Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Leaving on our next Adventure

Well, its finally time to head out on our next adventure. We are heading to Texas for the winter but plan on making this more of an adventure and not just a long boring drive. Oct 15th, we left home and family in Mannheim on a beautiful sunny day, heading for Michigan for the night.
To get to Michigan we must, of course, cross the US border. We have been sitting in line for over an hour before we reached this point, but we can see the end now. We've been here before and are actually pleased with how fast the line is moving. Only at the border would 2 hours of waiting be considered speedy.
As we sat on the bridge we watched ships travel up the St. Clair river. Lots of time to enjoy the sights sitting here. Finally, we made it through the inspection station and, joy of joys, we never got the full inspection like we have every other year. Of course this put us ahead of schedule because I had allowed an hour for the full deal. Darned inconsiderate of them I must say.
Of course, this did allow us to arrive earlier, get set up and connected and then do what we do best. Relax with a drink! Now we know we're actually on our way. Does it get any better than this? Here's hoping that the rest of the trip has the same nice weather and good driving as today did.
Is this a sign of things to come? Time to head out on our next leg and I need to scrape the windows of the car to hook up. I expect that this won't be the last time, but at least the day is sunny and the road beckons.
Elkhart Indiana, about 60 miles east of Chicago. We plan on staying here for a week, after all, this is ELKHART Indiana. So what you say! This is the centre of the RV world. Most motor homes are built in this area. The RV museum is near here. Factory tours, oh my.

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