Repairs

Since the car needed some repairs and we had an appointment for the motor home to have some repairs done, we decided to skip Mackinac Island, Michigan and headed south to Elkhart, Indiana. Ken did a great job going through downtown Milwaukee and handling traffic on the West Chicago toll way. We got as far as Joliet, Illinois where we found an RV park. A rain storm developed while we were setting up but it felt good to have cooler temperatures.

The next day we drove past Notre Dame University and got to Elkhart where we got both vehicles worked on. While waiting three days for the repairs, we toured the Notre Dame campus and the rich heritage of the Amish/Mennonite communities in the neighborhood of Elkhart. We saw a lot of horse-drawn buggies and on the back roads, it got a little tricky.

Finally on the road Saturday. Stopped in Ft. Wayne, IN and stopped to see Johnny Appleseed's grave site. Also looked for a large rose garden but it was a disappointment. The roses weren't blooming but it wasn't a very large garden either. Oh well.

Heading to Ohio so we'll cover that in the next "note". Thanks for "listening".