our way
to Goshen IN with stops along the way to get the coach serviced, some
kayaking in St. Andrews FL and the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green
KY.
Once we arrived at the Elkhart 4H
fairgrounds in Goshen and were set up we decided to investigate the
layout of the rally we were attending. The vendors were setting up
and there was a coach we went to look at. That little visit put a
wrench in our plan to attend seminars to learn about our motorhome.
We decided to purchase a 2013 Holiday Rambler tag axle coach. Most of
the rally was spent doing paperwork and moving into our new digs. We
did attend a few seminars that were specific to the new coach and
missed many we had planned to attend.
Early on in the purchase decision we
decided to “move” to South Dakota since the sales tax would be
3%. So we made plans to travel to SD after the rally. Along the way
to SD we did attend a Good Sam Rally in Marshall MI and visited with
some of our FL friends that live there. Then it was on to Clear Lake
Iowa to see the Surf Ballroom and visit the site of the crash site
that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Vallens, and JP Richardson
in 1959. After that stop it was on to Rapid City SD and our new
“home” at Americas Mailbox. While in Rapid City we took time to
see the sites, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park and many
other places of interest. We took a side trip to Gillette WY to have
an issue with the new coach taken care of. On our return from there
we visited Devils Tower and the Geographic Center of the US in Belle
Fouche SD. We also went to Spearfish and Sturgis. Once our business
in Rapid City was complete we went to the Badlands. Of course there
was the trip to Wall Drug, Minute Man Missile launch control, Sod
house and just enjoying the Badlands.
Next was our visit to the UP, Upper
Peninsula, with stops at the Corn Palace and the Spam Museum before
we reached Duluth. We stayed several days in that area and visited
several lighthouses and Maritime museums. Next stop was in the
Marquette MI area where we met up with friends who winter in FL with
us. We had a great time visiting with them an visiting more museums
as well as a boat tour of Pictured Rocks National Park. Since this
was the 4th of July weekend we saw fireworks on the
Marquette waterfront. The interesting thing is that Marquette is on
the western edge of the eastern timezone and the fireworks did not
start until 10:45. While in the area we visited the Youpers Tourist
Trap in Ishpeming MI. much more fun than Wall Drug. After leaving
Marquette we made a stop in Paradise MI and visited Tahquamenon Falls
State Park, Crip Point Lighthouse and the Great Lakes Shipwreck
Museum where we saw the bell of the Edmond Fitzgerald. Then it was
off to the Soo where we watch several freighters lock through and
enjoyed several meal of Lake Superior White Fish. We also attended a
Pow Wow and took a trip to Mackinaw island. Our next stop was near
Alpina MI where we toured several more Lighthouses took a tour of
shipwrecks on a glass bottom boat in Thunder Bay.
Off to Traverse City to visit friends
and play a little pickleball. We spent several days visiting
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. More lighthouses, museums,
fresh cherries, new friends, good food, good beer. We moved on to
visit more friends in Lowell MI before heading to Decatur IN for
warranty service. On the way we visited the Auburn Cord Duesenberg
museum and National Auto and Truck Museum.
After the completion of the work we
went to Celina OH where we met up with friends we had not seen in two
years. We spent time visiting the Bicycle museum, Airstrteam Factory
and the Kitchen Aid Experience and Factory tour. Our next stop was
Cambridge OH to visit the Cambridge Glass Museum. We also discovered
the Hopalong Cassidy Museum. What a place. The next day we went to
the National Road Zane Grey Museum where we had a guided tour. Very
well done. On our way back to the campground we stopped at John
Glenn's boyhood home where we were given a tour by his “mother”.
When you are on the National Road make it a stop.
Then we were off to Douthat State Park
in Virginia and visited several sites in the area including Humpback
Bridge and the C&O Railway Heritage Museum before going to a
Holiday Rambler Rally in Lewisburg WVA before we returned to Virginia
to Camp host at Lake Anna State Park for the month of October. We
then spent 10 days at Rock Crusher Canyon RV Resort where we kayaked
with friends and saw several Manatees.
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